Most 5 star hotels in industrial Chinese cities are the same: new, ostentatious, well maintained, very clean, spacious and well staffed. Not this one! Over a two night stay, most of its facilities were closed or unavailable, presumably because of a lack of guests. Still, this shouldn't be the case for the remaining guests. It also seemed like we were... more

Excellent Hotel in Shantou. Stayed for one night and booked a VIP/ Club room. The room was nicely decorated, clean and well equipped. I thought the room was a tad small for a Club room- I expected it to be a little bigger. I feel the club floors dont offer you much compared to other 5 star hotels. The breakfast... more

I stayed at the Meritus shantou in October 2004 and its really great..the hotel is very clean, and modern and quite luxurious...the rooms are great and the staff first class..the breakfast buffet was really good.. Everyone will really enjoy a stay there and after stopping in Guangzhou the rates are really quite cheap.. more

Well I just returned from China again and spent another 3 nights at the Meritus Shantou. And once again the staff went out of there way to make my stay the best. I had a room on the club level and all I can say is WOW!! great room with a huge bathroom and a walk in shower. There is... more