The Vaya Hotel in the Local Governmant area of Changsha looks fab on the surface, scratch a little and you will find where the real problem lies. In the cleanliness. The long shag pile carpet in the reception seating area is filthy. The carpets in the bedrom floor hallways are filthy. The bedroom carpets are filthy. Our room had the... More

In all fairness, some of the not-so-positive comments made about this hotel in earlier reviews are a bit exaggerated. For one, this is a Chinese-run hotel according to China's (inner city) management style. One must recognise that in China, only a handful of five-star hotels in the big cities such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou are truly comparable to the... More

Great value for money hotel / friendly team with good english . Location a little bit out of town centre , but we got a 15 min taxi which is easy and convenient .

You can't really expect to have a smoke free experience in China - its a smoker friendly place I've come to accept. This hotel though takes it to the extreme. It advertises as having non smoking areas but they just don't enforce it at all. Even our non smoking room came with two ashtrays and numerous packets of matches.. People... More

During our 3 week stay with 7 assoiciates we were not notified in advance of a government meeting to take place in the hotel. The hotel shut down all services during 5 days of our visit. The staff was not prepared properly to deal with this inconvience. The gave wrong information and caused many problems and extra expenses for my... More

The hotel is rated as 5++ stars, but I would give it 4. A good choice for $80-100, but not the posted rate of $150 for a double. The hotel structure is something akin to Las Vegas comes-to-China, since it was the indulgence of a rich Chinese owner. A huge multipe tower high rise with nearby (still empty) condo towers,... More