This is a very typical budget 3 star hotel for group tourists and this is the first hotel that I gave negative feedback in Tripadvisor.
First of all, this hotel is totally catered for tour groups so please do check with your local travel agent if you really want to stay here. I travelled together with a group of 8 friends but as I decided to join them last minute, I booked through booking.com and end up paying 30% more. I paid USD100 and i felt this hotel did not justify the price.
Hotel is located in a rundown area where there there are a 7-11 supermarket and an ice cream shop close by and that's about it. The hotel has no money exchange service and there is no ATM machine close by. I was asked to go to the Mode mall to change my money and it was a good 15 minutes unpleasant walk. I had to walk towards the old train station and went through an underground passage way which was inhabited by 5- 6 street sleepers. This was not an easy 10 mins walk as described by the hotel staff.
Staff speak little or no English and hardly have any smile on their face.
The night when I stayed in this hotel, the outside temperature was 10C. Ridiculously, the hotel room has only air con and no heating system. Since I had to turn off the air con , the room had a mouldy sewage smell due to the humidity inside.
The bathroom shower has only a 2 feet glass partition next to the shower head and a complete open end which guarantee a total wet bathroom floor after a 3 min shower.
Bath towels are of low quality and looked as if they had been used for quite some years. They are rough but are good for exfoliating.
Room window has an old window blind which could block out 70% of light from the back alley outside.
Breakfast was awful and no replenishment of fresh fruit when I started breakfast at 9am.
At 11:59am the front desk already made phone calls to guest urging them to check out. I have never stayed in a hotel which called the client to ensure they check out on time.
For the pros, there is free wifi provided and speed is ok. Quilt blanket is comfortable.
Personally I will not stay in this hotel again .