Accommodation - Leeden Hotel Chengdu Review
- Michael
- Nov 13, 2019
- 3 min read
Updated: May 24, 2020
Cheapest room
3*
We stayed in the cheapest room [special room (no windows)] to save money while travelling. Therefore this review is focused towards the lower class of their rooms.
The location of the hotel is ideal, one reason we chose it, it is moderately close to the 2nd People's Hospital metro station (about 5-10 minutes) and before arrival the hotel kindly got in touch with clear instructions on how to reach the hotel, an issue we had overcome with a previous hotel. There wasn't a great deal of food places around, at least not that we found, but it is within walking distance of the TV tower and the bars below, and Wenshu Yuan monastery, among other locale.
The crossing outside is daunting; it is a huge junction with a lot of cars, however we made it across to check in. Check in was simple enough, they asked for a 300RMB deposit and then provided our room key for a room located on the third floor. Having no windows, it is pitch black if you turn off all the lights so you never know what time of day it is. I like to put items straight into a safe, however this was the first issue as it was not functioning. I went to the front desk and to be fair, they were able to fix it within about 30 minutes. Another issue regarding the room, other than light, was noise, the walls seemed to be made of paper and you could almost hear people breathing in the corridor, not to mention a drainage pipe ran behind the room so everyone flushing a toilet or showering in the room above provided a very loud sound of rushing water. Furthermore, the room gets extremely hot, despite there being three separate air conditioning devices (central, a fan, and a plug in air conditioner). We also noticed some small bugs throughout the duration of our stay, I don't think they were of the harmful type however. You could argue 'you get what you pay for', although you would expect things like a working safe and perhaps some reinforced walls...
On a positive note, there was a free minibar that provided more than just water; two soft drinks and two juices, as well as snacks daily. The toiletries were adequate and refilled when the room was cleaned, daily. Other amenities like a hairdryer and kettle are provided, as well as a TV, but this had no English stations, only CCTV occasionally airing English geographical documentaries. Rather unique to this hotel in comparison to those we've stayed at so far however was the free use of laundry facilities which was welcome. We did some washing, however I think the tumble dryer is slightly broken but our clothes did turn out fine. The gym is located along side the laundry, though I wouldn't really call it a gym, just a treadmill, bike, and range of free weights.
As for the restaurant, we can't comment on breakfast as we did not have it (we ate at a nice bakery, left of the hotel and roughly one block away as you exit) but we did have dinner one night which was very nice, perhaps a bit oily, but very filling and relatively cheap, especially for a hotel, and had very efficient service. The desk were fairly helpful, however we did have to use our translator app frequently, and unfortunately the maps they provide of the area seem to be extremely out of date, with the metro map, for example, only showing four lines, despite there being ten...
To conclude, if you're looking for a cheap room for a few nights in Chengdu then this hotel is adequate, perhaps the more expensive rooms offer better service however I cannot comment. The stay was satisfactory.
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