Name: Crystal Hotel
Address: 138 Hubin Avenue, Huangshigang District, Huangshi 435003, Huangshi, Huangshi, Huangshi, 435000, China
Rating: 8

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Have stayed here several times and enjoyed all occasions. Hotel is well situated, rooms are modern and comfortable. There are plenty of breakfast options and the Marco Polo Restaurant has a variety of dishes available. Friendly and helpful staff.

If you are looking for a five star like you would find in Shanghai or Beijing this is not the hotel for you.  If you know what you are doing while traveling in China on business this place is a gem.  Big buffet breakfasts are a big deal in China.  And I used to love them.  But during my last stay at the Grand Hyatt in Shanghai and then at the Hyatt on the Bund the breakfasts were 395 RMB per person (December 2015).  That is about $60 USD per person.  In most major Chinese cities there is a Starbucks on every corner where I can have a nice coffee and something for breakfast for a few dollars.  We carry our own pre-portioned coffee and mocha made by Nestle.  Not the best but very quick and easy.
As a westerner, I walked into the breakfast at Crystal and asked for an omelet or some scrambled eggs and was told that was not going to happen.  I have not been back and I am ok with that.  I already mentioned Plan B for breakfast.

I have attached a picture from our very large suite on the 20th floor over looking the lake.  The room costs little more than breakfast at the Hyatt I mentioned above.  I have stayed here in both the summer and the winter and I have been very comfortable with the heat and the cooling.  The rooms are a little dated but the 1.5 half baths are very spacious and very clean.

I don't smoke and I don't like to be around people that do.  This is a problem in all of China.  Smoking is still accepted in many places in China just like it was in the USA 10 to 15 years ago.  I believe the room has been smoked in but it does not bother me.

If you want to spend 3 or 4 times the money and have a buffet breakfast you should stay at the new Wanda Hotel.  I have stayed there  (4 days) and it is a nice new hotel with terrible staffing problems.  The breakfast is ok and when we tried lunch and dinner it was a mistake.  Wanda Mall is next to it with many shops and restaurants.  We tried many of the restaurants and were disappointed (The mall is new and so are the restaurants).  There is possibly the only Starbucks in town there which is very, very nice and a Pizza Hut, McDonalds and Dairy Queen to name a few.

Crystal is about a 10 minute taxi ride from a mall with an ice skating rink.  It has a steak restaurant in it that is by far the best in this city.  There is often a 20 to 30 minute wait.  There are a number of other very good restaurants there.  These are restaurants that have been around for a while and are pretty good.  We have not had a bad meal there.  I believe the mall name is Wushang Huangshi Shopping Center.  Find an elevator to the 7th floor for the restaurants.

At the same mall you can go into the basement for a very nice grocery store where you can purchase beer, wine and other alcohol very reasonably.  They also have an excellent selection of yogurts and any type snack foods or coffees you might like.

Crystal is centrally located to just about everything.  It is excellent for doing business in this city.  Lamborghini is too far out of the way.  Just getting a taxi while there can be a real problem. We were not particularly impressed with the food at Lamborghini but the breakfast was very nice.

If you are coming for one or two nights and you want a 5 star experience you should go to the new Wanda or possibly the Lamborghini (distant second for me).  If you are coming to Huangshi for business and you want a real value I would pick Crystal every time.

The comment below about bedbugs has to be from an inexperienced traveler.  People take bedbugs everywhere they go.  And I would venture to say that almost every hotel on the planet has had some experience with bedbugs.  We have been here at Crystal for 6 days with no problems.  And I know there is a potential for a problem anywhere that I travel.

There is a restaurant in the hotel called the San Marco.  It is on the second floor.  When we absolutely just don't want to go out we eat there.  As it is now it is not really an asset for the hotel.

I spend 4 to 6 months per year in China.  And I stay mostly in 4 and 5 star hotels.  I spend a small fortune on hotels and dining.  For me it all comes down to where I am and the reasons I am there.  For what I do in Huangshi, Crystal is the clear choice for me.

The hotel rooms are spacious and comfortable with distant views of the river. My only complaint about the room was that the carpets were filthy! They should have been changed a long time ago. The restaurant was quite good and offered quite a good range of Western food. The restaurant staff were lovely and made an effort to speak English. I would have appreciated more western food at breakfast apart from toast and the tea, simmering on the hot plate with only hot milk was vile. Tea should
Have been brought to the table. I didn't appreciate the card dropped by call girls into my room either

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Pros & Cons.  You decide.

Good in so many ways

Central hotel, great restaurants

Check-in was ok. Room is not very large, but ok. Everything is like in a 3 star hotel. Bed and pillows were ok. Carpet was really dirty and bathroom also could have been cleaned better. TV could have better selection of foreign channels. Wifi is free, but was bit slow at times.

Breakfast is simply poor for westerners. For Chinese food it is ok. I just had some boiled eggs and poor coffee.

We were tired after long day and had dinner in their Chinese restaurant (i.e. breakfast room). Prices are high and service is slow. Their fish head was good and Snow beer cold. Spicy glass noodles also ok.

I could stay here again. Hotel is ok for short stay. Price value is fine and Crystal is surely one of the better hotels in this town.

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Like title says,  found live bed bugs crawling in my bed when I woke up, as well as bugs in the shower. 

Hotel is not sanitary,  at least not upto western standards.  Sure rooms are spacious,  but it's not clean. 

Hotel does not offer none smoking rooms,  and all the rooms smells like an ashtray. 

Worst hotel that I've ever stayed in.... Brutal! 

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