Yousu Hotel & Apartment NanJing XuanWu Lake JinMao Plaza Branch

Entry is unmarked and down an alley way off a side street behind a wall of bright green self serve delivery boxes! You need to ask downstairs reception (not actually the office) to phone for someone to meet you and take you up to the second floor where reception is carried out from what looks like a crowded apartment. It seems like a building where accommodation is managed by more than one provider. However, once you get past this, the apartments are spacious, airy and clean with a kitchen and a clothes washer that is also a drier. The stove griller works fine for toast. We bought cutlery and then found it was supplied in a drawer below the oven. The AC is quiet and works well. One funny thing is that your card for the lift is coded only to the floor your room is on. So, everyone uses the internal fire escape stairs to access another floor if friends are staying on another level. The apartments are quiet and well located with a hallway connecting with the shopping centre below. This has a great little bakery and a good supermarket/convenience store selling fruit, vegetables, meat, groceries and wine from Australia, France and Spain. Plus the usual beers and spirits. Some quirky arrangements, but would definitely stay again. It works really well and has room to be comfortable and have friends in for a drink. Sliding doors can close off the bedroom if you wish. Lake Xuanwu is a beautiful nearby attraction. Take a ride on one of the self drive electric swan boats to take in sights around the lake shore!