Ibis Changchun Jianshe Street

This hotel is in a pretty good location, loads of restaurants nearby, and it is also local to a nice park with a lake that is safe to walk through at night. The staff were really friendly, and some have some English ability. I would recommend this hotel to travelers who are not too confident in Mandarin. The breakfast is Chinese style with a minimal nod to the west (bread and a toaster with jam satchets- no butter) and is not good value for 16 kuai per person. For breakfast I would recommend turning to the right when you leave the hotel. Not too far down the road you will see (on the other side of the road) a 24 hour zhou1 restaurant (congee)（the 24 hr logo is in English, and look out for the character 粥, often displayed as a bowl logo with the character written as the pattern on the bowl). This is very similar to a yumcha restaurant in Australia - you can get all kinds of delicious foods here, and quickly. Dumplings, steamer dishes, pancakes, green veg etc. The waitress will seat you and give you a piece of paper. Take this to where the food is, and you will get a stamp for each dish you take back to your table. Give the paper to the cashier at the front door to pay as you leave. I would also like to recommend the restaurant next to the hotel (to the right when you walk out of the hotel). They have a picture menu and the food there, especially the dumplings, is really great and the staff are friendly and helpful. The bed was somewhere between a Chinese and Western style, and comfortable enough. We found the pillows too low, so we asked at the front desk for 2 more. This was no problem, with housekeeping dropping off two pillows at our door approximately 5 minutes later (for no charge). Overall the Ibis is good value. It is a cheap place to stay with Chinese standards of maintenance and cleanliness.