White Swan Hotel

We stayed in The White Swan Hotel more than 13 nights (on multiple occasions) and have also stayed in various good A/PAC 5-star hotels (The Imperial of Connaught in New Delhi, Raffles of Singapore, SwissHotel Stamford of Singapore, Marina Bay Sands of Singapore, Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Mandarin Oriental in KL for example). The White Swan Hotel of Shamian Island Guangzhou - is one of the best in S/E Asia and A/PAC in our humble opinion and very, very highly recommended for its (1) modern big rooms and amenities (2) highly experienced and professional management (Chris - duty and/or senior manager of over 20 years’ experience) (3) exemplary service delivery and friendly attitude by various staff and consistently great interactions in many /all departments (4) great to world class quality food in all its various restaurants including the daily buffet breakfast (5) All the staff are well trained, experienced and knowledgeable, helpful and are fun to interact with (and most speak English). Several other people who travel extensively throughout south east Asia - (including a Sydney Double Bay barrister and his wife ) - have voted this hotel to be one of the best in south east Asia . Credits and kudos go to: Chris (senior manager or duty manager who manages the hotel professionally and is fluent in English), the two Alans in the concierge department, Henry and Johnson in the concierge department, Mr Liang (head chef in the breakfast buffet and Sherry in the buffet front desk. There are too many others who deserve a mention but you get the idea…. Examples of why we recommend White Swan Hotel include; stunning views of the 2,400km Pearl River, housekeeping staff well trained to pick up lost glasses fallen into bed crevices (shows they clean thoroughly) and return to guests, bed turn down services for goose feather quilts, large 60m2 deluxe rooms, large outdoor heated pool & nearby indoor two level modern gym and sauna . Wide variety of food in buffet breakfast including smoked duck breast and lunch desserts of fresh ginger juice curds with fresh water buffalo milk curd. The Chinese restaurants and yum cha dishes are of exemplary standard- try the chef served Cha Siew pork (served and cooked at table with crepe Suzette flames style presentation) , the fried glutinous rice dish with fresh pine nuts. For free, you can also watch the morning river distance swimmers battle incredibly against the current from the long extensive windows as you add more calories at breakfast and wonder if you have the energy to walk to the fresh yoghurt area. For novelty, let your kids (or bigger kids) try using the bidet attachments on some of the bathroom’s western style toilets. Highly recommend the white swan hotel. We will be going back there whenever we are in Guangzhou.