Jinlong Hotel Chaozhou

“Good deal, but don't mind the smoke”

Jinlong is a very traditional Chinese hotel targeted at locals. What they have done recently is to refurbish some rooms which they branded as "luxury rooms", and these are good deals. In the place of the wooden furniture is a huge sofa. We stayed in one and the room is huge ... the double bed sleep… more

Jinlong is a very traditional Chinese hotel targeted at locals. What they have done recently is to refurbish some rooms which they branded as "luxury rooms", and these are good deals. In the place of the wooden furniture is a huge sofa. We stayed in one and the room is huge ... the double bed sleeps 4 of us comfortably, and there still plenty of space for my kids to play. While may not be everyone's style, the overkill of marble and ceramic tiles do work. The room was very clean, and TV has multiple local channels. A common complaint by overseas travellers is that hotel mattresses are hard, which is also the case here. Booking these rooms will require a call to the hotel, which means you need to speak Chinese. The website is not updated so the luxury rooms do not appear on its booking page. Or walk in, since it seems the hotel occupancy isn't high outside peak travel periods. Location-wise the hotel is in a good area, across the road from the main pedestrian street. Service staffs are low key and formal, but are flexible and will help when asked. Hotel has 2 restaurants, even massage rooms and fitness rooms. Rate does not include breakfast, but they have a popular dimsum restaurant downstairs which serve up decent inexpensive food. The travel agency next to it will also handle combo ticketing and train/bus tickets. The reason for us it doesn't get 5* is the issue with cigarette smoke. While smoking in lift lobbies are prohibited, local tourists do it anyway. And when they smoke in their rooms, the smoke creep into other rooms under the door and through the central air system. On some nights we were breathing plenty of second hand smoke (for hours). Locals smoke plenty and this is not the hotel's fault (and likely the same in other establishments in town and out), but it does mar our experience nevertheless.

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“Nice stay”

Stayed at the hotel in late October. It is close to a bus stop ( to get to the high speed train station), taxis parking near the bus stop and also the attractions we wanted to see ( can walk to the attractions). The reception is nice and spacious, and there is a nearby restaurant, owned by the hote… more

Stayed at the hotel in late October. It is close to a bus stop ( to get to the high speed train station), taxis parking near the bus stop and also the attractions we wanted to see ( can walk to the attractions). The reception is nice and spacious, and there is a nearby restaurant, owned by the hotel serving dim sums. The room is a twin bed suite, so it is big. It has a separate lounge room, and the bathroom is so big that you can dance in it. Has all the facilities, kettle, hair dryer, and even a computer. I had tried to use the computer but everything is in Chinese, so no use to me. Everything seemed clean, beds are good, not hard. I had breakfast dim sum in that restaurant, it was good and price was reasonable. Also, had dinner one night there and it wasn't good. We tried a few rice dishes, either it was too oily or too soupy, you can do better elsewhere plus it closes early. Just up the road from the hotel, there are food stalls and bakeries.

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“Good hotel stay!”

Travelled with family and stayed at Jin Long Hotel ( 潮州金龙大酒店) in Apr 2012. It's located quite near the Kaiyuan Temple (just across the road, abt 10 mins walk). The rooms are clean and big but soundproofing not too good. The room rate doesn't include breakfast but there's a chinese teahouse near t… more

Travelled with family and stayed at Jin Long Hotel ( 潮州金龙大酒店) in Apr 2012. It's located quite near the Kaiyuan Temple (just across the road, abt 10 mins walk). The rooms are clean and big but soundproofing not too good. The room rate doesn't include breakfast but there's a chinese teahouse near the hotel lobby that serve resonably good, cheap dim sum.

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“Good value hotel, excellent location.”

Firstly, not many foreign travellers venture to Chaozhou, which is their loss. It's a warm, welcoming place with a lot of history attached. As to the hotel, rooms are large by Chinese standards and well-furnished and comfortable. The staff are helpful but not many speak English well, understandable… more

Firstly, not many foreign travellers venture to Chaozhou, which is their loss. It's a warm, welcoming place with a lot of history attached. As to the hotel, rooms are large by Chinese standards and well-furnished and comfortable. The staff are helpful but not many speak English well, understandable given that they don't need to. The hotel is located near the edge of the old town and close to the river, an excellent location. It's well equipped with restaurants, sauna etc. although I didn't try the sauna as it was 36 degrees outside!

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“Nice, traditional hotel”

The Jinlong is a rather traditional hotel. The rooms are spacious and well kept. The hotel is located near many interesting places. I had no problems during the stay. The only thing on the bad side is that the beds really are pretty hard. Still, I would stay there again.