I am a frequent traveler to China. As a salesman, I spend much of my time on the road, often staying in remote industrial locations, in marginal hotels. I am not a complainer by nature. I am inclined to laugh about the more dreadful hotel experiences I’ve had. I expected more from Yun’s Paradise WALTZ Boutique Hotel, and they failed sufficiently to warrant a review.
Yun's Paradise WALTZ Boutique Hotel would have been the perfect location for me to stay. It is approximately 100 meters from the office where I needed to be working most of the time in Shanghai. However, I returned one night from Wuhan, after an 18 hour work day, to learn that I would have to check out at dawn the next day. The hotel decided to do some repairs on the hotel, and unceremoniously kicked out all of the guests without any notice in advance. I had to cancel an important business meeting scheduled for the next morning, pack all of my belongings, and move to Yun’s main hotel on the other side of the city. Instead of being a 3 minute walk from work, I was an hour-long taxi ride through traffic each way.
If you plan on staying at Yun’s Paradise WALTZ Boutique Hotel, and are fortunate enough not to be randomly thrown out of your room, here are a few points of information that might be useful:
Pros:
- The hotel is located near the Everbright Convention Center. If you are attending an event held in the Everbright, the location is perfect.
- The hotel front desk is small, but fairly efficient.
- There is a convenience store very near the hotel.
- There are some pretty good restaurants near by.
- It’s fairly easy to catch a taxi on Cao Bao Road.
- Hotel breakfast is not bad in terms of Chinese hotel breakfasts.
- Internet connection is good, and easy to connect to.
Cons:
- All rooms in Yun’s hotels have glass walls in the restrooms. That is to say, if you happen to be staying with others in your room, or have visitors, anything you do in the bathroom will become a group project.
- Getting your laundry returned in a timely manner may become a concern.
- Expect to be regularly annoyed by phone calls from the hotel, asking if you have laundry or if your room is clean, etc.
- Don’t be surprised if you are awoken from your nap in the middle of the day by the hotel staff, doing a random check of your room. (Or standing stark naked, reaching for your underwear, as your hotel door opens for said room check, as was I!)
- Usually, refrigerators are cold inside. Yun’s hotel room refrigerators are not.
- What would possess a hotel’s management to think that service staff radios blaring night and day in the hallways would not annoy guests?