Mercure Hotel Suzhou Jinji Lake

Modern and clean room. Some small disappointment is a view that can’t see much thing even I’m on higher floor because it faced to the other side, while I booked this hotel with expectation to see Pants Tower. (Suzhou Center) The location is not very close to public transportation. I walked from metro, quite far. So when I return, I took Didi to train station instead. Surrounded with construction. So not sure when those construction will be completed in the future. Oh! And one worst thing is the air conditioning in autumn. Even though it’s cold outside the building, but in the room, without air conditioning and ventilation, it’s too hot and difficult to breathe. I asked for some help so I received a small fan that can help a bit. But still not comfortable to sleep. At least if I can open the window a bit, it will be much better. What I like most here is the lobby decoration that’s full of books. Breakfast is various and nice, too.

Suzhou @ Shantangjie

Everything went good but we expect to have two rooms located at the same floor but they can not organize and our window inside the room is very small (we thought it should be one big window to see view outside.

This is the best hotel I stayed during this trip. Surrounding areas quiet. But convenient to travel around. Metro Line 1 just next to hotel. Approx 15 min walk to metro station. But there 2 long flights of stairs. So those with large luggages better be careful. Better to take DiDi. Bathroom, toilet and wash areas are separated. There are self service laundry on 2 floors. Very useful. Room is spacious. Highly recommended 👍👍

This was a last minute booking for me and my friend as it was late and we were too tired to travel the long journey back home. So we decided to spend the night here. What a wonderful experience for us. This is my second time at this hotel and I love everything about it. The staff are so friendly, helpful and accommodating towards our needs at that hour of the day. Truly a wonderful place to stay. Breakfast was great as well and just what we needed to travel back home. Definitely a favourite hotel for me.

Location was not great, perhaps we should have researched that a little more as there was a different Mercure closer to the old town area that we wanted to visit. Hotel comfort is pretty basic, you can get a similar comfort level for a budget priced hotel. The service received from the manager was poor, there were 4 staff on and not busy but the manager could not be bothered to answer a simple question. The breakfast was a reasonable price and the fresh cooked noodles and dumplings were good.