Guohui Hotel (People's Building)

I was looking forward to this hotel, looking at past reviews it seemed like it was worth the money. We arrived at the room quite late, and were greeted by a very friendly helpful receptionist. The check in was easy but unfortunately that's where the joy ended. The first thing that hits you is the smell of damp in the hotel passageway when you get to your floor, and it only amplifies in the rooms. The rooms have old scuffed and chipped furniture, the carpet and walls have stains on them and the smell of mold fills the air once you close your room door. But I've stayed in worse places, that's fine, I'll just turn on the air con to get some air flow, I think to myself. As soon as I turned the aircon on my nose blocked and I started coughing. A quick look in the vent showed layers and layers of dust caked on the aircon facade and vent. I turned off the aircon and opened the window just to get some kind of fresh air, shenzhens extremely humid warm fresh air. The bed was pretty comfortably and clean, and when I woke up I was greeted by the amazing view of shenzhen and the golf club down below in the morning light. However, the trip down to breakfast was not as impressive as the view. There are Very few dishes in a cramped dining area, and the dishes are not very good with my friend questioning the freshness of almost all of the few choices and couldn't even finish the breakfast cereal as it was too stale. I thankfully only booked one night here. Would I stay again? As a last resort perhaps, it's very close to futian station and other public transportation, but I'd stay away from the breakfast and bring some air freshener.