“Decent hotel in poor location”

We spent two nights in late December 2012 in the Mingshen Jinjiang Golf Resort. After having difficulties finding the hotel (vs. the golf course which is easy to find) we were given a room upgrade to a suite for the second night for no apparent reason. The personnel does not speak english but is po… Fler

We spent two nights in late December 2012 in the Mingshen Jinjiang Golf Resort. After having difficulties finding the hotel (vs. the golf course which is easy to find) we were given a room upgrade to a suite for the second night for no apparent reason. The personnel does not speak english but is polite although a bit slow at times. The standard room is okay but the bathroom seems not completed yet, i.e. no shower curtain or glass wall to keep the whole bathroom from flooding. The suite is very spacious with 2 bathrooms and a desk with PC and free internet access. Overall there is still a lot of gardening being done and everything looks very new and not grown in yet. Interior decoration is functional and clean. The breakfast is a good continental with chinese additions to it. There are two restaurants - a western and a chinese - which offer a selection of various sea food, italian pasta or pizza as well as BBQ dishes (western) or regional dishes from Hainan and other southern chinese provinces (chinese restaurant). Pricing in both cases is very good. The pool is large but seems not very frequented. There are no slides or other amusement features but a pool bar which was neven open (most likely due to the low amount of users).

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“Ok but not really suitable for international guests (that don’t speak Chinese)”

We were there with our team for the Volvo Ocean Race for about 14 nights. We chose the hotel as it was the closest to the race village and our “scout” said it was ok. It was indeed ok but we had a very hard time as almost none of their staff spoke English and the ones that did weren’t quite fluent … Fler

We were there with our team for the Volvo Ocean Race for about 14 nights. We chose the hotel as it was the closest to the race village and our “scout” said it was ok. It was indeed ok but we had a very hard time as almost none of their staff spoke English and the ones that did weren’t quite fluent either. So, explaining any issue to them was always a major and we had to get our translator to help us every time. This hotel is definitely not for international guests (that don’t speak Chinese). One also has to get used to the fact that any reception staff is not allowed to make decisions on their own, so the decision making even for little things/issues/requests always took longer than expected. We only had breakfast there which was also for non-Chinese good enough. The property itself was nice, with a nice view either over the bay or the golf course. The rooms were clean. They say that they have a spa but it was closed and the gym is very limited (the treadmills are old and don’t work properly and the aircon was not working…). They were happy to open it up outside of their regular hours though. The guys decided to play golf once but it was apparently quite pricey. So, again, there are definitely better suited hotels for international clientele in nicer areas than the Mingshen Jinjiang Golf Hotel.

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