Location is good Staff is nice and kind

No

The building itself is furnished very nicely and the view from the communal terrace is beautiful. Most necessary things were provided and the air con and tv were up to date and functioned well.

I don’t speak Chinese and the staff speak limited English which meant we had some communication issues. They only take cash and require it on arrival but I didn’t have it and the nearest ATM is in town. I then forgot to pay the next day and the staff didn’t ask us for it until 9.45pm when we were in bed almost asleep. One guy came and reminded us we hadn’t paid and when I said ‘tomorrow?’ he seemed to understand, nodded and left. 10 minutes later, a lady came and asked about the money, pretty much waking us up and with the same very limited English. She too seemed to accept our offer of ‘tomorrow’. Another 5 minutes later and the first guy comes up again having enlisted a teenage boy staying there with some English to ask for some ID. By this point we were frustrated and shocked that they think it’s acceptable to disturb their guests at 10pm 3 times. Very unprofessional. I accept that I forgot to pay immediately, but they also forgot and addressing the situation at night time is not appropriate. The breakfast was attractive but quite tasteless aside from the fruit and was exactly the same the next day. I had to swat about 7 flies buzzing around our bedroom windows when we arrived, perhaps because it’s high up in the eaves. The curtains don’t keep the light out.

The view and location were great, the bed was comfortable and the air conditioning was really cold. The outside seating area was really nice to sit out in the evening. There were lots of friendly cats relaxing around the place.

Our room didn’t have proper curtains. The material that was covering the windows was all stained and didn’t cover the whole window, so that I had to hang towels over the gaps. To make sure people in the road or guests on the balcony couldn’t see in. It was so strange! This could be and probably was (about ten years ago) a lovely traditional home stay. But it just felt a bit run down, and not looked after. Also there’s no soundproofing between rooms, our room was directly above and next to a family of 8 with 4 kids. We could hear everything. Breakfast was disappointing, the coffee machine didn’t work and there were tea bags but no hot water. The teenage kid serving the breakfast tried his best but didn’t really know what to do.