Shangri-La Hangzhou

Location, quality of service!

Convenient location.

Overall excellent services from all staffs. Rooms are clean but the entire hotel seems old and need a good renovation. Meals are good.

A great location.

Shangri-la Hotels, as a brand, is one of my favorite brands. The Shangri-la Hangzhou, overlooking the famous Xihu, is impeccably maintained and clean. The rooms are decently sized and comfortable. The staff is not obtrusive but always present and pleasant. The amenities are commensurate with the type of rooms. It is definitely a great hotel for leisure travel or vacation resort. I'll definitely go there again on my next visit to Hangzhou.

Location is great, cross street is the lake. Staff is very friendly.

Terrible breakfast

It is a beautiful hotel on the lake with many wonderful memories.

The hotel is very old, furniture and bathroom need to be refurbished. I booked this hotel because of the location, however there are more better choice beside Shangri-La Hangzhou. Will not come back again unless they refurbish the hotel.

Very nice location, 5 minutes walk from Gushan Park.

It is next to the lake and one of the best parks in Hangzhou.

Best location

Amazing property. Across the street is the path to the lake. Definitely would stay here again.

Great

Like most said. Outdated and run down. It’s really a pity. The property would probably sell for $1B USD. But because of this the rooms are cheap. I call it a value for the location. $100 here and $500 in others. I would return. But don’t plan 4-5 stars.

Good Lake view, easily access to famous lake walkable path, enjoy the scenery

we like two things about this hotel. First, its location is unbeatable. It is right next to the West Lake, 2 minutes walk from Yue Fei Temple, Gushan, Xiling Bridge, five minutes from the Louwailou Restaurant where you can have good food with an unparalleled view of the lake. Second, Shangri-La has an old-world graciousness that no ultra-modern fancy hotels can ever match, and the room is spacious and relaxing (we had the executive suite). It is not something everyone appreciates, but to older, more sophisticated guests with a taste for old-fashioned grace, this is a great virtue. Despite some small imperfections, this is our number one choice in Hangzhou.

Excellent in every way. 5 star traditional resort hotel.

Amazing. The hotel is full of history. One of the oldest well maintained hotels in China.

Rude and insulting are two of the words I would use to describe my recent experience checking into the Shangri-La Hotel in Hangzhou. The young man that checked me in wore the golden keys of a professional concierge, a Les Clefs d’O. A professional he was not. He lacked politeness, hospitality and was outright rude. Dirty carpets in the room so bad, you would not dare walk barefoot. A noisy ventilation system made it hard to hear the TV. A TV remote that would not work while sitting on the bed and required me to get up and stand in front of the TV to use it. Coffee and a coffee maker in the room, but no stir sticks (used the handle of our toothbrush for this). And a luggage room attendant that left our bags (with my work laptop) unattended, instead of locking them away. Steven, the hotel front desk agent / concierge seemed irritated to be helping my wife and I check in. Twice he commented in Chinese “American”. Even with anti-American sentiment high in China right now, his deplorable and reprehensible behavior was inexcusable. Ordering me to give him my visa, not acknowledging or apologizing when I told him he should say “please”. What happened to the days when a hotel employee would thank a guest for returning and wish them a nice stay? At a high end hotel we should be able to expect a higher level of hospitality, even friendliness. I’ve been traveling to China for over 20 years and know the difference between being treated with disrespect and indifference.