Guangdong Victory Hotel

Staff was very helpful, clean rooms, very comfortable beds, good location

My room was facing the courtyard and there was some noise coming from the air/conditioning compressors, but such noise was tolerable

Location, very good on Shamian Island

I really enjoyed the breakfast at the hotel. I also found the beds most comfortable. I also had a quick swim at the outdoor swimming pool.

The hotel needs to upgrade its showers and baths.

The room was very comfortable and clean. I stayed in the West building which is a totally separeate hotel. I'm told it is superior to the East Building. Don't do what I did and try to check in at the wrong one as they have separate receptions. Breakfast was ok, the staff were a little dingy, but very nice. Two minute walk through a beautiful area and you are at the riverside, where there are several restaurants in the open air. To sum it up, I liked it a lot, and when I come to Guangzhou on business again, this will be my first choice by a long shot.

No complimentary bottled water. This is because they have a separate drinking water tap in the bathroom, but mine was really, really slow. But then, I would rather have the water bottled anyway, as I feel more confident. After all, it's not like this is the cheapest hotel on the list, so why skimp here. Some might say I'm being a cheapskate, but "Hey!" it's the principle of the thing, right? Bad marketing move in my opinion, sack the beancounter! One other little item: I had paid and had the funds taken from my card the month before I travelled (during Canton Fair you cannot cancel once you have booked, so fair enough), but when I reached the hotel they were about to take it again. A phone call was needed. Shouldn't happen!

Proximity to the business I had to conduct. Free computer and internet access in the room. Reasonable room rate. Enjoyed the breakfast. Friendly staff. While not all the staff spoke English, you have to realize that you are in a foreign country (to put things in perspective). Comfortable bed.

The Rooftop Swimmingpool needes a renovation. its not realy clean.

Internet access

Quite ok quality and price ratio. Good location in the Shamian island.

Smelly air conditioning. Also some cicarette smell came from the other rooms. Oldish bathroom.

Our room was huge in size and wonderful value for money. The location was superb on a quiet island but very handy to shopping, the underground train system and excellent restaurants. The staff were wonderful and if we could not understand eachother effort was made to find someone who could. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay there.

impeccable cleanliness of the room and bathroom, beautiful decor (we had a business room in the West Building, which had separate meeting and sleeping areas and plenty of space to move about), comfortable bed, free internet access, gratis tea and cake every day for the two of us and really helpful staff. special compliments to front desk manager Vicky who helped my wife and myself on quite a few occasions during our week's stay.

the hotel is not that central as claimed in the other reviews. be prepared to travel by taxi (approx. 15 mins) or metro if you plan to see the real downtown Guangzhou and visit the best restaurants and shops in town (quality-wise). however, the hotel area is safe, full of nice little art shops, great for a romantic evening stroll and remarkable for its collonial-style architecture, location close to the river bank. what really caused inconvenience was the broken toilet bowl with an extremely archaic flushing mechanism. breakfast below average, beware of the sour milk and joghurts. housekeeping wanted to charge us RMB 50 for a smudge of mascara on the blanket cover - luckily, the issue was solved in our favour after a short debate.

Location is excellent

the comfortable location and surounding area.

little far away from Canton Fair