Hotel dengan Sarapan Pagi di Suzhou

Songmaoju adalah hotel butik yang diubah dari bangunan bata dan kayu tradisional ber***a Suzhou. Rumah tua ini dibangun pada tahun 1745 (tahun kesepuluh pemerintahan Kaisar Qianlong), memiliki sejarah hampir 300 tahun, dan pernah menjadi kediaman keluarga Pan pada akhir Dinasti Qing. Terletak di bagian tengah Jalan Pingjiang, hotel ini menawarkan tempat peristirahatan yang tenang di tengah hiruk pikuk kota. Struktur interior dan dekorasinya memiliki pesona klasik rumah besar Jiangnan, memberikan pengalaman menginap yang unik. Pelayanan hotel sangat memperhatikan detail, mewujudkan ***a Suzhou yang lembut dan elegan. Sambutan hangat, bantuan antusias dengan bagasi, dan sentuhan perhatian lainnya membuat tamu merasa seperti di rumah sendiri. Secara khusus, Xiao Xu di meja resepsionis sangat membantu kami, membuat kami merasa seperti di rumah sendiri. Fasilitas hotel lengkap dan berkualitas tinggi. Kami menghargai alat penjernih air, dispenser air panas dan bersih, sikat gigi ber***a, dan berbagai macam sup manis, buah-buahan, dan camilan larut malam setiap hari. Seprainya juga sangat bersih, lembut, dan terbuat dari katun murni, sehingga sangat nyaman. Sarapan sebagian besar terdiri dari menu tetap yang dilengkapi dengan prasmanan, menawarkan pilihan hidangan Cina dan Barat. Pastikan untuk mencoba kue kacang hijau dan puding tahu es. Terdapat banyak tempat wisata di dekat hotel, seperti Jalan Pejalan Kaki Pingjiang, Jalan Guanqian, Jalan Qilishantang, Taman Humble Administrator, Bukit Harimau, dll. Awalnya kami memesan untuk dua hari, tetapi kemudian memperpanjang pemesanan kami selama dua hari lagi. Di satu sisi, akomodasinya nyaman, dan di sisi lain, kami tidak punya cukup waktu untuk mengunjungi tempat-tempat wisata tersebut. Namun, pengalaman ini melebihi ekspektasi kami!

Now, I can sit here and tell you that we’re staying in an eco-friendly hotel that even though you’re inside its high glass windows gives you an outdoor vibe. I can even sit and talk about the saline pool, its state-of-the-art gym and list all the amenities; and I can even talk about the number of rooms and the fact that as we speak there’s an international summit going on here. Somehow that won’t speak about my experience here at this hotel. Elements (by Westin) Suzhou Science & Technology Town does have all of the above BUT what I love about this hotel is its Staff. I love the fact that they seem to be always be here. I somehow believe that they live onsite because they’re always around. In the morning, even before I enter the Salon I hear, “Nǐ hǎo Marsha” from the Breakfast Host, followed up by the nice lady in the Salon, smiling at me and ushering me to the coffee machine, while handing me my 2 brown sugar packs. She knows my morning habits so quickly. Not only that, because they knew Peter was missing from my breakfast table for a few mornings, they now signal to me with take away containers for Peter, to have his breakfast in the room. When we need to go anywhere the young ladies at the Front Desk (no matter which Shift) are always either asking us where we need to go so that they can call a CASH taxi to get us to our destination. One of them even came with me one day to the Bank of China’s ATM and sat in the taxi while I went in and conducted my business and accompanied me to the Campus to visit Jon-Marc. Yesterday, one of them even used her own Didi account to get us transportation back to the hotel and we reimbursed her (and walked away while she was trying to give us back our change because we knew she wouldn’t have taken the Tip as is their custom). How else could we have shown her how grateful we were for her kind gesture? Then there is Simon Jiang, the General Manager, who speaks perfect English and is always there to assist and offer suggestions of things to do and places to go. Simon was the one who actually explained to me that you can’t just walk into a pharmacy and get anything without a prescription. What I can tell you is that even though he is the GM he is always on hand assisting the staff with their work. Even though there is a clear hierarchy here, he takes off his jacket and assists in the kitchen, you can sometimes see him helping the older ladies bring out the heavy equipment (if needed) when they’re cleaning the floors, clear tables, etc. Or Alex Ju, the Assistant General Manager, who accompanied Peter and I to the hospital and stayed and spoke with the doctor and the international insurance department on our behalf (in Mandarin) to make everything a little easier for us. These people are the ones who have made my stay here memorable and I can honestly say that its because of them that I would recommend Elements by Westin in Suzhou to ANYONE who wanted a place to stay without hassle and with a host of helpful, courteous, friendly staff. It has been my pleasure having encountered such warm, friendly, delightful and gentle human beings.

We were looking forward to our stay here and suffice to say, it did not disappoint. Location was great and it's located along Pingjiang Road. It made for a very convenient stroll at anytime of the day. We wanted to experience the street at its busiest to the quiet in the middle of the night once shops close and tourists leave. The sound of light footsteps and wheels rolling against cobbled path during the break of dawn to lightly stir you from your sleep were strangely soothing and nice to wake up to. Pillows were a lil soft to our liking but each to their own. We had a great stay nonetheless.