GGuest UserWhen planning my trip to Yangshuo, I checked out quite a few hotels in advance. The location of (BO·HUI Hotel (Yangshuo West Street& Lijiang River) is quite close to Longtoushan Pier. If you take a cruise to Yangshuo, you can actually walk straight to the hotel with your luggage. Turn right out of the hotel and walk just a few steps to Diecui Road, which puts you right at the edge of West Street. It's super convenient.
The service here is also very good. As soon as I booked, a duty manager proactively reached out to add me on WeChat. After check-in, responses were prompt, and they were attentive to our needs. When we arrived, our booked river-view room wasn't ready yet, and the previous guest had smoked inside, leaving a lingering smell of smoke. The front desk proactively informed us about this and offered a complimentary upgrade to a family room, inviting us to take a look before deciding. However, the family room had a corridor on one side and very close residential buildings on the other, and it might have been closed up for a while—while it was more spacious, it felt a bit stuffy. We decided to stick with our original room, and the front desk arranged for smoke deodorization. When we were planning to take a taxi out, the front desk proactively reminded us to set our pin to Friendship Hotel, as Binjiang Road right outside is restricted to vehicles and taxis can't drive up to the entrance, which saved us a lot of unnecessary hassle. Every time we came and went, the front desk staff were very friendly and especially sweet to children. Later, when we tried out the rubbings (block printing) experience, they patiently taught us how to do it; once we got the hang of it, we could do it on our own, which gave us plenty of freedom.
The room features a spacious 2-meter king-size bed and a balcony facing the Li River. The bedding was quite comfortable to sleep on, especially the pillows—they seemed to be filled with some kind of granular material, rather than being completely soft and unsupportive. The minibar offers three complimentary drinks, and a jar on the counter was stocked with snowflake crisps and soft candies. For tea, they provide CHALI tea bags and locally featured Luo Han Guo (monk fruit) tea. Slippers included both plastic and disposable options. The bathroom provided oak-scented shower gel that smelled amazing, and shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, and hand soap were all fully stocked. The water flow from the shower faucet was quite gentle, but the toggle button between the hand shower and overhead rain shower was a bit faulty—it easily snapped back by itself, switching the water back to the overhead shower.
All in all, I chose (BO·HUI Hotel (Yangshuo West Street& Lijiang River) because of its great location, relatively recent opening date, and positive reviews. The actual experience lived up to them. The service was warm and attentive, the breakfast was on the smaller side but tasted good, and while the AC seemed centrally controlled as we couldn't find a control panel in the room, it stayed consistently cool and comfortable. Right downstairs, there's a quiet and nicely decorated bar. Areas for improvement would be that even after the room deodorization treatment, a faint smell of smoke could still be detected when sleeping on the right side of the bed, and the shower faucet toggle wasn't working smoothly.
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