Tang Jingze Onsen Hotel

After living in Japan, I really begun to appreciate onsen. I went here with my dad on our trip to Dalian, hoping to get a similar experience. The onsen itself was as expected, but I overheard some old ladies talking very loudly about how they did not shower before entering, which was disgusting. As well, they did have a small hand-washing basin as onsen should have, but it wasn’t operational and there was a large hose coiled inside. On top of all this, the service we received was absolutely appalling. The attitude we received upon checkin was very impolite. At first, the checkin staff tried to turn us away and tell us to go to a different hotel because they apparently couldn’t understand how to read the name on my passport (written in English). They had to call a different staff member over to confirm my reservation. The checkin staff also told us to buy bathing suits, which I thought was odd for onsen. In fact, for the onsen bathing suits were not required. There was a water park for children, which does require bathing suits. However, we were told we should buy them even for onsen. We ate lunch and breakfast at the hotel. The food was plentiful but I can’t say that anything was well made. There was nothing particularly healthy either.