Linden Centre Suzhou

I like this old house style boutique hotel the most. So I am full of hope to stay, let me talk about the advantages first: the environment is really beautiful, and I live in a time machine. The clerks greet each other with a smile, making them feel at home. Hygienic in place. Let's talk about the disadvantages: there is no refrigerator, how inconvenient it is for guests in summer! The breakfast on the first day was Jiugongge, which was very good. The weekend changed to self-service on the second day, and there was nothing left 45 minutes before the end. How dare you say that you can’t prepare for it when you count 30 or so guests? In the south of the Yangtze River in the cold spring, there is no wall heating, so we can only turn on the air conditioner and make a noise like a bellows. There are naturally many difficulties in the reconstruction of old houses, but they can be solved technically. If the old house is used as an excuse, it is better not to do it.

It was a pleasant surprise to chase from Shaxi Xilinyuan to Suzhou Xilinyuan. The old house is as old as it used to be, and many old objects are preserved, which is very tasteful. The public area has a lot of space, so even when the rooms are almost full during the Spring Festival, you can’t see other guests while strolling in the garden, which is a great escape from the world. The guest room is very comfortable. There is a living room in front and a garden in the back. Two huge osmanthus trees are planted in the garden, and a few little rabbits are wandering around. There are Diaohualou and Qiyuan not far from the surrounding area. In short, it is a good homestay choice for Dongshan travel.

Maybe Xizhou Xilin Garden gave too many surprises Let me look forward to Suzhou Xilinyuan before departure But after three days and two nights experience Can be said to be extremely disappointed First of all, we are not self-driving Suzhou Xilin Garden is located in Dongshan Village There are few shops around to eat and buy Calling a taxi to go out and want to go to the lake for dinner, I'm afraid I can't get a taxi or come back, so I just give up. It's not very convenient Feeling uncomfortable as if trapped Secondly, the equipment in the room is too poor it's really bad The quilt is extremely stuffy and airtight In this cold weather, it's so cold that it's sweating but not tightly covered. The mattress is as hard as a board Really didn't sleep well all night On the second day with broken bones, I woke up like I was beaten The water in the shower is very small and the bath is uncomfortable poor quality toothbrush poor toiletries Shampoo, shower gel, and conditioner are not individually packaged by the brand It's in a big jar, I don't know what brand it is But the smell is very cheap The air conditioner in the room is too dry, causing itchy skin all over the body I want some body lotion But found that there is not even body lotion later also found A 1700-night hotel The room doesn't even have a refrigerator mini bar paper pen spoon TV not required But this is really not the level that the most basic room ¥1700 a night hotel should have breakfast is also very simple I have a bowl of noodles, and my friend has a bowl of wontons On the first day, the noodles and wontons were served warm half eaten noodles The lard floating on the soup is starting to solidify The rest is only served with an egg, a steamed bun and a slice of pumpkin gone Went out for a morning and came back at 1:00 pm, only to find that the room hadn't been cleaned, the quilt hadn't been folded, the towels hadn't been changed, and the sanitation hadn't been done Within two minutes of our return, Auntie came Say you didn't hear us go out this morning? talk about dinner after a day of hunger in extreme hunger My friends and I think the taste of the food is actually pretty average. And the price is really outrageous These few dishes are only in the early 300s at most. I don’t know why the original price here is more than 350 per person That braised pork is full of fat The asparagus in it is tasteless As soon as you eat it, you know that the two things have never been burnt together. Lion head is made of shrimp and fish As soon as you get close to your nose, you can smell a strong shrimp smell People from Suzhou know that the shrimp is not fresh. Whitebait stewed egg is very ordinary I don’t understand why such a stewed egg costs ¥88 in a land of fish and rice like Dongshan, Suzhou. And after eating a few restaurants outside I found that the taste made by Rongchun Xiaoguan is not particularly special compared with those outside. Where is the taste? and it's winter now Is it possible to heat the dish under the dish? You can’t burn fires and candles in old houses, so at least you can use electricity. Otherwise, the food in this cold weather will be cold after two bites Several stores in Xilinyuan I have always been involved with the old house It is doomed to sacrifice a lot of things But this is not the reason why the room equipment is poor, the price of the meal is outrageous, the experience is nothing, and the price/performance ratio is so low The brand Xilinyuan I don't know what kind of maverick high-end ancient house homestay route I plan to take? Still have to repeat Songtsam's old path Harvest diners and residents as leeks for capital and to attract money? I don't know what Mr. Lin Deng's original intention was to establish Suzhou Xilin Garden If only for the purpose of restoring a century-old house If it is just to occupy a share of Xilinyuan's market share in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai So Suzhou Xilinyuan really didn't do well this time The average price of the one in Shaxi is less than 3,000 per night, although the price is a bit outrageous But people have scenery and design Although I didn't live, I just had a meal But the service experience and impression are very good This store in Suzhou is a gimmick for the restoration of the century-old Xiangshan Gang But I really can't experience more of the level that this price should have No matter from room equipment, public area design, catering, surrounding environment, and local experience, the convenience of the surrounding area and the tourism resources of Dongshan as a whole Xilinyuan did not make good use of these things and integrate them this time. Suzhou Xilin Garden opened a little over a year ago It can be seen that there is a problem with the design of the shower room in the room In such a humid place, use a skin If the skin doesn't fall off, it's no wonder if it doesn't get moldy It's cold when the air conditioner isn't turned on, and it's hot and dry when it's turned on It's too loud to make you sleepy pillow no choice One too low, two too high, can't sleep at all A brand that does not even do the most basic hotel management, room cleaning, hardware facilities, linen supplies, catering and meals So anxious to open one after another I don't know what you want In other words, more important experience such a price There are no local snack buffets in public areas In a place like Dongshan, which is rich in high-quality fruits all year round Only those few oranges that are so unpalatable that they are so dry that they are almost rotten Xilinyuan can't do well in these places Can you take a look at Anyu, a brand also born in Yunnan? Our room amenities, our breakfast culture, our afternoon tea experience and countless soft drinks, fruit and sweet soup in the public area if these can't be done At least bring the local experience culture of Xizhou Xilin Garden here It's not that arranging a "Rong Chuntang small tour" can make guests feel at ease and pay for you It doesn’t mean how big your public area is, it’s fine that guests can rest anywhere Bring out the service, experience and quality that a 1700+ one-night high-end homestay should have Since I set such a price Since I chose to take this route Just show your sincerity, okay? Otherwise, customers will feel Oh Suzhou Xilin Garden nothing but high prices Except for the old house, it's a mess Nothing but service The absolute inverse ratio of pricing and experience It's really the same as the one in Xizhou Opening a new hotel is not just a matter of taking a few good-looking promotional photos It's not like protecting and repairing a century-old house as a gimmick, and someone will pay for it for you It's not like setting up an educational exchange base to earn fame and fortune grandiosely This time also made me realize It turns out that not all hotels with the sign of Xilinyuan can be called Xilinyuan In my mind, there are only two real Xilin Gardens That is Yang Pinxiang's house and Yan Baocheng's house When eating in restaurants outside, the bosses and proprietresses of the two companies each asked us if we were tourists and where we lived. We say Xilinyuan Rongchuntang Almost all of their responses were: First shake your hand and then ah? Rong Chuntang? ? ? It's really expensive and boring, it's better to live in Dongshan Hotel. Although I will not live in a place like Dongshan Hotel but they also remind me For the same price in Suzhou, I can live in the Park Hyatt and the Bear Why spend money to come to Dongshan to buy unhappiness I think Rong Chuntang can give such a reaction and emotion to the local people. Perhaps it is really time to think about whether being a "foreign visitor" is a bit too aloof and condescending. Write at the end: The service is still very good 20% discount on departure dinner meals Sent a small present and Mr. Lyndon's new book still interested But the regret is that I didn't feel the charm of the old house and the sense of ceremony that it should have. I didn't experience the services and products that should be available at this price. I didn't enjoy the pleasant atmosphere of vacation. .

I loved the Xilin Garden in Dali for the first time. This time I especially experienced the Rongchun Hall in Suzhou, the renovated old house, the century-old osmanthus garden, the weaving art of the Dulong people, the two cute "giant rabbits", and the three... The kittens with different personalities, the warm service, and the Christmas tree created by the staff all left a deep impression on me❤️

Advantages: The environment is very good, living in a cultural relic protection building, the butler has a good service attitude, fast response, and responsive to requests; Disadvantages: The equipment is too poor, the breakfast is not good, the air conditioner is too noisy, there are no disposable slippers, and there is no small refrigerator