Harbin hotels & places to stay

This Hotel has many features, that overide its few short comings. Its 5 Star Hotel - true; but not in the same class as other international 5 stars, pretty close. The Location is perfect - The best out of all the others centrally located in Harbin's downtown area. If your going to shop, your right next door to the main shopping areas, and Central street, with its architectural divercity, cobblestone street, lots of shopping and restaurants all around. If your hear for the festival, its right on the river across from Sun island snow sculpture park, the Ice carving and Ice Lanterns are 5mins walk away, so i loved its location. The Breakfast was very good by local standards, but on a international scale about a 4 star, still fine but dont expect the Sheraton buffet. Rooms were huge, really supprised to find such a big room. Comfortable bed, warm room in winter with indepentant heating controls. Bathroom a little small (compaired to room) but the shower hot, had great pressure, so you could warm up and take long shower. No Bath, oh well. The only negitive, was the local KTV & Restaurant across the road blaring music through outdoor speakers, was little distracting, not to loud you couldnt sleep early, but loud enough to know it was there. For me not a problem, but for some people may cause discomfort. It does stop, but its later than you would like, especially weekends. English was limited, but someone spoke enough to get by. All in all, i was happy there & will return next trip to Harbin.

The hotel is beautifully located at the Songhua river and not too far (however, not in walking distance) from the main attractions of the snow and ice festival and the new opera house with its unique architechture. The distance to downtown Harbin is considerable (approx. 10 km). There is a convenient complimentary hotel shuttle service to the two venues of the winter festival. Into downtown you need a taxi. The elegant hotel offers everything to feel at home away from home. The breakfast is excellent in quality and variety. There is a bavarian brewery at the hotel, which offers surprisingly good bavarian style food and beer. All staff members, albeit not always speaking English very well, are extremely friendly and helpful. Our special thanks go to Donald (Dong) for arranging our shuttle transports and tickets for the ice and snow festival and to Lilian for her outstanding and friendly assistance with all matters. We highly recommend this hotel for a stay in Harbin.

staying here was the icing on the cake for a perfect holiday. this was our first time staying with the shangri la and we loved it. it was very obviously the best hotel option in harbin, head and shoulders above the other accommodation options. worth the price difference given the spectacular views you get (be sure to book a superior room for a guaranteed view) as for as hotels in china go - this was above par for service and food. comparable to a 5 star hotel in europe, or very good 4 star hotel in top asian cities. the standard of food and variety available and the buffets exceeded our expectations. the location was also great for us - it's a very pleasant 20 min walk along the river into the pedestrianized centre of town (zhongyuan lu) - which gives you a chance to walk on the frozen river or join in on any of the frozen river activities. that said, taxis are always readily available outside the hotel and ont eh street, and cheap if you don't like walking in the cold or have small children with you.

I can only highly recommend the hotel to anybody who wants to visit Harbin and want to be in the center close to everything within walking distance. Everything you need is a short walk away. Juky, the Reception Manager was one of the most helpful people I have met in any hotel. She will go above and beyond to help you. The rooms are comfortable and have everything you need. Only thing I could ask for is maybe have a few English language channels. But, as you should spend time seeing the ice festival and the sights, this is not a big issue. Overall, we had a good stay.

Staying at the Holiday Inn Harbin City Centre made my stay in Harbin most enjoyable. The Sophia Church is walking distance. Center Street is just across the street where I was able to experience some local food and also do all the shopping I needed for gifts from Harbin. I went to attend the Ice Festival and there is a small Park within walking distance that had sculptures on display. That was enjoyable to see. And then to take a taxi to the Ice World was not more than 25-30 RMB from the Hotel. And with all these things so easily accessible the staff at the Hotel front desk did all they could to make my stay enjoyable. I really enjoyed my stay here at this Hotel and recommend it to anyone planning a visit to Harbin.

This is a great hotel, especially considering the price compared to other equivalent hotels in Harbin. I can't say enough about the front desk manager who upgraded us to a nicer room when they could not provide a non-smoking standard room at check-in...very nice lady. The Cantonese-style restaurant serves great food. And, the buffet breakfast is very good also. The location is perfect, located right on the pedestrian street in Harbin. My only complaint is that you can't control the heating in the guest rooms during winter. Evidently it is centrally controlled and was way too hot for my liking...hovered right around 25C during the entire 3-day stay. My only choice to cool the room down was to open the window. But, when it is windy and -25C outside in January at night, that does not give you much control over the heat...you either bake or freeze. As a 4-star hotel they really should give a guest some control over the temperature in a room. But, taking all into consideration, I would stay there again.

It's a bit far from down town. The traffic in Harbin is pretty bad no matter what time it is. So a taxi ride can be like more than 10 mins to down town. Otherwise everything was great. Spacious room, breakfast changed everyday, various tv channel, towels were fluffy.

The warmth and welcome of the staff is comparable to that of a 5-star hotel. There are a couple of issues with the hostel such as its location (30mins away from the city proper and there’s no nearby Bank of China where currencies can be exchanged but there’s a mall just a block away for groceries) and how hot the room temperature is. But overall, the friendliness of the staff compensates for all these. The receptionist speaks good English. She also assisted us almost on a daily basis on the touristic itinerary that we want but seems not doable. The staff provides solutions to all the problems that I’ve just mentioned. They booked us cabs using their app and they gave us an electric fan inside our room. Very recommended! Thanks to all of the helpful staff

good location, near harbin attraction area, huge room, clean apartment room and good value of money

Hotel is 300-400m from Central Street pedestrian walk, room is spacious, enough heating, friendly staff and great value for money...

Not in the heart of everything, but good enough that I added more nights, only real kitchen would be nice, microwave yeah no. But plenty of good food places near by, walking distance to most everything. Nice dorm great common areas. Like say a real hostel feeling & staff some no English but still willing to do there best to help

We didn't book this hotel since there isn't central heating at that moment due to broken. Therefore, we were arranged by this hotel. The room we lived is very quiet and people clean the room every day, we love this.

We really enjoyed our stay in Harbin. There were a few very nice touches, like being given a plate frozen pears and persimmons on arrival and free coffee all day. The employees at the front desk were extra helpful. When we asked for a recommendation for hot pot, one of them drove us in his own car to a nearby place. I would highly recommend this place, but new couples beware: the bathroom (including toilet area) are completely clear glass. Hope you're comfortable with one another ;)

Green Tree Inn provided quite basic accommodation, but was warm and adequate. There were some minor issues with lights not working properly, and some rooms were very small. However, this hotel allows one to stay in Harbin at a small cost in a very central position.

These guys picked us up from airport and dropped us off back when we needed to. They helped us order some food. The room was lovely and warm.

My stay was ok...I was scheduled for the Ice World but there must have been a flub up with Agoda and my room was not booked at Ice World. The staff at Industry College was not helpful at all. I finally did book a room through all the confusion. (The taxi driver dumped us off at the wrong place. It worked out even though it was not where we wanted to be).

It's just in the city centre of Harbin. It takes about 10 mins to the trains station and the Museum stop is just within 10 mins walk.

small room for standard room, we can move too much while at room. the internet need improvement.

For the price paid, the suite was a great value for such a nice sized room. The breakfast room/lounge is nicely decorated and has comfy seating. The staff were all friendly, especially the wait staff in the lounge/bar area: We had purchased the traditional Harbin Sausages and bread for a quick lunch from an outside shop and wanted the sausages warmed up for us so we could eat in the room. The wait staff happily obliged and told us that we could eat the food in the lounge as long as we bought a drink. As we did not have plates/cutlery in the rooms, we were grateful for the offer. As with anywhere in China, a small tip goes a long way. There were only two things that I could complain about: 1) The king sized bed was actually 2 twin mattresses put together, and they were both pretty hard. The hard mattresses are not uncommon in China, but I expected different from an international hotel. 2) Not a big issue, but there was a gap (broken seal) between the tub and the wall which leaked water all over floor whenever the shower was used. Seeing as this could be fixed easily with some caulk/silicone, I don't understand why it hasn't been taken care of. I would recommend this hotel to any tourist visiting Harbin.

GREAT LOCATION !!!! Hotel is locate near Harbin train station if u come from airport by shuttle bus it very convenience. but far from central street about 2KM .Dont worry u can take a bus No101 , 118 something like that about 1-2 stop

The address given is correct but the map is misleading. The hotel is just a few steps from airport bus stop in front of Harbin railway station. Facing the railway station , turn right, cross the road, walk for 150 metres and the hotel will be on your right on No. 8 Though not speaking English, staff are all helpful with service mind. Tour staff gave me very useful information on how to get around by bus and she even ushered me to the bus stop. That's very appreciative. The room is huge and nicely warm as if it is summer. The corridor and room itself is well clean with pleasant ambience. Being located near the main railway station, it is very convenient to get around to any attractions. I love the place and it comforted me well in winter when the weather was cruel outside. I do recommend the place. Thumbs up.

The hotel is located just next to domestic terminal of the airport. Although the location is quite remote, but the hotel provides a shuttle. it is about 5-7 minutes by hotel shuttle. No taxi available to drop off or pick you . There are some small restaurant near hotel and the food was ok with cheap prices. We spent less than 50 yuan for 4 people (2 adults and 2 kids of 7 and 9). The staff are kind despite of language barrier. we use translation apps for communication. overall, it was value for money.

Great location, in between the main shopping district of Zhongyang Street and Songhua River. Relatively well priced for a hotel in Harbin. However, some of the stuff in the room is rather old and falling apart. Rooms could be kept cleaner. Other than that, a great stay.

this hotel is quite centrally located to many of the attractions that one goes to harbin for in the wintertime: the ice sculptures on the main pedestrian street is about a 2 minute walk away. the river with all of its activities (hockey, ice skating, slides, horse and carriage rides, etc.) is about a 10 minute walk away. while the hotel is quite nice and the room was nicer than one will normally find in a standard chinese tourist hotel, i'm not sure it merits a 4-star rating. although perhaps i have a different definition. 3-star definitely--and perhaps even 3 1/2 stars.