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This hotel is set in the older part of Qingdao. It is a beautiful property. The hotel itself is a bit dated but nice. Beds are hard and toilets are fancy! Staff is very helpful!
Melody
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017
8/10 Good
Ming, Southlake, TX
1 Jul 2017
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great Hotel in Old Buildings
Great location for my purpose. I booked 2 standard rooms but was told not available. The hotel offered us a free-upgrade - a 3-bedroom suite with large family room, all in the attics of an older building. Tired of modern hotels, we gladly accepted.
Ming
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017
8/10 Good
Qi
12 Mar 2017
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Worth staying
Historic place, typical state guest house. Very quite, employees are very nice and friendly.
Qi
8/10 Good
Verified traveller
23 Jan 2017
Clean & Tidy Hotel - worth the value
It was a professional business hotel. The premises is decent & tidy. Breakfast is average but so are some better hotels. Overall a recommend to business travelers.
Me and my girl friend booked a suite, We liked the view outside, and the castle is pretty chill, very quite place. No body can bother you over there, and the service is good too. front desk call the text for us to the airport, the breakfast was good too. the room was clean, but there was cigarette butt on the balcony otherwise it will be perfect. over all we had a good time.
A friend and I stayed for just one night. It was a great, cute hotel right next to the German ex-Governor's Mansion Museum. Easy walk to a bunch of things. Staff was great.
This hotel is in the German section of Qingdao. The hotel is very clean, and service is good. There is an excellent breakfast that comes with the room. The hotel is decorated with many art works, and is interesting just for that. Staying at this hotel is more like a European experience than a Chinese experience. The surrounding area is nice, but a little difficult to find a taxi to other parts of the city. Make sure you ask the hotel to call a taxi rather than wander out into the streets.
Only if you're looking for somewhere far enough in
Look, the main reason to stay in this hotel is if you want a remote location away from the city with a beautiful view. there is no other reason to stay in this location: it is about an hour to two hour drive from all the factories and it's far from the city (about 15 to 20 minute cab ride), there are no restaurants in the area and nothing to do around the area. The Hotel itself is nice it's not like the pictures though, it's like walking in to someone's living room: the lobby looks like a nice, like a living room, the rooms are nice and cozy, the hotel is very very strange but it has a nice strangest. The Wi-Fi doesn't work and there are no English channels on TV is a bit of a Only if you're looking for somewhere far enough in the centerbummer . The breakfast is wonderful , we had dinner one night in the German restaurant it's way overpriced but it was the only place around.
The adjustment of the Heater in room was not functioning well, it kept blowing hot air, made the room "too warm" which made us a bit uncomfortable.
We stayed two days, the breakfast for sunday morning, had more to choose but some were cold already when we arrived the restaurant. For monday morning, the breakfast served as per our orders, our breakfast is warmer but choices were a bit less.
Chun
8/10 Good
Eugene, Michigan
22 Nov 2014
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
A boutique hotel with historical charm.
The Castle Hotel is a wonderful place to stay if you want to have a unique experience in Qingdao related to the German related history of this city. This boutique hotel offers you that. The beds are very firm in the Chinese style, but the rooms have more of a home or bed and breakfast feel than a regular hotel. There are no elevators, so that might be a concern for some, but the hotel staff will handle your luggage for you as needed.
The hotel is located on the beautiful grounds of the German "governors" residence located above the city with wonderful views.
If you are looking for an escape from the ordinary, you may well enjoy this place.
Eugene
4/10 Poor
Matt, Hong Kong
31 Aug 2014
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Mediocre all-around
Quality did not match expectations for a 4-5 star hotel. The rooms and hotel were all quite dated and the service was lacking. Would not recommend and suggest staying in a luxury chain instead.
The surrounding is excellent, feeling in a resort. Located next to a park, close to residential alleys where a lot of Chinese authors and academics use to live. 15 minutes walk to the beaches. Staff are excellent, very caring and understanding. Superb service! We travel with my elderly parents. Staff keep an eye on them all the time. The only downside is the inconvenience to get the taxi. Hotel is inside the courtyard of the State Guest House. No taxi waiting. The staff at the gate have to stop passing by taxi. It may take a while. Other than this, everything else is excellent.
A good place if you like walking around and aren't obsessed with modern 4 and 5 * hotels. This one is a bit quirky, slightly run down compared with modern hotels, but I liked it. The Rats Keller restaurant was good value and I enjoyed most of their food. However, drinks selection is limited. Just try asking for Tsingtao Stout - good luck!
The picture shows the neibour museum. I expected to stay in a castle, but it is the guessroom building of the castle. Disapointing. Mold in the room. Overpriced!
중국에 와서 여러 호텔에 묵었습니다만, 여기만큼 편안한 분위기를 만들어 준 곳은 없었습니다.
너~무 친절하고, 깔~끔하고...
화려하진 않지만... 조용~한 시간을 보내고 싶으신 분들께 추천~!
굳이 한가지 단점을 지적하라면... 조식부페는 그냥그냥 뭐 중국 호텔 부페.....
It's an overall good hotel, especially when you are planning for a relaxing trip. Staff are nice and helpful and are willing to introduce Tao to you. It's graceful in the way its built - European style of building.
Food can be very much improved. Hygiene of room and the hotel overall can be improved - dead bodies of mosquitoes can be found in shower room.
Overall experience is OK
This hotel has a lovely book bar but other than that, I found the entire experiences of staying there less than my expectation. For example, slow check-in clerks, people cutting in lines and overall quite old-style and heavily used facilities, makes me believe this hotel is not worth its price tag.
위치는 영빈관 근처입니다. 마지막날에 호텔에 짐 맡겨두고 영빈관 둘러보기 딱 좋은. 대신에 약간 도심에서는 떨어져있어서 교통이 불편합니다. 칭다오는 주 교통수단이 택시라 어딜가도 불편하긴 하지만.. 밤 늦게 호텔 들어가려고 하니 택시 잡기가 어렵더군요. 길을 모른다고 하며 탑승 거부하는 경우가 많았습니다. 처음에 들어간 객실은 많이 추워서 방을 바꿔달라고 하니 따뜻한 객실로 바꿔주었어요. 사람이 많은 호텔은 아닌듯 하니 객실이 불편하면 바로 바꿔달라고 하세요. 조식도 그럭저럭 먹을만 했습니다.
It's amazing. The reception took care guest with understanding and the hotel atmosphere is really romantic. Restaurant served plenty of good taste breakfast but because room is rather small so staff clear table too fast. The overview of satisfactory is 4.2 from 5.
Freundlicher Empfang. Sehr schön eingerichtetes Zimmer. Sehr guter Zustand und sehr wohnlich. Äussers ruhige Lage aber doch nahe an der alten Stadt. Sehr gutes Frühstück (chinesisch wie westlich). Restaurant serviert auch sehr gutes Essen. Hotel absolut empfehlenswert.