Starcity Hotel (Guilin Two Rivers and Four Lakes Scenic Area Branch) is a selected mid-range hotel brand under the Huazhu Group, ranking among the top five in market share of mid-range chain hotels nationwide, with over 800 hotels opened in more than 300 cities across the country. The hotel is located within the 5A-rated Guilin Two Rivers and Four Lakes Scenic Area, just a wall away from the 5A-rated Ming Dynasty Jingjiang Prince City Scenic Area and Duxiu Peak, and only 50 meters from the Li River. It is adjacent to the historic Dongxi Alley, Xiaoyao Tower, Liberation Bridge, Fubo Hill Scenic Area, and Diecai Hill. Famous attractions such as Elephant Trunk Hill Scenic Area and Seven Star Park, as well as food and shopping malls like Zhengyang Pedestrian Street, Miao Street, Smile City, and Bagui Building, are all within walking distance. The surrounding area offers a complete range of dining, shopping, entertainment, and tourism facilities. The hotel is equipped with a breakfast restaurant, self-service laundry room, gym, conference room, and a large above-ground parking lot. The hotel provides 24-hour front desk butler service, offering a thoughtful accommodation experience that will make you reluctant to leave. Starcity Hotel integrates the hospitality ethos of "gentleness, kindness, respectfulness, frugality, and humility" into a humanistic lifestyle, creating a Starcity lifestyle through its products, spaces, and services. Starcity Hotel offers a local experience, reliable quality, and warm companionship—featuring diverse styles that incorporate local elements, local specialty foods represented by the signature Starcity Noodles, a "natural and effortless" stay experience, and convenient smart amenities and laundry services. The hotel leaves space blank, allowing travelers' minds to fill it, hoping that guests will find a spiritual return during their stay, letting go of everything and experiencing a physical and mental purification in a "natural and effortless" manner. In the unknown journey, guests can harvest unexpected beauty. Starcity Hotel, where starlight warms your journey!
"Location wise, this hotel is great for touring the Two Lakes Four Rivers area which encompasses the majority of attractions in Guilin.
It is located in an old, but well kept neighbourhood/commercial street with pretty interesting architecture that seems to resemble a traditional style present in many of the older buildings in Guilin.
The room we were given had an unfortunate smoky scent which made my nose stuffy, even after we ventilated the room by leaving the air-conditioner running right after we entered the room for the first time. This is a pretty major drawback for us.
Furthermore, we had issues with the shower controls which by a faulty design (in my opinion), only allows increasing the temperature of the water by increasing the water pressure/strength, and vice versa. This forced us to bath with a very high (skin blasting would be a more intuitive description) water pressure.
Nevertheless, we secured the room at a good price compared to the surrounding hotels while having comparable qualities to these costlier hotels in terms of cleanliness and the condition of the facilities/amenities. Being newly opened certainly helped in this aspect.
For my final comment, I like to commend 小郑和小程 for their good service as they attended to all our needs with a very pleasant attitude. We are also extremely pleased with their Cantonese speaking ability which impressed us most out of all our interactions with the locals in Guilin."