Tangla Hotel Tianjin

One of the best hotel I've been to, ever! The rooms are clean and spacious, the staffs were super friendly and helpful, AND the location is fantastic! I love the bathtub - good hot soak in winter, and with a great view of the city below!! As this was the first hotel we stayed after landing in China (after 10 years), we had some trouble trying to setup all the local china apps which were necessities! We setup Meituan and Wechat pay while in SG, then when we tried to use it here, both got blocked! We seek help at the counter and one of the staff, a young lady, was so helpful to bring us to a guest room beside, and helped to call the customer support of these 2 apps and speaking to them in local terms - we speak mandarin, but had challenges trying to describe "verification", error message we got, and how we don't have a local china number we can use here. Btw, do try to get a SIM with local number, almost every reservations and bookings they will ask for a local number here! Location : opposite, just crossing the overhead bridge is the hottest shopping street - 滨江道步行街. Turn right from the hotel entrance and walk 1 min, take the escalator up, cross over the other side, and it's the start of the shopping street! There's even a mall that can be entered right from the same overhead bridge! Oh there's a supermarket in this mall, very convenient to get fruits and replenish mineral waters. We fell in love with the sour milk "酸奶“ which is a mix between yogurt and milk. The must try food in the shopping street is the soufflé pancake! We tried all the flavors! The famous church in Tianjin is also just around the corner street behind the hotel - this one not my fav. The kids fell in love with a prata kind of 煎饼 which was their breakfast for 2 mornings! It's just 5 mins walk (out of the hotel door, turn right to the end). If you like beef noodles and spicy fish, there is a 李先生 just beside this - best beef noodles and best 酸菜鱼 we've tasted in this trip! Especially tasty in cold winter I'm guessing! We had this for breakfast in 2 mornings! Funny we didn't see this chain anymore in Beijing. If I come back to Tianjin, I'll definitely stay in Tangla again!