It is the best Holiday inn hotel I have ever stayed in China. It is more like a 5-star hotel.

It is located near the pedestrian mall, so, very convenient for shopping. Also, there are some excellent restaurants with local Cantonese Cuisine provided, Cheap and good taste.

Although the outside street is quite busy, the inside of the hotel is very quiet.
Like all the Holiday inn hotels, room is modern and large and service is good.
However, the hotel is not very good choice for business travelers, since MTR station is not very close and taxis also not easily get. But generally speaking, a good hotel.

Updated :2008-1-17Guest Name :Matthew Nationality :

I am satisfied with you. No problem at all with TCG. As for the holiday inn shifu hotel, Actually it was the best hotel of the whole trip. Everything worked fine. All personel were naturally friendly. Room and room service was very good. Location was really good, nice little shops right outside and pearl river was at walking distance. I can really recommend this hotel to all holiday (and business)travellers. Special thanks goes to business center service, which helped us with our many questions and needs.

Updated :2007-10-20Guest Name :Mr. Hannu Jarvinen Nationality : Finland

Location:
This is the real Guangzhou. The hotel is surrounded by very old buildings, it's right on Shang Xia Jiu Pedestrian Street. Lots of shoppers, lots of shops selling clothes, bags, shoe, accessories for locals, RMB 19 for tops, RMB 15 for a pair of shoes. Don't expect Prada or Gucci. It's also near a few very famous restaurants, like Guangzhou restaurant, Tao Tao Ju, Lian Xiang Lou, where the locals love to eat. This is certainly not a touristy area.
In Guangzhou, we were warned to be careful of our handbags which could be snatched away by robbers on motorcycles. So being on a pedestrian street is the best.

Room:
First night we got the business non-smoking room, very spacious, very clean, very nice marble bathroom. We left for Yichang to take our Yangtze river cruise, then stayed here again at the end of our trip. We got the superior room, quite small but still very clean and comfortable.

Service:
Very good. I complain that my non-smoking room smelled of smoke, within a few minutes, I was changed to another room.

Food:
Breakfast buffet has a good variety, average quality, but it certainly will fill you up. Chinese restaurant is average.

Updated :2007-6-23Guest Name :Parrello Nationality : sweden