This hotel is bad. Probably the worst Shangri-la I have stayed in the world. As a golden circle member this place does not live up to the branding as per expectation. It’s my first time traveling alone to Sanya with a 1.5 year old toddler, and as a form of familiarity I chose to stay in Shangri-la given their usual high standards in service, quality and experience. Within China, I’ve stayed in Shangri-La Shanghai, and the service was immaculate.
When I checked in at 3pm, the room was not ready I had to wait for another half an hour. How is it not ready when check in time is at 3pm? I had a long flight and a toddler in hand with two huge luggage and a hand carrier yet no one offered any help, as “they were busy”. The counter was in total mess and the staff look very lost. After waiting for 30 minutes I finally gotten my special theme room, I was excited and couldnt wait to see my toddler’s expression when she sees the monkey toys. She was indeed very happy, but not long after, the toilet in the room emitted a foul smell! Ive booked their theme room as it was a special celebration for my toddler. I was told there is only one such room. They suggested to change us to another room or we risk hanging out with even more pungent smell with my toddler for at least an hour while the plumber fix it. They explained that the hotel is old and this foul smell is inevitable. Travelling with a toddler it was extremely inconvenient to be changing rooms and moving up and down. It was a bummer because the whole idea of going to Shangri la Sanya was to let my kid enjoy the theme room with her favourite character. Imagine having to pay for a specific theme room and ending up with a poorer version. And I was so helpless with a toddler. Anyway I had to switch rooms, repacked my luggage, lugged them and my kid again. This new room had a poorer view it was slightly blocked, one floor lower, and not the same theme that I booked for so my kid didnt really enjoy. And Guess what, the toilet also emitted a foul smell after an hour. This time I had given up.
So we went for the hotel train ride for kids, the staff told me it was not available “as they said there is an excursion and guests are not allowed to use the train until very much later in the day”. If you travel with kids you’ll know they have sleep schedule and how to be using your services later in the day? So I pretty much wasted my day here in shangri la waiting to check in, changing rooms, walking to the train and never get to take it and going back to my room. The staff could at least informed us when we check in that the train was not available but they didnt.
The next day, had breakfast, I left my table to get a drink for my toddler, the waiter cleared all my food without even asking if I was done. Mine you, those food I took, I had to carry my kid all around the restaurant to bring them to the table, only to get them cleared out!! They should totally give me a discount on my room rates.
Then I arranged for airport transfer, they charge exorbitantly compared to other hotels, informed them to prepare a child seat a day before, they said ok, and yet they blatantly left that out. It was 4.30am in the morning there was no child seat and I had to carry my toddler the whole 3 hours journey in this ~USD400 airport transfer. The hotel wasnt even apologetic about it and the driver just rush me into the car and drove off. Not even caring for the safety of me and my baby!! I was tired and scared at the same time. I used to have very good things to say about Shang, but this one, I highly will never recommend this place to anyone going to Sanya. I hope if the right management sees this, to improve on your hotel standards.
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