Yinhe Dynasty Hotel Chengdu

The Yihe Dynasty Hotel greeted us with a huge panda tiled on the wall outside the entrance of the hotel. The hotel lobby and common areas are lovely and very nicely maintained. My daughter and I were traveling with friends from home and with a “Return to China” tour and this was the first hotel that adjoining rooms were unavailable.

Not a huge problem except when we were told not to prop our doors to let the girls (8 year olds) go back and forth between rooms which were next to each other. The maid knocked and pointed to the door and said “not safe.” Maybe she thought there wasn’t an adult in the room. But the same happened to others in our group as well. Not a big deal, we were not in our rooms a whole lot anyway, it just made us appreciate adjoining rooms more!!

The rooms had large windows that overlooked the city with 2 chairs in front of the windows and a little table. The twin beds were quite comforable. Compared to the lobby and common areas of the hotel, the rooms were a bit shabby and thread bare but both the room and the bathroom were very clean. I can’t recall if the room was a designated non-smoking room but it did not have an old smoke smell that I noticed on another floor.

One thing I did notice was, that because we were gone for long periods of time throughout the day, the air conditioner would be off when you removed your key from the electric wall jack. (A slot you put your room key in to turn the electricity on in the room. I had never seen these before and they were in every hotel we stayed in on this trip to China.) This made the room very humid as it was rainy and humid outside and gave the bedding a damp feeling. It took a long time with the air conditioner running on high and very cold to get rid of that damp feeling, so we never really could.

The Yinhe Dynasty Hotel had an outdoor pool that looked quite nice. Others from our group used it and had a great time but we opted out during that free time to do some shopping in some great shops that were all within walking distance of the hotel.

Although there were at least 2, if not more, options for dining at the hotel, we only ate breakfast there. The breakfast was a buffet with Western and Chinese choices (even something Sichuan, which my daughter loved!) and was excellent.

The service at the Dynasty was excellent and the hotel was quite lovely except for the rooms needing some updating. It was very clean and to me, that is more important then some faded wallpaper. I’d definitely stay at the Dynasty again!

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