Name: Gloria Resort
Address: No.1 Shuijie, Hunan Road, Xuzhou, Xuzhou, Xuzhou, 221003, China
Rating: 9

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Located next to Yun long lake waterfront we had excellent time enjoining our visit to the area. The hotel service was excellent. The highlight was our morning walk in the park with the birds singing and all beautiful scenery.

Great location!

The hotel is having a great location, within a few minutes walking you are at the lake and close to some parks. Very nice area here, lake, park, beautiful bridges, I just love it. Hotel is fine, service is great if you need some help, Xiao Yang and Da Ting are great staff. English is fine and they help you in any needs you are, Xie Xie 

Great place to stay

Gloria is well located for those wanting to keep away from traffic but still have everything accessible.  I needed to have access to the city centre as well as to the new university campus and this was a great option.

Xuzhou isn't going to have much going for it with regards to Expat hang-outs - seems the Hill Bar is now closed permanently - but Gloria is right next to some pretty descent restaurants.  Just walk out of the front door of the resort and turn right and walk for about 100m.  Blue Marlin is ok but still pretty kitsch.

Best bits of the hotel:  Nice rooms overlooking a man-made lake.  Good room design.  Friendly staff.  Great location with great proximity to walking tracks in beautiful gardens.

Not so good bits:  Smoking is everywhere although staff did try to disuade patrons to move outside (typical for 3rd tier city though),  weekends can be manic during 'wedding season' with firecrackers going off all day Saturday and Sunday.

Great location with some surprising design highlights

Over all a practical location out side of the center, near the lake.
Staff is very friendly. The rooms are spacious. The hotel is located in a quite area thus could get a good night of deep sleep. 
Check out by 2pm was unusual but good.
Staff was helpful in organizing taxis.
The pool is not deep thus in summer good for children.

Nice place

The hotel is located in a very beautiful area, so allow plenty of time for walking around the lake and gardens to enjoy the views.  it is unfortunate that the hotel rooms don't also capture the views.  There are a couple of separate restaurants behind the hotel, but otherwise you need a vehicle to get to the shops etc.
The room I had was the Gloria Lake View, which was a huge room with a big bathroom.  Very nice decor and good amenities including a very private outside deck.  The only disappointment is that the 'lake' is actually just a very small inlet from the lake, but still ok.  Bed was very comfortable.
I stayed for 12 days so was there for quite a while.  The staff were excellent, particularly the reception, and the man who ordered my taxis each day ensuring the driver knew where to take me and that I knew the correct fare.  The housekeeping and lady who helped me with an issue I had with the computer, were excellent, particularly given the communication problem. ie I dont speak Chinese and they dont speak English. With a bit of sign language and a sense of humour we were able to communicate.  
Wifi was good and free.
English is a general problem throughout the whole district, as very very few people can speak english.  There is a couple of ladies, and a man on reception / admin who can speak english, so that resolved the language difficulty within the hotel, but taxi drivers, shop assistants and general public don't understand at all. 

It was a bit cold for the pool, but it looked nice.  The restaurant was OK.  A good choice of food for breakfast.

I previously stayed at the Crowne Plaza which is the other 5 star hotel in Xuzhou.  This hotel has a lot more character and is in a beautiful location.  The Crowne is a newer hotel so is a bit more modern, but lacks the character and friendly service that the Gloria Resort has.
I will be staying at the Gloria Resort on my future visits, as my preference.

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