I have almost three weeks in China and would like to spend some time travelling rather than just staying at one place. After some research I went for Zhenjiang, a city in the Jiangsu Province, as I have never been and it’s easy for my family to meet me there. I travelled from Beijing on the high-speed train in business class, which I will review later.
One important reason that I didn’t mention for choosing Zhenjiang is their Hyatt Regency hotel. I’m doing the Globalist challenge, and my friend said some very good things about this property.
Hyatt Regency Zhenjiang is very centrally located at the Suning Plaza, with a lot of restaurants nearby and a short ride to the major attractions. It used to be the tallest building in Jiangsu, and still is the tallest in Zhenjiang city.
The hotel shares a car park with the shopping mall. Once you’ve parked take the lift to floor 1, then change lift to floor 57 for the lobby, and then another lift to the guest floor – a bit complex.
The building has 76 floors so the lobby isn’t exactly very high up, but it’s got massive floor-to-ceiling windows and a nice aspect. Make sure you take a lot of photos.
Some interesting sculpture:
I booked two rooms on points – 8,000 points for a Regency Suite, and 5,000 points for a standard room with a GOH voucher gifted by a friend. The hotel very kindly upgraded the standard room to a Regency Suite as well.
There is only one suite per floor (XX18) so there aren’t many of them. Looking at the app all suites were allocated on that day, so they seem to be quite generous about upgrades. Our suites are on the 67th and 68th floor.
Upon entering the suite, you see the smaller bathroom and wardrobe:
The living room:
It is quite large, with a proper dining table.
The bedroom:
Bathroom:
The room’s design feels quite business centric and “clean” as you won’t find many elements, which as I hear is the prevalent style for Hyatt Regency hotels in China.
Floor-to-ceiling windows are installed in both the living room and bedroom, but the view isn’t as great as from the lobby.
Welcome fruits:
The Regency Club is on floor 75, open from 1pm to 10pm.
The club lounge occupies a big chunk of the entire floor. It has a lot of natural light and space, and throughout our visit we never saw more than 10 guests in the lounge.
Soft drinks, coffee and fruits are available during the day:
And happy hour is presented between 6pm and 8pm. Alcohol:
Buffet:
Traditional and Wonton noodles:
Dessert:
by the standard of five-star hotels in China, the lounge offering here is average at best. But when comparing to their counterparts in Europe, well… And after all remember it is only a Category 1 property.
The Regency Club is closed in the morning, and breakfast is served in the main restaurant for all.
A few photos of the breakfast spread:
I was hungry for a Youtiao (dough stick) but they didn’t have it here.
You can also try Guogaimian, the local specialty noodle, although I’m in general not a fan of noodles myself. Their Cappuccino is quite good surprisingly.
Gym in on the 7th floor:
The pool seems decent:
Sauna and jacuzzi:
Strangely temperature in the sauna was quite low and I didn’t find how to adjust it.
One word to summarise my stay – Excellent. Food offering at breakfast and the Regency Club isn’t that impressive but there isn’t anything “bad” about my stay at all, and given how much it costs you can’t really ask for anything more.
To roughly reproduce the same experience in London, your only option would be Shangri-La at the Shard, and it will set you back at least £600.
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