Banana Design Mansion

Stayed for about 9 days. Location is very convenient being literally on top of a metro station serving two lines (Line 2 and Line 8). The surrounding roads are full of restaurants, many of them very highly rated on Dianping (the main Chinese review app). There are at least two supermarkets nearby (in the AEON mall next door and opposite the mall), a McDonalds, a Pizza Hut and a Starbucks for a familar meal, as well as plenty of bakeries and bubble tea shops for a quick breakfast / snack. The hotel itself is slightly difficult to find - there are two lift lobbies in the DaBiao International Centre, an upper one for hotel/apartment (4 lifts) and a lower one for commercial/offices (6 lifts). Take the F exit at ChangGang Metro Station and turn left. The upper lobby is immediately visible, and you can go down the steps/slope along the driveway to find the lower lobby. To reach the 24 hour hotel front desk, you must enter from the lower lobby and take any lift to level 18. You will immediately spot the Banana Mansion sign - walk towards it and turn right at the end of the corridor to find the front desk. Service is quick and easy, with luggage storage available should you be too early for check in. There are a variety of common items that you can take or borrow from the front desk (face masks, make up remover, razor etc). Umbrellas will require a 50 RMB refundable deposit. Remember to ask for two key cards (by default they give you one) - the room lights/power are activated by the key card only. The rooms themselves are spread across a variety of floors from Floor 30 upwards, which are served by all four lifts from the upper lobby and the rearmost two lifts from the lower lobby. Rooms are spacious and generally clean. The renovation is stylish, though you can tell the cheapest of materials were used on the walls and the floor, which were deteriorating. Room slippers are provided. There is no mini fridge (apparently quite normal for Chinese hotels). Bed is comfortably firm, and pillows comfortably soft. The road noise is noticeable even from the 30th+ floor, but fades to a pleasant drone at night. Bathroom water pressure is quite good, but the "British" shampoo/conditioner/soap is harsh rubbish. Consider buying your own during a long stay. Daily housekeeping is available on demand. We got 2 bottles of water and some teabags per clean as well. Wifi is decent, and replies to Wechat requests/questions are timely. Overall an excellent stay, considering the great price and location.

The hotel was difficult to find at first, it is located within the Vertical City and reception is on 18th floor. However it is well located with good service. The room was cleaned daily with fresh towels and free water. Chonggang metro station is in the basement of the building and there is a shopping mall nearby with nice restaurants. The laundry room is messy and our clothes didn’t smell good after using the dryer. Good projector in the room with some English shows but mainly Chinese. The room wasn’t as nice as the photos showed. Lift took a long time to come. Overall, it was good but it should be much cheaper.

Nice location and good customer service at front desk. Recommended for short business trip.