Crowne Plaza Qingdao

It’s an old fashioned hotel, clean and cozy. The location is perfect for visiting May 4th square and for walking around the beach line. Overall it’s a good place for staying in Qingdao. P.S. We didn’t really understand why we had to ask to change our bedsheets when they are supposed to be changed every night. During our stay they changed once and on our request (but didn’t change the pillow cases IDK why lol 😆) so this part was a bit confusing TBH.

The hotel was little old but clean and the location was excellent. The Staff were kind and helpful

Arrival: Upon arrival the receptionist was so busy picking up phone all the time during check-in that she hardly spoke a single word. No mentioning of how WiFi works or where to have breakfast. She finally only gestured towards the elevator. Room: The room might have been luxurious 50 years ago. Now it was not only old-fashioned, but also far from being well maintained. There was an unpleasant smell from the toilets, the shower head was old and static/non-flexible, the windows extremely dirty and the arrangement of the light switches was beyond logic. Most of all the sea-view was limited to a little corner in a side window, despite 100 RMB extra for a “sea-view suite”. Receptionist: Telling the receptionist about the problems didn’t help at all. She first found excuses saying that Ctrip had posted the wrong photo on the app. Then stating that because of the Qingming festival every other room had already been booked out. Finally, claiming I needed to pay for an upgrade (although I had already booked the most expensive room/suite). I couldn’t believe when she ended with the remark that I should be happy to be at the Crown Plaza, because it was a lot cheaper than other 5star hotels, but I could cancel and book something else. Breakfast: The breakfast experience the next morning completed the negative impression: broken cups, a coffee machine that didn’t offer latte or cappuccino, waste being openly exposed to guests and obviously unskilled or badly trained personnel. All in all, I cannot recommend this hotel at all!