KICHICS
February 16, 2025
【Day 2: Little Bagong】
Conclusion first: As a fan of both hotels and old buildings, I booked a room for February as soon as the reservation was opened in December 24, and the result was really pleasantly surprised. At this moment, I sincerely hope that "Lishunde" from all over the country will come to Wuhan Style Bagongdi Hotel to inspect and learn how old buildings should be decorated, operated, and integrated with urban culture.
【Special item: Urban culture】The reason why this point is put first is that most of the old buildings currently open for operation in China are supported by a state-owned enterprise in a lying and rotten operation mode, or they have completely overdrawn their history and become a tour group-style check-in place. I am half a Dalian person, and I have been waiting for the Dalian Hotel to reopen. I really hope that every room can have a copy of "Dalian Port and City Construction" to let people understand the history and culture of this hotel and this city. When I walked into the room of Bagongdi and saw the book "The Story of Bagong's House" on the table, I was really moved. There are actually hotels doing this. The reborn Bagong House, from the decoration to the software services to the various details in the hotel, I can feel that this hotel loves this city, not just to rebuild a check-in point, but also to let guests understand and feel the history and culture of Bagong House and Hankou.
[Location: Mainly focus on a convenient citywalk] I think for a short weekend trip like ours, there is really no need to go to the Yellow Crane Tower and East Lake (because it was our first time in Wuhan, so we went anyway...). Not to mention that the river view is not as good as the sea view, not to mention that the river view is often foggy, not to mention that there are no good river view hotels in Wuhan... Just ride a bike in Jiang'an District with headphones on, or go to Hankou Citywalk. Around the hotel, the lively Lihuangpi Road Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street is for the pictures, and the hotel is for the pictures of leisure. There are views everywhere. Just walk forward to Jiang'an. Wuhan is really a good place to visit.
【Decoration and Design: Restoring the Old as It Was】The "Lishunde" mentioned above is mainly about operation; if we talk about renovation and decoration, then the "Tianjin Ritz-Carlton" opposite the Lishunde should also line up to the Bagongdi Hotel to see what "restoring the old as it was". The reborn Bagongdi has maintained the texture of an old building as much as possible. Just like the feeling of this wooden shutter, it is really different from the texture of "Tianjin Ritz" that installs plastic steel windows on old buildings.
【Public Area: Privacy and Comfort】I saw the flow of people in front of the Bagong House before, and I was worried that the hotel would be full of various check-in photos and noisy. As a result, when the room was full that day and there were tourists outside the building, the public area was still very comfortable and private. But the hotel is really a scene, so we shamelessly acted as a check-in party, and saw that there was no one, so we took a lot of photos in the public area of the hotel. As an aside, on the way here, I told my wife that I used to like jazz, but now I feel that playing traditional jazz in the hotel lobby is really cliché and boring. I think it’s really good that the lobby of the Bagong Residence uses some funk, which not only has a retro feel, but also adds a touch of fashion and vitality to the old building. I directly asked for the hotel playlist.
[Room: Full of urban vacation feeling] Mainly because I couldn’t afford the Bagong Suite, and I was afraid of being treated like a monkey, so I chose the "Selected Suite". Now many hotels are "fake suites", adding a partition and putting a sofa and TV to you to make it a suite. The Selected Suite has a spacious bedroom, a spacious living room with a fireplace lamp, a balcony where you can have sex in the morning and A in the evening, and two terraces. The functions allocated to each area are very comfortable: use the Devialet speakers in the room (an unexpected surprise), sit on the balcony, and have a drink with my wife on the balcony at night. The main feature is a quiet place in the bustling city, with a full sense of urban vacation. And there is vehicle control downstairs, it is really quieter than expected. With the windows closed and a balcony door added, the noise problem I worried about did not occur.
[Service: considerate and gentle] When checking in, I felt that many employees of this hotel should be hotel people with certain experience, and the overall feeling was very decent. It will not be the kind of E-person service that the older generation likes, but it will also try its best to meet the requirements of the guests. Moreover, the hotel still pays great attention to the sense of ceremony. When checking in, there are many fragrances and pillows to choose from. There was a small episode that I found that I had an extra refrigerator magnet and a book of Ba Gong's house. I asked about it later and learned that this was a gift for the guests; I think that I can communicate with the guests directly and give it to them like checking in, which can increase the sense of ceremony, otherwise it will become learning from Lei Feng to do good deeds without leaving a name~
[Meals: Dinner > Breakfast] Because of Valentine's Day, I ordered a Valentine's Day set meal, and every dish was good. It stands to reason that thin-cut steak is actually more difficult, but I didn't expect the tavern to handle it well. For breakfast, the a la carte system is better than the buffet experience until 10:30. The taste is good, but there is only one menu, and the choices are too few. If I stay for 3 days, I may not know what to eat, and I contacted to expand the Chinese menu to at least 2 local Wuhan specialties, such as hot dry noodles with bean curd.
I haven't typed a review for a long time. It was a very satisfying stay. The weekend was too short and I didn't stay long enough. I looked up and finished typing, and the high-speed rail was about to arrive in Beijing~
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