The staff at the hotel were friendly, the room was quiet and the bedding was clean. However the room's airconditioner was ineffective and the bathroom smelled strongly of urine. The area around Guangzhou railway station is run down compared with other parts of the city, and you will have to run the gauntlet of touts, vagrants and police cordons to travel the hundred metres from metro exit D1 to the hotel entrance. At times I didn't feel safe in the area, and I wouldn't stay at this hotel again for that reason.