Intercontinental Nanjing, An Ihg Hotel

“Great hotel in a quality location.”

Fabulous hotel right in a terrific spot in Nanjing. Rooms are of a great size - comfortable beds, and amazing views over the city. If you can afford too, thoroughly recommend paying a bit extra to get a lake view room. Not only do you get magnificent views over Xuanwu Lake, but you get great view… more

Fabulous hotel right in a terrific spot in Nanjing. Rooms are of a great size - comfortable beds, and amazing views over the city. If you can afford too, thoroughly recommend paying a bit extra to get a lake view room. Not only do you get magnificent views over Xuanwu Lake, but you get great views across the broader city, and up towards the Purple Mountain too. Had a thoroughly enjoyable stay here - the staff are great and helpful, and the excellent location of the hotel adds to the value. Right near a metro for good connections, the drum tower, only a couple of kilometres from the Jiming Temple, the Nanjing City walls and the Xuanwu Lake. And just over the road is a fantastic convenience shop (BJs - just near McDonalds and a French Patisserie) that had a fantastic range of products (many hard to find in China), and lovely staff (great for a Western traveller). Really recommend considering the InterContinental Nanjing - you won't regret it

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“Lot of potential, but average 5* hotel”

This hotel could be an incredible gem but it’s run pretty poorly. Let’s start with the positives though: best location in town (easy to walk or take metro anywhere) and if you have a room/suite on lake side, the views are incredible. Very good breakfast (aside from coffee, cappuccino etc that are a… more

This hotel could be an incredible gem but it’s run pretty poorly. Let’s start with the positives though: best location in town (easy to walk or take metro anywhere) and if you have a room/suite on lake side, the views are incredible. Very good breakfast (aside from coffee, cappuccino etc that are awful) and large rooms. One of the most comfy bed I ever slept in (and I spend 100+ nights/year in hotels). Negatives: the hotel shows its age with bad carpet in most rooms, furniture and wardrobes that lost colours, sofa and chairs that look dirty even if they might not be. There is a decent outdoor (summer only) pool but open only during weekends and on week days you cannot even access the rooftop. Some rooms are not cleaned properly and last time we got a massive upgrade as we found nails and hair on the carpet and ton of dust on the furnitures. Lounge is nice but choice of food is nothing exciting and May to end of Sept views are often blocked as they keep the curtains down all the time (this is to avoid the heat but it missed the whole point of having a lounge with 360 views of the city). Front desk and Guest Service takes ages to reply; almost no one speaks English, but even when communication is in Chinese they are very slow. As I mentioned breakfast is nice but it’s always very full and the staff have absolutely no idea how to ensure that guests behave: people jumping queues, people stealing tables, people filling up Tupperware of food before leaving, etc. In other 5* hotels nearby (ShangriLa, Ritz Carlton) this rarely happens. I come here 3 times per year and usually they mess up twice so we get upgraded to make up for it. Pity because with some effort this hotel could be fantastic.

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