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Reviews of China Old Story Inns Dali Ancient Town

3.5 out of 5
China Old Story Inns Dali Ancient Town
Wenxian Road,Dali, 300meters from south gate of old town, Dali, yunnan

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 9 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 40 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

M&H, San Diego California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Watch out for all the dropping off’s. You can easily fall if not paying attention.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
The hotel is a little bit away from the old city of Dali. It's in the end of a deep alley. It has two individual buildings which are not very far from each other. We booked a family room with two bunk beds. Surprisingly, they are quite comfortable through. Our room is not spacious and the bathroom is the smallest one we have never seen. Your shower head is basically right above your toilet seat. The mirror in the bathroom is like kid size as well. All in all, if you are on a budget, this is the place to stay. BTW, the hotel does offer a free breakfast daily.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018
Response from allen on Jun 22, 2018
Hello! Thank you for staying in our hotel! The room you booked is our special room. We apologize for the change you have brought. We will try our best to improve the shortage. We look forward to seeing you and your family next time!

10/10 Excellent

Hanan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel, friendly stuff, good location
Response from allen on Jun 20, 2018
Thank you very much for your recognition of the old story! We are looking forward to seeing you and your family next time!

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very helpful rectionist, comfortable rooms with excellent water pressure and ambience. Nice courtyard. Breakfast was very local and lacked variety
Response from allen on Jun 20, 2018
Thank you very much for your recognition of the old story! We'll try to adjust our breakfast! We are looking forward to seeing you and your family next time!

8/10 Good

Carlos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
it was good
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017
Response from allen on Jun 20, 2018
Thank you very much for your recognition of the old story! We are looking forward to seeing you and your family next time!

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I cannot fault this hotel. Friendly and helpful staff. Good and clean facilities. Excellent location.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I would not recommend this place to my friends.
Very frustrated. (1) The Inn could not located my hotels.com reservation. It seems to be some disconnect in the systems. (2) The room type "Holiday" I booked thru Hotels.com does not exist. (3) After 20 min of waiting and negotiating, they finally gave me a very last room available which was similar to what I booked. But the room is nowhere close to "323-sq-foot (30-sq-meter) room with garden views". (4) The bathroom has no partition for the shower area and the toilet. The bathroom (including the toilet and the floor) is all wet after shower. (5) The lighting in the room is very dim, (6) The TV program does not work (due to internet connection failed), (7) The in-room phone set is broken, I could not communicate with the front desk. Overall, it is bad experience.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
Cultural hotel
Wifi is non existent, wasn't able to log in. Front desk person was very annoyed and rude bc we spoke English and she had to translate on her phone app. She didn't return our 100 yuan deposit until I asked for it. The hotel had a lot of history and set in a traditional setting with nice courtyard and rooftop view. Location is good if you like to stay in old town. Price is reasonable.

8/10 Good

Ernie, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Pleasant Inn just outside ancient city
Very friendly staff but no english spoken. We lucked out as Matti, a hotel employee from Beijing, was working at the hotel for two of our days and was extremely helpful. Also a big thank you to Mr Jack, the transportation manager, who with the help of his phone with an English translation app, suggested and arranged and drove us to interesting places. A most enjoyable stay. A translation app would greatly enhance a trip to China.

10/10 Excellent

Javier

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient hotel addres in Dali old Town
Well located hotel near South Gate in Dali. Staff is very friendly & service oriented. The bed comfort was amazing.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hm...
Some rooms have better views, more modern and cleaner than others. Their hotel driver told me their breakfast buffet was very good. I tried it and it was not as good as he said.
Response from General Manager on Aug 15, 2016
Hi,this is Matty.Thanks for your review,and welcome back anytime.

10/10 Excellent

leong, Melbourne. Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location is rather out of the way.
Overall is satisfied except every morning the bath hot water tap just flew out and hot water pour out non stop.
Response from Matty on Jul 7, 2016
Thanks for your review,this is Matty,we listen to your opinion carefully,and hope to see you very soon.

8/10 Good

Gunther, Vancouver BC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant Chinese style hotel.
Very good Chinese hotel , staff very helpful, breakfast Chinese only, close to the South Gate.
Response from Matty on Jul 7, 2016
Hi,this is Matty.welcome to China Old Inns,and looking forward to seeing you next time when you come to Dali.

8/10 Good

henny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good service
the hotel offer us a pickup service eventhough we only stay for 1 night. the room is big and clean. location is 50/50 its only 10 mins away from old town entrance but its in a small alleyway. quiet neighbourhood. good stay overall
Response from Matty on Nov 14, 2015
Thanks for your kind review.Your Satisfaction is better than anything else.That means Our service finally paid off.

8/10 Good

Francisco, Mexico City

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Súper ubication
Just walk out of de hotel and you are in the ancient town
Response from Matty on Aug 13, 2015
300m from the south gate of old town of Dali.You can enjoy garden，goldfish with many interesting things.Besides we offer free pickup service from station.

2/10 Terrible

Will

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from Matty on Oct 17, 2015
Thanks for your review anyway.Maybe there are a lot of things to improve.we still hope we could do better next time when you come.

8/10 Good

Syd, Port Pirie South Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Inn closely located to the Old Dali area.
We had a nice visit at this Inn with the staff being welcoming on arrival and quickly having us in our rooms (even though we were early). The rooms were nice and the bed very comfortable. A suitcase stand would have been a nice addition and I wasn't fond of a cold shower on a cloudy day when the solar hot water didn't heat up, and the customer laundry needs updating, however they were minor inconveniences overall and we enjoyed our stay and interactions with staff.
Response from Matty on Aug 13, 2015
Thanks for your review.Hope to see you soon.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value and service. Cleaner than expected
Rating is relative to similar types of hotels. Less than 10 minutes walk of the Dali Old Town South Gate. Free pickup from the train station. Service was great. Rooms were clean and facilities were new-ish. Don't expect a 5 star hotel amenities but for what it is it was a quaint and pleasant stay. Free breakfast was a choice of 2 local noodles. Stayed for 2 nights and wouldn't mind staying again. Not sure about their English since I speak choppy Chinese, but can't expect much next to an ancient Chinese town.
Response from Matty on Oct 17, 2015
Thanks for your review.Still a lot to improve.Hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

gang

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
强烈推荐老故事客栈
环境优雅，古色古香，店员服务态度特别热情友好，客栈提供的免费自助早餐丰富可口。
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Chen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
第一次进房间有一股味道，感觉像是马桶里冒出来的，然后前台给换了房间，晚上的热水不太热，第二天才知道那天晚上的热水有问题，洗了个冷水澡的感觉。到了第二天细想不对，我预订的房型跟实际房型好像不太一样，总共入住两晚，到了第二晚才发现，跟前台理论了蛮久最后终于又换房了，总体是有点折腾的，环境还可以，就是雨季天气潮湿，感觉房间哪里都是湿的。这个酒店提供了免费的火车站接站服务，最后一天准备走的时候还有书吧可以休息，环境非常不错，就这个可以点赞了，毕竟等时间去火车站有点难熬无处去。总体来讲还可以
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018
Response from allen on Jun 20, 2018
非常感谢您的理解！给您带来的麻烦我们深表歉意！期待您的下次光临！我们一定会给您服务的更好！谢谢！

8/10 Good

Tsuyoshi

ロケーションは抜群
バックパッカーが多いと聞いていたがそうでもなくよかった。２部屋予約で浴槽のある部屋があるので決めたが１部屋は浴槽がなかった。残念。冷蔵庫はないが真夏ではないので取り立てて不便はなかった。ロケーションは抜群によい。ただしわかりずらい。
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017
Response from allen on Jun 20, 2018
いつも物语の认可をありがとうございました!老话の全员があなたと贵方のご家族にお会いすることを期待しています!

8/10 Good

Sadlie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
合適
合適
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017
Response from allen on Jun 20, 2018
非常感谢您入住老故事！老故事全体员工期待您和您的家人下次光临！

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
1) 衛浴設備虛有其表, 漂亮但無法順利排水, 有浴缸, 但不太能泡... 2) 就費用來說, 並沒有特別便宜, 結論: CP 值普普 3) 唯就地點而言: 非常接近古城南門及文獻門, 還算鬧中取靜的好地點

6/10 Okay

killdeer

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
施設はイマイチ。
建物の構造の関係で部屋の中に廊下の人の声が聞こえ、外からは春節時期だったこともあり、爆竹やバイクの通行音が深夜まで聞こえるなど、部屋の中にいても落ち着けなかった。 また、部屋のカードキーが夜間に、不定期に何度も音をだし、耳障りだった。 窓が小さく採光が悪い点や、シャワーを浴びるとトイレがびしょびしょになる配置は、アジアの一般的な宿泊施設ではよくあるが、春節だったことを勘案しても価格はかなり高額で、価格に見合う一定以上の施設レベルを期待していたため、コストパフォーマンスは期待値よりかなり低かった。　

8/10 Good

lalala, 日本

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
かわいいデザインホテル
大理古城の南門から徒歩１０分ほどのところにあります。 本館と別館があり、私は別館に宿泊しました。 部屋はトイレ、シャワーなどの水回りが比較的新しく 赤を基調としたデザインでした。 3日滞在しましたが、快適に過ごせました。 ただ、初日の夜に何度か停電があったりしましたが 何とか復旧したりと小さなトラブルはあるかもしれません。

8/10 Good

Desmond, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
特色酒店
老故事客棧設計具大理風情，對南方來的遊客們應具吸引力，員工服務態度熱情主動，值得讚賞！ 性價比高！ 步行至大理古城只需約十分鐘路程。 缺點是客棧位於內街，有點不太好找，停車位不足。

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

nori, japan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
大理古城まで徒歩10分
2日間宿泊しました 古城南門まで10分程度でアクセスは良い　大理駅919バスの終点からはかなり離れており徒歩では30分は掛かると思います。雲南省はgogglemapが使えないため方向感覚がわからず、たまたま親切な現地の若者に教えてもらい最終的にはTAXIで到着しました。 従業員の周さんにかなり助けられました。英語がよくできる25歳の若者 感じのいい子です 遠い場所ですがまた大理には行きたいです
207号室
庭園
庭園
周さん
Response from Matty on Jul 7, 2016
ありがとうございます

8/10 Good

kyeong, 광주

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
위치가 편리하고 예쁜 호텔
깔끔하고 예쁜 정원과 실내 인테리어도 아름다운 호텔이었어요. 위치도 다리고성과 가까워서 걸어서 갈수 있어요. 조식 포함 안된 방 예약했는데요. 조식은 어른 10, 어린이 5위안 내면 쌀국수랑 간단한 음식 먹을 수 있었구요. 한가지 단점이라면 좀 추웠어요. 난방기가 있었는데 방이 우풍이 있는지 춥더라구요~~
Response from Matty on Apr 30, 2016
감사합니다

10/10 Excellent

Jihyun, 북경

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
고성과 가까운 객잔
직원의 친절함
Response from Matty on Apr 23, 2016
감사합니다

6/10 Okay

jiaming

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from Matty on Feb 20, 2016
Thanks for your review,we pay highly attention to your opinion.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
大理一宿
廁所門無法上鎖，但其他的都不錯，環境好又漂亮。 早餐豐富，但我不幸的吃到有hair的米線。
Response from Matty on Jan 23, 2016
謝謝您的點評。您的批評建議我們會積極改正。祝您生活愉快。

6/10 Okay

Frans, Amsterdam

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Aardig.
Goede locatie. Vriendelijk personeel. Het hotel deed me een beetje denken aan een Chinees restaurant. Vreemde ingang, lobby. Aandachtspunt: medewerkers spreken zeer matig (= praktisch geen) Engels en dat leidt (lijdt) zo nu en dan wel tot verwarringen. Wees voorbereid! Voor de rest in orde.
Response from Matty on Oct 17, 2015
Thanks for your review.Located at south gate，we offer free pickup service from station.Hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

BAN, 서울,대한민국

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
깨끗하고 친절한 호텔! 대리고성 남문에서 5분거리!
대리 남문에서 가깝고 위치도 괜찮아요. 호텔 들어가는 골목이 좀 어두운거 빼곤 깨끗하고 직원들도 친절하고 완전 좋아요! 다음에 대리에 가도 이 호텔에 가고 싶네요. 정원도 너무 이쁘고...주변도 조용해서 좋아요!
Response from Matty on Oct 17, 2015
감사합니다

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good service
Good service, good environment
Response from Matty on Oct 17, 2015
Hope to see you very soon.

10/10 Excellent

Gustav, Copenhagen, Denmark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff and new hotel
Great location, great staff, chinese breakfast, clean newly renovated rooms.
Response from Matty on Aug 13, 2015
Breakfast is very traditional with many features.besides free pickup service is offered by our hotel.Hope to see you very soon.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Response from Matty on Oct 17, 2015
300m from south gate of Dali Town，free pickup service is offered by our hotel.Hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

ふくちゃん, mexico

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
満足100ｐａｓｅｎｔ
大変いい また 泊まりたい できれば朝食がもうすこしあれば3-4品 最高です、スタフも 感じがいい
Response from Matty on Oct 17, 2015
ありがとう.