Lavande Hotel (Changchun Railway Station Square Branch)

Convenient, fuss free and comfortable hotel near the left side of the South Exit opposite the Changchun Railway Station. Breakfast is available in the hotel and there are plenty of food choices around the hotel. There is a gym and laundry room which makes it a great base to access the Northeast part of China such as Changbaishan UNESCO site, Harbin, Dandong, Shenyang, Jilinand Yanji. Despite being in a busy location, the hotel tries to create a relaxing environment. Room even has background/ambient music and Bluetooth for you to hook up your favourite music. The beds come with memory pillow and a soft pillow option and the bed is not to the extent of a rock hard Asian type bed.

This hotel is on of the cleanest hotel in China for our trip. We trust it now and will look for it for consistent standard.

Central, close to metro, close to the imperial palaces. The dining options nearby close early, but found a great dumpling place nearby. The only thing I was missing was coffee.

Easy access from train station. Just need to be aware where to exit to take a shorter route. Plenty of restaurants around. It was cold and didn't realized that toilet seat has no warmer. the one we stayed at baicheng city has though. Bed is hard but comfy for us.

Room is generally clean and big enough for 2 pax. Only problem was that we requested for high floor with non smoking room and far from lift, however end up was allocated a room that smelt of cigarette smoke and nearest room to the lift. Not sure if the receptionist saw the request. Sound proofing is not very good as we can hear clearly noises from along the corridor and lift lobby. Otherwise location is convenient and near to the railway station/bus interchange.

Hotel location is so called near to train station but it is not so "near" if traveller plan to walk with big bags because there is no lift access at the exit that is walkable to the hotel when exit from train station. Suggest traveller to check the exit properly so that you don't want too many "extra". Room was ok, though it was a corner room, and my booking though mentioned is 8th to 9th floor, I received a 7th floor room instead. Surrounding the hotel is few wholesale building of fashion, nails, etc. which is good for shopping.