JEN Shenzhen Qianhai By Shangri-La

Stayed here for a night with friends for eating out experience in nearby area. This hotel is very new, opened in Feb 2023. Staffs are very friendly and helpful. Rooms are very clean. We booked two rooms, one is a twin bed and the other is a king bed. We were allocated adjacent rooms on the 16th floor with nice views overlooking the area (yet building works are here and there). Both rooms are of similar size, the twin bed has a partition wall between the toilet and the bedroom, whereas the King bed has an open style room which looks more spacious. On the 2nd floor of the hotel is an activity room, a gym room where you can find plenty of space and equipment for your exercise. A 25 meter swimming pool is on the 5th floor and this is the only thing that I have to comment on. The route to the swimming pool can only via 2nd floor, thru the gates with room card, thru the well air conditioned gym, take the lift to the 5th floor, then walk thru the waterfall gate to the pool side. Once finished swimming, you can only go thru the waterfall gate back to the lift. Other paths are either blocked by flower pots or the restaurant on 5th floor (you are not supposed to wear swim gear to go thru the restaurant). You would get wet thru the waterfall gate and catch cold when you walk thru the well air conditioned gym. JEN SHENZHEN QIANHAI should rectify this problem. The bar on the 1st floor provides good food and alcohol and have live bands from 8pm but we just miss the show as the band is off on Sundays. Buffer breakfast is an option on the 5th floor for 120RMB booked at the reception or 155RMB at the restaurant. Location wise, it is in Qianhai commercial area, hence distance away from shopping malls. Yet, it costs you only around 10 RMB to hire a DiDi to go to nearby shopping mall. There is a decent Chinese restaurant just opposite the hotel, the Guangzhou Restaurant, the food of which are very nice. Overall, a very clean and new hotel, people are nice. You may want to give it a try.