Gangjian Hotel

The rooms are very uncomfortable overnight due to ineffective A/Cs and awful A/C controls cause more problems than solutions. All of the hallways smell terrible with the smoking smell. Breakfast is awful because of the lack of choices. You would be better off going to a separate restaurant than coming here.

I checked-in two times and first one was significantly better than the second. The room is well equipped and nicely designed. Wonderful view of the city and great location of the hotel situated in old part of Lhasa with more character and history. One of the lamps didn't work, but that was OK, the room was well illuminated nonetheless. Now to less exciting part... The second time i checked-in, I was placed in a different room, which had bits of trash like small paper on the floor and even a piece of gum with hair on it. The shower is equipped with no-slip bath rugs curled up in the corner and it is apparent that great amount of hair resides inside ( I did not use it).

Water was not going through the basin. |It was quite late but they reluctantly agreed to come up and seemed rude about it. I found rooms extremely cold so they offered me a blanket but then when I moved the second curtains I saw the windows were half open and that was were cold air and mosquitoes were coming in. |The beddings and bedsheet seemed not to have been changed and there was a stale smell from the toilet. |Every time i needed Wi-Fi I had to go downstairs Wi-Fi signal and had to sit there and talk to my family which I could disgusting.|Although they have advertised that Wi-Fi speed is very fast but in reality it is terrible. |Not happy at all with the hotel . It has all the stuff but not kept properly at all. So think before you book and also quite expensive as it shows£50 per night.

Once upon a time, this was probably quite a nice hotel. Now, everything about it is basic, worn-out and tired. The location is excellent; close to the Jokhang, Barkhor, and within easy reach of the Potala, with plenty of shops and restaurants nearby. Rooms are adequately equipped (kettle, TV, AC, hot shower, door lock) but dated and grubby (cigarette-burned carpets, ripped wallpaper, dirty bathrooms). Breakfast is plentiful with a reasonable selection of basic food.

The maintenance is pretty bad. Most of the furniture is old with peeling paint, some electrical sockets look like fire hazards, and one of the rooms was extremely stuffy, and had no air conditioning. On a positive note the location is decent. Definitely not a 4-star hotel, 2 stars will be pushing it.

This isn't a 5 star hotel. If you have every been to Katmandu, Lhasa is much like that but only more clean and organized. It's probably one of only a few hotels that will allow foreigners. Each room is supplied with cheap cloth slippers, I would highly suggest you take advantage of this and wear them. They do allow smoking or, at least people were smoking in the lobby and in the rooms because of the smell. They also burn incents throughout the building, I am guessing to cover up the smells. It has western style toilets with a shower. The bedding seemed cleaned but the mattresses where pretty worn out. If you're only going to be there a few nights, then it's doable. I would have a hard time staying there anymore than that. Oh, and there is very little lighting in the hallways, so it's pretty dark (even during the day) in the building.

Stayed first 3 nights in this hotel and continued for final 1 night in Lhasa after returning from Shitgatse before travelling back to Chengdu.||What I like about this hotel very much is the Strategic location.|15 min walk to Potala Palace to see night view which is amazing beautiful.|It is also surrounded with many restaurants and night market.|Basically we can walk to Jokhang temple and Barkhor Street.||However, I felt the pillow is too soft and the room climate/heater is not comfortable that made me unable to sleep well. The shamppo and body lotion quality is not up to par. Worse is the water cistern not working well for our first 3 nights stay. Luckily we got a different room for the last night stay in Lhasa after Shitgatse trip.|

At one time a few years ago, it was probably a very nice hotel in Lhasa. Now however it’s not being maintained as well as it should. The hall carpets are worn and same in the rooms. Window latches are faulty and many other small but necessary repairs need to be done.|Breakfast was ok considering the location.|The bedding was also ok. ||Howard S.