Aroma Tea House Former Jing Guan Ming Lou Museum Hotel

Aroma Tea House offers perfect hospitality in Guilin! The staff are friendly, patient, helpful and kind. The rooms are spacious, impeccably clean, bright and beautifully furnished with antiques and classic Chinese paintings and sculptures. The beds are comfortable. The breakfast buffet is wonderful, and served in a room with nice views of the surrounding area. The location is perfect for walking to most of the favorite tourist sites, such as the sun and moon pagoda, Elephant hill, and the departure dock for Li River cruises.

This hotel is gorgeous! Stepping inside feels like one has time-traveled to a different era. Wood, stone, tile, carvings, paintings, and sculpture abound. The setting is elegant, serene with a warm and welcoming staff who are engaging and quick to accommodate the traveler’s needs. Even though we arrived late, they arranged a tea tasting for us later that night, with Rose who taught us about the proper way to drink tea, and gave us wonderful information about the area. Before we arrived, we had communicated with the Aroma staff and they arranged a fabulous tour of the Longji Rice fields for us and even organized a very early breakfast with the cooking staff so that we eat before being embarking on the tour. We really appreciated the unique and traditional Chinese style and atmosphere of The Aroma Tea House. The room furnishings were exquisite and the bed was very comfortable. We loved the window seat tea bench - a perfect place to to start the day with a cup of tea. The breakfast featured both the famous Guilin rice noodles and also Western style choices in a rooftop salon. There are several outside patios, one with covered seating. The hotel offers laundry service - welcome benefit on a long trip. Another great asset is that The Aroma Tea House is right in the heart of Guilin, across from Ronghu Lake, walking distance to many sights. Guilin is a magical city. The climb to the top of the Karst hill at the Prince’s Palace at sunset is stunning. Karst scenery is the backdrop to a diverse and decorated skyline. Once darkness arrives, the city comes alive with lights everywhere and the iconic Sun and Moon Temples towering over the water create a carnival for the eyes. Musicians and dancers spill out along the walkways. We wished we had allowed more time in Guilin to enjoy the generous hospitality of The Aroma Tea House. We highly recommend this beautiful and unique hotel. One of a kind!

The hotel is very well located on the lakeside and very close to the city center. The accommodation is authentic with a lot of beautiful pieces of art in the corridors and lobby. The staff is very helpful and always available (helped on finding medicine for an allergy and also ordered the taxis for the airport at a very good price). Breakfast is fine. We also had a foot massage for a very good price at the hotel with very nice ladies.

A spotlessly clean and beautifully decorated hotel, featuring lots of antiques from its former life as a museum. It's located right beside the lake with a well-it walking path that runs all the way around and give easy access to the night market and Pagodas'.Theres also wonderful, spontaneous, entertainment provided by the locals which goes on around the lake each night.utterly charming! The staff are simply outstanding, and all speak good English. I emailed ahead of our arrival and they organised onward travel via boat to Yangshou and additional transfers back to Guilin and on to the Longji Rice Terraces - all super efficient and well priced. I saw some comments about the lack of western-style breakfast foods, but this was not our experience. There were cereals, fruit, eggs, toast, yoghurts and pastries in addition to local options. We loved our stay here and would absolutely recommend this hotel.

Location was across from lovely lake and walkways. The hotel was an old museum so the decorations and furnishings are incredibly beautiful and unique. Every corner you look you see gorgeous antique pieces. The buffet breakfast was great and a nice selection of the typical foods for China. Staff were super friendly and spoke a little English to get me by. Beds were comfy and room super clean. Would stay here again in a heartbeat.