Let me start by saying that this is the only hotel I stayed at in Lhasa. While it is clear that it does not attain Western standards, I did not experience any of the negative issues described in other reviews. I stayed in two rooms on the fifth floor and they were both more than OK. The staff spoke fluent English and was generally helpful. The only huge problem I had was the construction going on through the night just in front of my window, and this every night expect one night when it rained. If you stay at this hotel, make sure the construction has been completed or else avoid it altogether.

Awful hotel! The lobby is beautiful and deceiving. The pool is an empty basin, the grounds have nomads camped in them with grazing sheep, the rooms are pitiful with unrepaired water leak stains on the wallpaper, the airconditioning and hair dryer don't work, the carpets are never hoovered. We coudn't order a meal outside main meal times, the tea house does not have an english menu or staff who can offer any ideas on ordering. The worst breakfast I have ever eaten in any hotel in the world - the remnants of lunch and breakfast are recycled - the toast is ice cold, rock hard and had mould on it after 3 days. The tea and coffee were undrinkable, the juice was made from concentrate. Most food was cold and stale. Reception staff are friendly, but this does not make up for the hotel.

Hotel Lobby gone thru remodel. Room comfortable but are in need of remodel. Breakfast more than average.

This hotel was recommended to us by the tour operator we used for the Lhasa stage of our China trip. It was listed as a 4-star hotel, but after having stayed in many hotels in China I've learnt to knock a star off the rating the hotel claims. So I was expecting to get a hotel that held a reasonable 3-star level, and that is pretty much what we got.

Our room was on the 2nd floor in the right hand wing facing the inner courtyard. The room was fairly small, and the bathroom was pretty basic. However, both the room and bathroom was reasonably clean. The bed was quite small and a little bit hard, but that is quite common in hotels in this part of the world so about as expected.

The buffet breakfast was pretty good, with a large selection of food including fruits. The main issue with the breakfast was that it was served in a restaurant right at the back of the hotel, so a bit of a trek from our room.

During our stay my wife felt unwell, possibly caused by the altitude, although no definite cause were ever found. She visited the hotel doctor and was prescribed some Chinese medicine as well as some Western medicine. She found the Chinese medicine to be completely ineffective and only made thigns worse, and it was also hard to swallow.

The hotel staff was quite friendly, although most spoke quite poor English.