Stayed 3 nights in Meritus Mandarin.

There aren't many international standard hotels in Haikou and the other one Sheraton is very very far away.

This hotel is very popular with meetings, so it is usually heavily occupied.

The rooms are tired, but kept in okay condition.

The location is on the west side of the city, but a short cab ride from the Guomao area where the restaurants and nightlife is.

It is good enough for stay in Haikou due to lack of options. But not very memorable at all.

Stayed 4 night in Meritus Mandarin, in Oct 2011 great hotel, facilities are superd location for Haikou in good.
Spa was very good open from 6.00am till 11.00pm
Varity of food was great from Chinese/Continental/British but it was served as a buffet and got cold very quickly,staff were excellent

All round great Hotel

This hotel was not on the beach or near it. It is in the city. We stayed there for 1 night just to rest before going to Sanya. It turned out to be a very nice place with a great price. The service was good, too. People spoke English well. ATM and shopping was nearby.

Stayed 2 nights in Meritus Mandarin Haikou in March 2010. Rooms are comfortable and big. It was well kept and clean. Standard of a 5-star hotel. The lift lobby on each floor smells really nice. The rooms provide complimentary keychains and environmentally friendly resuable shopping bag. Do take note that supermarket shopping in China do not provide free plastic/paper bags for your purchases. So do remember to bring your own shopping bag. Hotel is rather far from downtown shopping area (eg. Mingzhu shopping dept store). Taxi ride to downtown takes around 20 mins to 30 mins. I was told that there is another shopping area called Guomao about 1km away from the hotel, but I did not go there. Buffet breakfast at their restaurant (I think it is at the Chatterbox) costs RMB88++ per person. Our family of 7 opted to have our breakfast in the Chinese restaurant Pine Court instead. They serve dim-sum, trolley style. The waitress will push the trolleys around the restaurant, and you pick whatever you like. Dim-sum breakfast for 7 of us costs around RMB250 to RMB300. The quality of the food was rather good for such a price. We had dinner at Chatterbox on the first night and dinner at Pine Court on the second night. I find the quality of the dishes and food very good at Pine Court. My sons enjoyed the food very much. Dinner for 7 at Pine Court costs around RMB500. I would highly recommend Pine Court for their Chinese food. The indoor pool is rather small, and the length is probably around 15m . However the pool is heated, so it is good for night and early morning swims. We did not try the outdoor pool. The hotel gym has only 2 treadmills. The gym is not too bad though. We are from Singapore, so we were quite glad that the room TV has Channel News Asia. The rooms also provide free internet access. If you are in Haikou, this is a good hotel to stay.