No A/C in the rooms
Corridor yes but not the rooms
Tempted t sleep in the corridor
Hence too hot and uncomfortable

As members of [--] in October of 2007, my wife and I stayed at the hotel for three weeks. We would rate the hotel as “tourist class” inasmuch as it needs refurbishing, although it boasts decent enough rooms and facilities. We requested extra chairs and an ironing board (and iron) and we not only got them right away but kept them in our room for the 21 days. Although the beds are terribly hard, and the lighting in the room for reading was horrible, and all room heating was not available until the government said it was cold enough, there are some very good points: (1) free internet service if you bring your laptop, as well as free services of a technician to help connect if you have difficulties, (2) grand, wonderful buffet breakfasts each day with everything you could want, and (3) a choice of two restaurants for dinners. In addition, we thoroughly enjoyed the foot massages which were given in our room ($15 US each). We suggest that you ask for a room with a view of the city wall as it is lighted at night and is quite beautiful as a view.

The Hotel itself is ageing and needs renovation although it looked like the reception area had been modernised, but having said that the rooms were comfortable and were generally clean, so we had no complaints apart from the “air conditioning” whch just seemed to push air around no matter what temperature was selected. It wasn’t too much of a problem at this time of year but you couldn’t live with it in the Summer. Breakfast (the only meal we ate at the Hotel) was fine and plenty of it. The reception staff didn’t appear to speak English, but fortunately we had a Chinese guide. When we went out at night we caught a taxi back to the Hotel using the Hotels card and were never ripped off, they always used the meter. Apart from the proximity to the city wall, the Hotel is a bit far to walk to any shopping, so you do need to taxi if you stay here

We have just returned from our stay at the Gaosu Shenzhou Hotel in Xian. Our initial thoughts of the hotel were - very impressed. Unfortunately as we delved further into the hotel we realized that the front entrance was a facade to create a false impression.
Our room was average, looked tired and in dire need of some renovation.
The windows didn't open.
Beds were rock hard (this is nothing different from any of the other hotels we stayed at in China though)
The staff - although willing to help as much as they could, it seemed only one person per shift could speak english, our attempts to communicate did result in the service required. This hotel was used by alot of European groups and I did pick up that some of the staff could communicate with these groups easily.
Breakfasts were good in the hotel, a great mix of Eastern and Western options.
We ate one night in the restaurant and found it to be under utilised but the food was good.
The bar $ seemed quite inflated from what we had experienced in Beijing.
The Location : This hotel was located outside the City Wall and I found it to be in the middle of nowhere....taxi's were cheap though to travel to the Muslim quarter/Drum Tower etc.