We looked at a couple of places before we ended up at this hotel and the view from the room won us over, overlooking the township of Yangshuo!The location was pretty good, central enough to walk anywhere but not right in the noisy touristy action downtown.The rooms were nice as chinese standards go, beds hard as usual, but nothing an extra doona can't fix. The staff weren't particularly friendly, but we found that common everywhere in China as they aren't used to dealing with foreigners who travel independantly on a budget, chinese group tours are their comfort zone.The breakfast included was quite traditional chinese, the noodles were delicious - give them a go!The girl at the tourist desk, was friendly and very helpful.You can't really complain about this hotel for the price, it's great value. The shopping in Yangshuo is awesome, don't miss cycling through the farmland outside the town, truly beautiful scenery, take a bamboo raft down the Yulong River, very pretty! Moon Hill is worth a look if you can cycle that far, and the spring rolls at Alf's Aussie Bar down down are to die for! Hot chocolate and lemon meringe pie at the Rosewood cafe in town is pretty good too, just hearing the young waitress speak english is priceless!

I stayed at the Regency Hotel three years ago and can't complain about anything. It is very central, the staff were helpful, the breakfast good, It was noisy at night but what does one expect when on a main thoroughfare? The beds were hard. I always love Chinese beds. They are very very comfortable and good for your back.
A few weeks ago I stayed at the Yangshuo West Street hotel which is the worst place that I have ever stayed in over many years of holidays in China. The bathroom flooded every time I turned on the tap to the basin, the electric jug had been washed out with bleach and when I complained they then cleaned it with peppermint which was more obnoxious than the chlorine. There was no hot water to shower "sorry, you have to leave the tap running for 15 minutes before the hot water arrives in the room. It has a long way to travel". The TV did not work, none of the staff spoke English, the downstairs toilet stank and I could go on and on. No way would I return there.
Give me the Regency any day. I wished I had stayed there this time.
anniemayfong

Good position but staff insisted on a deposit over the cost of 3 nights. Room was hot as airconditioner was switched off at some stage during the night. No fridge in room, toilet cistern was temperamental, and pillows were flat. Chinese language TV stations only in a tourist area! Rooms were kept quite clean, but really need renovation. Has the look of a good hotel that has seen better days.