Rooms in this hotel are very clean and nice, cleaning staff are great, other staff are okay. I had some troubles in checking out when they wanted to charge me 36 RMB for their tasteless breakfast which was supposed to be included in my booking--one day I went to the breakfast room without my little "breakfast coupon" which the hotel staff have to deliver to you daily (I don't know why they don't just give them all to you when you check in), and the dining hall staff did not tell me that i would be charged for signing their little slip of paper, and that I ought to go one floor down to the front desk to get my coupon first. This was not a language issue: I speak fluent Chinese. They just couldn't take the time to explain it to me. The location of this hotel is perfect if you are doing research at the Nanjing Library, as I was (two blocks away); if your aim is elsewhere check Google maps. One very important comment: Do *not* come here for the fitness center! It is a tiny, stinky, dingy room with hardly any equipment, most of which is old. Also, many of the other guests are painfully loud both late at night and early in the morning, and you can also hear traffic noise as another reviewer pointed out. If you're looking for a basic hotel, though, with a nice room that doesn't stink of cigarette smoke (though since this is a business hotel *all* rooms have an ashtray in them), Eastern Pearl won't disappoint.
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