Shangri-La Songbei, Harbin

Hotel staff was very helpful in organising our activities. We needed to purchase additional suitcases and they even guided us through an online purchase which was in Mandarin. Breakfast selection was brilliant. Perfect location.

Great hotel

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The room smelled a little like smoke and was not the cleanest. However the staff is awesome and the property has multiple restaurants.

It is a great experience to live here. Nice staff and quite.

Very disappointing, requested for non smoking room during booking, and re-emphasized for non smoking room at the front desk, but still being given a room with strong smoking smell. Very very bad experience and will not visit again.

Nice large room with floor to ceiling view of the river and ice sculpture park. It’s pretty doggone cold so when not out at an attraction, hanging at the hotel was the best option. Food was ok in both restaurants we tried. I’m leaving this review a few months after and only recall being comfortable and well accommodated. Would recommend.

This was an amazing stay, very friendly staff, great service and food, fantastic view. Felt as I am at home.

Very nice hotel only it is a bit out of the main city and can be difficult to get a taxi to go there. It is reasonably close to Ice World Understanding English was a problem.

All well and neat - helpful staff too The Shang Palace is awesome esp the Roast Duck

Our stay was great, The staff was very helpful as we had some extra requests.

This hotel belongs to the Shangri-la chain, but it is not as Ritzy as the others I've visited. The staff by and large does not speak English, like most of China. Of the ones who do, it's not spoken or understood well. Nonetheless, they tried very hard to provide good service. It's just that you have to ask. When I arrived, I had to push a bit to get the concierge to put together a plan for me. I know the intention was good, but it really was not on part with a 5 star hotel. I was suggested to visit the famous St. Sophia cathedral, I hired a taxi and organized my agenda to take me 20 mins downtown only to find it was closed due to renovations when I arrived. On the other hand, they were right to suggest I visit Ice and Snow World at 4:30, I got to see all the lights come on and transform the place. And I didn't have to stay any longer than necessary (at -24 C, that's non-trivial). I also chose this hotel because another reviewer said that it was entirely non-smoking, nary a smoke molecule around. My room smelled great when I walked in, but soon enough I found a cigarette butt and plentiful cigarette ashes on the floor. When I contacted the hotel manager, he was very much embarrassed and tried to find me another room. Funny enough, that room actually smelled like smoke. All in all I basically lost the whole morning checking in, getting settled into my room and getting my schedule (pseudo-) sorted. The manager tried to compensate me with a fruit bowl and some sweets.

I went on a girls trip to Harbin Ice Festival and stayed at the Songbei Shangri la (we were a group of expats living in Shanghai). We were greeted by Jo, she was wonderful and very helpful. The beds were super comfortable and location was perfect for Ice Festival and tiger park. The bar staff were a bit slow on making cocktails. Overall I would recommend this hotel to my friends.

We stayed here (2 adults, 2 children) during the ice festival. You can see the festival area from the windows of the hotel, it is quite close. Hotel is new and very nice. Gym and pool area also good. Highly recommend it.

An experienced i naver had, while booking from hotels.com free breakfast was included but the hotel still charge me while i checked out.

The service is not on par with other Shang rila property. Front desk service is poor

Very typical Shangri la style but too far from downtown

Everything excellent

Excellent Basis to get around Harbin. Kind people.

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