Harbin Traveler Coffee Hotel

Really awesome and quite unusual hotel. Each room is decorated in a different country theme. I got Korean style room, which was really spot on and impressive. Besides there are rooms in Italian, British, Turkish, Japanese and other themes that must be great as well. Reception area/cafe looks very cosy with bird cages and reminds a good youth hostel in terms of vibrancy. It is conveniently located in a very city centre, just next to the Harbin central train station, provincial museum and Gogol street. It is however a bit far away from the main tourist attractions: Central street, Saint Sophia Cathedral, Ice and Snow world, Tiger park, Songhua river and so on. On the other hand it means, that the surrounding area is much less touristy, therefore restaurants and convenient stores will be much cheaper than in around Central Street. Transportation is also very convenient with lots of bus and subway station nearby.

The hotel seems to be extremely popular with Chinese families with children, so there were lots of kids running and playing around in the corridor while being very noisy. That's fine for me, but might not be appreciated by some people, so heads up for that. Also, location is a bit far away from Central street and all of the biggest tourist attractions in the city, however public transportation is very convenient. It takes around 30 minutes by bus to get to the Central street area and even faster by taxi (and taxis in Harbin are cheap, even compared to Beijing).

The room was very beautiful and clean. The staff at the reception could talk english. I felt very welcome and they took good care of me and even helped me organizing a taxi to the airport. There is a Subway 1 minute away by foot, if you really need some non-asian food.

The hotel is not directly in the City Center, but you can reach the City Center and the railway station within 10 minutes by bus 103, which stops at Bowuguan (5 min from hotel by foot). Besides, within 2019 another subway will be opened, that connects Bowuguan and the City Center even better.

Service was great