We currently live in Shanghai as expats. When people told us we should take a weekend to Xiamen because it is "laid back for China", we laughed at this thought. But arriving in Xiamen and then at the Seaview Resort, the difference in pace is quite noticeable. It is a huge resort but never feels crowded. (Though we doubt there were many people staying there.) Service is pretty good by China standards and people are usually quite friendly and conscious of the guests.
Facilities:
We spent the majority of our long weekend (two couples) at the pool. The pool is huge and well maintained. Though the wet bar is not consistently manned by a bartender, we only needed to approach from the water and a lookout was calling someone over to take our beer and burger orders.
In addition, though there is no golf on premise, we were able to take a 10 minute walk down the road to a golf driving range.
Rooms:
Clean, comfortable - not much to complain about here. It was a bit odd that in what we perceived to be a half empty hotel, they situated us at the very far end of the hotel - an easy 10 minute walk to the lobby - but not a big deal.
Food:
Burgers were very good. Breakfast was not so good. But for the price, it is a plentiful buffet. It's possible if we were to have gone to breakfast before 10am the food wouldn't all be cold.
