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No.3-5 Guangqiao Street, Huaqiao Cheng, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518053, China
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Seaview O City Hotel
Ranked #33 of 1,342 hotels in Shenzhen
4.0 of 5 stars 207 Reviews
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13 reviews 13 reviews
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8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“OK Hotel in good Location”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 January 2012

The Seaview is a 4 star hotel. It is in a great location located on the #1 subway line that goes to Hong Kong in one direction and to the Shenzhen Airport in the other. Within walking distance of the hotel is a Walmart, multiple restaurants, a movie theater and a large park. The general area is safe and clean and has a lot of trees and greenery.

It really caters to Chinese guests but the front desk staff can speak basic english and you can get by with English. The staff is helpful and generally check-in/check out is quick. Problems are usually addressed quickly.

The buffet breakfast is very poor. It is usually very crowded and difficult to find a seat. None of the salt and pepper shakers work (not kidding - I think they are for show on each table). The food is basically cheap food. There is an egg station but the cook always seems overworked and will not cook your order unless you stand over him and watch him. No meat or cheese and fruit slection is the same everyday (watermelon, canteloupe, bananas). The coffee tastes like paint remover. This is by far the worst issue with this hotel. The same restaurant is open for lunch and dinner and is better at those times. The new "Hua Ting" restaurant is okay but only serves Chinese food in an upscale setting. The "bamboo bar" is okay for drinks but has poor selection of food.

Rooms in the "New Building" are modern, spacious and well appointed. Deluxe rooms in the main building are old, musty smelling, small and very dated and cost more! all rooms have good free internet. Beds are large and comfortable with a high quality western style mattress. All rooms have an in room safe and refrigerator.

Water is not safe to drink or brush your teeth with. The hotel provides 2 tiny bottles of water a day. You will have to buy more or if you can catch the maid, they will give you some extra.

No swimming pool or store. They do have a business center that can book the minibus to the HK airport (very convenient).

The hotel gym is nice. It is spacious and has edequate equipment including a Sauna. It is open long hours and staffed.

Overall, the Seaview is ok but depends on the price you pay for the room. The Crowne Plaza across the street has a much nicer rooms, a great breakfast, a swimming pool with a sandy beach, a large bar with live music and a micro brewery and a good Thai restaurant. And it only costs a few hundred RMB more.

Room Tip: Stay in the New building
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  • Stayed January 2012, travelled on business
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“The good, the bad and the reality”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 December 2011

Good points:
- Subway line to airport or HK border is 50 meters from the hotel - OCT station take exit A
- Price is reasonable, rooms are a bit dated but ok, everything works fine
- Location is great for shopping and eating - Walmart 10 min walk and many restaurants and small shops around, bigger malls just a few stops on the subway
- Service is pretty good too

Bad points:
- Gym is really small
- Breakfast food is good but super crowded and hard to get a seat
- No swimming pool
- Rooms facing to the bay side often have insufficient air-con making the room too hot

Reality
- For the price, location and convenience you can't beat it but it doesn't stand up to the Westin or even the Crown Plaza, especially if a good gym/pool matter to you.

Room Tip: Get the room in the back building - it is a bit farther walk to breakfast, gym, etc but they are nic...
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  • Stayed December 2011, travelled on business
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Ireland
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22 reviews 22 reviews
Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“Beautiful Hotel”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 October 2011

Really enjoying spending time in this hotel. The interior is a mixture of old oriental world with new. The room was very modern and clean. The food was good and there is a metro right outside the hotel. There is a huge shopping centre about 15 minutes walk. Would definatley recommend

  • Stayed April 2011, travelled on business
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“GOOD OPTION IN SHENZHEN”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 September 2011
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I already stayed in this hotel in two different trips to China. The hotel is very nice, the installations are great, it's clean and organized. Very well located, and the food is just great, there's this Indian cook who prepares very good and sorted food. He's been prized in Shenzhen as a good cook.
I'm sure you'll like it. Also, it's right in front of Window of the World, a nice tourism park in SZ.

  • Stayed April 2011, travelled on business
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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“The staff was not helpful when we were checking out”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 August 2011

I stayed here for 5 nights. Although we checked in as a couple, the receptionist gave us a twin room, the issue was sorted out very quickly by the hotel staff. The second room we got was OK for us in terms of space. The main problem we had with the room was that it was very damp. The walls of the hotel are also very thin, we could hear very clearly conversations coming from the room next door and various other 'sounds'.I would not recommend this hotel for honeymooners. Overall, our stay at this hotel was not too bad, but what really put me off this hotel was the reception staff when we were checking out. We stood there for about 20 min before they checkout us out and in the meantime, they were serving the chinese speaking customers first. I'm not saying that there's some sort of discrimination, there might have been a language problem or they might have found it easier to deal with chinese speaking customers first? Who knows? It was a busy time as well; quite a number of customers to serve. We did tell the staff several times though that our car was waiting for us outside, so please check us out, we are waiting..etc. The hotel claims to be a tourist hotel, but I would not say that it was very foreigner friendly, because of the language barrier more than anything else.

I almost forgot to mention this, one the first night, we found a flying cockroach on one of the bedroom walls, we had to call the hotel staff to get rid off it for us because it was high up near the ceiling and we could not reach it. They were very quick to sort this out though.

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled on business
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Address: No.3-5 Guangqiao Street, Huaqiao Cheng, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518053, China
Price range (per night):* S$132 - 188

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