Yishui Homestay(Drum Town)

Wow, I loved this homestay! The lively and kind lady who runs Yishui homestay is a good English speaker and very patient, so foreigners as well as Chinese will feel at ease staying here. It is a very hospitable atmosphere! Location is in the pedestrianized part of the old city, very near the Drum Tower. Therefore, there is lots to see/do/eat while walking nearby. But the location is also not far from the driving road, so it was an easy, short walk to meet my driver when going out to the hanging temple, the grottos, and the train station. The facility is an old-style courtyard home, with a beautiful wood-beam ceiling. The interior rooms are completely renovated and modernized, with great water pressure, all necessary toiletries, an excellent quality hair dryer, slippers, and super air-con/heating! (It was -3 one night during my stay, but I was warm and comfy in that room!) Clean towels are brought daily. Breakfast was included in my stay and I was very happy with the food. It is an ample Chinese-style breakfast, and you can inform the cook if there is some food you don't/can't eat. Although the breakfast was plenty of food for me, I saw a guest ask for more baozi, and he was kindly given 2 more. Fresh fruit was also offered for free several times during my stay. Within a 5 minute radius (walking), there are many eating places for lunch, dinner, snacks, and tea/coffee. There are also numerous historical sites (dragon wall, temples, "mansions", the Catholic Church, etc.) in easy walking distance. In fact, there was so much to see nearby that I was not able to see everything! The homestay looks very charming, and many, many people were often seen stopping to take photos in front of the homestay, as well as on the back wall of the homestay, which is next to a Chinese Opera stage--it is especially lovely at night! It is a 10-15 minute walk to the ancient city wall, where you can climb up and enjoy the sights, or visit a (Chinese) bookstore within the city wall, under one of the arches. My Beijing friends, who stayed at a nearby hotel, were equally impressed when they came to visit me in Yishui homestay, and they got the WeChat contact so that they can return to stay at Yishui homestay on a return trip--so easy to get there by fast train from Beijing!

Nice and lovely house at the center of ancient town and walking street. Great hospitality, nice breakfast.

Beautiful hotel in a very central location. Friendly staff, gave us good restaurant recommendations, as well as valuable information for visiting the touristic spots! Highly recommended!

Awesome homestay in Datong. Great for families too. Highly recommended.

第二次來大同古城，在上次遊玩體驗的基礎上，選擇了出行方便的本民宿。首先推薦的是位置優勢，在鼓樓和步行街旁邊，出行遊玩就餐非常方便；民宿環境整潔，房間乾淨，早餐豐富，鬧中取靜的好地方。店主和各位大姐都非常熱情，盡心解決各類問題，本次入住非常滿意。

是一次很尷尬且很差勁的入住體驗…住民宿入坑還是第一次…我們入住期間沒有管家，衹有一個阿姨在做服務..但這位阿姨基本沒有服務意識，更談不上服務的專業性了… 首先我們是在雨中抵達…民宿並沒有停車場，車要停在公共停車場..即便是停地上區域距民宿也有200多米的距離…民宿阿姨也沒有接到我們…導致我們找了好久，也在民宿門口等了好久，沒人開門…因為衹有一個阿姨去接我們了，沒有管家…辦入住時也沒有網絡…由於下雨，房間又是大理石瓷磚地面導致地面很滑…我表示提供防滑墊，但阿姨根本不懂我的需求…房間格局還算不錯，衞生一般，角落有蜘蛛網..衞生間和淋浴間的們感覺好像裝反了，從外面可以看清裏面，在裏面反倒看不清外面…晚班阿姨大約在8:30分左右就休息了..我還不好意思的讓他起來幫我找礦泉水，她説整個庫房僅有一瓶礦泉水😂後面基本上都是我自助了，點了外賣…自己冒雨去開民宿的大門…… 第二天的早餐還是很不錯的很豐盛很好吃……因為寶寶吃的慢，我聽阿姨説要給我們重新熱一下..她一直站在門口好長時間…我表示不需要她可以離開..但她很大聲的問我要不要退房……這真的很崩潰，我家小孩兒都有被嚇到… 這家民宿的位置很好屬於鬧中取靜的位置…這是好的地方..但是服務真的零分…零分… 我和管家唯一的交集就是退房後，我加了她的微信，他給我報銷了一個停車費…