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4 out of 5
Yide Hotel
No. 16 Shaxiang Jie, Pingyao, Jinzhong, Shanxi

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 50 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 79 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Miriam

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff really amicable and made us feel at home!!! It's inside the Ancient City, so it's walking distance to visiting attractions.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Pingyao and stay at the Yide hotel. It’s a classic Pingyao bankers house and the staff were wonderful. We ate several meals there and recommend that other guests skip the downtown restaurants and eat dinner there. Staying at the Yide is like a magical walk back in time!
Response from Anne on Aug 2, 2023
Thank you for your review. Hope more traveler stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Audrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
atmospheric courtyard hotel
Staying at the Yide Hotel was rather magical. if I'm not mistaken I was the only guest the one night I was there and the proprietor could not have been more attentive and solicitous. She upgraded my room without my asking for it since the hotel was otherwise empty; every time I exited or returned she immediately came outside and asked if I needed anything. her ability to speak English so well made my trip easier. It's a special place.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff very friendly and helpful.good restaurant and location. Great experience in pingyau.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful historic building, excellent service, very good restaurant
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our fifth stay in two years
Stayed before, will stay again. Traditional Chinese hotel with old China style. Food great as usual, our fifth visit in two years. Must be good then!!,
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staying at Yide Hotel in Pingyao was a truly memorable and wonderful experience for me. The hotel is a lovely, Qing Dynasty home that has been brilliantly refurbished and equipped with modern hotel amenities (e.g air conditioning, modern toilets and showers, etc) in a manner that makes it extremely comfortable and convenient, yet without lessening the authentic, old feel which makes it so appealing. The food at the restaurant is superb, with a nice, big array of regional Chinese dishes, Pingyao specialties, and some western food available too. Above all though, I feel it was the exceptional hospitality and genuine friendliness of the staff that made my stay so great. I would both return myself and recommend Yide Hotel to friends or anybody wanting to visit Pingyao in a heartbeat.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The bed has to be the largest bed I've ever slept in. The covers must weigh 10 pounds. lots of electrical outlets for phone chargers, etc.. turning the bathroom into a shower was interesting. was very clean. bottled water was very much appreciated.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Response from Anna on May 21, 2019
Thank you for your review. Sorry for heavy covers. in fact, covers weigh 5.5 pounds for cold day, which uses about half a year. Covers weigh 2 pounds for warm day, which uses about half a year. Covers are tradition quilt, which was plant, not down quilt, so fells heavy. We will ask for more comment from guest, then make quilt better. Hope serving of you again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was around 300 years old and decorated authentically. Absolutely beautiful rooms and courtyards. Delicious dinner in the fabulous restaurant. Staff was wonderful and helpful in every way. Also provided a ride to the train station at a great cost
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Anna on May 20, 2019
Thanks. We are glad read your review. We will keep working hard and gave guests amoke taste of traditional Chinese culture and Chinese art.

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Fabulous
We love the Yi Di hotel. Staff are lovely and very helpful, rooms are traditional and have been upgraded since our previous stay and the food is fabulous, the best in town. Convenient for everything to see and do in the town but also further afield. Hire a car and driver from reception - visit the locations listed on the chart.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing! Such a neat experience! The gardens were amazing and the resturant on site is so good!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Period hotel
We booked this hotel because our son wanted to experience what it was like in China 300 years ago. The hotel is away from the busy main street but walking distance. The hotel is clean, staff attentive and a dining room is just steps from our room. The bed is very comfortable and the sheets ironed and fresh. I like five star hotels but our son is a Professor and history buff so he did not mind the small room.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traditional style rooms, great food.
For a taste to what living in old China may have been like, this hotel is a good start. The rooms are in original buildings and reflect the ancient age of the place. Traditional, not a modern five star, soulless hotel. Food is exceptional. The same chef has been in residence for 13 years and the meals were first class.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Mike, Beijing

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Boutique Hotel
My family and I (2 adults, 3 children) stayed one night in a family suite, which we found to be very spacious and comfortable. Nice historic property. Hotel staff were very friendly and some spoke English. We enjoyed one Chinese style dinner and one Western style Breakfast, both very good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Frederick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Authentical historical hotel
The hotel is amazing. A very well preserved authentic historical building. The services is top notch. The food at the restaurant is very good too, so we had dinner here on two nights. My only complain is that the wifi is slow at night when all the guests are back at the hotel and using the bandwidth.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very different and quaint , tiny rooms and v basic bathroom nice restaurant helpful staff v good english spoken

8/10 Good

Dave, Washington DC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Charming, great atmosphere
Charming, great atmosphere. Staff is friendly and very helpful. Westerners should be prepared for small bathrooms with just ok showers. Good restaurant on site. Perfect for 1-2 night stay in Pingyao

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traditional courtyard house - a step into the past
There are twenty odd rooms set around various courtyards. The traditional courtyard setting offers a unique experience where you feel you have stepped into the past. In our room, a large 'kang' style bed took up most of the space and the rest of the furniture was also traditional - an unforgettable experience. The staff were very welcoming, friendly and helpful. The restaurant serves good food.
Courtyard
Our room

8/10 Good

Robert, Bristol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Real China..........
Great placer to stay in Pingyao. Very historic and authentic Chinese courtyard conversion. Closest to the real china we had hoped to see. Exceptional staff and very good catering

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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Perfect hotel!
The Yide is one of the most wonderful hotels we have stayed at in our travels throughout China. The location is just right - off the beaten path, but close enough to the action. The staff was amazing - cordial and warm, attentive to our needs and pro-active in helping us with our plans. The room was clean, spacious and authentically China. We especially loved the kang bed. We would highly recommend the Yide.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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A traditional experience of what a wealthy family
Very old style but clean and neat. Staff all spoke relatively good English and were very helpful.

10/10 Excellent

maurizio, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly, helpful. Historic building, great area, good restaurant too

8/10 Good

Sara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Sara, London, UK

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Amazing hotel
This hotel was superb. Perfect location, visually very beautiful, the room was spacious enough for 2, the service was impeccable and the food at the restaurant was simply delicious. Wouldn't hesitate to book again or recommend to my family and friends.

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
3 Weeks in China
Very cool historical hotel to stay at. The rooms are very clean, the attached restuarant was excellent, and service was great. They even helped me arrange a private driver that drove me to Hanging Temples, the Yungang grottoes, and then to Beijing...only wish I had more time to stay in this amazing little town.

10/10 Excellent

Diana, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful
Really wonderful hotel with such delicious restaurant!! Food is a little expensive but pretty worth it. And the staff was so helpful to me. They made it so worth it!! I highly highly recommend!!!!

8/10 Good

jorge

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It is a nice hotel but don't expect luxury. They need to find a way to remove the birds from the top, during the night the noises could be annoying

10/10 Excellent

virginia, Colorado, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Yide Hotel 2/15
Really enjoyed our stay here! Historic and charming. Very comfortable room. Staff very accommodating and helpful.

8/10 Good

DonaB, Davis, CA, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Serenity and quiet in a bustling ancient city
We found a peaceful, charming and lovely environment with friendly, warm and helpful staff (somewhat of a rarity in service staff on our travels in China). It is a historical property so it is definitely not very accessible for people with mobility issues (uneven old stones in the courtyards and nearly foot tall thresholds to step over in some areas). We greatly enjoyed our stay.

10/10 Excellent

Cindy, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Authentic old residence with all mod cons.
We loved staying in this courtyard hotel in Pingyao. It is well run and clean. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The English type breakfast food is a bit primitive but good enough. The Chinese food is excellent and the coffee is delicious.

10/10 Excellent

Wayne, Houston, TX

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful, just what you would hope for in Pingyao
Staff was helpful, great time and great price.

8/10 Good

Michel, Williamsburg, VA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel near the center of Dunhuang
We stayed four nights, had pleasant meal and breakfast in the hotel, and received great help from the staff at all times, and in particular when organizing trip out of Dunhuang. the hotel offers a service of rentals of cars with a driver, which is very convenient and not expensive.

10/10 Excellent

Ken, Utah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A step back in history
Staying at the Yide courtyard hotel was like experiencing China a 100 ( or maybe even 600) years ago during the Ming Dynasty. Things are so authentic and rustic it gives you a true flavor of yesteryear. The room was great and the staff was incredibly attentive. The food in the restaurant was excellent and was reasonably priced. This was so much better than the standard boring hotel room that you would normally stay out. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone who wanted to truly enjoy hanging out.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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The perfect place to stay in the ancient city.
This place far exceeded my expectations. The staff were wonderful and the hotel itself is a wonderful taste of the ancient city. The hostel restaurant is the pick of places to eat in the whole of Pingyao, with a delicious menu for breakfast, lunch & dinner. You won't want to eat anywhere else.

8/10 Good

Bernard, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic Service !
I stayed at the hotel between 23 - 25 Nov 2013. The staff has walked all the way out through the alley to welcome us when we arrived. The quality of the service is definitely better than 5 star hotel. The staff checked us in just few minutes and we got a nice room. The condition of the room isn't fantastic but since we wanted to experience the antique style of Inn, it is more than just comfort. The room face a big courtyard and the hotel is conveniently located just 2 minutes walk from the busy West Street!

10/10 Excellent

Shannan, Boston, MA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best place to stay in the ancient city
Had a wonderful stay at the Yide Hotel. The rooms were quaint, warm and welcoming, and the staff were helpful, friendly and courteous and spoke English! We stayed for two nights. I was upgraded from a single to a double room and my parents and their friends were given two adjoining rooms with a nice common area. The beds were very firm but I slept wonderfully for the two nights. The hotel is well located and we were given great directions for where to go by the hotel staff.

8/10 Good

Urs, Hong Kong

Liked: Staff & service
Great Employees !!!
Nice Hotel and pleasant stay. Staff are very friendly and the food was fantastic. Have had breakfast and dinner at the restaurant daily.The hotels driver is also a greag asset and he showed me arround out of town and he was very dedicated.

8/10 Good

Rich from Bosto, Boston MA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traditional courtyard house
We enjoyed our stay. Staff is very good. Good english skills Food at hotel was good to very good. Traditional bed which I enjoyed. Western toilet. Showerhead and sink separated from toilet by shower curtain. Bathroom very clean I had them arrange car and driver from/to taiyuan airport, I think for 800 RMB. Very good

8/10 Good

Nicolas, Chile

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Boutique hotel in a beautiful city
Very unique Chinese ancient city . A must.I would recomend this hotel as very well organized , plenty of good taste , good attitude from the manager,good restaurant , you feel in the real old China.The bathroom too small for occidental standards but overall a very good experience.

8/10 Good

Pam, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Conveniently located in quiet area. Quaint.
I stayed 2 nights. The staff is helpful and understand and speak English. The hotel retains the character of the courtyard style including the inside of the rooms, which have the traditional kang beds. It is 2-3 blocks from the busy streets with all the shopping/dining/sites that attract tourists which makes it quiet. Nice after a long day of walking around. Room was small and could be too small for a longer stay. I enjoyed it.

10/10 Excellent

Darren, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Experience!
This hotel was simply perfect, beautiful inside and outside. Really comfy room, silent at night but only a few mins walk from the middle if town. Also, Julie who worked on the reception desk was really lovely and helped us book last minute train tickets and was always happy to give help and advice. Had a perfect Pingyao experience as a result!

10/10 Excellent

Wendy, Ottawa, Canada

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Loved this hotel
This hotel lived up to its billing. It was an ancient courtyard hotel located in a quiet part of the city. The food was great, even if you don't stay there, I recommend you eat there. In the town all the menus are the same. Everything was above my expectations.

10/10 Excellent

Luc, Montreal, QC, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best hotel in China for a comforting experience
Small hotel in the middle of a fortified city. Staff is awesome. Food is very very good.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great traditional hotel
It is a traditional courtyard house, with original stone bed - and it was comfortable, the staff was kind and helpful, I recommend it to everybody,

10/10 Excellent

Poodlemama

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful courtyard setting
My daughter and I had a great stay at the Yide Hotel. We were met at the train station and ferried quickly to the hotel. On arrival we were ushered to breakfast, in traditional Chinese style and later taken to our room. We were lucky enough to be ungraded to a very large room at no extra cost as it was low season and so very few tourists were in town.We spent a lovely three days in Pingyao despite the temperature being in the minus temperature range for the whole time. Yide Hotel is highly recommended. The staff are very attentive and respectful. Beware about having laundry done there however it is very expensive as they charge per item, even socks, underwear etc. All the same price as larger items.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very special hotel.
This hotel is very special. We had visited Yuci and the Qiao family Courtyard on our way to Pingyiao and arriving at the hotel in the evening was quite magical. It was as if we were staying and really experiencing life in a traditional Chinese family house. The staff was attentive, discreet, friendly and informative. The food at the restaurant was very good indeed.

10/10 Excellent

Nancy and Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel is very scenic--more than we hoped for--clean and comfortable. The hotel staff was exceptional (Anna, the proprietor, was kind and helpful and Julie, the office manager, took every opportunity to make our stay more pleasant)--often going out of their way to help us. Food was excellent, too. Serving staff spoke limited English but were most anxious to please. We highly recommend the Yide Hotel.

8/10 Good

Sune-DK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice Court-yard hotel
Nice courtyard hotel. The "VIP" room basically has room for two families (it is two separate rooms + one shared "common area", and the Exec. Double are located right next to it. In addition the restaurant (very nice) is located in the same small courtyard => the whole experience was very nice. The restaurant served great (if a bit pricy) breakfast and great dinner. Also helped with booking a tour for 9 people with 10 hour notice, and airport transfer at reasonable prices. All in all a great stay.

10/10 Excellent

Ole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
275 år gammel hoteloplevelse
Et helt fantastisk og flot historisk hotel - lidt usædvanligt for Kina en original court yard uden plastik eller tivoli. En af Pingyaos bedste restauranter og fremragende service. En virkelig god oplevelse for de historisk eventyrlystne.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023