We stayed at the Canton Landmark Hotel for 4 nights from March 18-22, 2008. As we had 6 people in our group, we booked 2 rooms on the "business floor" as this provided us with a larger room to put a cot into. Booking 2 rooms on the business floor was cheaper than booking 3 standard rooms. The room was very large with a sitting area, full washroom and 2 single beds and included a buffet breakfast and full use of the business center. The nice things about the hotel include the fact it is modern, English is spoken at the business center and at the front desk, the location is right on the Pearl River in the older part of the city, complementary breakfast and evening snacks at the business center, HSBC ATM in the lobby, travel agent next door, decent chinese food served in the restaurant on the 2nd floor (but expensive), the departure pier for the Pearl River cruise is only a 5 minute walk from the hotel, the view of the Pearl River at night is a highlight, Beijing Road and it's shopping is only a 15 minute walk. The not so nice things about the hotel (and Guangzhou) include the fact that smoking occurs everywhere (which is the case in all of Guangzhou), the prices in the hotel restaurants are expensive (for example, the price for the buffet breakfast was around 100 RMB. You can get a bowl of take out noodles with beef brisket around the corner from the hotel for 5 RMB), the air quality is very poor, it is chaos in front of the hotel because of the small area where taxi drop off and pick up passengers. We had dinner at a seafood restaurant just around the corner from the hotel directly across the street from the Pearl River- the food is excellant and seafood so fresh

Hello, Well, this is one of Guangzhou's earlier hotels. You will not have any problems with taxi drivers finding this location. It's in the heart of the city and within short distant to & from wherever your going. The location is very good, its next to the Pearl River. You can take a short cruise along the river or you can take a nice stroll as well. There are other shops & establishments around the hotel, just walk around and you'll find it very interesting. We stopped in a local restaurant and had morning tea, Dimsum. Food was awesome and it cost me & my wife $3. US of course. Ok, about the hotel. Its your standard hotel in China, (hard beds, smokey rooms, dark hallways just comes with the territory). Sometimes you can drop me off in another hotel and I wouldn't notice the difference. I travel to Guangzhou quit frenqently and at times I just shop for the price and the location. It has all your standard hotel stuff. My room was rather small, it was a corner unit. However, the view was very good especially at night. I recommend this hotel for the individuals with Par expectations and just need a good place to stay with a good location. Its not bad for $60 a night. A ok choice for the price. Hotels in China @ the Middle range ($55- $75) are just ok. Nothing spectacular. In this range, just look for a good location, so your visiting parties can easily find you. White Swan, Garden, China Hotel, DongFang are very recognizable names, So is Landmark. No Pun intended.