I chose this hotel after reading Singapore Girl and marekw's reviews. It had snowed when I pulled into Xiahe and was really chilly after the heat in Beijing and even Lanzhou. Felt like I was coming down with a cold from the shock. Hoping for the reviewed hot water and having read more negative hot water comments for other hotels/hostels,... More

This is a government run hotel and it is clean, quiet and serviceable. The food is adequate including some comical attempts at western breakfast but you won't starve or get ill. You are here to see the monastery so enjoy that! The hotel shop is actually pretty good. Run by local Tibetans with local stuff. There may be other places... More

Good-sized, clean and quiet guestroom. No safe, refrigerator or hairdryer but there was an electric tea kettle. Bathroom shower consisted of a curtain around a corner of the bathroom but it worked and there was good water pressure and lots of hot water (which one doesn't take for granted in this part of China). Very good lighting and English-language signage... More