Yangshuo Zen Garden Retreat - Rich Chinese traditional activities

Fantastic friendly and helpful staff. Fabulous vegetarian restaurants in the restaurant. Easy to rent mopeds. Super massage experience.

The hotel has more buildings around it than the photos on Booking reflected but it did not affect our stay. Our hotel room did not overlook buildings, just agriculture and mountains

We stayed at a family room and it was spacious indeed with three separate beds, and the room came with a dedicated area with mats installed for tea session within the room overlooking the mountain. The window has specific bug nets built so even when we had the window opened (for fresh air), there were no mosquitoes/flies in our room. The view of course was great overlooking the Yangshuo mountains. The atmosphere of the hotel was consistent with the name of the hotel, so very zen indeed!

Choices for breakfast could be better. There is also no complimentary transportation to other areas in Yangshuo, which other hotels in the area offer.

The staff are friendly and helpful. The restaurant is great, the chef is great, the dishes are delicious. The Taichi and the yoga class on the roof top are very nice and professional. The view from the hotel is stunning.

It will be better if there is a fridge inside the room.

The staff at the hotel were very helpful. The best I've experienced traveling throughout China. Karlie took very good care of us, spoke excellent English and was amazingly helpful and thoughtful with all of the small details. The hotel is very clean and comfortable with an excellent restaurant on site. Everyone was friendly and helped make our weekend a great one.

That’s definetely the best property i’ve stayed in China. Loved it in every detail: room (spacious, stylish and with wow views around), peaceful surroundings, staff, food, relaxing ambience…

Nothing to complain about

Nice and helpful staff. Shuttle from the airport. Scooter to rent to explore the area. Spacious and clean room. Amazing place to stay!

The hotell and especially the staff were fantastic!

The breakfast was a bit disapointing if you don´t prefer an asian style breakfast (there was only white toast bread and no cheese, ham or fresh vegetables, only marmelade).

The most friendly and available staff ever, in a very nice hotel: well positioned, well designed, and comfortable.

The room was cold at the beginning but the staff promptly provided a superb heater that completely fixed the problem.

We spent a delightful couple of days at the Zen Garden Hotel. The hotel is set in an idyllic part of Yangshuo, with stunning views over the local countryside and river. It is a lovely spot to get away from the hustle and bustle of Chinese city life. All the staff were amazing and truly wanted to make our stay as comfortable as possible. The food was delicious,mainly Chinese with locally sourced ingredients but the chef will cook some western food too if you ask them.

The staff is incredible and friendly. The rooms were clean and the views from the hotel are impeccable. I loved their commitment to sustainability.

It is a bit away from the main attractions of the downtown walking area but nothing a quick Didi ride can’t solve. Breakfast doesn’t have many choices.

Breakfast was simple but delicious. Bed was very comfortable and we slept very well on the first night. Pay or ask for an upgrade to a room with a balcony because the view at this hotel is very beautiful. Fairly good location close to the main intersection of Yulong River and the main road, but also far enough from the main road that heavy traffic doesn't affect the small neighbourhood that the resort is located in. Some small shops, restaurants, and other guesthouses nearby.

The pool was very dirty so none of the guests were using it despite the good weather. Maybe it was just the onset of summer so it had not been cleaned since winter. Having a pool is basically what foreigners like myself who live in the northern part of China would pay for to sit in the Yangshuo sunshine. The price is a little steep for a small guesthouse like Zen, especially one without a functioning pool. At no fault of the hotel's, unfortunately it is located quite close to the area where helicoptor tours take off and land. This means that you can hear choppers non stop from 9am to sunset once your windows/balcony is open.

Exceptionally helpful and friendly staff, amazing location with awesome views, fabulous kitchen that never disappointed in taste or presentation.

That I couldn't stay longer.

It was our 4th time in Yangshuo and this hotel definitely became our favorite. Everything is so zen and we enjoyed every bit of it. Room was spacious with so many beautiful details, view was incredible and bath tub is all you need after all day hiking. Stuff were very friendly and welcoming, especially Wendy who was so helpful with all our questions, and gave us some amazing suggestions for hiking. Also Their restaurant has great vegetarian options and we ended up having few meals there.

Everything was perfect

We like everything about this place particularly the stunning scenery and the amazing staff. My husband and I stayed here for my birthday and we both had such an amazing time. The staff were incredibly helpful particularly Wendy and Li Na. Good food options for breakfast and afternoon tea but our favourite was the complementary ginger tea by the reception (best ginger tea ever)! The hotel also provide daily activities such as morning exercise, fan making, tea ceremony and many more, so you won’t be short of things to do whilst in Yangshuo. There are also three furry residence in this hotel (two dogs and one cat) which makes our stay more enjoyable as we are pet lovers. It’s just a shame that we have to go back to the city but we will definitely come back!

The breakfast was good

Staff speak very very little English

Everything is amazing about this place!!! The employees are so nice and helpful!!!! I would 1000% recommend this place for everyone and anyone

There is nothing not to like really

Loved everything about the place, wendy and her team are exceptional, they went out of their way to accommodate all of our requests.

Very good

Exceptional

Superb