InterContinental Kunming by IHG

Nice hotel in Kunming and the place is well maintained. Rooms are big and reflect the Intercontinental hotel standard. Service is impeccable and breakfast spread is good. Stayed for 2 nights recently. Only downside is location of the hotel if you want to go into the city or look for food elsewhere. Have a little commication issue if you don't speak Mandarin.

Lovely gardens, difficult to find even one staff that speak basic English so thank goodness my partner speaks Mandarin. The pool feels extremely governed and full of locals. Older men and women swimming hacking their lungs out by spitting at each end of the pool, a man gurgling and spitting out water loudly into the rubbish bin, very disgusting and too busy. Life guard telling me I need a swim hat for my baby who has next to no hair and his head is not near the water. Does not feel like a nice hotel pool but a very governed public pool. Have stayed in multiple IHG lounges worldwide...have just tested out the afternoon tea here. It was below average. Stale sandwiches, fishy tasting tuna on soggy bread. The hotel needs a proper outdoor resort style pool. We spend our days taking ten minutes to get anywhere...rooms are ridiculously far from the restaurants, pool and lobby. Staff at reception and concierge working hard and friendly. Overall a lot of room for improvement.

We arrived late and tired and were marched about 7km to our room only to find it reeked of smoke. It took forever to get a new room. This lost hour was not properly compensated. A hotel that doesn’t check their rooms deserves 1 star. Be warned that this place is gigantic and any if you want to go anymore in the hotel it’s a long long walk.