Budget
Hangzhou International Youth Hostel
Nanshan road right on the east side of the lake and just off "bar street", next to qing temple. run by hosteling international and has a friendly staff. y40 w/membership, y45 without membership, per night, 6 people to a room you can get doubles as well for about y200, including a lakeview double for y250. all rooms and toilet/shower are extremely clean. despite being literally a few paces from the clubs of nanshan road, this hostel is set back far enough to be relatively noise free and features a comfortable courtyard/patio with a pond. the lobby also has a boring bar and an all-right breakfast.
West Lake Youth House
No 62-3 nanshan rd at the southern end of west lake. excellent rooms, friendly staff. y50 dorm, y200 double. phone 0086 571 87027027, fax 0571 88030237. (http://www.westlakehostel.com)
Pod Inn
å¸ä¸é åº, several locations in hangzhou, including two near west lake. similar in concept to my inn with small, two person rooms starting at y95 a night and larger rooms at higher price points. (http://www.podinns.com)
Hangzhou Garden Youth Hostel
Opened in 2006 on zhaogong causeway near the hangzhou botanic gardens on the western shore of west lake. it is part of hostelling international and consists of a beautifully restored historic courtyard building. dorm rooms have very clean, upmarket ensuite bathrooms with 24 hr hot water. the hostel is very convenient for walking and sightseeing around west lake but its biggest drawback is the distance to restaurants and nightlife. it is a 15 minute walk to the bar/tea house/restaurant strip on shuguang road.
Midrange
Redstar Culture Hotel
A four star hotel next to the Hangzhou Railway Station Square. Maximize your reservation by attending a gala at its 900-capacity theater and enjoy a sumptous meal on their Chinese restaurant that offers Jiangsu, Sichuan, and Zhejiang cuisines.
Hangzhou Sunny Huansha Hotel
Address: 17 huansha road, shangcheng district. a 3-star hotel offering 100 aptly furnished rooms with smart amenities such as desktop computer with free internet access. primarily a business hotel, it has a well equipped business center and multi functional hall that can accommodate up to 200 guests.
You can find mid-range hotels all over the city, most of which will take foreigners. Try to bargain for a room. Ask how much they want for one night's stay, then say "what if I stay for 3 nights?" or something to that extent and it will become cheaper.
SouthLine Hotel
nanxian dajiudian, tel. +86-571-8777-3939, e-mail [email protected]. a small but clean, well-located and reasonably well-appointed mid-range hotel one-half block off the lake and right next to the zhejiang art academy on nanshan rd. prices range from us$40 per night to over $100. the friendly staff speaks limited english.
Hangzhou Overseas Chinese Hotel
(æå·å侨é¥åº address: hu bin road 15, phone: 86-571-87685555. at the beginning of this pedestrian lakeside area, right next the hyatt. if you get a lakeside room you have the same views and location as the hyatt for one-quarter the price. skip breakfast as it is all-chinese, not very clean and full of other guests smoking their way through their meals. otherwise, the rooms are clean and everything can be reached by foot. also, taxis pass continuously in front of the hotel day and night, meaning that you never need to call for one. high-speed internet available on the 4th and 5th floor only.
SSAW Hotel Hubin
(http://www.ssawhotelhubin...) 221 jiefang road, shangcheng district. 4-star hotel near hubin walk street and nanshan leisure avenue features elegant rooms, conference facilities, restaurant and bar, fitness center, and concierge and tour desks.
Top end
Braim International Hotel
(http://www.braimintlhotel...) offers 5-star accommodation near the world exhibition center and west lake. the hotel offers 297 rooms, restaurant and cafã©, outdoor pool, and conference facilities. address: 195 jiaogong road, xihu district. phone number: 86-21-61226688 ext. 7800.
Ramada
haihua binguan, qingchun road near the west lake. located between wulin road and the west lake, although lake-view rooms are somewhat limited and not very intimate.
Hyatt Regency Hangzhou
5 star hotel with 390 rooms & suites. The hotel is part of a multi use complex including an upmarket department store.
Zhejiang Xizi Hotel
Address: 37 nanshan road, xihu district. tel. no. 86-21-61226688 ext. 7800. near the historic leifeng pagoda in the west lake area. magnificent views, excellent facilities, and good service.
Victoria Regal Hotel Zhejiang
Address: 89 yan an road, shangcheng district. email: [email protected]. 5-star hotel offering 200 rooms with handsome interiors. leisure and business facilities include the ban dao buffet center and the viscount grand ballroom.
Wang Hu/Lakeside Hotel
Hubin road, cnr qingchun rd. fabulous international buffet breakfast.
Huachen-Tang Palace
25 pinghai road. four star hotel that is 5 minutes walk to the west lake and with a fabulous international buffet breakfast.