Tea Cozy Hotel

Top choice in Guangxi


What makes Tea Cozy a true winner is not the 18 traditional-style balcony rooms (though these are wonderful in themselves), but the exceptional service by the English-speaking staff. Also laudable are the culinary skills of the restaurant staff (mains ¥20 to ¥128), while its pool offers superb views of the bucolic countryside and karst peaks.

The hotel offers a shuttle to Yangshuo, or otherwise a taxi costs ¥40.


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