Overall, the convenience of the location made our stay at Bremen Hotel worth it. The bus stop for Unit 731 museum is only two or three minutes walk away, and the bus back from Harbin Snow and Ice World dropped us off right outside the hotel. Also, Saint Sophia Cathedral and Zhongyang Street are close by, and there is an ATM in the bank next door. Moreover, we enjoyed the decoration inside. Apparently, the rooms were remodeled in 2014. So, most of the interior design is very nice. Now for the downsides of Bremen Hotel. First and foremost, check-in was a little difficult. The front staff said they hadn't received notice of my booking through Hotels.com. However, I showed them the e-mail of my confirmation and they called someone over the phone, ostensibly the manager. At first, even he said he couldn't see my payment and asked me to pay at the front desk. However, we told them to just give us a room and around that time the manager called back and said he'd found our order. Short note here: my fiance is Chinese. Without her speaking to them, I imagine this situation would be much worse. The whole process took somewhere between 10-20 minutes. In addition, there were problems with the shower. First, it was too cold. Second, our drain was somehow clogged and filled the tub with water. We had the staff come to fix the drain, but the water never became that hot. Also, the heating unit was always too hot with no way to adjust the temperature. Also, no convenience stores nearby.
