Zen Garden Hotel at Lion Yard, Lijiang, is an introduction to how Chinese aristocracy lived in the past. The hotel is a maze of fish ponds, courtyards, tranquil places to sit, a dining room and bed rooms. We were lucky to have a traditional Chinese room, with a Chinese bed and separate sitting room with a view of Yulong Jade... More

I have been always in love with the traditional inn whether in China or in Japan, this place is unique as the room itself is very neat and clean. The landlords are very friendly and very close the the ancient old town of Lijiang.. highly recommended this place if you wanted to find somewhere quite and close to the happening... More

The Zen garden Lion yard is set in a lovely location above the old town. Very calm and serene place with fish ponds, open seating areas for tea and a guqing player on weekend mornings with enchanting Chinese music. Adequate breakfasts, great coffee and at tea time pu'er tea with homemade jams and biscuits. Very friendly staff and there is... More

Pro's: nice location on top of hill that is close to town and away from the noise. Decent breakfast, nice building and fairly comfortable, well furnished room. Cons: zero value when compared to other choices. staff are completely clueless about almost everything. restaurants, touring or excursions....clue less. The biggest joke with westerners is that KFC is the best meal in... More

The Zen Garden is a pretty place with a wet courtyard, fish ponds and a number of open salas for quiet contemplation, calligraphy, tea drinking etc. The rooms are prettily furnished and well equipped with a greater range of amenities (toiletries, hairdryer, fruit baskets, wifi) than I might have expected in such an out of the way town. The location... More

Spent two nights here. Very nice views over Lijiang from the hotel, which is uphill from the old town. The main building is charming although the bedroom and bathroom were quite ordinary. Breakfast was a disappointment with a very small buffet of unappetizing choices plus eggs that are made to order. We found the hotel acceptable but certainly not memorable... More

Convenient location close to the town - although it is up a hill, so not good if you have difficulty walking up hill. Lovely chinese-style decor, and reasonable space in the room. The staff were very friendly, however their english was limited. A tip if you are staying here: it takes at least 5 minutes before you get hot water... More

3rd trip to Lijiang and the first time stay at Zen Garden Hotel (Lion Mountain Yard). They have a sister hotel with the same name, located inside the Old Town. The property is small but everything is very well appointed. The staff were amazing, very helpful in everyway they can. The hotel is located on the top of the hill... More

The hotel is perched on a hill and the view from the second foor was nice. Roomwise, the premium room was ok (bed was old). However, the noise from the bars at the foot of the hill can still be heard every night. It didn't bother us as much. What did was the shower - one of the nights we... More