W Suzhou
苏州W酒店
The pool on the 36th floor looking over Jinji Lake and the industrial park skyline. No other hotel in Suzhou has anything comparable.
- Indicative nightly rate
- ¥1,200-2,200 a night
- The collection
- W Hotels
- Setting
- Suzhou · 379 rooms
Exterior at W Suzhou
Why stay here
379 rooms in a tower on Jinji Lake in Suzhou Industrial Park, open since 2017 and connected directly to the Suzhou Center mall. Rooms are large, modern and loud in the W manner, with floor-to-ceiling lake views and a 36th-floor pool.
The best views in Suzhou and the best pool, with a mall of restaurants and shops attached by a covered walkway. If you have teenagers, or you want a city hotel with energy rather than Jiangnan restraint, it is the only property in Suzhou that does it.
The pool on the 36th floor looking over Jinji Lake and the industrial park skyline. No other hotel in Suzhou has anything comparable.
Rooms worth asking for
A lake-view room or suite on a high floor. Ask for one away from the bar levels.
Note the exact room or suite name before opening the booking provider, along with any connecting-room, step-free access or celebration requests.
Dining & the evening ahead
W's usual set of restaurants and bars, plus the entire Suzhou Center mall through a connecting walkway. Nothing starred; the mall is the real dining answer.
Request restaurant availability alongside your stay. Tasting menus, private dining and dietary arrangements should be confirmed separately.
Spa, pool & wellbeing
An Away Spa and the 36th-floor pool. The pool is the draw.
Ask which facilities are included with your room, whether treatments require advance reservations, and whether any seasonal closures affect your stay.
Photos & films
Videos open on their publisher’s site. YouTube is unavailable in mainland China; watch before travelling.
Suzhou, at your pace
Destination photography · explore the surrounding city.
We Only Had 11 Hours in Suzhou.. | The Best Shanghai Day Tripivyluvv · An eleven-hour Suzhou day trip from Shanghai covering the classical gardens, canals and old-town streets at a realistic pace.Watch on YouTube ↗苏州平江路到底有多好吃？枫镇大肉面、梅花糕、桂花糖粥一路吃下来｜Eating Through Suzhou’s Pingjiang Road键盘侠TV Explore China with K · A Chinese-language food walk down Pingjiang Road, ordering and tasting Suzhou specialities stall by stall.Watch on YouTube ↗Videos open on their publisher’s site. YouTube is unavailable in mainland China; watch before travelling.
Suzhou silk embroidery in a master's studio at Zhenhu ↗Explore the experience and its booking detailsKunqu in a Suzhou garden, forty people walking with the actors ↗Explore the experience and its booking detailsBefore you decide
It opened in 2017 and the W design language of that period has not aged well; the much-photographed circular 'Moon' wall light in the rooms throws a harsh lime-green glow that reviewers switch off. At 379 rooms it is the biggest hotel on this list and runs heavy group and event business, and W hotels are noisy by design. No Michelin Keys. The location is the industrial park, so you are in a planned district 20-25 minutes from everything you came to Suzhou to see, and the lake is man-made. It is good value and it is not luxury in the sense the rest of this list means.
Location. Jinji Lake, Suzhou Industrial Park, attached to Suzhou Center mall. About 20-25 minutes by car to the old city.
Prices are indicative, not live availability. Confirm the total including taxes, meals, transfers and cancellation terms on the provider’s checkout before committing.