James Joyce Coffetel Hotel Shijiazhuang Railway Station

We have stayed at the James Joyce Coffeetel several times because it is very near where my wife's parents live. Comfortable beds and rooms but make sure you ask for a non-smoking room. Breakfast here is very inconsistent. In our last trip during the National Day holidays, we came down and the breakfast bar was full of everything - coffee, milk, orange juice, bread for toast, hard boiled eggs, fried rice and noodles, vegetables and fruit. Other times we have stayed and they were out of almost everything at breakfast. I guess it depends upon who is tending the breakfast bar or the number of people in the hotel; it's a mystery to me. This last trip we also had an issue when paying. I used my bank debit card (Chinese bank) to pay and the clerk said my password was wrong, so we did it again. When I got to my room I saw in a message from my bank that I had been charged twice, but the clerk said the hotel had received payment only once. Another mystery. They wanted me to call the bank to sort it out. I said its not my fault and not my problem and felt the hotel needs to sort it out. The accountant is due to return to work in a couple of days and we will get it sorted then. I think this was a random mistake and would still recommend this property.