The hotel itself is a stunner, sprawling rather than towering, beautifully designed, fitting Suzhou's relaxed feel, and sidled up right next to a gorgeous, historical park that your stay gets you free entry to. It's not located in the most exciting part of town, but there are some solid restaurants around, convenience stores, and a quaint little bar across the street aimed, I think, at foreign guests of the hotel (the staff was very friendly and informative; I dare you not to go in there when you see how they advertise themselves and how clearly they want international clientele).
The food was none too good - my girlfriend wanted to order room service the first night and everything that came was a letdown after the quality of the hotel space had raised expectations. The dish I can speak on with most authority, the pork noodle soup, was pretty gross, all things told - limp, fatty slivers of pork, bland broth, and subpar noodles, and if nothing else I can say my girlfriend's salad was a ripoff. The breakfast buffet wasn't nearly as bad as the room service food, but it was a step down from breakfast buffets in other hotels at this level around China (I only know because my job puts me up in lots of Marriott's, Westin's, Shetraton's, etc when I'm over there with them; this was a private booking).
With that said, I don't mean to discourage people from staying here, because it really is a rare beauty, and you should go out to eat anyway!