| 1 | Qianhe Zhixuan High-View Hotel (Jiefangbei Hongyadong) Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Trip.com | 93% (17,444) | £25/night | 4 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | By far the largest, most statistically reliable sample of the whole survivor set (17,444 reviews at 93%), 4-min walk, £25/night. No independent text verification attempted — ranked on Trip.com's own aggregate score/count. |
| 2 | New Chongqing Orange B&B Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Apartment | Trip.com | 96% (2,417) | £13/night | 4 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Cheapest survivor (£13/night), 4-min walk, 96% over 2,417 reviews. An attempted Tripadvisor cross-check for this property returned an unrelated Lebanon B&B (wrong country) — discarded. Ranked on Trip.com's own data only; treat the style/amenity picture as unverified beyond price and review score. |
| 3 | Tianqing River View Hotel (Chongqing Jiefangbei hongyadong) Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Trip.com | 95% (3,524) | £23/night | 6 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | 95% over 3,524 reviews, 6-min walk, £23/night — solid all-round option. |
| 4 | Holiday River View Hotel,Hongyadong,Jiefangbei,Chongqing Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Trip.com | 95% (7,679) | £59/night | 4 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Second-largest review sample (7,679, 95%), 4-min walk, but at £59/night it's the closest any survivor comes to the £60 target. |
| 5 | Mcsrh Hotel (Chongqing Jiefangbei Chaotianmen) Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Trip.com | 96% (4,602) | £20/night | 14 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Best-scoring branch of the Mcsrh chain in this set (96%, 4,602 reviews), 14-min walk, £20/night. |
| 6 | Maiyue Hotel Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Trip.com | 97% (3,970) | £57/night | 12 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Best raw score of all 15 survivors (97%, 3,970 reviews), 12-min walk, £57/night. Kept distinct from the separately-confirmed 'Maiyue'-branded hotels elsewhere in this list (Chongqing MC Maiyue / Maiyue Hotel-Chongqing Jiefangbei) — 484m away, unqualified name, matches the pattern of a multi-branch chain rather than the same property. |
| 7 | Mcsrh Hotel(Chongqing Monument to the people's Liberation Pedestrian Street) Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Trip.com | 95% (2,289) | £16/night | 14 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | 95% over 2,289 reviews, 14-min walk, £16/night — another strong, cheap Mcsrh branch. |
| 8 | XYA Xinya High Altitude Full River View Homestay (Chongqing Jiefangbei Area Hong Ya Dong) Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Unknown | Trip.com | 94% (1,193) | £16/night | 6 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | 94% over 1,193 reviews, 6-min walk, £16/night. Listed as a homestay, not a hotel — a different format worth knowing before booking. |
| 9 | SSAW Boutique Hotel (Jiefangbei Hongyadong Branch) Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Booking.com / Trip.com | 93% (5,297) | £35/night | 9 min | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Confirmed by two independent sources in agreement (Booking 91%/115 reviews, Trip.com 93%/5,297 reviews) — a real confidence signal. "Boutique" branding is still the closest lean toward a design-led style match in the whole survivor set. |
| 10 | Chongqing Liberation Monument, Hongya Cave, BERKIN. Baili Jin Skyview Riverfront Hotel. Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Trip.com | 90% (1,146) | £40/night | 13 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | 90% over 1,146 reviews — lowest-scoring of the Trip.com cluster though still comfortably above the review bar — 13-min walk, £40/night. |
| 11 | Glenview ITC Plaza Chongqing Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Unknown | Tripadvisor | 88% (350) | £56/night | 14 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | The only survivor with genuinely independently-verified review text (10 real Tripadvisor reviews, explicit cleanliness subscore 4.45/5) and a real photo — evidence quality is the highest of the set even though its raw score (88%) is now mid-pack against the Trip.com additions. One review flagged a smoky room as an isolated complaint, not a pattern. |
| 12 | KW Sky View Hotel -Chongqing Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street Hongyadong Branch Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Booking.com | 82% (253) | £32/night | 8 min | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Lowest score of all 15 survivors (82%) though still passes the bar; 8-min walk, £31.59/night, air-con confirmed. |
| 13 | Mcsrh Hotel-ChongQing Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Booking.com / Direct Booker | 85% (112) | £20/night | 13 min | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Two real Tripadvisor reviews found: net positive on value/cleanliness but flags a run-down building exterior and lobby — worth knowing before booking. £19.56/night, 13-min walk. |
| 14 | Mcsrh Hotel-ChongQing Jiefangbei Hongyadon Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Booking.com | 87% (307) | £23/night | 18 min | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | 87% over 307 reviews, but the longest walk of any within-budget survivor (18 min). |
| 15 | Chongqing MC Maiyue High-Altitude River View Hotel Jiefangbei, Chongqing | Hotel | Booking.com / Direct Booker | 91% (206) | £68/night | 17 min | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Within Flex £8 over target | 91% over 206 reviews and a genuine river-view differentiator, but the only survivor needing the budget to flex (£67.82) and the second-longest walk (17 min) — now clearly outclassed on value by several Trip.com options at half the price. |