The Sun Island Hotel is a close drive to the Potala Palace. The hotel is in the middle of the business district of the city. Many types of restaurants are within walking distance from the hotel. The rail station is twenty minutes from the Sun Island Hotel. The airport is about seventy minutes away from the hotel by car, taxi or shuttle service.

This hotel has 110 single rooms, standard rooms, deluxe suites, presidential suites and business rooms available. Every room in the Sun Island Hotel comes with an IDD telephone, satellite TV, minibar, a writing desk, air conditioning, coffee maker, hair dryer and high speed Internet connection.

There are 46 KTV rooms, a sauna, a swimming pool, a gym and a rec center. The Sun Island Hotel has a business center that can copy, fax, type and email documents by request. An onsite restaurant serves Chinese dishes. A large bathing center can hold 200 people at one time. The hotel also has a tea house, seventeen massage rooms and a lounge.