Visitor: mrsgeordio
Datetime: 2007-03-22 10:56:27
We stayed in this hotel for 4 nights end of October 2006 and found it to be an excellent choice, especially for the money we paid too! I chose this hotel due to it’s central proximity in Beijing, especially to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven (all of which were 5-10 mins by taxi). This hotel also had an advantage in that it is only a few steps from the Chongwenmen subway station. There are several restaurants in the hotel, including Chinese, French and Japanese, which were expensive compared to prices on the street, but were average compared to Western prices. I was very satisified with the meals that I did eat here. For breakfast I just grabbed a croissant from the bakery next door which cost next to nothing! Our room was fine, however, no outside facing window, only inside facing, with a restaurant below, so you could hear some noise from this in the morning (fine for me as I wear earplugs anyway!) The service in the hotel was very good, and unlike reviews I had read previously, I found the staff’s English to be fine, and they provided maps for us and pointed places out if need be. If you needed a taxi you simply stood outside the front of the hotel, and one was beckoned for you by a porter from a hotel taxi line waiting nearby. You simply told the doorman which destination you needed and he would write it in Chinese for the driver. If I was to return to Beijing I would definitely stay here again.