This place makes you feel like in Beijing!
Located in the historical area in Beijing. This hostel is better than the Western standard for hostels. It feels more like a 2-star hotel. You can rent bikes and cruise around the historical Hutong area. Tiananmen square is 15 minute walk away. You can go to the Great Wall with their orgaznied tours. But avoid Badaling Great Wall. There are always too many tourists. Go to Jinshanling Great Wall instead.

We booked a double room with private bathroom staying for 2 weeks via hostelworld.com. The room was about 12 English Pounds per night, so it was very cheap. The hostel is in a traditional hutong. Location is a bit out the way. 15 min walk to Wan Fu Jing and 30 mins walk to Tianenmen Square. Taxis are cheap though, and the receptionists help to write destinations in Chinese.

Our room on first floor, ended up as a twin but it was very spacious with an extra sitting room area - good for leaving suitcases and to shut off corridor noise. The room was generally quiet though. The standard of the room was adequate and very basic. They provide bedlinen and disposable slippers, no towels. The large wardrobe only had 3 hangers so not much use. There is a tv with one English channel. The floors were wood, they had radiators and air conditioning. Beds bit hard but ok. Bathroom shower was oddly positioned with no curtain or partition next to a radiator and the toilet, so you end up getting the whole room wet.

Overall the room and bathroom was a bit unclean. The worst was in a corner where the paint had peeled away and the mouldy curtain that hung off the rail needed changing. In the 2 weeks, the room was never cleaned, bed linen never changed, loo rolls never replaced - you had to keep asking. Somehow mosquitoes kept getting into the room so we'd wake up with bites. The maids only emptied the bins - though not always the bathroom bin, which wasn't very hygienic, considering you can't flush toilet paper down the toilet - it has to go in the bin. Beijing doesn't have a modern sewer system so it's like that everywhere. We saw the dorms which are modern and cleaner. The communal showers and loos are also very clean.

Internet was fairly priced but only 4 computers and always busy. The good thing was the cheap laundry - free washing powder and only 10 yuan per load. You can hang it to dry outside in the nice courtyard. Breakfast downstairs in the cafe area was ok, you could get American and continental style breakfasts but service is a bit slow. Receptionists speak English and are friendly and helpful. The general vibe is young, backpackers, but the communal area was too smokey with everyone smoking, so you'd choke during breakfast. Not ideal for families. The area was safe as it was next to a police station. We left our belongings locked in our suitcases in our room and nothing was taken. They also have safeboxes in reception.

For the price though, can't be beaten. There were also v nice hostels further down the same road you could check out but are pricier.

We stayed in the Saga hostel for 6 nights. We had a private room with bathroom on the ground floor, at the back, which was fine and quiet.
The hostel is nice and friendly. The room was very big, twin for 180 Yuan. Freshly painted, they had just changed the curtains (literally in front of us!), the only negative point was the bathroom, decent size but in need of renovation.
They have internet access, but expensive compared to the 2 yuan an hour shops we found 5 minutes walk away.
They also have a good travel desk that we used to go to the Great Wall.