Good location close to Tienanmen but don't forget that what seems close on Peking's maps could be miles away as roads are huge and endless. The hotel is quite dull and anonymous no charme if you are looking for somethint romantic just forget it. Very difficult wifi connection and no good price-quality ratio at the hotel restaurant. but above all staff service is very poor for a 4 star hotel. nobody will help you with your luggage and (almost) nobody speaks or even understands Emglish. We were promised an early breakfast basket as our flight was scheduled very early but on the next norning we had to leave without breakfast although it was -10°C as they had probably not understood our request. The problem is staff always say yes and then do nothing. The room and the bed were ok even if the bathroom would need refurbishing.

I just read about the unhappy customer who stayed on the Grand Mecure Beijing, whilst I have not stayed there, I too had stayed in Shanghai GM & thought all others would be the same standard, far from it. I recommend anyone thinking of staying at the Grand Mercure Oriental Ginza Shenzhen, to definately retink! service was bad, English was bad, carpet was so dirty & disgusting, after a long flight, I was too scared to take my shoes off and walk on it. Decor was old and falling apart, bathroom dirty & old. I changed room three times & eventually through exhaustion slpt in the third choice, uneasy all night.Alround BAD EXPERIENCE, have a nice stay somewhere else!

Hotel is realy easy accessible from airport - by shuttle buss
Near the major Beijing attractions - 5-10 min
Main room nice and clean, but bathroom ... not so clean
Staff is a little too relaxed
Sink was clogged, but they fixed it in 3 minutes after I announced
When we made check out the bill was for four days while we eat breakfast in the hotel for three days (fix in the end)
The pools was small but clean

The hotel is located near Xidan area, with shopping malls, convenient transport with the subway and near the major Beijing attractions, if you are here for tourism. (I stayed for business)

It seems the hotel was nicely decorated when it was built, rooms are quite comfortable and warm in the winter, that is a key aspect for Beijing subzero temperatures, and the bed is nice to sleep on.

Unfortunately, the hotel needs serious maintenance. The carpet of my room was stained in more than one place, looked really dirty, the door was not closing well, the furniture in some parts show sign of being seriously worn out.

Service is OK.. neither good or bad, the Breakfast is expensive and bad for the quality and the variety of the food, not worth 149 CNY, considering that the room is 450 and that outside you can get a wonderful lunch for 2 people for that price.

If you want an average, good bargain hotel, near Xidan, is a good choice, but otherwise I would not come back here