Impressive lobby. Receptionists speak good English. Give good exchange rate for American dollars. Huge selection of food for breakfast. Terrible neighbourhood. Internet cafe and gift shop. Rooms not clean. Moldy grout in bathrooms. Internet not working in the room. Taxis don't want to take you back to this hotel. Taxis in front of this hotel only want to take you to the airport or the Great Wall. Beds are as hard as rocks..like sleeping on only the box spring.

This is a mediocre, typical tourist class hotel in a not-so-great area of Beijing. I like to walk the neighborhoods of where I stay -- but not here. Nothing of interest near the hotel, mostly a run-down, rather seedy area. Cleanliness was ok, but that old-dirt smell & long stale tobacco smell was very present. I don't think the curtains had been washed in 20 years. A bit of a glitch when checking in -- the not-too-friendly clerk wanted a voucher & I did not have one. I had paid the travel agency & they had arranged all my hotels. My Chinese guide had to do some fast talking & make some phone calls before it was finally agreed I had a room. There were several tour groups when I was there, all were European. Breakfast was a buffet w/ good choices. The hotel has a nice little store for sundries, a very small lobby bar & a "coffee shop" which is a nice place to relax & get a sandwich. This place is OK, but overall I wouldn't recommend it. I would think there must be other average places in better neighborhoods with cleaner rooms.

As with everything in life you get what you pay for. This hotel is clean and well maintained and we had nothing to complain about. Many people have said that the hotel is far from everything but Beijing is so large that even if you are close to one attraction you are far from another. The receptionists also speak some English which can be useful.

We stayed at this hotel as part of a tour in late September. There seemed to be quite a few tour groups here. The rooms were clean, we had 2, but the beds took some getting used to. Very hard, but we found this everywhere in China. Friendly, efficient staff at front desk. Good range of tasty food for breakfast. Something for everyone. On a map, shops and attractions look very close. Not so... The big shopping mall that leads up to Maos mausoleum ( Qianmen Dajie) took about 40 minutes to walk to and we were walking at a brisk pace. Would probably stay in a more central spot next time.