Grand Hotel Beijing

This hotel, was very beautiful and just blocks from the Forbidden City and Tianamen Square. And just blocks in the other direction to food and shopping. Don't plan on eating there unless you want to spend lots! A coke was $4.50 USD! Other than that we were very pleased! Concierge helped us with a map of the city and recommending where and when to go. However, if you are looking for quiet.....the street noises (honking and traffic) can be heard starting around 4am! And we were on the 8th floor! We felt very safe there as well.

Additional fee. We have 7 people. I booked four Rooms with breakfast included. However, we checked in, they said only one breakfast included. We have too pay 180 rmb for each of three rooms with two people. I clearly specified two people for each room for three rooms. I also paid $32 per day, per room for breakfast including when I book the hotel.

Nice location, beautiful hotel, sweet people and great food at the restaurant. Lunch buffet prices a bit Sauer but big vaiarity of food. Taxi can be difficult to take unless you are wiloling to pay a bit more...

it was a 5 star experience. could have been perfect if their wifi in the room was working. So if you are travelling for business and need to work from the hotel , you need to go to their business center .

Over all this hotel was very good. The one down side was that the in house food was very expensive.

The hotel is poorly managed.

It was good experience, hotel very nice, really Chinese style, like details on the chairs, the bathroom, the furniture, the hotel social places. Very nice. and staff always helpful. The only downside is the wifi. The connection was not good and when there was connection, the speed really slow. We decided to go to the Great Wall with the hotel plan that they offer. I believe is either A or C. dont remember well. So just in case you decide for this, the price is 400yuan/person which is ok because it includes in this order: visit to a Silk factory, visit to Ming Tombs, visit to Jade factory with lunch included (the lunch was really good, it was Chinese food and in those round tables where you share the food with everyone else in the tour) after lunch then the Great Wall. I think is ok. This would take the whole day starting at 7am and coming back at the hotel around 6pm. The hotel is really close to Tiananmen square and to the other side there is this commercial street called WangFuJing, it has like 3 malls and all little stores on the sides. Really liked it if you dont care too much about the wifi our if you have a Chinese phone with data or if your plan offers international roaming...

Overal Good

The hotel staff were amazing. Specifically, the girl who greeted me with a map and directions of the local area, as well as local attractions was excellent. She was willing to help make my stay as enjoyable as possible. Her name was Sophie and she was very friendly, helpful and welcoming.

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