“Excellent location and value”

We stayed at Citytel for two nights. The location is fabulous! Close to the Forbidden City and The Beijing Museum. The staff are really helpful. The rooms are newly renovated. Excellent value. The front is a little bit uninspiring, but inside is a hidden gem. This is a business hotel that is in ea… more

We stayed at Citytel for two nights. The location is fabulous! Close to the Forbidden City and The Beijing Museum. The staff are really helpful. The rooms are newly renovated. Excellent value. The front is a little bit uninspiring, but inside is a hidden gem. This is a business hotel that is in easy walking distance to key Beijing sites.

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“Basic, clean hotel in great location”

I was initially a little worried after booking this hotel since I emailed asking if it would be possible for a taxi pickup and had no response. I needn’t have worried though, getting a taxi outside the airport is simple and the hotel is easy to find since it is just off one of the main roads (print… more

I was initially a little worried after booking this hotel since I emailed asking if it would be possible for a taxi pickup and had no response. I needn’t have worried though, getting a taxi outside the airport is simple and the hotel is easy to find since it is just off one of the main roads (print out hotel name and address in Chinese to give to the driver). It cost around 100RMB plus 10RMB for a toll gate just outside the airport. From the outside the hotel looks rundown but inside it has been newly renovated. I had booked a single room with no window (cheapest price) but was nicely surprised to find my room was actually on the fifth floor with a big window looking out into the rooftops of the forbidden city. A deposit of 300RMB was taken for the keycard and returned on checkout. The lift is under renovation at the moment but they have staff available 24hrs to carry luggage up and down. If you have difficulty with steps though maybe ask for a room on a lower floor. The room was perfect for me, nice clean bathroom, desk, small wardrobe, kettle, hairdryer and TV(not that I used it) and good WiFi. The bed was a little hard but there is a duvet in the cupboard so you could put that on top of the mattress. The only improvements I could think of would be to have a small fridge in the room and a small safe (I kept my valuables locked in my luggage anyway) but I’m not sure if that’s standard in hotels of this price range? I didn’t have breakfast at the hotel or book any tours, so can’t comment on these. I just wanted a nice clean, safe place in the city centre to touch base and this was certainly that. Reception were friendly and called a taxi for me to go back to the airport. For the location and cleanliness of the rooms it’s a great price.

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“No Frills”

Location is great, walking distance to the Forbidden City and Tianamen Square. No frills hotel. Everything is working just fine. It was a bit hard to spot at first but you’ll get used to it after awhile. Overall, nice property

“Good breakfast”

Was viewing the hotel at Hotels.com and price was reasonable. I took a Single Room without breakfast and eventually extended my second night there via Agoda. I had multiple times updated my message of two nights stay via Agoda, yet nobody bother to reply. Luckily the receptionist even though did no… more

Was viewing the hotel at Hotels.com and price was reasonable. I took a Single Room without breakfast and eventually extended my second night there via Agoda. I had multiple times updated my message of two nights stay via Agoda, yet nobody bother to reply. Luckily the receptionist even though did not find my agoda booking in their system, still willing to allocate me. I tried their breakfast on my second day, really a good one and i enjoyed it. Down side will be their lift is under maintenance and all guests required to take staircase but they did not switch on the light permanently for guest. Upset to walk in the dark at staircase and long way back to room. Overall stay is good, outside is a lil bit dark at night, make sure u walk faster if u walking alone at night.

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