Review of Beijing Golden Palace Silver Street (Bullion KaiYue) Hotel by andre

I check in the hotel with my brother who flew all the way from Detroit to visit me and I wanted to impress him, with a good tour. I was very disappointed in the hotel. The room was very small, the bathroom had no shower curtain, and the water coming from the shower head was very weak, the toilet wouldn't flush properly, there where no windows to look out of, the walls were very thin so you could here others talking. I called the front desk to open line for me to make a local call, they never did. Before arriving I called and asked if there was internet in the room, the lady told me yes, If I bring my computer "laptop" she will just give me the cable and I can connect, but when we got to the hotel we found out there is no internet in the room, the business center only has 2 computers, and neither of them has Yahoo Messenger download on them. There were no more available power receptacles to run other electronic devices without unplugging the TV or Fridge. There is only one elevator and you could probably walk up to the 8th floor before the elevator gets there. The restuarant for breakfast was not satisfying, we ordered bacon with our breakfast, they take one strip of bacon cut it in half and give it to you. We couldn't believe it. And to top it off, when we checked out they charged us for 1 bottle of drinking water and for shampoo we used..can you believe it, charge you for shampoo...we have travelled all over the world, and have never never experience a hotel charging you for water or shampoo. Also there were no available taxis at the hotel..there are a couple of taxis sitting in front of the hotel but no drivers. Also when I called the lady told me the hotel was on, a major street but it is actually like in a alley. So we were deceived by the hotel staff. Also we went to the tea place and they charged us what I now found out was way to much, we got ripped off. So it was a terrible stay, about the only good thing was the private car and the Great Wall. But other than that, no we did not like it.