Please note the reviews here, except for mine, are all from 3 to 7 years old. This is a well located, well priced and great hotel which gives good service and has a very helpful and pleasant staff and front desk...two restaurants, a coffee and wine bar, a beauty salon, hairdresser, facial and nails and all sorts of massages.. There is a business centre, good free internet and it is well located for the tourist wanting to tour alone and visit the famous places such as Tiennen Square and the temples I would recommend it for anyone...and I think those outdated reviews need to be removed...
I am staying here right now..been here 3 days and will stay another 2 days. The hotel is well above standard. The desk Staff, concierge and some others speak English which makes things easier as they can help when needed. My room is beautiful and the daily service, done by a young man, is excellent. It is well equipped with a large TV with one English Chanel, beautiful toiletries and a safe for valuables. Location is right on a corner and the Taxi fare from the airport is 120 yuan and from West Station it is 56 yuan. The Chinese restaurant is expensive and the staff have no English and do not understand what you want to eat. The Western Restaurant has substantial meals and they are very nice. This becomes a wine bar in the evening and snacks are also available. It is far for the China tours but tours are always collecting people here. Jason the front desk manager is well spoken and helpful...and the bonus is free, fast, efficient, unlimited broadband Internet. Today I had an excellent facial at the hotels Beauty Centre for 188 yuan and plan to have a pedicure and my nails done too. I would certainly recommend this hotel which has many eating places all around and some great outside cafes next to the hotel where Daisy will look after you with a smile..
We stayed at the Beijing Red wall for 3 night. The service was OK, the rooms were TINY and dirty carpets, nothing really to write home about. It is steps away from the corner of the Forbidden City compound. Al-_br_though they do not have the View Bar that they had advertised, adn which was our main reason for choosing that hotel. When i asked, the reception said that they were thinking of building it. There is more of a language barrier here, 1 out of 5 is exceptionally generous and is only justified by its location. Aside from that, the rooms were filthy, so much so we showered with flip flops on! We asked to see other rooms but quickly discovered that many were the same and after finally changing realised that the worst are reserved for those people booking the cheap rates through the Internet. Service was pleasant if you avoid the male Assistant Manager who is ever-present during t..
There were three of us travelling together so we booked a suite with an extra bed for us. When checking in I asked what room type we were given and was told it was a suite. We were greatly disappointed when we came to the room of this 4-star hotel (that is what they call it), the room was just big enough for the bed, extra bed and couch. I knew from the brouchure that the hotel only had 3 suites and two deluxe suites, yet according to the fire plan our room was exactly the sime size as eight others on the same floor. At the reception the still claimed we had a suite but I explained that I wanted a bigger room (which was hard, withtheir limited english), which we eventually got. I'm still not sure though it it really was a suite we got. The last evening a chinese friend of ours came in and got us a smaller room at a lower cost, because the "suite" was certanly not worth paying extra for. The city-view bar was non-existent. The three rooms we were in all had dirty carpets, you did not want to walk bare-foot on them. Slippers were provided though. Only good thing about this hotel is the location, it is in a cosy neighbourhood within walking distance of the tourist spots. I would however, NOT recommend that you stay at this hotel...
1 out of 5 is exceptionally generous and is only justified by its location. Aside from that, the rooms were filthy, so much so we showered with flip flops on! We asked to see other rooms but quickly discovered that many were the same and after finally changing realised that the worst are reserved for those people booking the cheap rates through the Internet. Service was pleasant if you avoid the male Assistant Manager who is ever-present during the day and who is not only rude but blatantly takes advantage of the vulnerable position you're in having no Chinese to fall back on and essentially rips you off. The fact that it was across the road from the Forbidden City and that we met lovely locals working there are the only redeeming features. Our recommendation, unless you are really a glutton for punishment as we clearly were, the Hedeman Hotel listed in the lonely planet, that a fellow tourist said was both clean and conveniently located next to the subway, should be seriously considered...
Good: The Beijing Red Wall hotel was in a perfect location and we really enjoyed walking around the local hutongs that were just behind the hotel. It had a real "neighbourhood" feeling. The short walk along the canal towards the Forbidden City and Behai Park was very nice. Bad: The carpets in the room and throughout the hotel were filthy. So much that if you wore your socks in the room, within minutes they were black and smelly. The beds were also very hard, but one member of our group liked that. The rest had to fold the blankets so you could lie on them instead. We booked a van through the hotel that was to take us to the airport. The van finally came, but it was very late. The hotel offered a buffet breakfast, but the dishes were not replenished very often, so there was not a big choice of food. Also, the tablecloths were very dirty, as well as the carpet...
We stayed at the Beijing Red wall for 3 night. The service was OK, the rooms were TINY and dirty carpets, nothing really to write home about. It is steps away from the corner of the Forbidden City compound. Although they do not have the View Bar that they had advertised, adn which was our main reason for choosing that hotel. When i asked, the reception said that they were thinking of building it. There is more of a language barrier here, than i felt at other places as well, and the internet adn travel services at the hotel desk downstairs were at rip off prices. In all an OK experience I would not stay here again..
