Review of Beijing Starway TuanJieHu Lake Hotel by LESTER

This hotel was exceptionally dirty. The Hanting Express hotel chain is everywhere in Beijing and was infinitely better for 100cny less per night. The breakfast was atrocious - a big disappointment after seeing the other review (again - try Hanting if you want cheap; you get a full buffet with both Chinese and western foods). The reception staff was below average in terms of politeness. There was no porter to help with bags as there always is in other hotels in China of pretty much any caliber at all. The cleaners actually took my dirty towels from the "please clean" bucket, folded them, and put them back on the rack. I missed the waist basket with a piece of paper on the far side of the room, and noticed that it never got picked up in 4 days. The bed linen was never cleaned, and the bed was only made 2 out of the four days. By the way - you will not find "Super 8" anywhere outside, inside, or around this hotel - so don't anybody for directions. I think it was called Starway. Anyway - go to the correct address and just have faith. Oh, the toilet clogged after blowing my nose and tossing in what might have been 4-5 sheets of toilet paper. It didn't quite overflow the toilet. The cleaning staff, however, managed to make about 1 square meter of the actual room carpet when fixing it. Not sure how though. Pretty disgusting. Oh, soap and shampoo replenishment is not consistent either, unless you actually hide or throw away the bottle. Smoking in the elevators is common, making them unusable if you're sensitive to smoke. The walls are VERY thin and the din from both the other rooms and the street out front (if you're on that side of the building; I was in 427) might be hard to tolerate for people with babies or who are sensitive to noise. The good thing about this hotel... Actually, it's what you would expect from a 1 star hotel in the west. Hanting would barely be a two star, but for the price is a much better value.