“Satisfaction assured for the normal, average traveler”

Hotel clean and safe, next to a police station! Located very near the main Beijing Railroad station and most importantly the Beijing Subway system which is the best, easiest, quickest and cheapest way to everything in Beijing! Be sure to utilize the Travel Service located in the hotel lobby. The best trip to The Great Wall! Inexpensive, efficient and the lunch [included] was at the base of the wall and was A1!!!

“Adequate shelter in a conveniet spot.”

The uncomfortably firm bed more than made up for the lack of walls for the bathroom. It was quite convenient to have the toilet so close to the sleeping quarters. One simply had to roll over use the facilities. Repeated flushing didn't clear the bowl, but the rough paper scoured flesh thoroughly. When houskeeping finally decided to swab the toilet on the fourth day, the aroma departed. Plenty of bottled water was provided, as were lovely little house slippers. Breakfast was extensive, delicious, and inexpensive. Smoking, overloaded electrical sockets and blown fuses on the toaster hardly detracted at all. The fire department was not needed. The tour desk was a blessing. Tours of the Wall and Hutong were reasonably priced and the drivers were competent and speedy. Very speedy. Their casual relationships with the center line and regulations were refreshing. The neighborhood, though decrepit, was quiet, probably due to the Police station right next door. The bus to Tiananmen Square was right up the street! The airport express train was accessible from the railway station only a few blocks away. Overall, the inn was just worth the rating stars. If you can overlook the deficiencies, especially the terrible acoustics which magnified every footstep, cough, laugh, and door slam from late night guests, stay here.

“Hard to Find Gem within Beijing”

Great hotel after you find it. Rooms are clean and have excellent Air Conditioners and flat screen tv's. Plenty of lounge areas outside and inside the hotel for relaxing. Hotel is located in a hutong area that is a bit hard to find if you are not familiar with Beijing. If you walk east from the Beijing Station East Street, take a right after the large bustop area and walk south along a small hutong street. At the end of the hutong street and you will see a police station. Take a right turn at the police station and the hotel is on the left just past the Super 8 Hotel. The hotel is close to the Beijing Railway Subway Station on Line 2 subway and close to Jiangoumen subway station on Line 2. Hotel is also conveniently located near Cofco plaza which has a McDonalds, Starbucks and HSBC atm. My only complaint is that the bathroom area is open to the rest of the room. Some type of curtain would be nice. If you share the room that only has one double bed, you had better be best buds with your roomie because they can watch you use the toilet and shower.

“Fine for the price”

The Beijing Zhong'an Hotel was perfectly adequate for the price. The room was small, but clean. The bathroom, however, was kind of scary--definitely bring flip-flops for the shower. If you're travelling with a ton of luggage, note that there's no elevator, so you'll be carrying all of it up stairs if you're not on the ground floor. The location was great in that it was within walking distance of sites like Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. However, the hotel itself is sort of hard to find, and even with the hotel card that had the address written in Chinese (with a map!), several times we had difficulty finding taxis that would be willing to take us there.

“I am not impressed at the location because going through a funny smell alley to reach the hotel.”

None speaks English. It is not recommended to foreigners to stay in this hotel. It would be frustrating to see the attitude of the girls working in the front desk. Even they do not understand us, they are not supposed to make fun of the guests. I am really sorry to have to say it, but definitely without anyone speaks English would not be a problem as long as their attitude is acceptable for the guests.

“EXCELLENT LOCATION”

Easily found next to BEIJING RAILWAY STATION (not to be confused with south BEIJING RAILWAY STATION). Beijing Railway Station is on subway line 2

“Value for money at good location”

Well located hotel (around 500m from underground station and Beijing Railway Station). Rooms are clean and just enough to take shower and go to sleep. Staff at the reception speaks communicative English. They have good laundry service. Some of the rooms are on 4th or 5th floor and if I remember well there is no elevator, so while booking take it into account if for any reasons walking upstairs is problem for you. In the hotel there is travel agency, so you can book various trips on the spot. In September 2010 taxi from airport was exactly 100 RMB with the meter. You can get there by underground as a cheaper option but you will find it difficult to find the hotel if it is first time. So, it's better to take taxi. Summing up: it's not high quality hotel but it keeps nice standard and for the money you pay it is very reasonable option.

“Good quality for the price.”

Well, people were nice enough but some of the staff did not speak English so it was at time hard. The restaurant attached to the hotel was really good, The food was very nice! I usually suffer from IBS, and I did not get sick once during the 2 weeks stay which is amazing! I usually do in Europe! The hotel was cleaned but I think the bathroom would do with a little scrub!!! Overall, it is fine! (Oh, and the air condition was great!)

“Would Go Back Again”

Conveniently located approximately 300m from Beijing Railway Station and Beijing Subway/Metro Station Bit difficult to find at first as in old street (hutong) of City. Once acquainted with subway lines, hotel is well located to visit all major tourist sites (Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Ming Walls, Wanfujing Street etc). Subway is cheap way to travel around Hotel service great, front desk staff able to communicate in good standard of English. Room was clean with Wifi, airconditioning and small LCDTV, Electric jug and tea facility available and appreciated but no refrigerator. Small faults were, slight smell in bathroom on entering room - removed by extract fan, and no lift which may be a problem for elderly persons to take luggage to upper floors.of 4 storey building. Not withstanding these, would definitely would go back again.