Beijing Marriott Hotel West

The hotel staff can not do enough for you, just outstanding. We stayed at the Marriott in Moscow our first week and the second week we stayed at the Beijing West. The hotel is a drive from the airport and extremely busy streets. We hired a guide for the week as there are many and I would not attempt to navigate through these streets. One day we were dropped off at the cable car entrance to the Great Wall in Badaling as it was awesome, what a ride to the top. We also visited the great zoo and a mini factory that made silk and vases, by hand. In the evening upon our returning to the hotel there were slippers next to the bed on a mat that said, Good Evening. Just a great place and even better staff!! Rich and Dr. Linda W.

I stayed here for a month while traveling on business and they readily upgraded me to a suite due to the length of my stay. The rooms are very luxurious and totally worth the money. The hotel is located a little away from the business district, and hence is surrounded by a lot of good restaurants, parks, shopping areas and spas/salons. The business district is just a 30 Yuan cab ride away. I used to take the bus to work sometimes just due to the sheer convenience and dependability. The hotel has a spa, which is also very good, but a little over priced. Their entrance is from behind the building. The staff is very helpful, and even though they speak only basic English, you'll start valuing this a lot, since it's a total rarity in China. The food is great as well -- local as well as south asian cuisines. All in all, a great place to stay.

This hotel is located in a hotel/office complex in West Beijing. I have stayed many times for convenience due to the fact that my company is located in the office part of this complex. However, this hotel does try and make every effort to bring itself in line with usual Marrott standards. The rooms are large with all normal facilities, bathrooms large (however can be prone to normal lacklustre Chinese plumbing issues......either hot water all the time or cold water all the time etc). Super buffet breakfast and excellent gym facilities (free use of the Gym based in the office complex part of building). Staff very friendly and eager to help. For the tourist traveller this is probably the least desireable area to be based. Its about a 45 minute taxi ride from the main tourist areas of East and North Beijing. The local area around this hotel is mainly local and therefore most restaurants, bars do not have English worded menus or English speaking staff. Most important tip for a traveler at this hotel is:-........for the non-smoker, ensure you reserve a "no-smoking" room and refuse to take anything else if you are told upon check-in that all "no-smoking" rooms are already taken.....they will find one for you eventually! Also, ensure your room does NOT have an interconnecting door to the next room..........typical Chinese built hotels have very thin walls and if you also have an interconnecting door then you will be able to hear exactly what is going on in the next room!