Kingrand Hotel

The hotel has both pros and cons. Let's start with the pluses. + Location in the heart of the city, the Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square or the Forbidden City can be safely reached on foot. Near the subway + The room was in good condition, not great, but for Asia it is common. Two large beds, spacious bathroom with shower and bathtub. There's enough room for 2-3 people in the room. Now to the downside The hotel itself is in a semi-neglected state. You can see the area is not being monitored, the tiles along the corridors are broken in places - The aggregators' websites indicate that the hotel has a swimming pool, in fact as of October 2024 it was under renovation (or it was simply closed, as there were very few guests for such a large hotel) Breakfast. It's very monotonous and small choice. Basically, only boiled eggs and bread with boiled corn could be taken. Fruit was cut once - watermelon In general, since it was important to us the location of the hotel and the convenience of the room itself for relaxation after an active day I will put the hotel 6.5/10.

I work in China for 12 years and this hotel is one of the worst I ever stayed. I and my colleagues arrived there at 11 o'clock at night, exhausted. The hotel was completely dark. The reception girl (there was only one for such a big hotel) was as extremely slow and it took us more than 15 minutes to check in. The hotel doesn't accept international credit cards, so we had to ask a favor from our Chinese colleague to pay for us, which was very embarrassing. The room was gloom, while half of the lights didn't work. There was no complementary water bottles, which is the must in China. It's the first hotel I ever encountered in China with no complementary water bottles. There is a feeling that the management wants to save money on every aspect. For the price of 900 rmb without breakfast it's an extremely disappointing hotel. Will never ever stay there again. A big NO!

The location is not the best. Although very central, it is hidden in a rusty area. Taxi drivers struggle finding the place or dropping you at various places. The hotel is a 10min walk from tianmen square. Staff are ok but do not speak english. So be prepared and patient. Rooms are great with halved design, one side is a room and another is the bathroom. Spacious too. Lobby is pretty good but some parts are not maintened properly. Swimming pool was nice, gym area is good. Yet, the spa place was pricy and not very good. Breakfast is a 4 star quality and restaurants are just fine. But there are other choices around if you walk out few minutes. Not the best area to walk around at nights. There are ktv bars and clubs in less than 5min from the hotel. We witnessed couple of fights. Overall it is good if still at around 500 rmb a night.