Shanshui Trends Hotel Liuli Bridge

Everything under renovation, smell of cigarettes everywhere, very noisy, it is hard to communicate in English. Good things: shops and very good eateries around, relativelly close to the Beijing West Railway Station.

I booked this hotel at the last minute and needed one with a low price. This hotel definitely delivered. The hotel staff only speaks Chinese, a friend of mine helped me check in and out. The bed was not comfortable, it is your typical Chinese style bed - a box spring, no mattress. The room is nothing special, and the 2nd to last day there, I received no toilet paper; neither did they fill my soap dispenser in the shower, nor did they give me any clean cups to drink from. I had to wash one of my cups to have a cup of coffee after returning to the hotel. The hotel has Western toilets and I had hot water for my shower even late in the morning. I could smell smoke from my neighbors and could hear them from time to time as well. Overall, the hotel was pretty quiet. I will say that there are some good restaurants across the street and a fruit stand. One place opens for breakfast at 6:30 a.m. - it serves only Chinese food. In addition, it is about a 15 minute walk to Beijing Xi (West) Railway station. It is located in a fairly quiet neighborhood, though near a main road so you will hear traffic noise, If you can tolerate these things and are looking for a budget hotel, then I would recommend this one. If not, find somewhere else. I am uncertain what they mean by "Trends". The wifi is okay. The best times to use it are early in the morning or late at night.

Hotel condition is old but even worst , very dirty, breakfast very bad, even the coffee is cold , as for the swimming pool you need to have a license, basically you can not swim there (cheating customer), the most is one star. Hotel to be avoided.