Yong Xing Garden Hotel

After I changed room after complaining of the safe not working, I received a bigger better room on the same floor. Clean and quiet room with walk in shower. Breakfast costs extra. Easy to get a table for breakfast which had brewed coffee but mainly caters for Chinese tastes. Eggs only available fried, but still a good breakfast. Did not appear to be a bar area for a quiet drink. Walking range to DaDong famous Peking Duck restaurant. Not much activity arouns the area though. Staff speak passable English, enough to check in.

I went on a trip organised by the city council for a competition in Beijing. This hotel is quite a good place. It has a very big lobby and the decoration looks good. Plenty of couches and resting places in the lobby. I had a tough time at the Front Desk because the staff does not speak English very well. They tried hard but finally I had to ask for another Chinese guest to translate for me. If there is someone that I would praise, it was definitely the bellboy. He was really friendly and had great attitude towards guests. The service was quite slow and there were some guests that were not very pleasant. Two men, half-naked, smoking right beside my room. The whole corridor was reaked of smoke. The room was comfortable. However, the air-conditioners only produced warm air when I was staying there (well, it was spring but the sun did a great job warming up the place already). The bathroom was rather small and definitely could use more lighting. And I would suggest using your own towels because I found hair stuck inside. The food was average. Chinese food was not quite to my liking. However, I loved the yoghurt they offered every breakfast. I stayed there for 4 days but the breakfast choices were the same, not a lot of variety. Good value for money. There is also a Beijing roasted duck restaurant right next to it that you can try out.

Just don't unless you speak Chinese - this is a very difficult experience. Staff pleasant enough but language barrier is practically 100%. Sadly checked out no sooner than I checked in. Sorry never again,