Beijing Capital Xindadu Hotel

We were supposed to stay 3 nights in this hotel, but we couldn’t make it. We arrived very late in the night, because our flight was delayed almost 5hrs. The hotel was difficult to find and when we finally arrived we were send to a very scary looking old house in between buildings which were under construction (from the same hotel). We entered the staff was unfriendly. Didn’t speak any English and made very clear that the only thing which counts write now is the „deposit“ (the word the translation app on her phone was shouting on me the whole time). Inside the elevator I started to realize that this ain’t end well. The door to our room was so loose I had the feeling someone tried to get into. The bathroom was dirty and old like the rest of the room. Bed sheets have been dirty likewise the nonfunctional AC. The room was smelling so bad that I wanted to open a window. But even this was not possible. After 6hrs in the room without getting any sleep we decided to leave this place as fast as we can. I was pleased that in the morning there was another lady. She was English-speaking and willing to help us. We got our money back for the days we didn’t spend and went out. I don’t know why the hotel doesn’t say anywhere that they are under construction and in a renovation phase...I had even the feeling that the lady at the reception was feeling bad for us and the rooms she has to sell. That’s really the worst.

Arrived at midnight due to late arrival to Beijing. Hotel is difficult to find. Staff was unfriendly. No toilet paper in bathroom. Light in room did not turn off. Found a live bug in the bed. I slept with one eye open because very uncomfortable.

This hotel is not in the centre itself but a little to the west but it is on a main metro line in to the centre if needed. I was here for several days and though the service was OK although several of the staff seemed disinterested; some were very helpful and spoke pretty good English too. Breakfast was OK on the first day but I think they changed chef between days and was not so good for me as a westerner. My room was pretty good and free WiFi throughout. None of the air conditioning units in China seemed to work - is this a national thing to reduce power usage?