We booked this hotel because we liked to have a 'taste' of the chinese decor with the chinese lantern and chairs etc, the hotel is located in the old town and certainly decorated in very chinese style, however, the hotel is a lot run down than we have expected.
The hotel itself is hard to find , the taxi driver couldnt find it even we stopped to ask the pass-bys and he finally decided just left us in the middle of the main road but we were fortunate to ask for a man who was kind enough to call the hotel for the direction for us. When we got to the hotel, nobody answered the door but there was a tel number stick on the door asking guestees to call check in , however, our phone didnt have the connecton so it caused a little worries,at the end, we manged to ask the neighbour who were also nice enough to show us the back entrance of the hotel.
The hotel beds and sheets were quite old even they did look clean, the staff was quite all right, even they didnt manage to answer what were we asking for,mostly the directions to the tourist attractions, they tried to help. Location is fantastic, the nearest underground station is only few mins away and forbidden city is only 15 mins away.
I would recommend to stay in this hotel no longer than 3 days, we only stayed there for two days so it was ok but dont think we could stay longer than that.
After this 'taste' of the chinese decor, my husband and I decided to go back to our western style hotel, but...it was nice to have a go!!!!