We had one night in Beijing, arriving at 6AM and leaving at midnight the following night. While I’ve wanted to check out the Park Hyatt Beijing, I figured for a one night stay where we were hoping for early check-in we would be better off at a mega-hotel, where there’s a greater probability of rooms…
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Based on the floorplan picture... it looks like you might have got one of the smallest rooms in the hotel?
I would highly recommend the Hilton Beijing Wangfujing next time you're in Beijing. Their standard rooms are huge, Gold status gets you an upgrade along with Exec. Lounge, and service was phenomenal. Rates are pretty good to. Only negative I could think of was that the interior was pretty dark (granted it was raining all day). Surprised you didn't try the Doubletree for 10K points, ha!
@ Mike - the only good thing about Hilton WFJ are the room received are normally huge upgraded rooms and the location is nice if you are there for touristy things. Other than that, Hilton WFJ's lounge is no comparison to the pics here at the GH Beijing. Basically bare minimum. The service is good though.
Not sure if this was ever mentioned, if I'm using my credit card free night at Hyatt and the other person in my room has Diamond status, can we benefit somehow?
Lucky, if I'm correct, you were in BJ shortly after 7/1. Internet everywhere in China was slow due to the massive protest in HK. I was there around the same time as you were and notice the same. Every site I normally go on took forever to load (including boardingarea). Exceptions were local sites like baidu or youku.
Please tell me you got the Peking Duck at their restaurant, "Made in China." That has got to be one of the best peking ducks in the world (other than Duck du Chine).
count 1 more vote for the Hilton Wangfujing
Yes has a smaller pool, but the service was phenomenal
I stayed at this hotel and really liked it. My only complaint, and its a biggie, was the bed. It was hard as a rock. I have never slept on anything like it. It's too bad. The hotel came up and put a pad on it which helped a little, but it would probably keep me from staying here again.
That pool would make me want to stay there if I had to travel to Beijing, for any reason. Another Boarding Area blogger had it mentioned. Since Beijing has such dirty air and can very cold in winter, that pool is incredible.
I have used thre. Of my Hyatt free nights over the years there. It is a great place. Every time we have gotten the suites which is the same as the room you have with a kitchen and sitting room also attached to it. Just platinum so not sure why we have gotten the upgrades every time but we love it. The hotel is in a great location. And the rooms are great.
So what did you end up doing regarding the Wi-Fi problem? Did you just take the day off?
As someone who is also pretty dependent on reasonably fast Internet access, I'd be interested to hear what your "exit strategy" is when the hotel Wi-Fi turns out to be unusable.
@ Andreas -- More or less took the day off. This is the first time this has happened to me, to be honest, so didn't really have a strategy. Something I need to think about for the future, for sure.
@ TTN -- Technically not, but the hotel may be generous and go above and beyond to grand benefits. But technically room would have to be booked in the name of the person with status for the benefits to apply.
This is handy for creating your own wireless network using the hotels wired infrastructure.
Another vote for the Wangfujing Hilton. The pool is small but the hotel has excellent service, nice rooms and a good lounge. Location is about the same.
Different question though, how did you like Uber in Beijing?
@ German Expat -- It was a nice car and the prices were reasonable, so I did like it. I was kind of surprised that the driver didn't speak a word of English, though -- even less than the average Beijing taxi driver.
I was staying there at the same time as you in fact and also had similar issues with the wifi. I also stayed at Westin Chaoyang and Ritz Carlton Financial Street on the same trip and did not encounter similar issues there. The hotel is in a good location and it's nice to have a shopping mall attached but the wifi was a major negative.
@ Pablo -- I had a great time! It was my first trip to Asia, and now I'm dying to spend more time there! Next on my list are Hong Kong and Tokyo.
@ lucky @ David -- You must've considered it at some point, since I told you that was my theory on why the internet was slow 😛
Thought this hotel just finished renovating its rooms. It definitely looks new from your pics.
Another vote for the Hilton Wangfujing. Walking distance to the Hyatt. Much more intimate. The lounge food was excellent. Service was warm and friendly. And as a Hhonors Diamond, could eat breakfast in the lounge or restaurant.