Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing

Best thing about this hotel for us was the location. It is situated on Wangfujing Street, the main shopping street. It is literally 2 minutes walk to the pedestrianised area, and also to the night market just off Wangfujing Street where you can find all the food stalls (seahorses, cicadas, beetles, scorpions etc….not for the faint hearted. We didn’t try but it was fun to visit) and trinket/souvenir stalls. Hotel itself is fine, but given the choice again I would not have chosen a western chain hotel, but gone for a Chinese one instead. Room very comfortable, just as you would expect. Hotel food pricey, but there is a great little restaurant almost opposite the extrance to the hotel (Cant remember the name but there is a sign for Peking Duck outside) – which looked empty, but when we went in it was full of people at the back, it was about £15 for 2 people incl a bottle of wine, and really good food.

If I was in Beijing on business then this hotel would be a really good choice for me, but maybe I would not choose it again as a tourist.   More details of Crown Plaza Hotel Beijing…