Bo Tai Hotel Beijing

Been our first time in Asia and Beijing we were a little nerves and even thou staff hardly speaks any English they are very friendly and helpful, all you need is to be a little patient, you have all that you need Internet, TV, AA etc .... Now as this is has a great downtown... LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!! plus VALUE!! So I will be back :))))

Cheap and in good location.

Not good speaking English at the front desk operators but we could manage they provided city map instructed us to wherever we want to go and they are very helpful. Hotel location is convenient to get bus, subways.

The overall rating for the hotel is good, the stay is decent and the price is value for money. If you are looking for quiet room, then try to avoid ground level rooms, these rooms are along the common walkway that lead to whole hotel and can be very noisy. Due to the pricing, this hotel is popular among locals, so don't expect all hotel staff to speak good English. Depending on your luck, some of them speak better English better than the others. Their wireless network wasn't working at that time, good that there is technician helped to connect my laptop to their LAN cable.

The hotel was in a good location, near some good restaurants and about 10 minutes from the nearest subway, and half an hour's walk from the Lama Temple. I found the room clean and the service fine. The staff were average, and not particularly helpful though.

Very good location - inside 2 road ring of Beijing, 5 minutes walk to subway station. 45 minutes walk to forbidden palace! - if you like to walk. Many taxi around and you can get any place quickly (and chip) - you are in the midle of city! Bad english at reception but you can manage.

Good central location, small room. I was given a key to a room that had not yet been cleaned, and staff spoke almost no English and were generally not very helpful.

Pricing high due to Olympics, convenient to subway, not alot of English spoken but we managed, buses at front door and taxis available.

Our room was not available when we arrived at the Hotel so we were given a room that had a very basic clean. Due to the Olympics the prices of the meals (breakfast) at the restaurant had been greatly inflated (+ - 300%) The location is fantastic if you enjoy as we do the "local" life of Beijing. The subway is within walking distance. There is plenty of local food stalls around and also a KFC with great coffee a block away. There is little or no English spoken at reception so you require basic Chinese to ask for information other than checking in or out.

The most unpleasant feature was a smell in the hotel room, probably due to the moisture. Otherwise good.