Huatai Hotel (Beijing Jinsong Panjiayuan Subway Station)

Good location, easy to deal with staff, the place is old and it gives it a kind of grand feeling, our rooms were great for the group of 4 friends. Hot water takes quite some time to start flowing for showers, but other than that, it's quite an easy stay. The area of beijing feels quite ghetto. However most of beijing feels this way as it is a very old city. China is very safe so outside appreance doesn't matter! Overall, it was a very nice place to stay.

They gave us the last room at end of the hall, the furthest from the elevator, not ideal for seniors. Everything is old, most of electrical sockets were old ones that require adapters, the shower booth leaks, and worse of all, the windows and the window blinds were completely sealed, couldn't open at all, that meant no light coming in, no view outside and no way to get fresh air either, after a night in here you will feel very stuffy. The service, they do what they can, no English speaker for sure. One morning one of the bed was only half made. When I asked them to call a taxi, they were completely lost as if it was the first time someone asks, luckily with WeChat it's easy to call one yourself. Definitely never going back to that hotel.

the place is good and clean the staff are friendly by

Even if I stayed in a standard room, I didn't expect luxury, but the bathroom smell of sewerage is awful.

It is hard to communicate with hotel staff in english, only Chiness language is used which is hard for us

The hotel is about 7 minutes walk to the subway. The room is spacious and some food can be found at its surrounding