Beijing hotels near Houhai Lake

Pros: We LOVED being in the middle of the Hutong, and the front desk staff were super helpful with restaurants, taxis, and packed us breakfast-to-go for an early morning tour. The vibe is laid back. Both restaurants yum.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: The location was awesome!

Cons: Heater turned on before we arrived, it was a very col night!

Pros: The staff really makes this place exceptional- they go out of there way to be friendly, helpful and kind. Nothing is too much to ask. They are happy to make reservations, helps with taxis, recommend restaurants, book tickets etc.

Cons: I really liked everything about this place. In fact, I stayed here before because I like it so much.

Pros: Loved our stay! Breakfast each morning was delicious. Staff was very friendly and helpful. We took the dumpling class and thoroughly enjoyed the class, the food and wine, our instructor Kate, and the others who joined us. We also organized a tour to the Great Wall through the Orchid and that, too, went very well. Overall, an excellent stay. I would highly recommend.

Pros: The location at heart of hunting, overall design of the place. Great breakfast as well.

Cons: The shuttle to the airport was not arranged well enough, so we ended up calling taxi, and I could not connect to the front desk without three try’s.

Pros: Bespoke recommendations (and the most helpful map), amazing breakfast included, newly opened Dim Sum restaurant by the hotel, perfect local feeling location but with access to everything.

Pros: I always stay here when in Beijing - the location is perfect and the hotel facilities outstanding for the reasonable price. Very helpful staff. Superb breakfast.

Cons: On arrival, the room smelled of cigarette smoke, not fresh but of the deeply-ingrained type suggesting a need to replace carpets and curtains.

Pros: Excellent breakfast reasonably priced

Cons: Reception staff had poor English skills

Cons: Air conditioning was either broken or faulty.Had staff being a portable A/C unit up to room. For a international hotel some staff had little English, to understand but worked around it. But all round a nice Hotel. Thank you

Pros: Very clean and well staffed and very safe.

Cons: No pool or Spa.

Pros: Perfect location, very close to the sights, restaurants, shops and subway station.

Cons: The room is nice for the first sight but most of the things do not work: cannot close bathroom door, the light switch did not work in the bathroom, the wardrobe door could not be closed, the bed sheet had holes and paint stains. The staff does not speak any languages other than Chinese, the front desk staff was simply rude at the check in. The breakfast is overpriced and simply a joke. Only Chinese food and if you do not like Chinese breakfast, you can have toast bread with butter every single day. The breakfast restaurant's floor was probably never cleaned, could use some vacuum cleaning. Our credit card was overcharged and we are yet to receive the deposit back. We did know that the hotel does not have a pool but then where is the 5-star rating coming from? It is not a 5-star hotel.

Cons: Breakfast did not have any option of cheese.

Pros: Good feel overall, spacious and nice rooms

Cons: The location is ok, but not great - about 10 minutes walk to the metro station. You can walk to historical center, but it's probably about 45-60 min walk. Staff speaks a pretty basic English, enough to book a taxi, but not so for the conversation or a more detailed inquiries. Had to use the translation app.

Pros: Location was walking distance to the metro, as well as some popular hutongs, restaurants and bars.

Cons: Housekeeping needs to improve. The bed would be made with pillows still left under the sheets. The shower floor was completely yellow with stains. Our room felt like it needed a proper deep clean and vacuum! It wasn't terrible and we had a relatively comfortable stay, but there's certainly lots of room for improvement. For an international chain hotel, the concierge should also be staffed with someone who is able to speak some basic English to help foreign tourist.

Pros: the room was nice and up to the standard of a 5 star hotel

Cons: however, under the desk was a half eaten snack so the cleaning was not done thouroughy. overall: ok

Pros: I like how the property is centrally located. Rooms are big and bed very comfortable. I think most staffs has a hard time speaking english. But there is one guy in the front desk who can speak english clearly and he was very nice. There are lots of places to eat around the area.. Breakfast buffet has a lot of choices too but mostly chinese food. But overall we had a great stay.

Pros: Fantastic stay with the most friendly staff. Quite basic but amazing value for money! The location is incredible - right in the heart of the hutongs with lots of bars & restaurants in walking distance!

Pros: It’s perfectly located, a 15 min walk from a subway station, and in the middle of the Hutong. Great restaurants and bars close by, and you can walk most places.

Cons: It’s very noisy. The rooms are located on the courtyard, and the walls don’t block any of the sound. It’s also not that clean, we saw several small cockroaches during our stay.

Pros: I liked the location most. And the price.

Cons: It was not a fancy place. The bed was very uncomfortable.

Pros: The location is in the middle of Hutong district which was very comfortable for me. The room was nice and the whole hotel has great areas for your rest. The staff is great, they even give me a little present at the end. Highly recommend this hotel!

Pros: It is a quiet hotel, family style, very good cleaning, air conditioned and comfortable.

Cons: All staff should speak English. however all are very helpful

Pros: The hotel is hidden in a small back street (hutong) very close to the houhai lake. The hotel is modern, small and well designed, nicely decorated. I was lucky to get one of the big rooms which opens on the theatre in the inner court. Hot water arrived immediately for the shower. Bathrobes are provided, a nice solid soap, hair dryer. Breakfast was very good. The bed was very comfortable, the room was cozy and pleasant. Not all rooms are that big however and only a few have a nice view on the inner court. The shadow art performance was fine but a bit too short! Very interesting though, it could have lasted twice as long!!

Cons: They lack big mugs for tea, only coffee cups. The tea bags are low quality, in the country which invented tea, it is a pity. They change towels and even hardly used shampoo bottles every day which is a terrible waste. They should wait for the bottles to be emptied and the towels should be changed only upon request (who changes towels at home every day ? It is incredible that people should like to have them changed because they are in a hotel!)

Pros: Breakfast was great, a mix of Western and Chinese. Complimentary shadow art performance on certain evenings.

Cons: Location was a bit hard to find

Pros: convenient location (close to 2 subway stations - 10 min walk) Nice interior design in the lobby. We arrived very early in the morning and they offered us complimentary breakfast and tried to give us our rooms as soon as possible. Much appreciated.

Cons: There was no view from the window. Small bathroom. The room was not cleaned daily; They only made the beds and refresh the amenities. They did not clean the floor or change the towels. Only 1-2 persons were speaking English. We booked through the reception a tour to Great Wall (with an English Speaking guide), however we hardy understood the English that she was speaking, and she only gave us some useless information (like where the toilets will be and which cities to visit in China!) in the bus (about 10 minutes talk) while in Chinese she was talking for about an hour!!!! Also at the end of the tour, they did not drop us off at the hotel, but close to a metro station (we were walking for 45 minutes to find the station!!!)

Pros: Lovely example of a classic courtyard hotel. The staff were extremely courteous and helpful. The rooms are nice with comfortable beds. As a bonus the free shadow puppet show is interesting. The area that the hotel is in may seem a little daunting to those who have not spent much time in traditional Beijing before but it feels extremely safe and is fine once you get used to it.

Cons: Very little to complain about, the shower door didn't fit quite right so the bathroom floor got a bit wet.

Pros: The breakfast was awesome. The staffs and the facilities are good too. I enjoyed the food very much.

Cons: The location was not good. Didn't like the location at all.

Pros: Clean, simple, located in a preserved historical area, activities offered.

Cons: Lack of information for activities in the area, a little bit of an adventure to get there especially in the evening.

Pros: - it was really clean - service was friendly and helpful

Cons: - i booked room with window BUT it was shutdown/covered with some kind of a wall/banner from outside

Pros: Breakfast with good coffee, bacon and eggs, and toast and yoghurt suited me. Not much choice if one was wanting Chinese breakfast. Staff kindly advised when breakfast service was finishing and they did restock items as they ran out. The hutong area has a nice vibe, but navigating the journey from the subway was not straightforward. It is only 10 mins walk from the subway so we didn't need a taxi, so that is not really a problem unless you have a lot of luggage. If you have GPS you will be fine. The reception is always attended so no worry about not being able to get in upon arrival, as with some B&B establishments. The shadow puppets were enjoyable, and memorable. Credit to the staff for being multi talented.

Cons: The hotel needs some capital expenditure on it. The beds in our first room were absolutely worn out - springs protruding - so that was two nights bad sleep. The second room's window would not close and staff said that they knew it was off the hinges at the top. This caused a cold draught on my head during the three November nights we were in this room. The downstairs carpet was originally of high quality but needs to be removed as it is now food and drink stained, as it is unsuitable for where people come in off the streets and where people dine. There are no chairs in the rooms, and no fridges. The staff kindly let me store our water in their fridge. The bathroom lighting is so poor one cannot put makeup on. There are no power points beside the bed. In the first room there was a bedside lamp but no working power point to make it go. One couldn't use the TV powerpoint because the TV was wired in. We had to make do with just one power point in the bedroom and one in the bathroom, which is inadequate in these times of mobile phones etc. The hotel owner is lucky to have such obliging reception staff and manager, as their attitude went a long way to making our stay pleasant even though the facilities were poor. The bedmaking was merely superficial, in that the duvet was straightened out but the under sheet and mattress protector were not. One had to make one's own bed in effect. The housekeeping staff were pleasant. China's hotel star rating system is a mystery. If this establishment was rated two star it would be good. But it is rated four star so disappointment is a given. There is no lift for instance. Maybe the high rating is becasuse they offer all meals and plenty of reception service hours??

Pros: The area is very residential and you see how Beijing people go about their daily lives. It is close to good eating areas and some beautiful parks and waterways.

Pros: Comfortable, Western-style beds, clean and functioning Western-style bathrooms (where the entire bathroom does NOT convert into a shower), and close proximity to central Beijing, subways, and general walkability were our priorities. This hotel hit them all, and also managed to be a great value compared to hotels. I'd say the amenities were on par with maybe the top 1/4 tier of Western chain hotels, but the price was that of a middle tier Chinese hotel. The friendly and helpful staff (many of whom speak English) and cultural aspect was a bonus as well.

Cons: The rooms are on the smaller side; they definitely fall under the "boutique" category, but the bed and bathrooms were all very large and comfortable, so we didn't mind the lack of "common" space. You're not able to control the air conditioning, but we found the temperature comfortable. Bear in mind that, as an energy saving measure, you need a hotel key card to turn the power on in the room, so you can't, for instance, leave something charging all day while you're out.

Pros: good location 10 minute walk to subway.

Cons: old need to renewal.

Pros: Nothing really

Cons: Bad Location, noisy; staff not helpful, can't solve problem when there's one. No water due to the pipeline maintenance

Pros: Hotel was located right on Wangfujing street and just a short trip to the main center of the street.

Cons: Power to the room did not work. Instead of replacing my room, they wasted 30 minutes of my time trying to fix the problem. It would have been okay, but it was 1AM in the morning and I just wanted another room. Bathtub had hairs inside the tub. The shower tiles were nasty and the room overall was old and dirty.

Pros: The place was clean and staff were helpful.

Cons: was wishing that the lights could be a lil bit more bright.

Pros: Room is big and comfortable.

Cons: The front desk could not find my reservation when we were checking in, which was unsettling. The light buttons in the room are a bit confusing. The location was not as convenient as it seems on the map. The attractions seem so closed by on the map but actually it needs quite a bit of walk. Beijing is very cold right now to do such walking. The room is too warm sometimes.

Pros: I liked best the coffee shop/bar, the breakfast restaurant and many of the staff were exceptional! I also liked the front door staff. Upon arrival a bellhop assisted us in a 5 Star way!

Cons: NOISY! Poor front desk help. Loud gun popping outside the hotel until about 11pm. The pool and spa stuff is poor and not attractive to me, and the staff unfriendly. No coffee except instant Nescafé packets. Noisy toilet, poor air/heat control. 3 Star I

Pros: The person that finally helped us book a trip to the Great Wall

Cons: The smell of smoke Kaos at the breakfast (that was NOT worth the money) No place to sit and wait in the lobby Unhelpful staff at the front disk

Pros: Honestly, there was nothing I liked about this hotel. I was expecting a four star hotel but what I got was a one or two star hotel instead. The area in the lobby next to the elevator had such a rancid smell that I shuddered every time I had to take the e.

Cons: I didn't like this hotel one bit. It is clearly not a four star hotel!

Pros: I had a very comfortable four night stay there recently. The staff was friendly and helpful, the internet sufficient, and the room large and clean. It was also right next to the subway, which was a bonus. I'd absolutely stay there again if in Beijing.

Pros: excellent location. decent facilities, staff is helpful and can speak a passable english

Cons: nothing

Pros: Its location was perfect. Right down the stree from the main Wangfujing shopping center/Forbidden City and 2 blocks from a two-line subway station

Cons: The maintenence was a bit deferred. Great materials used in building, but not maintained at western 4 star standards

Pros: Very good location, walkable to the dongsi station, market and lots of food options. Even walkable to the forbidden city. Gym was a little lacking but decent. Had one night where the power was acting funny and we couldn't turn off the lights without the whole room shutting off. But the workers they sent up fixed it immediately in the morning. Comfortable and clean overall, we enjoyed it.