Dongsi Hotel — Hotel in Beijing

We are 2 friends and both are new to Beijing and let alone China. We are first time here. For me the room is great enough, light was all working fine. The toothbrush and soap provided but need to get from reception.I was using iPhone so I cannot use the WiFi as it only works with Android due to firewall.Location wise I think it is easy to find even with Google Map. For those using Metro, Dongsi Station Exit G is the nearest one, while Exit D is the second nearest. Two main metro line to Dongsi Station is Metro Line 5 & 6. But we normally use line 6 because it is nearest to Exit G. The area is close to Forbidden Palace, you can get there with one change of metro service.When I went to Forbidden Palace, I did go there using Metro then walk back as it is only around 1.6km walking after the Exit at Forbidden Palace and took about 20 minutes walking. I did use Baidu map to walk to the hotel from Forbidden Palace and you will take short cuts which will end up at the back of Renaissance Hotel. Tips : mark the hotel in Baidu map so you can easily get the map working especially if cannot speak Chinese like me.On Dongsi West St there is National Art Museum and it is free. I did went there alone after checkout, there are 6 floors of exhibits there.Walk to Wangfujing shopping st would take you around 15 minutes. The famous Prime Hotel Beijing is like 5 minutes walk from the hotel. Not much to do at night as shops literally close early at around 8PM to 9PM except for McDonald’s which close at 11PM like 5 minutes walk from hotel.There is a mosque near hotel if you are Muslim like me but the mosque is a bit run down and closes its door and you need to ask the caretaker to open the door if you want to pray.Overall I’m satisfied with the hotel which I think is very basic and fits our budget. I wish there is a cupboard inside the room for us to hang out clothes and fridge. The toilet however is spacious and hot water can only be used for 20 minutes then we need to wait again for 30 minutes for it to replenish which is a problem if there are a lot of people to take shower at same time.Improvement for hotel : 1 Put small cupboard in room for guest to hang clothes.2 Change the curtain as it is very old and looks like not wash for long time.3 Better if room has small fridge for guest to store food.Getting there : Metro from took like 50 minutes with 3 changes in metro line. For me it is very easy, and cheap cost like 40RMB in Alipay.Overall the surrounding maybe take 2 days for you to be familiar with but I think it is good enough as there are McDonalds, Luckin coffee and also bakery near the hotel like 5 minutes walk. Small convenience store is there in the back alley but close like at 8PM.Reason I chose this hotel : 1 Your taxi can get there straight in front of hotel as it is not in Forbidden Palace area where some place taxi cannot get in and you need to carry your bag through busy street2 Easy access as you walk 10 minutes from Dongsi Station Exit G/D to get to hotel3 Near Dongsi mosque if you want to pray if you’re muslim 4 Very quiet area as a bit far from Forbidden Palace area or Wangfujing5 Lots of shops to eat and cafe on Dongsi N st or Meishuguan E st near the Prime Beijing Hotel6 A few halal muslim restaurant for you to eat if you are picky eater and not familiar with convenience store food7 When go out of hotel turn left at end of the Dadoufu Ln there is small convenience you can buy food but close...

The position of this hotel is amazing: you are literally in the center of Beijing, in a hold classical 胡同 (For a foreigner it can look like a disreputable place, but it is safe). Furthermore you are not even 15 minutes away from the forbidden city and there is a subway station next to the hotel, which is really convenient. The 24/7 desk service is perfect for early checkouts, especially if you need to catch a flight in the morning. The price is really low, If you consider the position. The AC is good, the room was really warm (even too much) and it was nice coming home after a long day in the cold of Beijing. Unfortunately, the hotel itself is not very clean: when we arrived the room was pretty much okay but it looked like no one vacuumed the floors, there was also a lot of dust. The WiFi works terribly, which is a big deal breaker If you are a foreigner and would like to use it when you get back home. We didn't have many problems with the language because we also speak Chinese, but the staff can use translating apps to communicate. Another thing I didn't appreciate is that we were told that people would come into the room to give us free water and take out the trash: obviously these are good things, but maybe notifying the clients would be better so we could put away our valuable stuff. Anyways, if you are interested in a low-cost place in the city centre and you don't have many problems with a little dirt in the room, this hotel is perfect. I would actually come back, if I ever...

Staff front desk very helpful although language barrier but they are try to communicate used apps. I appreciate it. I booked from trip.com and it's safe. I also booked airport transfers from trip.com and taxi driver pick up us in front of hotel. This hotel near Dongsi Mosque and as a Muslim traveller, I just walk not to far from Dongsi Hotel to halal food restaurant near mosque. But you must cross the road.

This Hotel also near Subway station line 5. Omg I love it very much to stay this hotel. I enjoyed the holiday in Beijing and very sweet memories ever!

I love to come again to Beijing and it worth it. Just used get your guide apps to explore Forbidden City and Tianmen Square and the next day I also used this apps to explore Great Wall of China! My dream comes true and I'm am very grateful and hope to come again to China. Oh ya.. Just install apss for subway MetroMan and used Alipay for cashless payments... Veeeryy easy Don wori be hepi!

Thank you Dongsi Hotel.. Very nice environment calm and in front of hotel there is a persimmon tree. Love to see that! Hope your business much more untong meh.. And boleylaa upgrade touch up rooms with a new decoration. Anyhow everything is fine and safe for me as...