Palace Garden Hotel — Hotel in Beijing

We were part of a Nexus packaged holiday so not a lot of say in choice of accommodation. The package was exceptionally cheap from Australia. The cost of the one weeks holiday would normally just be the value of the return airfare. ||So we didn't expect much from the hotel. ||We were blown away when we arrived though! Rated 4-5 stars, it was large, modern and very clean. Our room seemed to have been upgraded though others in the standard rooms were still absolutely amazed at how good the rooms are. Lots of lacquer, marble and plush carpets. All modern conveniences in the room. Actually, one of the most impressive hotel rooms I have stayed in over 40 years or regular international travel.||The breakfast choice is extensive but a lack of crockery and cutlery was a little annoying at times. A large buffet available each night but we opted for a couple of local restaurants within two blocks of the hotel||Best of all, a subway station is right outside the hotel allowing access to all areas of Beijing.||Staff very friendly and attentive. Would happily stay again, but the prices outside of our Nexus Holiday package would mean it would have been well out of our budget. A quick check on the current price on booking.com for our room during our stay was...

First time to experienced such a grand accommodation..Everything was modern and amazing! The room entertainment, the toilet, shower area, living room, the mini bar and most of all..the bed! :-) Feels like sleeping in the clouds.. perfect after a long day of work..The photos will speak for itself.. so please check it out ;-)

I just hope more staffs can speak a little more English..but still they're all accommodating and friendly. Few Mandarin words will be handy for non-speaking Chinese travelers.

The hotel have a great variety and selection foods in the restaurant and dining area. Buffet breakfast will definitely full you for a day and the sumptuous dinner will surely satisfy you!

They have amenities like spa services (a building which is adjacent to the main hotel), a coffee shop, KTV, a mini gym and an ATM machines if you run out of cash.

My first stay was for a week just before the Spring Festival in March. Then the second was just last week, the first...

A fine 5 star hotel if you need to be in this area of Beijing. There's not too much around the hotel other than housing, but there is a small convenience store opposite. There are two coffee places and restaurant on site. The rooms are large and wonderful, and the service is very good, albeit English is not widely spoken, but they make use of incredible hand held translator machines that you can both talk into. I've stayed in better 5* hotels in China, but at the price I paid this was outstanding value. As with most, if not all hotels in China, wifi is heavily restricted and CNN was the only English channel available on TV. The food was very good and not exhorbitant in price. Overall...