Shaoyuan — Hotel in Beijing

If I could give this hotel a more negative review, I would. It has nice sized rooms and a decent lobby with pretensions of quality, but as a student at PKU I've endured a month straight of paint thinner and other noxious chemicals without any effort to ventilate. In the west it would be completely illegal. Additionally, the internet barely works, there is only hot water occasionally, and friends in the other hotel buildings do not even have working heaters (mine does, but with the window open all day to vent fumes, what is the point?). Worst...

This is an update to my previous review. Scratch my comment saying that you will find an AC. Mine exploded in a torrent pouring down the wall onto the floor, TV, and wall sockets. When the hotel staff came to check it out, they said it was normal, and that I should "let it rest". So I'd say if you're coming here in summer, definitely don't stay here unless you're happy to be without an AC and the internet. Just take a room in one of the many normal hotels on the outskirts of the campus. They're still very cheap, and will have...

It is the only hostel inside PKU. I do not understand how it gets 3 stars - there is no complimentary coffee, they don't change your cups and the bath curtain went missing mysteriously during my stay . The room size is OK, the bed sheet is clean and it has wifi, but we chat is the only thing that works on wifi - you cannot access Google / gmail / whatsapp using their wifi. There are better hotels nearby (although not...