Home2 Suites by Hilton Beijing West Station

Very clean, very close to Beijing West train station Nice breakfast, very helpful personnel.

Maybe the carpet in the hall.

The breakfast buffet was great, amongst the best I've ever been offered in a hotel. The restaurant also serves some very good meals at lunch and in the evening. The fact that the reception offered free tea and coffee was icing on the cake. The staff were friendly, everything was fresh and clean, the daily operation of the hotel appeared to be in good order. The hotel is very convienently located for travellers, next to the city's main TGV (high speed train) station.

The WiFi was unreliable (I suspect it needs upgrading), the plumbing occasionally sang, and Beijing has a mosquito problem (to be fair, I mentioned none of this to the hotel management). My other problem was that few staff spoke English, and my attempts at speaking Mandarin were at best embarassing, so we required the use of automatic translators to communicate. Fortunately for me, the exception was one of the chefs, so I had no problem exploring the menu under his guidance.

Great location for train station. Lovely breakfast. Big room.