Beijing Chongwenmen Tongpai Hotel

“Great Location!”

My family and I stayed 7 nights in this hotel - it's really convenient, walking distance to malls, shops and restaurants. Cosy hotel, neat and clean! There's a convenient store beside the hotel lobby too! We travelled via taxi to attractions and etc. and the staffs are very helpful and even helpe... more

My family and I stayed 7 nights in this hotel - it's really convenient, walking distance to malls, shops and restaurants. Cosy hotel, neat and clean! There's a convenient store beside the hotel lobby too! We travelled via taxi to attractions and etc. and the staffs are very helpful and even helped us to book our taxi too. Overall, it was a great stay!

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“Good Room, Good Location, Decent Breakfast But Tight Bathroom”

Was at this hotel for 3 nights and my review as follows: 1) Location: Very good location overall. It is literally just 20 steps away from Exit C (with escallator gong up) Chongwenmen Station Subway (Line 2). You could see the hotel signage from far and hotel is at the back of a shopping mall - h... more

Was at this hotel for 3 nights and my review as follows: 1) Location: Very good location overall. It is literally just 20 steps away from Exit C (with escallator gong up) Chongwenmen Station Subway (Line 2). You could see the hotel signage from far and hotel is at the back of a shopping mall - hotel entrance is opposite ICBC. Plenty of food, restaurant, fast food surrounding the hotel. In terms of location, it is about 1km away from Wangfujing Street or just 2 subway station away. It is also near Tianamen Square (2km away) and Temple of Heaven (2km away or 3 subway station away). So overall, hotel is nicely located in central beijing. 2) Lobby and Check In Lobby is more towards those boutique hipster concept which was cool, modern and trendy. Just next to the lobby is a minimarket - again super handy for tourist. Check in was very fast and friendly. However, no welcome drink was given. 3) Room 1529 (i think) Room was spacious with nice full lenght window overlooking the neighbourhood and the king bed was spacious (must have been super king bed). Room has humidifier which was nice and air cond system which works well too. Pillow and mattress were ok for 4 star hotel - very comfortable to sleep on. There is more than enough space for 2 persons. However, the same cannot be said about the bathroom. It was a bit compact with very limited space but it is still ok. Even tho it was compact, the shower is fully covered with glass - so the water will not wet the entire bathroom floor - especially during cold winter weather. I quite like the toileteries given - it was nice and fresh. Water pressure was strong. Overall, i think the room at Pentahotel is worthy of a 4 star and value for money. 4) Buffet Breakfast They served breakfast from 630am to 1030am. Presentation of breakfast was modern and nice. The spread is not bad for a 4 star hotel - there are congee, soya milk, fried chinese dough, fried rice, fried noodles, vegetable and few types of western options like hash brown, bacon etc. They also have steamed pau and dumplings. For improvement, i think the hotel can try to offer 1 or 2 types of fresh fruit juices or smoothies - as this is healtier especially since the hotel has a juicier display nearby the breakfast area. I am sure it will elevate the breakfast standard of this hotel. I dont think ppl mind paying a bit more for breakfast if it includes fresh fruit juices. Those bottled juices were way too sweet in my opinion. Also, I didnt like the coffee at breakfast - it could have been better quality. 5) Suggestions As Beijing has a lot of sightseeing sights to visit and mostly tours arranging pick up as early as 6am - it would be nice if the hotel could arrange some box breakfast for those guests going for day trip/day tour before 630am. Just a simple bag containing a few types of pastries and a box of milk and juice will do in my opinion. Especially during winter season - it is too cold to search for breakfast outside the hotel. Hope the management can accommodate this. I am suggesting this because I did have a tour pick up scheduled at 6.45am and when i enquire about the possibility of having box breakfast on the day before, no staff could understand me or my request. 6) Birthday Fruit Basket Very nice gestures of the hotel to send a fruit basket to our room during my birthday. Thank you so much. We do enjoy the fruits especially during winter. Overall, this is a good 4 star city hotel. I highly recommend.

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“Good choice for stays in Beijing ”

Check in was fast and easy with friendly staff, but then I did have a Chinese speaking guide assist me so that helped with the language barrier. The hotel is in a good location near all of Beijing's key attractions. Room was average, small seating area, desk and chair, comfy bed, tea and coffee... more

Check in was fast and easy with friendly staff, but then I did have a Chinese speaking guide assist me so that helped with the language barrier. The hotel is in a good location near all of Beijing's key attractions. Room was average, small seating area, desk and chair, comfy bed, tea and coffee making facilities, powerful shower and the basic bathroom amenities. As I've found throughout my trip to China the WiFi doesn't work for me as an international visitor so I had to use my data roaming package. Breakfast was nice, a good mix of Chinese and Western options. The staff at breakfast were lovely. There was also a bar that I'm sure opened in the evenings. I didn't have time to visit but the hotel seemed to also be connected to the local shopping mall and this could be accessed via the hotel lifts. All in all a solid choice at a reasonable price.

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