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Frank B.
Solo travelers
Ireland,
December 9, 2011
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Good and comfortable room and great location
Rooms decor, bathroom, breakfast
8.3
It was only one night but encourages me next time to stay longer.
Hotel Feature Tip:
Great bathroom and room decor-
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Thomas H.
Business travelers
United Kingdom,
December 8, 2011
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the kapok, looks the part but the rooms are a bit narrow, the walls are thin and the bathroom design odd, with very slippery tile floors. i liked that they left some juices as complementary, and appreciated the effort, but this is another attempt at boutique that doesn't really add up. i was only there one night but for a similar price, the prime hotel offers a bit of character and similar location.
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Ming W.
Couples
Singapore,
December 7, 2011
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Clean and modern hotel
clean, nice deco, near forbidden city
9
decent breakfast, room facing the road is noisy (request for room not facing the road is possible).
clean room, modern decoration, 10 mins walk to forbidden city and 15 mins walk to subway station.
overall experience with this hotel is excellent.
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Victoria W.
Couples
United Kingdom,
December 7, 2011
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Modern hotel with helpful staff
Clean, modern and location
9.3
we had a very enjoyable stay at hotel kapok, the staff were very polite and helpful and we found the location very good for the price that we paid. our only negative point is that the beds are too hard and gave us both back aches - we did stay at another hotel in beijing after hotel kapok and did not have this problem so cannot put it down to "traditional chinese" beds.
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Peng W.
Solo travelers
Taiwan,
December 4, 2011
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great service, closed to everywhere except subway.
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Kuan C.
Couples
Malaysia,
December 2, 2011
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Great Location
Near Wangfujing shopping, near Forbidden City
7
Great location except it may be a bit run down especially the bathroom (stains, molds etc.). It can be hard to find taxis too, this problem is not only in this hotel, but many parts of Beijing. Good for stay by night, off for sight seeing / business morning. There is actually an old neighbourhood (hutong) just behind the hotel. Down the main road, there are also food stalls selling all kinds of local delicacies at night. The famed Wangfujing street is also only 5 minutes away.
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Katherine W.
Couples
Singapore,
December 1, 2011
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Great location and lovely hotel
7.7
We choose this hotel as it is strategically located. It is close to Forbidden city and Wangfujing street.
The hotel was far above our expectation. The hotel is attentive to make sure the guests feel at home. For example, the pillows that were provided to us were carefully selected in mind to provide us with good sleep. We are impress as international brand hotels do not go to that extent for their guests. The room is big and spacious.
Travel tip:
The breakfast is simple and can be improved. I had to wait for some time before they refill the food.
We have requested for high floor, non smoking room and not near lift. But we got third floor, smoking room and the room beside the lift. This I am not sure if they took notice of guest's special request. None of our requests are given.
Most taxis that we take do not know the exact location of this hotel. When first travelling to the hotel, it would be good to have the hotel's phone with you as some taxi drivers will help call the hotel for direction.
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Low B.
Families with older children
Singapore,
December 1, 2011
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the location is great with mrt that not too far away(no near too). walking distance to wangfujing, but funny thing is most the taxi driver don't know how to go to this hotel even we give the exact address in mandrian or hotel card !!!
there are quite a number of eating place near by and tian an meng, gu gong is walking distance too.
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Choe H.
Couples
Malaysia,
December 1, 2011
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Good stay and value for money. Good location for sightseeing, shopping and dining
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Krishna A.
Business travelers
India,
November 30, 2011
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100m from Forbidden city and comfortable hotel
Near tourist attraction like Forbidden city, Tienanmen square, local food restaurant, 24X7 super store and subway sandwich shop within 20m.
8.7
This was my first visit to Beijing. I booked this hotel after reading good reviews about it. My consideration to book this hotel is finding optimal location to tourist attraction, more than 8 rating by at least 100 reviewers, cost effectiveness and availability of fast food like McDonald/Subway(I don't eat Beef and Pork and do not understand Chinese too), and subway station within walking distance of 10 min.
From Beijing Int'l airport(Terminal3) to this hotel will cost 110 RMB by Taxi. The nearest subway station(Tienanmen East) is 12-15 min walking distance so not comfortable to travel by Beijing subway from airport with heavy luggage.
The hotel staff can speak English fluently while I didn't found even a single person in my 5 days visit in Beijing other than hotel staff and Starbucks cash counter who can speak in English and can tell the direction.
I booked courtyard room but I was allotted room at 6th floor while courtyard is accessible from 5th floor and ground floor. It could had been let down but it was -7 C outside so really didn't matter to me. If visiting in summer(Apr-Oct) then its preferable to book courtyard room(if budget is not a concern) and enjoy the morning tea/coffee or smoking in the small 6ftX10ft courtyard.
Room quality is very good and varieties of toiletries. Small kitchen closet is present with fridge and water boiler. Microwave is not available. Television have English channel unlike many other hotels. Wireless internet is available free but speed is very low.
Food: I didn't had the option to book the room with breakfast via agoda.com so not able to comment on food quality. The breakfast coupon can be separately purchased from the reception by paying 70 RMB each person. Better book room with breakfast online as other than subway sandwich shop outside the hotel no restaurant is open during 7-8am.
There are 5-6 local chinese food restaurants is available opposite the hotel and a subway sandwich shop and 24X7 seven-eleven type of super s
Sightseeing/Attractions Tip:
Forbidden city and Imperial palace inside it is 100m from this hotel. Tienanmen East subway is 12-15 min walking distance from Kapok hotel. The Tienanmen square, Mao's Mausoleum, Chinese museum, Hutongs, Wangfujing shopping centre, Wangfujing paleolithic museum are located at walking distance of this hotel. Other place of interest like Great wall of china, summer palace, Ming's Tomb, Temple of Heaven, etc. are accessible by subway, for help explore the wikitravel page about Beijing. I visited all these places by local transport without any tour guide or tour agency.
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