My review of the River View hotel, Beijing”

We enjoyed our stay at the River View Hotel. Location was within walking distance of shops and restaurants. Friendly staff, and a great breakfast buffet. We liked a feature of the room that controlled all of the lights from a central control panel by the bed. It was a bit chilly at night; this hotel is run by the government and does not have heat until November, but extra blankets were sufficient. We had a non smoking room, but many people were smoking in the halls. And a funny raised bathtub made it challenging to step into and out of it when it was slippery. But overall, we were very happy with the hotel, the staff, the food and the location. We will return here again in the future.

Loved it, northeastern section, nice atmosphere”

This was our first hotel of three for our 2 week stay, pre-conference. We loved the relaxed location (not alot of hustle-bustle) and the magnificent breakfasts (my boyfriend is convinced that this inclusive breakfast lasted us the whole day!) The absolutely best thing was the staff - very few spoke English and even those few spoke only limited English. But they bent over backwards to get us what we wanted and were able to breach the communication gap. Great time in the city and next time we would come right back here to the River View. Absolute best value for the money and amazing local neighborhoods to explore (including some expat areas which are an education in themselves).

A bit dated luxury hotel in a remote location. ”

Clean hotel with old school wood furnishings and modern technology room control console. Unless its a nice day and you are a walker, hard to walk to and from busy Sanlintun area and the subway/airport express station. The tiny road to the hotel is a bigger alley that isnt well lit at light. The river is more like a creek. Takes a while for taxis to know where it is, if at all. You will likely have to give him go left go right directions. No typical Western services nearby except a Pizza Hut.

Fair prices for a nice place”

First of all, this hotel is nicely clean with happy-to-service font desk, nice breakfast and fast-responding room service, only negative thing about this hotel is that, its addressed in the small street which a bit away from the main street and there is no shuttle-service, so every time you need to go out for anything you will have to walk your way there. everything other than this is just fine.

Pretty good for English Travellers ”

The hotel was clean, the room was large and the bed was above average for China. Breakfast was included in the room rate and had many dishes and beverages to choose from. Room service is inexperience and the staff is very friendly. Not fluent in English, but spoke enough to communicate and help us get around. Well worth it!

Quiet riverside hotel”

This hotel is near our China office that’s why I booked here. The hotel is situated on a quiet spot beside a river. Nice place to walk around if you have time. Most of the staff do not understand English so be prepared to have a translation app with you. I had a bit of a struggle ordering room service. However, the staff are nice and they clean the rooms every day. The hotel feels old and the breakfast has limited options. But it has all the basics you would like hot shower, wifi and TV. There were no English channels on the TV except for Cinemax. The wifi works well.

tiny room,poorly trained staff”

the only reason i booked this hotel because of the agoda review. how disappointing. they gave me such a tiny room it is very inconvenience to move around. carpets are dirty.no air conditioning. when i checked into the hotel room i really felt home sick i traveled a lot and stayed in many hotels before but i had to keep convinceing my self that i will be staying at this hotel only 6 days. trust me the 6 days felt like months. they stuff so many furniture in the room " i really do not know what they are thinking" why would i need three big chairs??? no coffee or tea only few chinese tea bags. the bar fridge is almost empty . few beers,one type of juice and a bar of chocolate. overtime i use the bar fridge the room cleaning service lady forget to check the bar fridge for restock. however the toilet and the bathroom are clean. theres only 2 - 3 english channel the rest of the 100 ch are all in chinese. it is extremely hard to communicate and explain what needs to be get done. the management should at least hire staff who could speak english or make an effort to learn the international language. after complaining about the air conditioning they did provide me a fan which i grateful for. room service menu have only few items to chose most of the menu items all pizzas. ordered a hamburger the the room service staff forgot to ask for my room number. so i waited couple of hours and called back then she asked what is my room number the burger came after 5 minutes too cold to eat. there is absolutely nothing decent to go and eat close by. expect a small grocery shop and a china mobile shop. the hotel called river view i did not see any river only a small creek. from my room window all i could see was concrete slab and boxes of vent units. i usually do not leave such a poor review but i really did not enjoy the stay at the riverview hotel and i will not use them again.

Very good”

Breakfasts were very good. The hotel's restaurant was nice and hospitality (quite difficult to eat out as there are no restaurants nearby). Money can be exchanged right at the reception with good rates. The only problem was that receptionists and waitresses had difficulties communicating in English, although they always tried to be helpful.

Exceptional”

their staff were really accommodating and helpful.

Air cinditionning not working, by far the worst mattress I slept on in hotels, cigarette odour everywhere”

Breakfast was good No business center, absolutely no room or facility to hold a meeting

It's acceptable.”

the wifi is too slow.

Located in a ok location but crappy neighbourhood”

Crappy and local neighbourhood

uneventful”

Comfortable

hotel”

old building

building”

old building

i don't recommend this hotel ”

Reception managers cannot speak in English.

Nice hotel with nice location”

viel zu überteuert”

das Zimmer ist höchsten drei Sterne, Heizung hat nicht funktioniert, viel zu teuer

in die Jahre gekommen”

Lobby ist schick aber die Zimmer und Bäder müssen dringend renoviert werden. Der Teppich war keimig, die Möbel sind alt, die Bäder dunkel. Die Wanne war marode. Der Zimmerservice schmiss meine Sachen lieblos auf den Stuhl.

Aber mit Reserven”

Ich bin noch da !