Beijing Friendship Hotel Jing Bin Building

Room very old, not definitely not worth the money.

ok

Even tho it is an old building but it places in strategic location. Super nice!

Room size is big

Right next to Renmin University subway station. Rooms are aged, but warm with moist machine provided for the winter dry air. Beds are firm. No restaurant or facility within the building. There is an office building and shopping malls cross the road, so finding food is not really a problem. Overall, value for money.

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They had no problem letting me stay outside in the freezing cold in the winter. Indifference to human life from the staff. After not finding my agoda booking. I checked in with a new passport that didnt have my visa, though it has stamps for chinese customs. They called about checkin with the police for about 20 minutes and then told me "Sorry, you cannot stay here." At 1am on a freezing cold night in Beijing. My other options are to sleep outside. The staff didnt seem to care. Quite actually had no problem with me needing to sleep outside and possibly die because of a technicality. So, I called the police myself and handed the phone back to the hotel staff. After 20+ more minutes the problem was solved and I got to stay. I will always remember that the staff there would actually let me sleep outside in freezing temperatues to die with indifference. Insane to imagine. They just needed to keep calling the police. The police even wouldnt let me sleep outside in the cold.

There is a sign at the front entry of the hotel saying 5 stars (not 4). All well and good. When I went into the main reception, it looked every part a 5 star hotel. But the first thing the person at the desk said when he looked up my name was, "Oh, you booked through Agoda; THOSE rooms are in building #2" So I had to drag my luggage to another building on their "campus" -- far be it from them to help you -- and this second building was decidedly less well-appointed. If it is four star, it is marginal four star. My room had the old look of Chinese hotel rooms I stayed in 20 years ago. The toilet covers were flimsy (and I had to fix the tank flushing mechanism myself). The tub/shower curtain looked like they got it from Kmart 10 years ago. I want to be thankful for my 5-night stay (because rooms in Beijing are just not easy to get in my price range). But I had to do it on my own and set aside the notion that I was at a "4 star" hotel.

We had to be moved 4 times as the first room had mould, we went for a conference and the staff are very rude and they love to say NO to everything, never staying again

The staff were rude. The understanding of english virtually non existent. The rooms were hot even with the air conditioning. The bathroom were old and needed refurbishing. Trying to get the mini bar filled with bottled water took four days. There are 8 different blocks of accommodation and taxi drivers found it difficult to locate the different blocks. The breakfast was aimed at Chinese - very little choice for europeans

I was informed I had to upgrade to use certain facilities like the pool, otherwise I would have to pay $18. Imagine Mom and Dad, staying with their 3 kids in Building 4 bringing the kids in for a swim after a hot day in the Forbidden City, and being told they would pay near $100! Agoda should not list properties with facilities if usage of same is charged extra for anything like parking, gym, pool, or any facility listed that is under long term renovation, etc. Inform hotels that if they DO charge for facilities and do not so indicate prior to booking, they will be BLACKLISTED AND BANISHED from this hotel listing. Doing so is a major perversion of common hotel practice. It is like charging per towel or bedding change. I should have looked elsewhere. This was way too pricy for what I got. Besides the bed was rock hard like a buckboard. Furthermore, they need to get a grip on credit card use in their restaurants, and Internet policies. I had to be taken into a back office to use my credit card for the pricy breakfast buffet. I could not order breakfast ala carte, and I am not particularly fond of fattening up at a Golden Corral-like buffet for breakfast. I was banned from using the restaurant in the Building 1. I saw nothing different about that one from the "Friendship Palace" in the back yard. Also I could not access my Facebook, and I see no threat to anyone from Facebook. I desperately needed to send messages via Facebook, to other friends I was visiting. However, this is about the largest hotel complex I ever saw. It was something like Disney in Orlando.

Loved it

Like it.

7.5 out of 10， for the price is a bit expensive for such an old hotel~

The staff English was not good. Overall, it was ok.

The AC is working ineffectively, the furniture the room is very old

The AC is working ineffectively, the furniture the room is very old

I stayed four nights and might return if I wanted a quiet place close to Renmin University. For visiting Renmin U, it's a great place. The links to other districts are convenient. Disadvantages are that the neighbourhood is ugly beyond the hotel grounds, especially in winter. I also found the service attitude lacking in courtesy. The staff are not trained well as they are in international chain hotels. I didn't even get a thank you or goodbye when I checked out, and this was a general shortcoming. More than one staff person had the chance to look me in the eye and say thank you or goodbye but instead they treated me like I was serving them. For this reason I am unlikely to stay again. It's too insulting. However I might visit just to use the pool. To my surprise, I had to pay 90 percent of the outsider's fee for using the pool even though I was staying at the hotel (not in the VIP building). I have never had to pay to use a pool while staying at a hotel before. Another annoyance, though small, is that the toilet paper is very poor quality. I don't mind coarse paper but paper that won't tear off into squares is troublesome. Also, the in-rrom safe was difficult to operate and should be better in a four-star hotel. On the plus side, the hotel has its own drinking water and it was nice not to have to worry about that (I drink a lot of water).

the location of the hotel was perfect for me, right next to where i needed to go. i would not choose the hotel because for the hotel quality though. the staff was friendly, and the food was ok, but nothing fancy. would not necessarily choose the hotel again, only if i needed to go to that area.

It is a wonderful place to invite friends. I recommend you to come again and again