Beijing Granary International Hostel
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Check in from: | 14:00 |
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Check out before: | 12:00 |
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Beijing Granary International Hostel: reviews
Reviews from 
Solo traveller
Comment: 28 Sep 2019
Stayed in: Sep 2019
A satisfied guest
I stayed at the Beijing GLIVE (also named Jingtailong) for four nights as a solo traveller. I paid 55 EUR a night which didn’t included breakfast. Breakfast is optional and 68 Y extra per person and breakfast, ticket is purchased in the lobby. Chinese breakfast, I only appreciated the yoghurt, cereals, coffees and pineapple juice so I preferred to eat outside at a Starbucks close to the attractions of the day. Managers spoke English, the staff who didn’t speak used a translating app. The standard and cleaning of the room was good. I booked a double room but at check in they upgraded me to a suite, not sure about the difference though. Every day they left two bottles of water for free. A deposit of 1 500 Y was upon arrival paid with a MasterCard, AmEx wasn’t accepted. The deposit was refunded onto the credit card 3 or 4 days after check out. Overall a good option, good metro communications but if you want an international breakfast you have to look elsewhere.
Other
Comment: 21 Nov 2018
Stayed in: Nov 2018
Avoid it!!!!
One of the worst place, I’ve ever stayed. Smelly room, hard bed, zero Service, smelly and dirty wash area, no toiletries,they do not have restaurant, no care from any one in the Hotel & no one understand any language other than Chinese, Remember, it is very difficult to get taxi for the Airport.
Only the best part is lots of eating area in the same & neighbouring building, just outside their main gate & Qianmen Pedestrian Market Street near by.
Only the best part is lots of eating area in the same & neighbouring building, just outside their main gate & Qianmen Pedestrian Market Street near by.
Group traveller
Comment: 15 Aug 2018
Stayed in: Jul 2018
Good location for sightseeing
The hotel is located close to the Forbidden City and Tiannamen Square; additionally, there are many lively and interesting pedestrian streets with many places to eat nearby. The hotel is certainly unremarkable and situated on a very noisy road, but the location compensates for this. Breakfast is taken in a small restaurant a few doors along from the hotel, and is fairly basic. Rooms are OK :everything worked although as mentioned, sleeping was difficult in rooms facing the road as traffic was relentlessly noisy. There is a small bar in the lobby area. There is no safe in the room, which was annoying. So, a basic hotel in a good location-fine if you don't expect luxury.
Couple
Comment: 12 Jan 2018
Stayed in: Jan 2018
Scammed! DO NOT STAY HERE
My partner and I stayed at Room 4010 over new years for 6 nights and it was a sad end to an otherwise lovely 2 weeks in China.
Our check-in experience was awful with rude and dismissive reception staff who struggled to communicate with us. For a self-proclaimed 5 star hotel, we were left to take our luggage to our own rooms and discover that our room was large but impractical, tidy, but dated and dirty around the edges. The shower had a curtain with brown stains on the bottom and the water pressure was tepid.
If you're after advice on directions, places to eat, taxis, look no further than the touch panel screen in the lobby. Only thing is, if you want to book a taxi - you're out of luck unless you have a chinese sim. If you think reception can help you with queries, you're out of luck. They're only willing to help you on things they can get a bit of commission from you.
The Tour Info office inside the hotel is not reliable at all. The signs advertise 180 RMB for a tour of badaling and ming tombs, but you will be given a paper with english options quoting 260 RMB and higher. They intentionally mislead you and omit that they are running shopping tours that consume your day with little time spent at the landmarks. We told the hotel we wanted to see Badaling, they ended up taking us to Juyong Pass. Not only that, were were hustled from one shop to another, to endure pressure selling tactics.
When you check out, make sure you allow time for the staff to check your room for anything missing or damages. But again, the staff are unhelpful when it comes to helping you get to the next destination. We were quoted 300 RMB by the concierege for a transfer to the airport and were refused help to order a public taxi which is only around 120 RMB.
Good luck to anyone who stays here. Avoid the 'frills'.
Our check-in experience was awful with rude and dismissive reception staff who struggled to communicate with us. For a self-proclaimed 5 star hotel, we were left to take our luggage to our own rooms and discover that our room was large but impractical, tidy, but dated and dirty around the edges. The shower had a curtain with brown stains on the bottom and the water pressure was tepid.
If you're after advice on directions, places to eat, taxis, look no further than the touch panel screen in the lobby. Only thing is, if you want to book a taxi - you're out of luck unless you have a chinese sim. If you think reception can help you with queries, you're out of luck. They're only willing to help you on things they can get a bit of commission from you.
The Tour Info office inside the hotel is not reliable at all. The signs advertise 180 RMB for a tour of badaling and ming tombs, but you will be given a paper with english options quoting 260 RMB and higher. They intentionally mislead you and omit that they are running shopping tours that consume your day with little time spent at the landmarks. We told the hotel we wanted to see Badaling, they ended up taking us to Juyong Pass. Not only that, were were hustled from one shop to another, to endure pressure selling tactics.
When you check out, make sure you allow time for the staff to check your room for anything missing or damages. But again, the staff are unhelpful when it comes to helping you get to the next destination. We were quoted 300 RMB by the concierege for a transfer to the airport and were refused help to order a public taxi which is only around 120 RMB.
Good luck to anyone who stays here. Avoid the 'frills'.
Other
CA
Comment: 24 Nov 2017
Stayed in: May 2017
ugh!! It was awful!!
Ok, I understand cultural differences and adjusting when traveling, but this was ridiculous!! The front desk staff was beyond even being rude!! They were dismissive, rude, and totally disinterested in trying to accommodate us in any way!! The hotel advertises itself with non-smoking rooms, BUT when we got to our floor after already being frsutrated to the nth degree by the front desk staff, the whole floor was filled with smoke! We saw that there was some kind of card/dice game going on in a room just off the elevator and there were about 10-12 men in that room and they ALL appeared to be smoking! It was so smokey in their room that they had opened the door to the hallway and all the smoke was billowing out and filling the hall! All of this was happening right next to the "No Smoking" sign that hung by the elevator! I took a photo of the sign and then smoking men and went back to the front desk. We were there for a marathon and 2 of the people in our group had asthma so the smoke was going to be deadly for all of us, but more so for some of the group. Once again, the front desk staff couldn't care less! I explained the situation and told the ront desk staff they would have to move us to a different floor and they just waved a hand at us and said no more rooms!! I said we cannot sleep there, it's too smokey! The lady at the front desk told us it's illlegal to smoke in hotels in Beijing!! I showed her the photo of the men smoking and the smokey hall! She said, no more rooms!! I had to go get our group coordinator and she got into a very heated debated with the front desk staff and after a LONG drawn-put "discussion" they moved us! But that was just the beginning of "I don't care!"!!!! We ended up moving hotels for the last couple of days we were there and it was an unbelievable difference! Soooo much nicer!! I wish we'd moved sooner! I would NEVER stay there again...no matter how inexpensive it was!!!
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22 Zhangshan Hutong, Meishi Street,Qianmen, Dongcheng District,Beijing,CN, Beijing, 100000, China|2.18 km from city centre
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