The Peninsula Beijing

Second time at this place. Really comfortable all round experience with exception of scrambled eggs at breakfast, all other breakfast items were really very good. Wide range of a la carte breakfast choices also. Lovely pool. Lovely staff. Tasty restaurants in the hotel and many close by eg little dadong is just along the street in a mall. Great location close to high and mid range shopping, forbidden city is easy walking distance. Would be nice to have some sofas in the lobby like the waldorf, but apart from that all good.

Luxurious and exceptional service from every staff. Suites are spacious and high tech. Loved every second of our stay and every small details. Enjoyed the spa too, the only small fault I can find is there is no jacuzzi or some water jet facility at the pool. Do not miss going up to the roof top bar to try their summer drinks. Breakfast was excellent too. Highly recommend and my only address in future to Beijing.

The room is not as pretty as the ones in Peninsula Hong Kong and Shanghai. But the main issue is the service. We arrived at mid night. No one at the entrance to greet or help with our luggage. The staff at concierge was with an unfriendly face. After check-in, we asked the staff at reception if any of the hotel restaurants were still open. He said only the bar at 14/F did. But funny enough, we went up all the way to 14/F but the bar was closed. How could the hotel staff not know the opening hours of the restaurants? We then asked the staff at the entrance (finally someone there) if there were any places for a quick bite nearby. He said not at all as it’s very late now. But then we still went out to try. Within 10-minute walk, there were a couple of dumpling places. How could the staff’s answer be so definite when he’s indeed wrong? In general, the staff was not trained to greet hotel guests. At the corridor of my floor, I took the initiative to say hi to a staff member but surprisingly no response from him. And when I went out through the door at entrance where I was after my husband, a staff member suddenly interrupted my way by walking after my husband but before me. No basic courtesy, One thing that impressed us was the standing shower area. No water leakage at all which is uncommon for hotels. Good design!