Originally Posted by
Cupart
Hi
FatManInNYC,
You clearly didn't read my
post about The Mercure Xidan, Beijing that I posted earlier earlier

My bad. Thanks for posting the link so others can read your experience as well. (And wow, what a lousy check-out experience you had.)
Seems we agree the location is pretty good - did you explore the neighborhood much? I got some great photos just walking around ...