FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - BEI Zhaolong Beijing Joie de Vivre (Master Thread)
Old Nov 18, 2023 | 3:54 am
  #7  
moondog
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Community Builder
Community Influencer
All eyes on you!
25 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Shanghai
Posts: 46,227
Originally Posted by jjxl
I stayed back in September for 3 nights. Was upgraded to a room with a view on the top floor and was supposed to be a larger sitting area. I didn't notice it being larger but that's fine. The breakfast and happy hours were fine. The bathroom, the bed were fine. It doesn't strike me as a JdV hotel as I know this brand should be slightly more luxury. This hotel felt very much like an old converted hotel that they were trying to position as a premium hotel. The best thing about this hotel was the location. Otherwise everything about it felt like a old local Beijing hotel and not in a good way. I did like the coffee station near the front desk. They were doing construction in the lobby the entire stay. It was dusty and dirty.
There's a reason it felt that way. But, in fairness to conversions, the Rosewood people did a pretty good job of transforming the Jingguang from a frog into something better than a frog.
moondog is online now