A traditional Colonial-era hotel located on the 16-lane east-west highway running through the middle of Beijing, Raffles offers a central location convenient to the Forbidden City. Guest rooms are very large and reasonably priced, but they do have significant problems.

Room

Our Landmark Room was a bit on the dark side and felt dowdy - furnishings were drab and really could use significant updating. The single window didn't provide enough natural light, and street noise could be heard in our sixth floor room. Mattresses and pillows were overly hard. Along with other members of our group, we experienced some temperature control issues - rooms were either too cold or too hot. On the positive side, the marble and limestone bathrooms provided everything you would expect - dual vanities, step in shower, soaking tub.

Suite categories were significantly more satisfactory, The lead-in Landmark Suite is a 700 sq. ft. junior suite with attractive, traditional interior styling, and the Personality Suite we were shown (at 850 sq. ft) is even nicer.