This is an apartment style business hotel in the Xidan shopping area...the hotel is near lots of shops and fast food restaurants and a 10 min walk to the nearest subway...I would recommend this hotel for those on a budget looking for a hotel that's in a good location. There is also a taxi stand right outside the hotel. The rooms are apartment style so they are very big (like a one bedroom apartment). The front desk staff can speak English and can help you with all the basic questions you need...breakfast is included and so is internet access (both very useful)...there is also laundry facilities where the washing machine is free but you have to pay $1 for the dryer...you have to buy your own detergent yourself from outside the hotel. The hotel itself is in a shopping arcade...there is a 24 hr McDonald's and a regular KFC within 1 min walk of the hotel...I recommend this for picky eaters...the hotel and room itself was very clean. Room service cleans the room everyday and when I asked for more towels they happily brought those. (Also when I locked my key card in the room I went to the front desk and they told me to go back and wait outside my room where someone promptly came to open the door for me) The breakfast served was a mix of western and Chinese offerings...it does a good job of staring your day on the right foot...if I was to go back to Beijing again I would definitely stay here again for its good location and great value.

Great appartment, only the equipment for the kitchen was very poor. Calling the reception they told us that only the 9th floor has fully equipment. But with a knive, three forks and three spoons and two plates we can arrange a simple Dutch meal. After several day only chinese food it is a pleasure to eat a Dutch Breakfast of Lunch. You can buy food in the Wal-Mart, with the bus 5 stops (102 and 109) to the south of Beijing. It will costs you 1 Yuan for 1 trip.

The beds are indeed hard, but not the hardest in China :). The hotel in Chengde is the best.

The breakfast is not poor, but for Chinese people. There are not much Europeans or Americans in this hotel. I only can say the next trip when we will stay in this hotel. The surrounding is typical modern chinese. On Saterday you can walk over the heads of chinese buying people.

We stayed here in a two bedroom apartment for six nights. For a family of four it was excellent value at 900RMB including breakfast. Although the breakfast was the usual chinese affair and most days we had pancakes and sausage mcmuffins at one of the nearby Mcdonalds.
The rooms are large with two bathrooms and a kitchen. We had an extra bed put in the spare room for 80 RMB, trying to book online for four people was difficult as the max capacity online was always three people. The decor like a lot of chinese hotels was a bit shabby in places, I don't think they like to do much maintenance. The best thing about the hotel was the bed, it was one of the most comfortable I have slept in anywhere, however it did make it difficult to get out of in the morning. The gym and pool area is a bit of a mish mash. The pool is nice but the squash courts have ping pong tables in them and the gym equipment is pretty old. However it does have a bench with a good selection of weights and an olympic bar. Internet access is available in the room and the hotel will supply a cable.
There are plenty of good restaurants nearby, western and chinese. Nothing really flash but plenty of variety. The basement of the nearby Grand Pacific shopping centre has a number of good places to eat.
The metro is very close and there is a taxi stance outside the door.
It is possible to walk to the forbidden city but I wouldn't recommend it. You need all your energy to view the sites there, so it's best to avoid expending it on a not very scenic walk to the gate.
I would definitely stay here again if I was traveling with my family. It would also be suitable for a group traveling together.

We originally booked 3 nights at Beijing Hua Wei Business Hotel for our family trip to China. We extended our room for another 4 nights because we found the hotel to be a great place to stay. We chose this hotel after reading the helpful reviews posted by previous guests. The hotel is an excellent value. We booked the 2 bedroom business suite, providing plenty of room for us and our 2 children ages 10 and 12. We also booked an extra bed. As mentioned in previous reviews, yes, the decor may be tired but keep in mind this is not a 5 star hotel. It is however,clean, comfortable, in a safe area and all amenities work well. There is a full kitchen, large shower, bath, 2 televisons, dvd player and internet access in the room. What is also useful is the washing machine. The children enjoyed swimming in the pool. Breakfast was good with adequate choice for us. There were always 2 soups, 2 kinds of eggs, toast, ceareal and a variety of local breakfast items which were fun to sample. The front desk staff tries hard to communicate in english. Luckily, we found a wonderful local guide,by chance, at the on our first day here. I would highly recommend her. It was nice to go at our own pace and our children really enjoyed her. We went to the Great Wall in her private car and she arranged other tours and tickets for us as well. We had not arranged tours prior to our arrival. We had done this before on other trips but I must admit, the language barrier makes it challenging here.
Overall, considering the location-right in the heart of a very busy shopping area with restaurants all around, near the subway, taxi stand, not far from the major attractions of the city and the value for the price of the room, we felt lucky to have chosen this hotel for our stay in Beijing.