Comfortable, traditionally furnished rooms with real character. Really felt as though we were in Imperial China yet without suffering any of the privations which should go with this. The courtyard gardens were lovely and a great location to make contacts with other travellers and compare experiences. The walk down the hutong was slightly nerve wracking at first - but soon felt relaxed and captivated by the sense of being in a real Chinese community. Room was very quiet. The most outstanding feature of our stay here was however the attentive and friendly service by the beautiful and attentive young women who were running the hotel. The food was very good value -with a very varied range of breakfast options to cater for every taste -including hot and freshly cooked eggs prepared exactly as requested! We also stayed at the larger and much more international 5* Crown Plaza and the larger Bamboo gardens courtyard hotels. Both excellent - but if you really want to stay in traditional China with a fantastic location and personal service - the Sihe cannot be beaten!

My wife and I are just back from Beijing where we stayed at the Beijing Sihe Hotel for 5 nights and we absolutely loved the hotel! It is the perfect hotel for Beijing as you get the feel for old style China but have the modern amenities you expect. We stayed in the smallest room which is quite small but my wife and I did not need a lot of space as we sleep, shower and our own our way.

However, the bathroom had been completely renovated with a tiled, steaming hot shower, clean toilet and sink...perfect! The hotel even offers free breakfast which was great as they will cook you eggs, bacon and also have traditional Chinese breakfast items.

The staff all spoke English and they offered free internet service. We could not have been more pleased with our stay here.

We stayed her with our family in March 2008. We travelled with our two daughters, age 4 and 7. They loved the courtyard hotel and I would recommend it for families. The rooms are large. We had a standard double room with two large beds, and they brought in a third bed for an additional 110 RMB per night.

I would echo all the positive reviews, and add that for our children, they LOVED the hutongs. If you walk out the hutong and onto the main road, Dongsi Nandajie, and turn immediately to your right, you will stumble across a couple of neat shops that will hold young kid's interest. We found a small hair accessories shop, and we stopped every day for a small treat (barret, hairbands, and a couple of cute, stuffed animal) and a bit further up the road, a music shop where we stocked up on CDs. The next hutong up, heading to your right, has a number of small restaurants where we would have a second breakfast..
tea eggs, fried bread, porridge.

The breakfast at the SiHe was also good. Our girls went for the fried eggs and bacon and the cold, sugared cereal. Everyone was happy.

Staff friendly and cheearful. Would recommend this hotel and the Zhong Tang on the other side of town any day over a large chain hotel!

It was a fantastic little place in the middle of Beijing busy hutongs. Clean and comfortable, very peacefull and charming. The people working there were very nice and helpfull, and they all speak english. The food was also excellent.