I did a lot of researching before I chose a hotel in Beijing and I was impressed with the mostly good reviews of the Xinhai Jinjiang. The pictures looked good (but we know how sometimes they exaggerate) and the price was right. I have to say that I was greatly impressed as soon as I walked into the lobby of the hotel and further impressed when I saw my gorgeous room!

I stayed for the long weekend and received nothing but excellent service from beginning to the end. The porter was always asking to help me with my shopping bags, the attendant outside always tried to grab me a taxi, the waitress was extremely polite and even the swimming attendants catered to my every need - even when I was the only one in the pool area.

It was extremely clean everywhere I went. The hotel room was huge and comfortable. They had excellent complimentary items including toothbrush and toothpaste, razor, shampoo, sewing kit, etc. and they even had complimentary water. They had nice gorgeous, big comfy towels. My bed was turned down every night before I got back to the hotel room. I was in awe of how welcome I felt and how comfortable they made me feel.

I would HIGHLY recommend this hotel. It is a service worthly of a Hyatt or Hilton but with a very affordable price. If I ever go back, I will not consider any other hotel. I am returning to the Xinhai.

Oh, and the location was perfect. It was a 15 minute walk to Wangfujing Street and another 10 minutes to Forbidden City and Tiannaman Square. Perfect!

I stayed in the Beijing Xinhai Jinjiang Hotel twice, each time for two nights. It is a ten-minute walk from the north end of Wangfujing, Beijing's pedestrian shopping street. It is about twenty-five minutes from Tiananmen Square, which is off the south end of Wangfujing. It is in a mostly residential area with lots of good little restaurants on the street beside the hotel. The rooms are big and very comfortable. The bathrooms are somewhat lavish. The buffet breakfast is really superb (additional $20 per person per day). The hotel's huge swimming pool is spectacular. The hotel's staff in all departments is gracious, enthusiastically helpful, and very competent.

I had read such rave reviews on Trip Advisor about this hotel that I was really looking forward to staying here during our week long trip to Beijing. The hotel when it was new I'm sure was absolutely beautiful but now the rooms have seen much better days. They look run down and dirty. The bathroom had a massive stand up shower which was great for us but not very good if you value a good soak at the end of the day. They initially had booked us in a room right in front of the elevators so we asked them to change which they did, so that was positive. The hotel is right on the corner of a fairly busy intersection so don't expect to sleep in past 7, that's when the traffic gets busy and the horns get loud. We had issues booking things through the hotel....the concierge do NOT handle that job although some of them make you believe that they do. The hotel has a separate ticket office area where one of the ladies was extremely helpful for us from booking events to writing down destinations in Chinese. Very few of the staff speak fluent English but most of them will at leasty say hello. We had problems with the driver of the private car we hired for a day "recommending" a place to eat that charged us the foreigner price. We were extremely disappointed in that. We thought that by staying in a higher end hotel we wouldn't run into things like that but it seems that's not the case in Beijing. Always make sure Taxi drivers start their meter and always have the name of your hotel written in their language...even with a map they will say they don't know how to get there. The positive thing about the hotel is that it's within walking distance to the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and the main Wangfujing shopping district. You can walk to the Yashow market if you're up to it but it's a solid hour walk. I think the main issue I had with this hotel was that it didn't seem to cater to very well to English speaking guests. I would recommend staying at a more global chain like the Hilton, Park Plaza etc. This hotel fell really short of what I was expecting....

We booked one night at the JinJiang Hotel in Beijing, after searching hotels on Trip Advisor. The price seemed out-of-line with the other listings we had reviewed. Thinking that the price was too cheap comparatively we assumed there was some catch. We were very very pleased and shocked to find that not only was the JinJiang Hotel, a good value, at 850 RMB/night...it was a downright steal ! Our room was very new and clean with very stylish decor. The lobby is very lush with marble and crystal everywhere. Although a bit Las Vegas for my personal taste, you can't say it looked anything but expensive. We decided immediately to book additional nights for the remainder of our stay.
The restaurant is pleasant, with a nice selection of standard and
some local foods. The price was somewhat expensive, since we did not book a room at a breakfast-included rate. Certainly a small issue to note, when the overall experience was positive. The staff were extremely helpful; struggling with their English, they made every effort to make sure that our needs were attended to.
A great great value at the price we paid.