we just got back from BJ. we stayed at the hotel for about one week. even the place has great facilities (like swimming pool, gyem), the location is just so-so.

service is poor. the front desk does not know much about the town.

not recommend this hotel for first timer in Beijing

Fantastic apartment. Huge rooms and facilties. Good location. Breakfast ok, staff very helpful. Web site could explain the location better in the compound as some taxi drivers don't know where it is.

We spent 5 nights here in a 2 bed apartment (2 bathrooms also) as a party of 3. The whole experience greatly exceeded my expectations. Staff were friendly, helpful, and spoke excellent English. The apartment was beautiful - clean, fresh, lots of thoughtful touches. Rooms were extremely spacious, and the kitchen was well equipped in terms of appliances, including washing machine, dishwasher, iron and ironing board. There was no cutlery/crockery/pans, but a well stocked supermarket within the complex sells all of this. There's also a pharmacy and spa, and a lovely leisure complex with a large swimming pool, as well as a gym within the apartment building. It is a little out of the centre - minimum 20-30 mins in a cab outside rush hour (more than twice that at peak time) but cab fares were no more than £2-3.00. There are several restaurants within 10 mins walk, at the west gate of Chaoyang Park. On arrival, it did take us a few minutes to figure out which building in the complex was the Marriott, but the security guards were helpful in pointing us in the right direction. Would definitely recommend this place. The biggest downside was that every other hotel we stayed in afterwards was a disappointment in comparison!

this was first rate. The problem with cab drivers not knowing where it was was never a problem (we always carried card with address). It was relatively close to the airport. Our only real complaint was that the staff was not all that knowledgeable about museums, etc.