Read and Rest Hotel

Has everything, even a little robot that delivers coffee to your door if you order through the QR code in the room

This is for the foreigners first of all! The hotel’s concept is very nice in general. The location is super convenient and interesting. BUT! 1. staff (and all other ppl around you in the city 😅) don’t speak English at all! And don’t really want to :) There was only 1 western tourist in the hotel, others are Chinese 2. I had a room on the 5th floor facing the small street with hutons (see the pic) which was cool! But there were also a couple of bars and a busy noodles place right below my window. I had some issues with the smell and the sound at the late hour. 3. the sound proof in rooms in general is very bad.. there were Chinese girls in the next room, they were talking and laughing till 2-3 am. I heard them clearly as if they were sitting in my room 😬 and the noise of closing doors from the corridors was also very loud obviously 4. No restaurant/caffetteria in the hotel for those who prefer to eat breakfast inside (for me it was not an issue) As for the rest the hotel is very convenient and nicely located in the old city center! 5 min from the subway. Lots of small, traditional places to eat, convenient stores, western style coffee shops, bakery right behind the corner! You can walk to the historic hutong area and/or to Lama Temple or just walk down the street in a direction of the forbidden city (about 45 min) The rooms are very nicely designed (minimalistic and stylish), the bed is super comfy! There’s a cozy libruary and a large open roof top terrace with the awesome street view! I definitely can recommend this place, just take the note of all the above. There are some rooms facing the back yard, maybe it’s better to chose them. If I’m in Beijing next time I think I’ll stay there again.

Really a good location for me to travel around the central of Beijing :) But library is not suitable for kids