ibis Beijing Dongdaqiao

The house maid service was good and my room was always clean. She eradicated the smoke smell on day 4.

1. The hotel didn't have my booking. It took half an hour to check-in without them telling me what was wrong as they served other people. I worked it out for myself by the radio communications to room service that they were sorting out a room. They spoke no English. 2. I always ask for a room away from the lift when I book. Impossible when dealing with non English speakers who haven't got my booking. I got disturbed during the night every night by luggage being wheeled past my room - right next to the lift. 3. Walls between the rooms paper thin. Night 2 I had to shout at the man next door and kick the wall several times to turn his TV down. 4. Night 3... the same man was smoking in his room and because the walls were thin my room was full of smoke. I kept waking up coughing all night. 5. The shower... The only way to have a warm shower was to turn the cold completely off. This meant the water flow was too weak.

Well just the location

The standard as Ibis hotel is completely lower than any low expectations. Dirty and very “family managed” feeling of the staff that does not make it as international hotel at all

Not much

The fact that I am bald and when I woke the first morning I found black hairs between the pillows on my bed was off-putting.