Premier Hotel
Jan 29, 2015 at 03:32 AM
Royal Phoenix is an Art Deco hotel near the Forbidden City in old part of Beijing. The property is new having come up in 2012. This is a premier hotel in a special location of Beijing, amidst the famous Hutongs and world famous Wangfujian street. Forget the inconveniences of an alleyway and stay here to explore the contemporary scene. This place is great in the middle of a lane, a short walk with ones' luggage from the main road where one can explore and enjoy the neighborhood with restaurants, shops, and local life. It is close to the world famous sites like Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Wangfujian street and many more. This premier hotel is a spectacular white marble property. It greets the guests with a magnificent golden door and a gilded lobby. The front office staff is courteous, efficient and helpful. This premier hotel has about 193 rooms with queen-size beds with four white comfy pillows and two decorator pillows as its centerpiece. On each end of the bed are side tables with night lamps equipped with a convenient dimmer switch. A massive flat screen TV is built directly into the wall facing the bed. A writing desk and a fancy chair nicely complements the décor of the room. Elegant curtains and original paintings completes the décor. The room has two telephone lines : one atop the writing desk, and one on a night table. The bathroom has only a shower but an excellent one with a telephone showerhead and a very large wall showerhead. The sink and commode plus a wall telephone complements the comfortable bathroom. Plenty of soap, fluffy white towels, shampoo, bath foam and body lotion are provided. The buffet breakfast has a wide assortment of Asian and Western food, including egg fry prepared on the spot to one’s taste. There is a nice barber's shop for hair-cut across the main entrance and an excellent barbeque place in the alley. Rooms toward the back are nice and quite. This premier hotel is conveniently located in a hutong near a metro stop and the Forbidden City. Many tour groups are organised by the hotel for nearby sightseeing like the Great Wall, Silk street and the Jade emporium. Tourists are not compelled to avail these add ons if they prefer so. Do avail its hospitality while in Beijing.
Royal Phoenix, premier hotel
Jan 31, 2015 at 02:51 PM
Travellers and tourists to Beijing are mesmerised by its magnificent ancient charm. The historical monuments enthrall one and all. Tourists prefer staying closer to the main city. Royal Phoenix, a premier hotel is a decent launching pad for visits to the Forbidden City and other Beijing central city sites. The location is excellent. Walking distance to the subway. Many shops and restaurants on the main street including the world famous Wangfujian street or snacks street. Though it is down a hutong (alleyway), it is less than a 5 minute walk to the main street. One can even walk to the Forbidden city if one wants to. On the basis of price and location This hotel is a pleasant surprise. It is not an exciting or stylish hotel certainly - but it has big decent rooms, clean, good bathrooms, lots of hot water, and very comfortable bed. It is in a good area down a narrow a lane. Staff and service is helpful and friendly. Though the ambience or cute details are missing to make it a memorable hotel. For the money it is of great value. The breakfast buffet is excellent with a wide selection of Asian and Western choices. Do try out the restaurant. An 8 course meal for two for 98 yuan ($16) and it is delicious. Go for it , you will like it. The deluxe rooms are large and furnished tastefully for comfort. Everything is perfectly laid out in the rooms- from the furniture to the bathroom fittings. The rain shower and hand held showers both are good and spews hot water. The staff is certainly attentive and although not everyone has command of English language, there is always someone close by to assist. It has amazing private dining rooms with an excellent chef and attentive staff. Go ahead and absolutely take advantage of this unique opportunity. You will certainly love all of it! The hotel is close to several shops and small restaurants as also to Dongsi subway station and a large Wu-Mart (supermarket) are just a five minute walk. Other possible downside is that the location in Qianliang Hutong makes several taxi drivers refuse to drive there. For me, the location is part of the charm. ...
Premier Royal Phoenix
Dec 06, 2014 at 11:16 AM
Tourists visiting Beijing prefer to stay in the vicinity of major historical sites. Premier Royal Phoenix Hotel is ideally located in downtown Beijing, only 3 km from The Forbidden City. It features an elegant business centre and modern rooms with free wired internet. On-site parking is free. This is a five star hotel in the historically important Dongcheng district of Beijing. The hotel is situated close to the bustling Wangfujing Street, one of Beijing's most popular shopping avenues. Premier Royal Phoenix offers to its guests convenient access to the Forbidden City and Jingshan Park. They are a few minutes walk from the hotel for the health conscious people. For others Metro Line 5, Dongsi station is also nearby and easily accessible. Premier Royal Phoenix has Western style quotient and offers various grades of accommodations. There are 193 fully loaded rooms in the premises. These are equipped with safes, mini bars and refrigerators among other amenities. For dining, there are restaurants that serve Chinese and Western cuisines and an upscale cigar lounge for the discerning visitors. Here they can enjoy a conversation with friends or business colleagues over their favourite drinks. Guests looking to relax alternatively can ask for body massage, or can head to the spa and steamy sauna. The staff are always helpful and courteous. Premier Royal Phoenix is a grand and a relatively new property. Nestled in Qianliang hutong amid narrow bustling streets is part of its charm although the narrow alley poses discomfort to the visitor staying at the hotel. Taxis do not drop off in front of the hotel so the visitor has to manage walking down to the main road everytime. They also have to carry their own luggage down to the main thoroughfare or get the bell boy to trolley it for them. There are standard, luxury rooms and suites. All the rooms have neat, comfortable and elegant upholstery and beddings. The view from the room is interesting over the old buildings of the neighbourhood hutongs. There are many local eateries very close by, not to forget the famous Wangfujian street dubbed as number one shopping street of Beijing. Do plan your stay in this hotel while visiting Beijing. ...
Premier Cigar Lounge
Jan 31, 2015 at 04:19 PM
Adopting an understated sophistication, Cigar Lounge at Royal Phoenix Hotel might seem like the hippest—and most impressively liquor stocked—flat you’ve ever seen. It’s all part of the package at this place. Cushy corner couches stretch around the edge of an exposed brick wall, while primary colored lamps bathe the area in a soft glow. Take a glimpse into the next room and you’ll see a fully stocked bar with a row of barstools begging to be occupied. Every evening lights dim and live jazz brings this chill venue to an even deeper cool. Sip a cocktail from the bar’s extensive list (including classics such as a whisky sour, old fashioned and mai tai), choose a humidor-sheltered Cuban cigar and let the smooth sounds of the music do the rest. Premier Cigar Lounge of Royal Phoenix is frequented by business magnates and tourists. As the gentleman's club, premier cigar lounge is a great place for wining and dining with colleagues and friends. Rich teakwood cabinets, glass windows and dark wood paneling hearken to a great evening. Before starting on your Cuban, try the bar’s offering of day's delicacy. Cigars include Cohiba Behike 54, and many more. Want a specific stogie? The bar’s manager will honor requests with a bit of notice. Dim lighting, deep brown cabinet walls, soft leather sofas and a long bar backlit with a yellow glow create an alluring ambience. Good quality background music from a variety of genres enhances the atmosphere. On a quiet night this is a perfect place for a couple of drinks with friends. But on weekends, the place can get quite busy. The extensive range of cocktails are priced reasonably. Premier Cigar Lounge, Beijing, attracts the discerning type, just as it was intended to be catering to the cigar afficiandos. A great wine and cigar bar that doubles as the dining place, Premier Cigar Lounge, is a charming and elegant place that is linked to the Art Deco hotel. Diners can choose to have their meals either outside while watching the world go by, or inside within a soothing environment. Featuring an extensive food and cigar menu, patrons won’t be disappointed by either, its offerings or its ambience. ...
Premier Royal Phoenix
Jan 20, 2015 at 10:54 AM
The magnificent city of Beijing, is the capital of China. As such, it witnesses a huge footfalls of tourists. One of the recently constructed properties is the Premier Royal Phoenix Hotel in Beijing. This is located down a cramped hutong alley in Qianliang. Built in the fashion of European Art Deco properties, this new hotel is set in comparatively peaceful settings off the main road, about 10 minute walk from the metro. Premier Royal Phoenix is a spectacular white marble property with a marvelous golden door and a gilded lobby fit for conoisseurs and royalty. The receptionist at the front desk knows basic English, and they are extremely helpful and efficient, in processing the checking in smoothly. The rooms are very comfortable and well appointed. The beds have luxurious soft mattresses and clean bedsheets. The shower is luxurious with ultra modern bath fittings. Robes and slippers are provided, and an employee comes around to deliver additional towels each afternoon, and the rooms are spotlessly clean. The rooms have a queen-size bed with four white comfy pillows and two decorator pillows as its centerpiece. On each end of the bed is a night table with a lovely lamp equipped with a convenient dimmer switch. A massive flat screen TV is built directly into the wall facing the bed. A writing desk and a fancy chair nicely complement the décor of the bedspread and the super comfy duvet. Elegant curtains and original paintings complete the décor. The room has two telephones: one atop the writing desk, and one on a night table. The bathrooms have a telephone, showerhead and a very large wall showerhead. The sink and commode plus a wall telephone complete the immaculate bathroom decor. Plenty of soap, fluffy white towels, shampoo, bath foam and body lotion are provided. The buffet breakfast has a wide assortment of Asian and Western food, including omlettes prepared on the spot to one’s taste. Premier Royal Phoenix is a magnificent hotel that is well situated in central Beijing. It is located in a Hutong with easy access to subway, taxi or the Forbidden city. Premier Royal Phoenix is a launching point for visits to the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Wangfujian Street and Beihark Park to name a few. ...
Premier Royal Phoenix
Jan 25, 2015 at 08:51 AM
Premier Royal Phoenix Hotel is ideally located in downtown Beijing, only 3 km from The Forbidden City. It features an elegant business centre and modern rooms with free wired internet. On-site parking is free. Premier Royal Phoenix is located in traditional Hutong. It is a 10-minute walk from Dongsi Subway Station (line 5 and 6), with easy access to Forbidden City and Jingshan Garden. Guests can make use of the meeting facilities, or rent a car to explore the surrounding area. The 24-hour front desk offers daily newspapers, luggage storage and currency exchange. There is a gift shop for last minute souvenir buying spree. European-style rooms come with air conditioning, a minibar and a fridge. Each has a flat-screen TV and a safety deposit box. En suite bathrooms are fitted with shower facilities and free toiletries. Chinese cuisine can be enjoyed at the hotel’s on-site restaurant. Guests can also enjoy refreshments at the lobby bar. Premier Royal Phoenix is a relatively modern hotel in a local area. This hotel is one of the most elegantly decorated hotel in this part of Beijing. Premier Royal Phoenix is situated on the northern tip of the famous Wangfujian street. Thus the guests can easily stroll to this market place. A part of it is also called the snacks street and has some interesting array of food items like fried insects, scorpions, or snakes. Regular kebabs, fish, pork and other eatables are there too. Its position amid narrow bustling streets is part of its charm. Premier Royal Phoenix with its International standards of housekeeping is a pleasant introduction to Chinese hospitalities. Beijing has long been a popular destination for foreigners arriving to live, study and invest in China. A visitor to Beijing will experience a local Chinese lifestyle that comes relatively cheap. Every kind of Western comforts/ amenities can also be availed for at a price. For this reason, the city routinely ranks among the most expensive cities in Asia, edging out even the glitzier, Shanghai. Beijing is also a very safe city for single working woman and female travellers. Even the narrow streets and hútòngs are safe as regards women travelling at different times of the day. ...
Hutong Hotel
Jan 03, 2015 at 11:29 PM
Royal Phoenix is located in the Qianliang hutong in Dongsi, North Beijing. Since it is built right in the middle of a hutong it is aptly called a hutong hotel. This hotel has come up in the year 2012, so not many people know about it in Beijing. That makes trying to get back to the hotel an interesting challenge everyday. It is on a lane in the hutong neighbourhood that is too narrow to get any large vehicle up. So ambling through the lane is the only option. This enables the tourists to have a closer look of the life of the locals and Beijing culture. The hotel lobby is large and warm. Reception counter staff is courteous, helpful and speak basic English. Everyone is friendly and the lobby area is huge and has comfortable sofas. There are about 193 rooms spread over seven floors. The rooms are large, clean and well-appointed. The beddings and sheets are clean and mattresses are soft. There is a large flat screen TV with numerous channels. There are side tables with lamps and a writing desk and chair in every room. The bath has latest fittings with rain shower head and handheld shower. Toiletries are useful. Everyday two bottles of packaged water is provided to the tourists. Wifi is available in the rooms but is very slow. Being in China, you cannot use Google or any Google apps - so beware if you're a Chromebook user. Most of the social network applications are blocked in China. However, Email, Wechat and apple FaceTime connection is good here. The breakfast buffet in the morning is huge with lots of options of Western and Chinese dishes. There are sweet rolls, many varieties of butter, fruits, juices, coffee and eggs made to order. The hutong hotel has a well stocked bar also. The bar stewards speak simple English. The drinks and cocktails are served as desired. But the best bit about the hutong hotel is definitely its location, in the middle of a poor district, where one could step out into almost an another world. A couple of hundred yards wither way out of the hotel are major roads with restaurants, cafes and shops. ...
Royal Phoenix Hotel
Feb 22, 2015 at 02:34 PM
Located only a stone’s throw from the renowned Wangfujian Street, Royal Phoenix Hotel, enjoys a peaceful location among traditional Chinese temples and hutongs. Forbidden City, Beihai Park, Shichahai, Lama Temple and many more architectural wonders of the yesteryears are close by. This is a comfortable family hotel in a non commercialised part of China, a bit off the beaten track, but an interesting location if one wants to observe and mix with the locals. In consonance with upscale modern exteriors, the interiors are also modern and chicly furnished, with bright colors and elegant polished floors. Each guestroom is equipped with a flat-screen cable TV and dual rainforest showers. It is said that the real Beijing culture can be observed in these age old small grey tiled houses. Many of them have been razed to the grounds to make way for malls and high rise towers. Modern malls like the Oriental Plaza and swanky malls of Wangfujian and others beckon to the visitors. Royal Phoenix Hotel has international style quotient with lavish restaurants as well as bar and lounges. Other amenities include wifi connectivity, well appointed rooms, concierge, and many more. There are about 200 rooms of various denominations here. They are standard, luxury and suites.The beds are queen size with soft comfortable mattresses. The rooms have elegant decor and rich silk upholstery. The bathrooms are clean and well appointed with toiletries. Two bottles of packaged water is provided daily. Staff in the hotel is courteous and understands Spoken English well enough though may not be able to converse fluently. But there is always someone around to attend to the guests. Tourists to Beijing can taste a slice of common Beijingers' life on a bike tour of the City. This is one of the highlights of the tour. Staff at Royal Phoenix may help in arranging this tour as well as tour to the Great Wall and others if so desired. This property is near the bus stand and metro station as well. Airport is about 26 kms away. Other amenities at the Royal Phoenix Hotel include-Laundry facilities, Coffee shop or café, safe-deposit box at front desk, Express check-inATM/banking, Gift shops or newsstand.Elevator/lift, Restaurant, Luggage storage Parking (limited spaces). Number of meeting rooms are two.Tours/ticket assistance is provided. ...
Hotel in Hutong
Jan 29, 2015 at 04:40 AM
Royal Phoenix Hotel is ideally located in downtown Beijing, only 3 km from The Forbidden City. It features an elegant business centre and modern rooms with free wired internet. On-site parking is free. European-style rooms come with air conditioning, a minibar and a fridge. Each room has a flat-screen TV and a safety deposit box. En suite bathrooms are fitted with shower facilities and free toiletries. Royal Phoenix Hotel is palatial and upmarket in finish, yet situated inside a Hutong. Infact one has to walk down a Hutong (narrow lane) for a couple of minutes to get to it from whichever direction is chosen. This affords the visitor with the opportunity of observing Beijingers closely. This hotel in Hutong itself is calm and placid so ideal if one wishes to avoid the hustle and bustle of the ever-busy streets nearby. There are two metro stations nearby giving one easy access to most of the historical sites in Beijing. Tourists like this hotel in Hutong as they can observe the locals and Chinese culture from close quarters. Authentic lifestyle of commoners in Beijing is visible here including use of local washroom. At night tourists love wandering around the streets and try out interesting food being barbequed. The famous shopping street of Wangfujian is just a stone throw away. The hotel in Hutong has beautiful decor and modern look. The bathrooms are modern, spacious, and the bedroom area is very large with neat and comfortable beddings. Extra rollaway beddings are available on request. Breakfast is huge with options of American and Chinese. Two bottles of mineral water is provided to the rooms daily. Mini fridge is provided in the room for use and one has to pay for whatever is taken from the fridge. Many tourists feel that there could be more staff who are able to speak fluent English. Very few front desk people are fluent in the British Queen's language. But the staff is very helpful to attend to any queries. At times the concierge try to coerce tourists into booking a Beijing tour with a travel group of their preference. All in all, Royal Phoenix, the hotel in Hutong, is a good choice for few days in this awesome city! ...
Royal Phoenix Hotel
Jan 31, 2015 at 05:10 PM
Royal Phoenix Hotel is a high class, leisure and business hotel located on the northern tip of the Wangfujian Commercial Street. This is a relatively modern hotel built according to the standards of international five star hotels. Royal Phoenix hotel has a decent location in Qianliang Hutong of historically famous Dongcheng district. Its position amidst narrow bustling streets is part of its charm, but it creates a problem for anyone arriving in a car or minibus. The entrance is on such a narrow lane that if one comes/leaves by a coach/bus then one will have to carry their luggage or get the bell boy to trolley it for them. The front desk reception is grand and well maintained in the Royal Phoenix Hotel. There are about 193 rooms in this seven storied property. All the rooms are well appointed, and elegantly decorated. The bathrooms are modern with latest bath fittings and toiletries. The beds are neatly made and have very comfortable mattresses. Royal Phoenix hotel has a continental style. All the rooms are equipped with safes, mini-bars and refrigerators. Buffet breakfast in the morning includes Chinese and Western dishes. Cereals, sweet rolls, butter, bacons, sausages, and eggs are in plenty. Coffee and juices are also served. This hotel is frequented by Chinese tourists as well.The view from the room is interesting over the old buildings of the neighbourhood hutongs and siheyuan. The Royal Phoenix Hotel, Beijing, is situated close to the bustling Wangfujing Street, one of city's most popular shopping streets. The hotel also offers guests convenient access to the Forbidden City and Jingshan Park. Metro Line 5 Dongsi station is also easily accessible. There is an upscale Cigar lounge bar also where the guests can enjoy a conversation over their favorite drink. Guests looking to relax can get a massage, or head to the spa or steamy sauna. It is definitely an upscale posh hotel with large foreign clientele. Do consider this hotel if planning to stay in old parts of the city. ...
