Excellent service as always. We met a housekeeping director (I asked some info from her before our stay) whom has prepared me with maps, helped me to book table for the famous beijing duck, all these totally exceeding our expectations, and which was something we should not expect from her dept, but she did it for us.

The breakfast was good, the environment was peaceful even though there were some group tours staying. The hotel situated in a modern area where new shopping malls were around, so there's no problem to have food outside the hotel and offer easy access to subway station, it will be even more so when the underground walkway is opened for quicker access.I n fact, its surrounding area reminded me of Ritz Carlton Tokyo where the environment was clean and with easy access to malls, subway. Although the hotel itself was of relatively small size, compared to Ritz at Tokyo.

Overall, it was a great stay and we absolutely enjoyed the quality service that Ritz Carlton hotel has always maintained.

We recently returned from a 5 night stay at the new Ritz-Carlton Beijing (not the Financial street Ritz-Carlton). It was a superb hotel, very small by Beijing standards (305 rooms). It was 5 star all the way. No negatives. Easy and inexpensive to get taxis to center of city.

We stayed at the Ritz-Carlton for 4 nights during March of 2008. The rooms were huge, very clean and kitted out nicely (ours had a massive LCD TV!). The beds were comfortable, the staff pleasant and the facilities second to none (the swimming pool on the top floor is perfect for a leisurely dip after a long days sight-seeing!).

The only problem we encountered was that few (if any) taxi drivers new of the hotels existence!!! This is no doubt a result of the massive redevelopment currently being undertaken in Beijing and i'm sure this will change with time.

I stayed at the Ritz Carlton Beijing at Chaoyang District with 4 other friends. We booked the Club Floor - one Suite and one Deluxe Room. Both rooms were of large size, very comfortable and well appointed with all the modern amenities you would expect of a 5 star business luxury hotel.

Getting to the hotel however, can be a bit of a challenge as many taxi drivers do not know where the hotel is located. The trick is to tell them that the hotel is behind the new "Shin Kwan Tian Di" shopping mall, which is just opposite the "DaWangLu" Train Station. The Ritz Carlton stands next to the equally good looking and new JW Marriott Hotel.

The staff at the Rtiz Carlton are exemplary, always trying their best to meet all your needs and more. Perhaps this is because the hotel is still relatively new (it opened only in Dec 2007) and trying to impress.

When I was there, I was surprised to see some tour groups staying in the hotel - this made the small lobby noisy and rather chaotic at times. Perhaps the hotel management would reconsider having large tour groups stay in the hotel especially since the hotel itself is a smallish to medium sized establishment catering to a primarily upmarket and discerning clientele.

Having said that, I would definitely stay here again the next time I'm in Beijing.