Beijing City Central Youth Hotel Reviews

Hotel without any charm but very convenient since it is very close to the railway and the subway station. The price is correct for the quality of the service.

The perfect location if you need to use the Railway Station. There are escalators on the East side of the Pedestrian bridge to get over with ease. Close to McDonalds if you need a fix. Quiet at night, easy to find, easy check in. My mother and I used a private room with private bath and were satisfied. Ask for a non-smoking room tho! Decent supermarket next door. (If you take the subway line 2 to get there, use exit A, it will get you to the exact location of the hostel, with escalators too!)

It was generally a dirty place. The staff acts like they have better things to do than to deal with guests. You can stand at the front desk for a while before someone asks you if you need help. The walls are quite thin and you can hear everyone talking in the hall even though no one was yelling. The floor shook when ever someone walked down the hall even though no one was running or stomping. The location is the only thing this place has in its favor.

Very good location just in front of the main station. For this price is enought to be there during the night and go everywhere by metro. If you visit Beijing during winter time, it has a valuable heating system and good isolation.

Arriving tired after two long haul flights, jet-lagged and nervous of a new city I was looking forward to passing out for hopefully 14 straight hours of sleep. Maybe it was my fuzzy head that assumed I would have nothing short of a tempur mattress to curl up into, I haven't travelled for awhile and I was being naive. The bed was hard and the air conditioning in our particular room -I can't speak for other abodes- was temperamental to say the least. Bar staff friendly and train station close.

The front desk staff was not friendly or kind but they did do their jobs. They charged 200 yuan deposit which was returned upon checkout. Our room safe didn't work and it was repaired and working in only a few minutes. I would recommend that you get a room with a window. The air conditioners are only available in the summer months. Even in February, our room was hot and stuffy inside and it helped to be able to open the window for some cool breeze.

The female on the 'travel desk' never looked happy or interested. The showers could be cleaner. This is a good place if you are connecting with a train as the station is across the road and not noisy .McDonalds and a supermarket is across the road also.

Staff seemed a bit 'dysphoric'. Few people in bar area / common room. Rooms okay, beds comfortable enough, mattresses a bit hard.

I stay here often because of the location; the train station and subway are pretty much right outside the front door. This isn't a great hostel, especially for tourists looking to meet people. This is more of a business hotel. The front desk staff isn't very helpful and if you can't speak Chinese communication might be a bit difficult. The rooms are clean enough but walls are thin and other guests can be noisy. The price for a twin room with shared bath is a good value for couples.

Great service at a prime location!

Walls are very thin. My room was right on the corner of the hallway leading to the bathroom so the hallway noise was quite loud. The location is excellent however.

The shared bathrooms were not so nice, and several of the toilets didn't work, however the shared showers were quite clean. Skip the 18 yuan breakfast, it's not worth it. The single best feature of this hostel is its location. It is extremely convenient. The staff were very helpful and efficient. The worst feature of this hostel was the bed. It was a wooden frame dorm style bed with only a 2 inch thick mattress pad and no actual mattress. Really uncomfortable.

Very good value for the money. Location couldn't be better. Staff helpful and speak good English. Some minor confusion over price of room. The room price was raised after the booking and confirmation was made so the figure for the amount "due" was different. I decided not to debate it because amount was small.

We were in two girl: my sister and me. Dorm wasn't very clean (a lot of dust under the beds), bathroom and toilet were good. The heater worked well: the temperature outside was -16°C. We had our own breakfast and we ate our own food in the bar. Great location: just in front of the main train station.

Dorm is very spacious and clean. Location is excellent, just opposite the train station and a few metro stops to the shopping district. The heater works very well during the winter months. I stayed at this hostel several times already and this remained my first choice the next time I visit Beijing!