King's Joy International Hostel Reviews

The location is good and no doubt the rooms are kept clean. But hey, the staff is unfriendly to say the least (and utterly rude and un-cooperative to say it all). If you don't need to deal with the staff at all, then it's a good choice. Otherwise, truly look for one of the hostels nearby (they may not be as professionally clean as this one but they're all way more helpful and frinedly than this one

I took king's joy hostel two nights in 6 dormitory. First impressions : It was large enough room(combined two rooms), but the facility will be disappointed if you are looking forward to very clean. It seems not frequently clean but when you call the reception, changing the pillow and blenket immediately. Staffs : Staffs was very kind to help me, but there are disadvantages that staffs can hardly the English. Toilet : There was a one toilet in the room, so need to adjust the time to use toile

Very close to Tian'anmen square and the metro station Qianmen on line 2, and the area is very nice (many little streets for shopping, eating, foot massages...). I shared a dormitory with friends, for 35RMB/person/night, so it was really a good deal ! However King's Joy feels more like an hotel than a youth hostel... But there is a bar at sixth floor which is very nice. Staff was efficient. Totally recommand it.

This place was great, for the location and the money you can't go wrong. The rooms are nice and clean, staff were very helpful, is in a great location within walking distance from Tiananmen Square ect, subway close by and surrounded by lots of hutongs and little laneways with some great restaurants etc. Their great wall was also really good. It has a great little bar upstairs where I met lots of people during my stay. Would definitely recommend people to stay here

More of a hotel than hostel atmosphere but the nice bar makes up for a lot! Very big, clean and nice dorms.

Had a good stay at the Kings Hostel. Great location 5 mins walk south of Tianaman Square. I couldn't believe how nice it was for the cost. I stayed in a 6 bed dorm, it was a little noisy at night but my room was opposite the lift. I must hail the reception staff as i left my lappy charger in my room when i left for Shanghai and they were able to retrieve it and post it down to Shanghai overnight and it only cost 22rmb. Cant thank them enough. I would definately recommend this hostel

wifi not good

The hostel staff is friendly and helpful.

It was Ok. The place feels like a hotel. There was one incident about booking tour that we did not like. We put a deposit for the tour to see the Great Wall for two people but last minute one of us got food poising sick and could not go in. They demanded that we pay the full amount even though only one of us went to see the Great Wall. It was annoying. The location is close to the Forbidden City and other tour spot but the subway is a about 30 minutes walk not 10 minutes like they claim

The staff were very helpful in answering questions by email even before we arrived and even more helpful after we got there. It was our first time in China and we had a very nice stay with the hostel.

The internet access was not good. There was no hot water. I felt it was not so convenient.

This is a realy big hostel on a very nice location. They have a great rooftop bar (inside) with a nice view over the city. The food is very nice and the beer is cheap. The thing I didn't like about this hostel is the fact that everyone smokes in the rooftopbar. The whole floor smells like smoke, even the rooms. If you don't like smoking and you want to stay here make sure you get a room on one of the lowest levels.

We were rather glad about especially one female staff-member speaking very good and fluent English - which was the first time meeting such a person in a hotel in China after having been in 5 other different places of tourisme before, where in spite of inviting tourists there nearly nobody in the hotels spoke English at all or very very poor! We loved the sight from 6th floor-coffeeplace, but eating there in the evening took us too long waiting for getting our food:-(. Chinese restaurant is good!

Very good deal, rather big room, perfect location, helpful staff. I loved the girl putting some tape on the map when you buy one. It's a detail but it makes that your map don't get damaged after one day. Very kind attention : ) Towels very old and with holes but it's really a detail, as they were clean. A mini-fridge would make it totally perfect. And if breakfast can be a little bit more late...honestly I never tried it, always woke up too late ^_^

More of a hotel then a hostel but really excellent value for money and a very clean facility.

Excellent Hostel. There were four of us in our group and we stayed in a 4bed private dorm, more like a hotel room rather than a hostel dorm, very nice! It was a very last minute weekend trip away for us so didn't have anything organised but the staff were extremely helpful with arranging tours of The Great Wall etc even at 1am when we arrived! And they all speak fluent English. Good location-walking distance to T.Sq and Forbidden City. Would definitely book again on a return trip to Beijing.

Cheap, with clean rooms, nice staff and located just in downtown (5min from Qianmen subway station). All you need for a cheap stay in Beijing!

I have just been staying at the Kings Joy Hotel and not for the first time! I have always found the front desk staff extremely cheerful and polite no matter that at times there can be quite a lot of provocation. Miss Candy Zhao and Mr Robert Du I particularly would like to say thank you for their bright smiles and unfailing politeness. Improvements? Tea cups in bedrooms need washing and tea bag replacing after use. For your western customers two more breakfast choices: bacon and egg –

The rooms were clean, the staff from the front desk were nice and the location was central too. On the other hand, the experience at the cafeteria was not good at all. For two times my friend and I ordered two different meals and they brought my meal first and his meal about 30 minutes later. We talked to the waiter and he did not care about it. This is something that King's Joy really has to fix or it'll lose customers.

too noisy, especially in late night and early morning.