PROS: decent wifi, beautiful lobby, well-maintained, very nice gardens and health club, good hotel restaurant, clean rooms with many modern amenities, shower drains well (fairly uncommon in China), good and prompt laundry service, easy access to Peking University, close to East Gate metro station, good A/C CONS: a little difficulty with English with some of the front counter staff, 1000RMB deposit at check-in, expensive minibar, not close to main Beijing tourist sites (but easily accessible by metro), off-site restaurants and shopping about 15-20min walk OVERALL: Very nice hotel, above-average relative to other Beijing hotels (with requisite pricing), great for work/play around Peking University but not as a homebase for other Beijing sites.