Hotel Review: Grand Millenium Beijing
Posted in Travel - Beijing on 06/15/2010 11:58 pm by Claudine
I’m lazy and once in awhile I dream about staying in 5 star hotels and enjoying their benefits. During the tombsweeping day holiday, I stayed at Beijing Pullman Wanda Hotel. I was thinking of doing it once every quarter but towards the end of May, my friend gave me his hotel voucher for a one night stay in a deluxe room at the Grand Millenium Beijing.
Location
Grand Millenium Hotel Beijing is located in Chaoyang District along East Third Ring Road. It’s a 3 minute walk to Jintaixizhao subway station line 10 and if you’re lucky with a view of CCTV Tower. It’s part of the Fortune Plaza complex with a mall beside it.
Deluxe Room
Their website was bragging of city view for deluxe room. When I entered the room, the first thing I see is the bathroom area with bathtub and separate shower and urinal rooms. The main part of the room has a sofa with table, a large desk with chair, a king size bed and a flat screen TV on the wall beside the bathroom window.
The city view? The service apartment in the other building. It was a bit of a letdown considering they said it’s a five star hotel with a five star price. The TV was hooked to the internet with a wireless keyboard. The router they installed cannot handle the load that it kept making irritating noises. I just hooked my laptop and watched House episodes. The TV selection was better than Pullman with more English channels.
