More and more boutique hotels hit the Beijing hotel scene, facilitating the transforming of the capital Beijing into a trendier destination. If you’ re looking for a more intimate experience than large chain hotels, something a little more personal, please follow me to explore the top 10 Boutique Hotels in Beijing. For cheaper and no frills hotels in Beijing, also see Top 10 Budget Hotels in Beijing and Top 10 Beijing Hostels.
Be a wedding anniversary or just a chance to bond with the family, stay at a boutique hotel in Beijing gives you the feeling you just want.
1. Hotel Kapok Beijing (北京木棉花酒店)
This hotel is centrally located in the middle of Beijing, a 10-minute walk to Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and Wangfujing shopping street. The hotel staff are excellent and make every effort to be helpful and informative. Free internet in the room is excellent and consistent. The room with a see through glass toilet and curtains; something quite different from the normal rooms, but still, a very interesting type of room. Beds are very comfortable and airconditioning is excellent. Recommend printing out in Chinese the hotel name, address to give to the taxi driver at the airport upon arrival. There are the food markets and reastaurants that opens every night just up the road.
Add: No.16 Donghuamen Street, Beijing, China. 100006
Tel: 86-10-6525 9988
2. Hotel G,Beijing (北京 Hotel G)
Its a very trendy boutique hotel that is also excellent value for money. The hotel is well located with some interesting shops and decent restaurants all within a short walk, and the subway station is only 15 minutes by foot. The staff speaks good english and is friendly, polite, efficient and genuinely happy to be helpful. Beautifull room with atmospheric lights with beautiful decorations. The breakfast is wonderful and really keep you up for a day of sightseeing. The only drawback of the hotel is that that most taxi drivers don’t know the location even with written card from the hotel.
Add: No.A7 Gongtixilu Chao Yang District Beijing
Tel: 8610 65523600
3. Yi House Art Hotel 798 (北京一驿酒店)
Nestled in the northeast corner of the 798 Art Zone, Yi House Art Hotel 798 is the only hotel is in this art area as well as one of the few boutique hotels in Beijing worthy of the name. Making us of a former wasteland on the site of a 19th-century crystal factory, the hotel is regarded as ”a place art lovers can call home” . All 30 rooms are decorated in a mix of traditional Chinese art styles and art deco modernity. Boasting a variety of services to outperform any International hotel chains, from 24-hour room service to flatscreen cable TV, gym and airport pickups…
Add: No.1, 706 Houjie, 798 Yishuqu, No. 2 Jiuxianqiao, Beijing 100015
Tel: 010-64361818
4. Duge Courtyard Boutique Hotel (杜革四合院藝術精品酒)
It is a hip small hotel tucked away in the small lanes near the latest trendsetters hotspot, Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It is quirky, welcoming and bursting with bright colours. Experience traditional courtyard living at its finest in the refined, elegant surroundings of Duge. Each of the 10 rooms and suites follows a different theme. All the Duge’s 10 uniquely suites and rooms are open directly onto the inner courtyards, are fully equipped with every comfort and amenity to offer guests a warm welcome and a comfortable stay at any time of the year.
Add: Qianyuanensi Hutong No 26, Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng district, Beijing 100009
Tel: 86-10-64060686
5. The Opposite House (瑜舍)
The location is very good, whether for shopping and eating or biking or taking a taxi for sightseeing. The hotel rooms are big, clean and modern. The beds are very comfortable with the cotton bedding as smooth as silk and the pillows firm yet soft. The service here cannot be beat. The free wifi and minibar is a value added as well as the free use of bicycles and splendid swimming pool… Each staff member and manager goes out of their way to help and make you pleased. There are the most beautiful shops and reasturants around the hotel, from a big Apple store to the adidas flagship to Uniqlo.
Add: Building 1, No 11 Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Tel: 010-64176688
6. Aman at Summer Palace Beijing (颐和安缦)
It is an an Amanresorts property. It’s very far from the heart of Beijing. But, as a site to escape the city for a few nights, and just rewind and take in some culture and beauftiful scenery, the location is super. A basic suite is spacious, with half of an historic Chinese bungalow fronting on a courtyard. There is a dining area, a huge desk, a separate bedroom with a canopy bed, a dressing room with Ming furniture. Its really more like a very luxury home or club than a hotel. Amazing swimming pool, excellent staff, famous restaurants.
Add: 15 Gongmenqian Street, Summer Palace, Beijing, China
Tel: (86) 10 5987 9999
7. Hotel Cote Cour Beijing (北京演乐精品酒店)
A boutique hotel, the hotel is nestled in the old hutong area in the the heart of Beijing with walking distance to Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and Wangfujing Street. Each of the hotel’s 14 rooms and the common areas are well mixed with original art, contemporary as well as ancient, in the décor adding to the charm of the traditional building. Though it is hard to find, tt is easy walking through the hutong to get to a main street to catch a taxi or get on the subway. The staff are very friendly and go out of their way to help you. The rooms are stunning and a great mix of modern and traditional. The courtyard is just beautiful! The rooms are lovely, very neat and clean.
Add: No.70 Yan Yue Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010
Tel: 86 10 65237981, 65239598
Add: No.70 Yan Yue Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010
Tel: 86 10 65237981, 65239598
8. The Red Capital Ranch (新红资避暑山庄)
The Red Capital Ranch is located near the Great Wall. The sister hotel of Rad Capital Ranch is Shambhala Hotel(http://www.houseofshambhala.com/) in Lhasa. All of the employees at Red Capital Ranch are Tibetans. They are are excellent. The rooms are beautifully and imaginatively decorated. The accommodation is rustic but extremely charming with tons of local Tibet flare. There are two unrestored sections of the Great Wall accessible from the hotel – including one to which they have exclusive access. The chefs are amazing, the food is very fresh and the setting for the restaurant is lovely with 360 degree views of the great wall. They offer a free shuttle to/from Red Capital Residence ( http://www.redcapitalclub.com.cn/). So the owner own three hotels – Red Capital Residence (in downtown Beijing), The Red Capital Ranch (the Great Wall) and Shambhala Hotel in Lhasa.
Add: Badaling Highway, Shuiguan Exit, Beijing, China 102102, China
Tel: 86 10 6402 7150
9. Red Capital Residence (新红资)
The location, though difficult to find, really placees you in the heart of historic Beijing. The Tucked in a restored Chinese courtyard compound. All rooms are clean special decoration with Chinese Boutique furnitures. Its unique restaurant cooks the favorite dishes of the PRC’s early leaders, like soy-braised pork (Mao’s favorite), a tasty Gongbao Shrimp with Cashew Nuts… Pictures of Mao hanging on the walls. The staff was very nice, helpful and speaking a very good English.
Add: 66 Dongsijiutiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Tel: 6402-7150
10. Lotus Place Hotel, the Lakeside Beijing (北京后海(大卫华)怡景酒店)
Lotus Place Hotel Beijing, the Lakeside Beijing is located by the north bank of Houhai. All 61 rooms are simplistic yet modern, decorated with a white color scheme.
Its surrounding is teemed with with trendy bars and restaurants. The major tourist attractions include the Guanghua Buddhist Temple, Tower of Drum, Yin-Ding Bridge, Former Residence of Soong-Ching-Ling and the Palace of Prince Gong…
Add: No. 14, North Bank of Houhai, Beijing
Tel: 010-84041616
