The Grand Hyatt located on East Chang An Avenue. This is a good hotel, pricey but good. I have stayed here twice at different times of the year, and it was impressive on both occasions. The rooms are huge and scrupulously clean, and have absolutely everything you need.Dont even bring a toothbrush, they do the lot.

I ate here three times each in different restauants in the hotel and all the food was good, nice bars, good coffee and a great staff. You can get access to one of the largest and most upmarket shopping malls directly from the hotel. If you wanted you might never need to go outside, which is a consideration given the pollution and frantic traffic that is Beijing.

I mentioned that the hotel is pricey and it is a bit pricey but not ridiculously so, but boy you really do get your moneys worth.

I stayed at this hotel (2 bedroom suite) for the Beijing Olympics, the welcoming committee was wonderful. Everything was already checked in by the time we arrived, that we could go straight to the room. The suite has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 living room and a pantry. The suite is comfortable and sizewise it's perfect, but I was a bit disappointed with the finishing of the room. The low ceiling, the hard mattress, the non-LCD TV in the bedrooms and other interior finishing didn't make this hotel look grand. It lacks the wow factor, especially for a suite. The master bedroom which has its own bathroom is smaller than the guest bedroom, which has its bathroom outside to share with users of the living room. I thought that was overlooked. And the bathroom also lacked space to put your towels, clothes and such. So a big minus for the bathroom.

The staff was friendly and helpful, but they could've learned to speak better English. I had a hard time getting information about the Olympics from the concierge due to language problem.

The Bad

We Fedexed our bags over 2 weeks early, because our connecting flight layover was so short. The bags got stuck in Chinese customs and we knew this a week before we got there.
Prior to sending them and after we found out they were stuck, we were tried to get assistance from the Hyatt concierge. The concierge, especially the head concierge, Benny Zhao, could not have cared less about our dilemma. I literally spent four hours day on long distance and trying to talk to people who don't speak English and the concierge did nothing but politely laugh about the situation. Benny you got to go!
That just is unacceptable, especially with us paying the crazy Olympic rates we paid.

The Good

The pool is really the coolest indoor pool ever, only if it had some slides. I highly recommend getting some reflexology poolside. The bellman that run the taxi stand are very helpful and the separate guest only line really helped.

The Rooms and Lobby

The rooms were finished out fine but narrow. The lobby was underwhelming and came off like a convention hotel, but did have ample seating to get a drink.
Overall - the lack of effort and concern for our luggage situation left a bad taste in our mouths.

We have just returned from a two week China vacation with my wife, myself, and three - count them THREE, teenaged boys in tow! The Grand Hyatt Beijing was the best place we stayed - by far. We reserved a suite that had two separate bedrooms (great for privacy) and an extra bed (the Chinese hotel term for "roll-away). The staff could not have been more professional, the breakfast buffet more unique - in a good way - and the conceige more responsive and knowledgable. The very BEST thing to do is to have the hotel arrange to pick you up from your transpacific flight. The driver met us at the GATE(!), and walked us through customs, all without a hitch. Upon our return to the airport, the hotel had an airport employee meet our van, and take us to the correct ticketing booth. Highest praise all around!!