I stayed at the Sofitel Wanda Beijing for three night in late September. I would rate this hotel as 4 1/2 stars by my standards. It was a very nice hotel but their were a few things that I did not like about the hotel that would prevent me from staying their again. After a 14 hour flight from New York I attempted to check into my room at 6pm on a Sunday. The front desk told me that the hotel was very full and that my room was not ready. I then had to wait for 2 hours for a room to become available. While waiting in the lobby I noticed that this hotel had at least three or four wedding receptions going on at the same time. Do not stay here if you are looking for a nice quite and relaxing hotel. I felt like I was in the lobby of a casino. The room itself was very nice. The bed was very comfortable and the bathroom was quite luxurious. The fancy LCD tv on the wall would only work half the time. The hotel claims to have a "fabulous location" on its website but I found that statement not to be true. Their is not much close to the hotel and if you want to go anywhere you need to hire a car or get a taxi. Overall, this hotel is almost 5 stars. With a little work it might even get there. In the meantime if you are looking for a true 5 star hotel I would stay elsewhere until they get their act together.















