Had a too fast one night stay at this hotel - I found it excellent. The hotel is brand spanking new and is one of the flagships of the Sofitel brand which is now being postioned by their owners as their global luxury brand. Service was impeccable (although I wasnt particularly demanding), rooms were clean, comfortable and luxurious, and breakfast was good.

Highly recommended.

This hotel is pretty new (opened Aug 08), so were expecting to experience some problems. Check-in was easy and got a beautiful room which looked just like the pictures on the website. Bedroom has nice furnishings with electronic blinds and day bed, the hotel also offers unlimited complimentary bottled water. Bathroom was very elegant and they provide complimentary l'occitane products, and the shower has the biggest shower head i have ever seen (as attached).

Location of the hotel was pretty good. Your not in the middle of the action, but you are on the main road which seems to always have traffic.

On our 3rd night the electronic blinds malfunctioned and after about 30 mins on the phone to reception we were moved to another room which ended up being an upgrade to the club floor. This room was the same as we were in, exempt a little nicer furnishings (crystal chandeller, complimentary evian water, nice bed head, etc). But it was not worth double the price we were paying.

The hotels indoor pool was the biggest I have ever seen in a hotel. Must of been atleast 30m, and the staff were very helpful and attentive. The foyer of the hotel is grand and dramatic. It must be atleast 20m high with massive lighting and designs everywhere. Very impressive.

Overall, a very pleasant stay and I would come back again in a heartbeat.

This is a new Sofitel as part of the Wanda Centre, on the airport side of Beijing by the Third Ring Road. It cost about 70 RMB by taxi from the airport. We booked Deluxe rooms (as always in Asia, 'deluxe' means the smallest room in the hotel) but the room was large and the bed huge. Two TVs in the room, one by the bed and one by the bath. Interactive service sporadic, but TV signal fine with CNN, BBC and TV5. Kettle in room which was good, given that breakfast was 200 RMB.
Free broadband, both cabled and WiFi was also appreciated.
Bathroom huge with rain shower, big bath etc. Huge safe in the room which fitted a laptop and more.
Only sorry that I had one day here so didn't have time to use the other facilities.
Hotel is 5 mins walk from a metro stop (Dawangli on Line 1) and you can be at Tiananmen Square in 10 mins for 2RMB ticket.
Behind the hotel is a WalMart supermarket, a Starbucks and a New World Department Store.
All in all, very impressed indeed. Oh, and the room was only 1240 RMB a night (from the website of the hotel).

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.