I arrived the Kempinski around 3pm, after a short 15-20 minute (55RMB) ride from the airport. Perfect since I was only staying there for a oine night layover.

Was greeted at the entrance by the bellman, who took care of my luggage. Check-in was quick and the staff was friendly. The bellman immediately accompanied me to my room (947) and explained to me the various facilities on the way.

My room was on the ninth floor with a view to the south (nothing really to see.. mostly construction). The room was very spacious and has a desk. The furniture felt new and clean. There is a good selection on TV channels (10 Chinese, 20 International incl. CNN, TV5, ESPN...).

I walked around to the Lufthansa Shopping Center, which really is a department store (not a shopping mall). The store carries mostly European and US brands (Armani, Ralph Lauren, Nike...) so that was a disappointment for me..

The swimming pool is located on the 18th floor, nice swimming pool but the locker and shower facilities could use a renovation. AGain, the staff was very polite.

The hotel offers 24-hr room service. The meals I ordered arrived after 30min and were excellent. The next morning, the breakfast in the Kranzer restaurant was excellent. They carried a mi of western (eggs, bacon, fruit) and asian (dim sum, congee...). The price for breakfast was around 250RMB< which is very expensive in my mind, but the excellent food made it worth it.

Overall, the hotel is very well run. Staff is friendly and speaks english very well (relative to the general chinese). The room was spacious, and the bed was equipped with a control for all the lioghting of the room (great night light below the bed). The hotel offered complimentary water bottles too, which was a nice addition. My only recommendatoion would be for the swimming pool facilities to be renovated.

I have stayed in many hotels in Beijing and this is my first disappointment in a long time. I picked it mostly because it was convenient for what I had to do (not convenient for tourists).
This hotel is not 5-star. Probably 4. It underdelivers for the price. I previously stayed at the Hilton in this part of town and it was much better. Essentially this hotel is old and doesn't offer what you expect from a 5-star hotel today. Old bathroom, inadequate towels and pillows, uncomfortable bed and very average food.
I had much better experiences at the Inter-Continental or Westin on Financial Street for half the price.

When I am in Beijing I normaly stay in this hotel. It is only 30 minutes away from the airport and also close to our offices (I am normally here on business).

The rooms are very clean and spacious and well equipped. For me the beds are a little too soft. Service is welcomming and I like the different restaurants in the hotel as I like to eat in the hotel when I am travelling. I can recommend the Bavarian restaurant as well as the Italian restaurant. Also the breakfast is good, wide selection and good quality. It is not cheap but a convenient place to stay.

I would like to see WLAN in there, it is a bit inconvenient not to have it.

Overall I will return to this place.

I found the Kempinski to be a good hotel. Very good facilities with a shopping centre next door. The choice of restaurants in the hotel is excellent and caters for every taste. Staff is friendly a efficient.

However the room itself was a bit disappointing for a hotel that calls itself a 5 star property. Rather run down with outdated decor and in visible need for renovation. This was a surprise to me for a hotel in asia that usually offer very high quality.

Never-the-less due to the otherwise good quality and it's very convenient location to the airport and many corporations I would probably stay here again.