On arrival, we were greeted with a wonderful facade, giving the hotel an air of importance. The hotel is split between a number of individual blocks, connected by underground walkways which were well signposted. Our room was spacious but hanging space was at a premium in one small cupboard. We had a problem with a leaking air con system, this... more

Our 80 person high school tour group was part of hundreds of high school and adult musicians staying at the hotel while performing around Beijing. The location was about 40 minutes by bus from Tian An Men Square when the traffic was good. It is a huge complex with multiple buildings connected by underground passageways with multiple restaurants including a... more

My wife, 7 year old son, and I just returned from a 10 day stay at the BF hotel. Overall, we were very pleased with our stay. We stayed in Building 1 on the second floor. Evidently, the higher up you are in this building, the better the rooms (hard to imagine). The room: The room was very nice, with... more

Stayed in Bldg 1. VERY nice room !! Water could be a bit hotter but was still very comfortable. Marble walls, floors and separate shower and bathtub. Bedding was extremely comfortable. Internet access with reasonable charge. NUMEROUS english TV channels with HBO, CNN, AXS. Around 50 Chinese TV channels with sports. If one is not comfortable here, you cannot be... more

The Friendship Hotel (built during the 50s to support friendship between the Soviets and the Chinese Communists) is unlike any other place in Beijing that foreigners are allowed to enter (we can guess that Zhongnanhai might be equally peaceful). The hotel is made up of a dozen buildings, including apartments and government offices as well as the hotel; the outside... more

Billed as the biggest hotel in Asia, I didn't know what to expect of the Friendship Hotel. First impressions were off-putting. built by the Russians in the 50's, its all grey brick buildings with chinese roofs - a bit incongruous! There's a central building and about 8 satellite buildings, all the size of a medium hotel, and these are all... more

Stayed at this hotel as part of the 15 day Discover China with Travelsphere. The Friendship hotel complex is huge. Stayed in building 4, rooms large and well appointed with in room safe and ample toiletries. Kettle in the rooms but only Jasmine Tea, take your own teabags/coffee. 2 free bottles of water every day. Shower was good, food was... more

Stayed in building 1 for a week while attending a conference on site. This is a large Government-run hotel. Building 1 is rated as 5* and the rooms are certainly pretty good. We had a mini suite with a lounge, bedroom and large bathroom. The rooms look to have been recently renovated. The lounge has a sofa, flat screen TV... more

Stayed at the Freindship twice on a Travelsphere tour of China. Found the rooms in building 4 to be large and well appointed. Staff freindly, but no to much English. Food only average. Long way from central Beijing but only 25 RMB in a Taxi. Would stay there again more