Frommer's Review
It doesn't look like much from the outside, but the Shangri-La is one of the finest hotels in town. It features the new Valley Wing -- a luxurious tower of executive rooms decorated in elegant muted beige tones, with access to an indulgent lounge with free breakfast, afternoon cocktails, and canapés. Standard rooms are a good size and comfortably furnished, if less imaginative than rooms at other Beijing hotels in this chain. The Chi Spa, which opened in 2007, offers massages and facials in a calming Tibetan atmosphere. Although off by itself in the northwest, the hotel benefits by having space for a large and lush garden (which includes an outdoor bar and pond), easy access to the Summer Palaces and the Western Hills, and quick routes around Beijing via the third and fourth ring roads.
Facilities: 3 restaurants (Cantonese, Japanese, International); bar; indoor pool; health club with sauna, solarium, exercise room; concierge; tour desk; business center; 24-hr. room service; same-day dry cleaning/laundry service; executive-level rooms; nonsmoking rooms; currency exchange
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