The location of the Crowne Plaza Beijing hotel is not really good, you still have to travel for about 35 minutes by taxi to get to the city center, but because it is in China it wont cost you a lot. The staff was friendly but their english was not that good. They tried their best to help out so that was really nice. The hotel is not that clean but we only stayed there for 2 nights and we didnt expect much for such a cheap hotel.We had a great deal, including tasty chinese food.