Beijing Drum Tower Youth Hostel

The staff was nice and the location was close to the metro.

The room was not 100% clean and it was a bit smaller dan expected.

I liked the water supply which is free. They do provide service like tour to the Great Wall.

Basin and toilet are separated by a door which is not lockable.

Great location

Tiny room

Staff is friendly, helped me book a ticket to the forbidden city. Not everyone speaks English but that's quite alright given that the hostel is in Beijing, not in London ;) anyway, translation apps work just fine. Location is great Barista makes great cappuccino (for 28 yuan)

SMOKING: First night I stayed in the small cubicle room('small single room'). These rooms are pretty comfortable, they have no solid walls and no windows, it's a bit like a dormitory room with more privacy. Unfortunately, people in cubicles around me were smoking at night (although in theory it's not allowed but unfortunately hostel has no means to enforce it) so there was smoke and bad cigarette smell all night. Perhaps hostel could consider installing (more) smoke detectors to improve the situation. AIR CONDITIONING: After the bad experience of cigarette smoke, I upgraded my booking to a single room with private bathroom. Someone who installed the AC in this space must have no understanding of physics. Let me explain why: it's a tiny room with a bed located upstairs (you have to climb a ladder to get there), close to the ceiling. AC is located downstairs, below the bed. As a result, hot air stays up while the temperature on the ground cools down. I checked two different rooms and it was exactly the same set up. Rooms were fine but because of the AC I actually spent 3 nights sleeping on the floor, next to the AC... It was so hot!