By no means fancy, but gets the job done. The service was very friendly, cozy bar upstairs and nice living room area. The highlight was the tour they organized of the great wall, ahead of the tourist spots. It was quiet and super. There's free internet on a terminal and some DVD's to choose from More

We loved Leo Hostel. Sure, the rooms smell a bit musty and the shower floods. What do you expect... it's China. It's certainly nothing unusual. So few hutongs are left that it's nice to be on a traditional street. The staff is quite good. Their tours are excellent, and restaurant is reasonable. Although the street vendor, who sells what called... More

Booked Leo after review on TA... we stayed for 4 nights twin bed, bed comfortable... but shower flooded after each use.. the place just need a major make over.. for the same money per room, go across the road to 365.. better rooms... newer. Staff are very friendly at Leo, food reasonable... but do visit some of the local restaurant... More

We stayed here with friends for a few days. When we first arrived we were put in a 4 person dorm with bathroom, which was damp, smelt mouldy, had dirty tissues and piles of dust and dirt behind the beds, and the wrapper for a rat trap in one corner. The bathroom smelt so bad we had to move rooms.... More

I stayed here for a week at the start of my three month trip in China and really liked the place. Although not central (not sure it is possible to be central in Beijing!) it is close to the Forbidden City and Square down some 'traditional' streets. Helpful staff who can organise tours and book onward tickets. Dorms are OK... More

Start with the positives: the food's alright and the bar in the centre of the hostel is a very lively and friendly place to meet other travellers.The location is handy for T square and the Natural History Museum. Everything else is just plain wrong. Fancya bathroom where the shower cubicle is the whole room, leading to a soaking floor for... More

First of all, let me say we did not stay here - we only did the secret wall tour and it was excellent. The guide gave a nice history and you watched an informative discovery channel episode on "the wall" on the bus. We had three hours on the wall with only 20 people. Anyone who has ever visited China... More

...and the tour was great! We went on a 3 hour hike- pretty strenuous, but there was not a single person selling anything on the section of the hike that we went on and only one other group of hikers who were doing a week long wall hike. It was a small group of 9 people and the lunch after... More

rooms are big and semi-clean but still ok. no bugs. the restaurant had tasty food an what i liked most was that you could have breakfast all day! staff was very young and helpful but obviously not professional hotel-staff. anyway, they had a laundry service, booked a un-crowded tour to the wall which we can recommed an were friendly all... More