Beijing's Opposite House Gets Opposite of Bad Review
Where: Building 1, No. 11 Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District,
Beijing,
China
Beijing’s hotel scene is sort of like Michael Phelps’ squeaky-clean image. Last August, both were Hot (with a capital H). Fast-forward seven months and Phelps and the area’s hotels are, well, struggling a bit. But both will return to good graces, we’re quite certain — especially after reading more about the Opposite House, one of Beijing’s 126 hotels that opened during the Olympics rush.
The New York Times checked in to the 99-room boutique hotel this past weekend as part of its Asia-Pacific Issue and divulged plenty of nuggets to get us excited. Located in a “once-seedy, but now thriving part of the Sanlitun neighborhood…think Apple, Uniqlo, and Adidas flagships,” the boxy six-story hotel was designed by Kengo Kuma and “has the city’s chattering classes exclaiming over its generous rooms and dramatic, moodily lit atrium,” says the NYT.
Rooms measure roughly 450 square feet and are “agreeably spare” (cream-colored limestone walls, white oak floors with radiant heating, gauzy curtains, et al). And! Wi-Fi and beer, soda, and water from the mini-bar are free (!!). Guests can soak in an oak tub that has a clear view of the TV. And as well as a flat-screen TV and DVD player, there’s a flip-out power/data station “with every cable you could ever need.” Swoon.
Plus, the hotel features two restaurants (Sureño, which serves Mediterranean by a sunken outdoor garden, and Bei, with northern Asian fare), a nightclub called Punk, and a stainless steel swimming pool.
The Opposite Hotel has in-room check-in, and each staff member is a “receptionist-concierge-hand holder rolled into one.” Standard rooms start at $328 — significantly slashed from its original $452, we might add.
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