Hotel
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A five-star, all-suite hotel on Goldfish Lane off Wangfujing, home to the Michelin-starred French restaurant Jing and the courtyard-style Cantonese restaurant Huang Ting.
Dasein Youlan Hotel
A boutique hotel in a converted 1970s factory on Bensi Hutong, designed around an orchid theme, with a private bath in every room and a spa.
At a glance
- Type
- Boutique design hotel
- Area
- Bensi Hutong, Dongcheng, Beijing, China
- Price
- $$$ · Upscale
Good to know
- Private stone bath in every room
- Orchid-themed design
- Restaurant and spa
- Near Line 5
Why we recommend it
Dasein Youlan Hotel is a boutique hotel at 75 Bensi Hutong in Dongcheng district. According to Beijing's official tourism resource site, it was designed by Zhao Xiaojun, described as the chief Chinese designer of the Water Cube project, and converts a 1970s factory building into a hotel in a new Chinese style.
The theme is the orchid, youlan in Chinese. Room names are taken from classical poems about orchids, and every room has its own bathing pool made with volcanic rock, a full tea set and underfloor heating throughout. The combination of a hutong address, a converted industrial building and private baths makes the hotel distinctive among Beijing's small hotels.
Facilities include a restaurant, spa services, Wi-Fi, parking and a garden, and breakfast is a buffet with both Western and Chinese dishes.
The location is convenient for exploring Dongcheng. The tourism site places the hotel near Nanluoguxiang, the in88 and APM shopping centres and the Beijing Department Store, and next to Metro Line 5, which also serves Yonghegong Lama Temple station and Dengshikou, where shuttle buses leave for the Mutianyu Great Wall. Wangfujing's restaurants, including Donglaishun's main hotpot branch in the APM mall, are within easy reach.
The hotel suits couples looking for a quiet, design-led stay and travellers who value a long soak after a day of walking. It also works for small groups who want a characterful base in the hutongs rather than a large international hotel.
The tourism site does not list a website, so contact the hotel by phone on +86 176 1125 3888 for rates and availability, and ask which room types are available when you book. For an evening drink close by, Great Leap Brewing's original brewpub, opened in 2010 in a renovated courtyard house on Doujiao Hutong near Nanluoguxiang, belongs to a brewery described as Beijing's first to focus on beer made with Chinese ingredients.
Nearby, the Heyuan Courtyard Hotel on Dengcao Hutong offers a different kind of heritage stay in a Ming-era courtyard house, and the Lama Temple, the Confucius Temple and Imperial College, and the cafés of Gulou East Street are all reachable by metro or a short taxi ride. For a contrast with the hotel's modern take on Chinese style, The Hutong's courtyard cooking school near Beixinqiao, also on Line 5, runs classes in dumplings, noodles and regional dishes.
Dasein Youlan Hotel FAQs
What is Dasein Youlan Hotel?
A boutique hotel in a converted 1970s factory building on Bensi Hutong, designed around an orchid theme.
Who designed it?
Zhao Xiaojun, described as the chief Chinese designer of the Water Cube.
Do rooms have baths?
Yes. Every room has its own volcanic-rock bathing pool.
Is breakfast included?
A Western and Chinese buffet breakfast is offered.
Is there a spa?
Yes, along with a restaurant.
Which metro line is nearby?
The hotel is next to Metro Line 5.
What is nearby?
Nanluoguxiang, the in88 and APM shopping centres and Wangfujing.
How do I book?
Call +86 176 1125 3888.