江之星(北京南站店)

Firstly, don't let the name deceive. From my maps I thought the hotel was in fact close to Beijing South Station. It's not though. If you have baggage like I did it is quite a walk from South Station. Yongdingmenwai station is fairly close. Take South East exit C . You can then go through the beautiful south gate via the underpass, cross the mote and head right for a few minutes and the hotel is on the left. It's a quite adequate hotel. Wifi (which I would never recommend using, especially for any banking or other privacy sensitive sites). Chinese data is cheap, so just get a Chinese SIM and a 1 month subscription to Express VPN (Do this before you go) if you think you need Google maps and fb etc. Breakfast is reasonable at 28yuan. About $4USD or $6NZD in my case. and there is OK coffee from the machine (3rd button from left).

Such a clean and new hotel. Value for money. However, it is far from MRT station (around 1.6km walking distance). It is near to Temple of Heaven but not really convenient if you plan to visit other places in BeiJing. The location is the main issue.

Walkable to Temple of Heaven 天壇公園（南門）Tian Tan Park (South Gate). Got direct public transportation bus to various places of attractions in Beijing, such as Wang Fu Jing 王府井, Yongdingmen Coach Station 永定門長途汽車站 etc. When in China, highly recommend to use Baidu Maps 百度地圖 App.