Amenities
The hotel has 222 rooms.[15] LTW, a design firm based in Singapore, devised the layout of the hotel rooms.[11] Each room has a size of 40 m2 or more.[10] They feature a combination of carpets and marble floors and windows that run from floor to ceiling.[11][9] They are furnished with televisions in the bathtub and iPods.[9] Bathrooms, which have heated floors, have Japanese-style toilets.[9][16] Fairmont Beijing offers a pillow menu to allow guests to choose pillows.[9] Fodor's said the hotel "stays just on the right side of tasteful".[9] DestinAsian observed that the rooms had "panoramic urban vistas" and "rich embellishments like Chinese silks, original brushstroke paintings, and hand-carved lacquerware" that "create a plush imperial ambience".[10] Observing the hotel's gold color scheme, DK found it "glamorous without being gaudy".[17]
Fairmont Beijing features several restaurants and bars. The Cut, a steakhouse on the second floor, serves prime cuts of beef from Australia and Canada.[6] Fodor's said the restaurant's steaks are "some of the finest (and priciest)" in Beijing.[9] China Daily reviewer Jun Ye praised the restaurant, writing, "Both hotel and restaurant target the luxury-loving crowd, but they do offer commensurate good service" and "There were not many diners on the evening we ate at The Cut, but the quality of food and service definitely deserves much better patronage."[18] Lunar 8 serves a buffet that is open the entire day.[6] The Cantonese cuisine-themed restaurant serves Peking duck.[16][19] It allows customers to join the chef in carving up the duck and observe at the open kitchen how the duck is roasted.[19]
The hotel offers the more expensive Fairmont Gold booking option, which gives guests access to a concierge, a lounge, more amenities.[11] On the 20th floor in the skybridge, the hotel has the Fairmont Gold Club for these guests that has meeting rooms and a seating area.[11][16] In the skybridge, the 21st floor has an indoor pool, a yoga studio, the Willow Stream Spa, a gym, and locker rooms that have a steam rooms.[16] Customers can undergo services for their face and body at the spa, which has 12 rooms and occupies three of the skybridge's stories.[11][16] The spa offers both Chinese and Western treatments.[16]
The hotel offers lime-green BMW bikes for customers' commuting use and a bilingual app called "Ride Beijing" with ideas about where to go such as hutongs.[13][19][21] Justin Bergman of The New York Times said the hotel offers "excellent English-speaking service".[8] Fairmont Beijing houses a museum containing its proprietor's art and wine collection.[19] Guests can take tai chi classes from an expert, who teaches about the martial art's history and movements.[22]
