China World Hotel (Zhongguo Dafandian)

Description:

• China World is the city's top business hotel. It has an enviable location in the heart of the Central Business District. The attached China World shopping mall is one of the best in town, with luxury boutiques, a well-stocked supermarket, and an ice rink. Standard rooms are spacious with marble bathrooms and separate shower units. Closets have fantastic shelving units for those who prefer to get things out of the suitcase. Get a corner room if you can -- they're the same price, but bigger. For a real bargain, book yourself into a premier room -- it's the same size as an executive suite, but minus a dividing wall between the sitting area and bedroom. For wine lovers, in-house restaurant Aria was recently tapped by the Wine Spectator for having one of the best wine lists in the world. The menu has about 450 bottles and sommeliers are on hand to help out with choices.

  Amenities: 4 restaurants plus several more in attached mall; indoor pool (25m/82 ft.); golf simulator; 3 indoor tennis courts; full-service health club; separate spa with aromatherapy; concierge; business center; shopping complex; salon; 24-hr. room service; same-day dry-cleaning/laundry service; executive-level rooms; nonsmoking rooms; currency exchange; Wi-Fi in executive rooms

• © Frommer's 2013

Awards:

Travel + Leisure 500

•  Best Hotel 2009

Frommer's

•  Very Highly Recommended 2009
•  Very Highly Recommended 2010

Other features:

The Hilton's restaurants include Genji Japanese teppanyaki, Sui Yuan Chinese, the casual Atrium Café, the Cajun-style Louisana and the Lobby Bar and Lounge for snacks and cocktails.