23 Jul 2018
The tour guide was very personable and we always felt safe and had a good time. The problems we had just seemed a bit odd. One - the time we were to meet our guide and the time of the show suddenly changed 24 hours prior to the show - so its lucky that we were flexible enough to still attend. Two - we were asked on our way to the show if we would like to upgrade our tickets for an additional 100 Yuan per person, however, the guide could not tell us where our seats already were, so we felt a bit put on the spot to upgrade without having enough information to make that kind of a decision. Three - and most importantly, we were really looking forward to our Peking Duck Dinner Experience - which was an absolute total bust! We were ushered into the basement of the restaurant and given a table outside the kitchen. We were told we could each have one drink - so three of us ordered beer. When the bottle of beer arrived, the waitress poured the one bottle of beer into three juice glasses - and that was our ONE free drink. We ate at SEVERAL restaurants during our trip to Beijing - and this was by far below the rest. The waitress was rude and dismissive and the food was bland and non-memorable. We had really been looking forward to this evening and it was not the experience that we had hoped for. I would not recommend spending the money.