After the Eight-Power Allied Forces seized the city, Beijing became a place for the invaders to play, eat and drink, and a number of hotels and restaurants were opened to serve these foreign soldiers. There are two quite business sense of the French in Suzhou Hutong area opened a tavern, selling a few cents a glass of wine and some simple dishes. Because of the customers, this only three storeys of the tavern has been difficult to meet the patron, so the French small boss the next year the tavern moved to the northwest corner of the Dongdan pagoda on the street, and hung out the "Beijing Hotel" sign.
This ever-expanding Peking Restaurant, business is sometimes good, sometimes bad, the owner changed many times. With the expansion of business, after the Italian operation in the Sino-French Industrial Bank, the hotel moved to the current address. To the liberation of Beijing, it this seven-storey red brick building, with a floor area of 26,000 square meters, more than one hundred sets of rooms.
In 1952, immediately west of the original Beijing Hotel building, the construction of an eight-storey high, more than 200 sets of rooms and can accommodate more than 1,000 people in the banquet hall of the new building, the new building was completed in 1954, put into use after the customary called "West Building".
In 1973, the Beijing Hotel once again for the expansion of the original Beijing Hotel on the east side of the red building demolition, with a year and a half time to build a new building at the time is the highest in the capital, *** 17 floors, a floor area of nearly 90,000 square meters, more than 600 sets of guest rooms, the use of customary call it "East Building".
**** after the reform and opening up, funded by Hong Kong's Henry Fok in the west of the three buildings and built a luxury "VIP building", with a floor area of 43,000 square meters, 208 sets of rooms. It is a hotel with international first-class level and facilities. ****
The four Beijing Hotel buildings stand side by side, compared with the original Beijing Hotel building known as the "Middle Building" -- a beige-colored building built in 1917 by a French operator who demolished the Qing Dynasty's "Hall of Concierge" more than 80 years ago -- is a bit old.
The whole Beijing Hotel, consisting of the "Central Building" and the East, West and VIP Buildings, attracts pedestrians and Chinese and foreign guests with its charm.
Today's Beijing Hotel has a floor area of nearly 200,000 square meters, which is eight times the size of the building when it was taken over after the liberation. The Beijing Hotel has been praised by Chinese and foreign guests for its famous chefs, famous dishes and first-class service.
The restaurant has received many heads of state and VIPs. Former U.S. President Richard Nixon praised the quality of its meals and services after dining at the Beijing Hotel, and Mrs. Nixon visited its kitchen in person and praised the chef's cooking skills. Many countries have invited the chefs of Peking Restaurant to teach them their skills. Peking Restaurant is famous all over the world.