about an hours drive from the airport. Well situated closeto the water. Huge atrium but not the most warmest of welcomes. Staff never spoke when entering or leaving the hotel. Had booked a twin room as travelling with female friend so found it odd to seea huge window in the room looking straight into the bathroom so thank goodness there is a blind in the bathroom to close it off!! The room and bathroom appeared clean and tidy but could do with a little updating. Air con not great with the room being on the warm side. there is a window that can be opened however you need to climb on a chair and kneel on a very wide window sill to even reach it so gave up on that one. Breakfast is advertised to take in the westerners palette but did not find this to be so however saying that there was plenty of choice of other foods. Tea and coffee were luke warm and from a machine. Expected better from a 4* hotel. The breakfast area is far too small for the size of the hotel. Overall not a bad hotel but not sure its...
Read moreThe hotel is located in the west of Shanghai near the river and the Bund. It's about a 20-30min drive from the main train station and about an hour from Pudong Airport, these times are outside of rush hour later in the evening (about 8pm). ||Check in was easy thanks to my English speaking guide. I was given a room on the 20th floor, a lovely 1 bedroom suite. The room was exactly as I requested.. quiet and away from the lifts. ||The room was very spacious with a nice sofa seating area separated from the bedroom by a rotating TV. There was tea and coffee making facilities and complimentary water. The bed was very comfy, the shower was nice and powerful and there was also a bath, a big plus for me, although no bath salts but that seems to be the case in most hotels now. There were basic amenities available in the bathroom.||Breakfast was on the first floor near reception and offered a selection of Chinese and Western options. ||All in all a nice hotel in a good location of the city at a...
Read moreModern and fairly clean hotel, spacious hall with more reserved areas where you can dine and areas with sofas to enjoy some relaxation.||Breakfast with a lot of sweet, savory and intercontinental choices. The international dinner is also good|| ||The rooms are clean but not very large with a desk and mini bar.||Unfortunately there is space to place only one suitcase.||Not too spacious bed||TV with channels almost exclusively in Chinese as in almost all hotels in China||Hotel WIFI almost unusable without a VPN but this is common to all hotels in China||Sufficient room lighting||Bathroom with bathtub and window overlooking the bedroom which can be closed with a hand roller shutter||View from the room almost non-existent due to the small and deep window||The location is quite good and in 30 minutes you can reach the Bund from where you can watch the extraordinary night light show||||Rooms rating 6.5||Bathroom rating 7||Cleanliness rating 7||Position...
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