Asset Hotel Shanghai — Hotel in Shanghai

Booked the hotel from Agoda as it popped up as one of the lowest cost options. Was on transit back from another Chinese city and had wanted to take a short break on the way home. ||The location|The location is quite inaccessible and the hotel is tucked in on a small side road, sandwiched by much taller apartment block. It is easy to miss but look out for the large red sign with the hotel name on Wan Ping south Road. The main distinguishing point seems to be Ling Ling Road. If you are coming from the south it is just to the left after that road junction. Ask the driver to slow down and keep left when approaching Ling Ling road traffic junction. The hotel is pretty far away from the main shopping district though and a cab there would cost about 20-30RMB. Did not manage to see where the nearest train station (Shanghai stadium) was but believe it is a couple of streets away. Believe there are a couple of hospitals near by. ||The hotel |The hotel is definitely a budget type hotel, no frills and the first room I got was quite musky and had totally no view. The rooms are also a bit confusing as the even numbers are on one corridor and the odd are on another and the rooms stagger in a ascending spiral circular arrangement. The room looks pretty run down with wall paints flaking at parts and the luggage banging marks on the wall do not seem to have been cleaned. The bed was firm and comfortable enough but the piece of cloth they lay over the covers seemed stained with dirt. The toilets were functional but the body wash was limited to small bottles half the size of regular hotels. The towels seemed a little less than white. Maybe they don't bleach their towels. On the last night I noticed I was able to hear faint snoring noises from the adjoining room. Could either be that the next door person snores extremely loudly or the walls are not that sound proof. There was a mini fridge ( that was unplugged and a small safe and kettle and dryer. The normal stuff. The air con seemed to be pretty new and worked pretty well. ||The price. |The rooms were really cheap. At about USD30+ a night, it was a really good price for a budget traveller.||The service|This is the part I kind of like the most. The initial check in guy at the front desk was extremely helpful and very friendly. He answered my questions perfectly and seemed to be really genuine in his friendliness. The lady on the second day was nice too. The guy on the first night helped give me suggestions on where to find food at 2 am when I checked in. |My request for towels and the overall cleaning of the rooms was pretty good. I had left my room pretty messy and they managed to tidy it up real well. ||Overall|In the context of its great price, the room is pretty ok. No, you will not get the ritz Carlton experience, but this price range is as cheap as a hostel in Shanghai. Would I go back? Maybe if I was on a budget. The price is great. The service staff was pretty nice. Wish they would change their towels and clean the walls and check on the flaking paint...

What they show you on the photos is just not true any more. Unfortunately, this hotel is a real disaster. Scary place. I have spent a week at this hotel about three years ago and it was rather doubtly a three-star one already. The issues then were dark, small, neglected rooms, poor breakfast and no English speaking personnel. Otherwise it was acceptable. I needed a place to stay in this area this year and was not sure if I should return to the Asset Hotel but after reading some enthusiastic reviews I thougt that maybe I was too demanding or they made some changes in the meantime. I booked a rooms there and that was big mistake. It is a ruin, something difficult to imagine until you see it. I took some bigger room this time. On the way we saw dirty, damaged walls but it was much worse in the room. Well, the door were also dirty. The carpet was stained, the wardrobe lost the door (!), the walls are difficult to describe. But you can watch the photos. Towels were clean and exchanged every day, there always two fresh bottles od water delivered, cosmetics etc. Again, the room was too dark, even if all the lamps were on. AC was working but in an uncontrolled way, it was always too cold or too hot and the displayed temperature had nothing to do with reality. The beds are comfortable and they were made daily by the maid but I have not seen any vac there through the week I have spent at the Asset Hotel. Imagine. That is impressive. The breakfast was mostly Chinese - styled but I was eating the toast with peanut butter and marmalade. There were also scrambled and cooked eggs there to eat. The breakfast room is steamy and smells weird - the mix of a steam and mold on the walls. I was shocked when I realized how the dishes are washed. It has nothing to do with hygiene. Hotel's stuff does not speak English, they avoid greeting the guests, never say good morning... Wi-Fi is working (if working) with a zero speed. Tv has Chinese menu only. Hotel phone is pit of service... In my opinion the Asset Hotel should be removed from any civilized booking system until it would be completely renovated. There is not such a thing like "good for the price", the dirt is never good...

This is a sad story. I have spent a week at this hotel about three years ago and it was rather doubtly a three-star one already. The issues then were dark, small, neglected rooms, poor breakfast and no English speaking personnel. Otherwise it was acceptable. I needed a place to stay in this area this year and was not sure if I should return to the Asset Hotel but after reading some enthusiastic reviews I thougt that maybe I was too demanding or they made some changes in the meantime. I booked a rooms there and that was big mistake.|It is a ruin, something difficult to imagine until you see it. I took some bigger room this time. On the way we saw dirty, damaged walls but it was much worse in the room. Well, the door were also dirty. The carpet was stained, the wardrobe lost the door (!), the walls are difficult to describe. But you can watch the photos. Towels were clean and exchanged every day, there always two fresh bottles od water delivered, cosmetics etc. Again, the room was too dark, even if all the lamps were on. AC was working but in an uncontrolled way, it was always too cold or too hot and the displayed temperature had nothing to do with reality. The beds are comfortable and they were made daily by the maid but I have not seen any vac there through the week I have spent at the Asset Hotel. Imagine. That is impressive. The breakfast was mostly Chinese - styled but I was eating the toast with peanut butter and marmalade. There were also scrambled and cooked eggs there to eat. The breakfast room is steamy and smells weird - the mix of a steam and mold on the walls. I was shocked when I realized how the dishes are washed. It has nothing to do with hygiene. Hotel's stuff does not speak English, they avoid greeting the guests, never say good morning...|Wi-Fi is working (if working) with a zero speed. Tv has Chinese menu only. Hotel phone is pit of service...|In my opinion the Asset Hotel should be removed from any civilized booking system until it would be completely renovated. There is not such a thing like "good for the price", the dirt is never good at any price....