Mansion Hotel Shanghai — Hotel in Shanghai

This hotel in the heart of the Former French Concession has great features but could also improve in a lot of areas. I gave it a "very good" but it's not. It's somewhere between average and very good (not a choice above).||||The pros: (1) gorgeous lobby with antiques from the 1920s and 1930s, including old photographs, a record player, an antique opium pipe, rickshaw registrations, casino chips, etc.. It's beautiful and full of history; (2) excellent location near a little park where locals dance and do tai chi, and near many restaurants (the Cathay Theatre is also close by and worth seeing); and (3) the rooms are big and furnished in the same style. The building used to be owned by "Big-Eared" Du who was an opium importer and mafia boss. Very cool.||||The cons: (1) the staff does not speak English so do not expect any assistance or concierge service; (2) the carpets are dirty and the entire place could use a cleaning; and (3) the breakfast is the worst breakfast I have ever had (they need to invest in a good coffee machine and focus on the needs of Europeans and Americans, not only Chinese people, if they want to grow the business and be more successful). ||||In conclusion, I recommend the hotel but with reservations. There are much better hotels on the Bund. But it's more interesting than most hotels in Pudong...

This hotel in the heart of the Former French Concession has great features but could also improve in a lot of areas. I gave it a "very good" but it's not. It's somewhere between average and very good (not a choice above).||||The pros: (1) gorgeous lobby with antiques from the 1920s and 1930s, including old photographs, a record player, an antique opium pipe, rickshaw registrations, casino chips, etc.. It's beautiful and full of history; (2) excellent location near a little park where locals dance and do tai chi, and near many restaurants (the Cathay Theatre is also close by and worth seeing); and (3) the rooms are big and furnished in the same style. The building used to be owned by "Big-Eared" Du who was an opium importer and mafia boss. Very cool.||||The cons: (1) the staff does not speak English so do not expect any assistance or concierge service; (2) the carpets are dirty and the entire place could use a cleaning; and (3) the breakfast is the worst breakfast I have ever had (they need to invest in a good coffee machine and focus on the needs of Europeans and Americans, not only Chinese people, if they want to grow the business and be more successful). ||||In conclusion, I recommend the hotel but with reservations. There are much better hotels on the Bund. But it's more interesting than most hotels in Pudong...

I would never stay in this hotel again even if someone paid me to do so. Mould in bathroom and walls, very dirty carpet, inadequate cleaning since I found a packet of cigaretes from the previous person that stayed in my room and people in the reception just dont care!!! I arrived with 3 bags, no-one there to help. In the breakfast I was waiting 10 minutes for someone to come and get the order (yes you have to fill a paper with your selection of things you want) and it looked as if i am invisible for the employees. This hotel should have been a real gem if worked properly but it is left deserted. Not even the health inspection cares since if this was Europe it would have been closed permanently for the mould.. The only reason I give 2 stars instead of 1 is the very good location and the polite girl in the reception my last day there that was helpful, tried to speak English and help me...