My husband and I stayed at the Crowne Plaza Fudan Shanghai based on Tripadvisor recommendations, and we were not disappointed. The hotel is new and our superior grade room was spacious and nicely decorated. The bathroom was the most elegant of any of the hotels on our tour of China. The staff was extremely attentive. We were met at the door on our arrival and escorted to the check-in desk. We arrived at 12:00 p.m. and were given a room immediately. The bell boy showed us to our room and explained everything about our room including the fire evacuation route! The hotel food was very good although the drinks were expensive. My only complaint is that prior to leaving for our trip I wrote an email to the hotel requesting the concierge to write with directions, in Chinese, to give my taxi driver. I never received a response. Fortunately I was able to have my tour guide in Xi'an translate the directions into Chinese prior to our arrival in Shanghai. This was very important as taxi drivers weren't too sure of how to find the hotel-we discovered this the first time we went sightseeing and got driven to the wrong hotel.

Overall, this was an excellent hotel and I would definitely stay there again.

We stayed at the Crowne Plaza Fudan Shanghai for 4 nights in June 2008. We found the hotel to be great.

We arrived from our overnight flight at 10:00am and our room was ready for us to check in. This was an unexpected suprise as it allowed us to have a shower and a small nap before heading out for the day. We had emailed the hotel earlier and had them scan and email the taxi card "please take me to the ___" in chinese. This is something you really should do for any hotel as it makes getting there a lot easier.

The room was very large and clean. The bed was comfortable and they also had a pillow menu. The staff were also very helpful. The inside of the hotel was very nice, with modern artworks and interior design evident.

The hotel is opposite the Fudan university and is a bit out of the main touristy areas like the bund, however cabs are so cheap it doesn't matter as it only costs about $5 to get to the other side of town.

For lunch a couple of times we went to the Fudan walking street - about a 1 minute walk from the hotel and had some wonderful food at the restuarants there.

This hotel was really cheap at only around 600RMB from Crowne directly. Other hotels on Nanjing Lu are 2 - 3 times more expensive for a similar quality.

Four star hotel. Great staff, facilities. Only downside is that it's well away from everything of interest and neighborhood doesn't have a lot of character. Factor in cab rides whenever you want to go anywhere.

We spent four nights at this excellent hotel. Our room was large, well appointed, very comfortable and clean.

We paid a little extra for access to the club floor and this proved very worth while. Here we had breakfast, checked our email, enjoyed evening cocktails and canapes, and popped in for coffee whenever we wanted. All without further charge.

All the staff were always most attentive, welcoming and helpful.

By chance we were there for Chinese New Year so had the additional benefit of meeting two dragons in the club lounge as part of the festivities!

The hotel is a short taxi ride from the Shanghai Bund and city centre, fare about 35 yuan, and a short walk to a massive mall with every kind of shop and restaurant.

We had a day in transit and need a room in Shanghai and booked a Club room for about 950 Yuan. The room was quite nice, the breakfast buffet above average, the free internet nice, and the service accomodating. For a night stop over it fits the bill, but for a longer term base for touring the city, we would suggest paying more and getting closer to the town center. It's a long taxi drive into town and IF ITS RAINING AND NEAR WORKER QUITTING TIME you may have a long wait for a taxi --- try 90 minutes waiting in the rain. At least if you are more downtown you can access the Metro which we did on our later return stay at the Royal Meridien.

I'll echo the sentiments of most people below...A GREAT hotel!

I booked a club-level room, as it seemed the best deal, which gave me breakfast in the morning (sufficient--not outstanding, but good food, decent selection) and evening cocktails and appetizers (which for me is enough for dinner). One of the better values I've had in Shanghai at about RMB1000 for the club level with all the add ons.

The room was clean, spacious and offered about 8 English TV stations--more than most places in China. My only gripe about the club level was the lack of free in-room internet--I do expect to pay for internet access, but not when on a club floor, as it's included at most other hotels in Asia, including the more-expensive sister-property Intercontinental Pudong Shanghai. Bathroom was very large--tub and separate glass shower.

Service was very good, both on the 'ground floor' and up in the club room. When I arrived at the hotel, I presented my passport to 'Rose', who told me I should check in at the Club Level. Rose was awesome, almost too accomodating...She took me up there personally, asked me what I wanted to drink and brought me a Qingdao beer while another girl checked me in. That was not the end of my 'Rose Experience'. She happened to be standing near the door when I returned from my office the second day--she acknowledged me by name and proceeded to escort me up to my room, all while making friendly small-talk about my day and life in general...I believe the Chinese call it 'Tan Tian', translating literally to 'talking about the sky', or, small-talk. :)

The club floor staff was so helpful it was almost over-crowding of me...I couldn't get my own diet coke or beer, let alone trying to re-fill my water glass with ice, and they were there to swoop up finished plates in about 10 seconds. I'm not really complaining, because I never complain about good service!

Great hotel, great experience...The hotel is far away from anything exciting in Shanghai, and that's fine by me. It was about a half-hour ride to my office, but worth it for this great property at such a great value! Definitely going to consider it again next time in Shanghai.

This hotel is sparkling new and beautiful. The staff and concierge are very helpful and knowledgeable. The price is incredibly reasonable. I booked on the Crowne Plaza website a room rate of 670 yuan per night for a double including breakfast. The breakfast was very nice with a wide selection of Asian and Western dishes. The cafe also offered nice desserts which served as a wonderful afternoon snack. There are other restaurants in the hotel as well although we didn't try them.

The downside was the hotel's distance from areas of Shanghai most tourists want to visit. Our daily taxi fares amounted to $20 or $30 a day. Shanghai has a very good subway system. If I stayed at this hotel again, I would take a taxi to the closest subway station in order to cut down on transportation costs. For dining, there is a very good shopping and dining center very close to the hotel, not within walking distance, but only a five minute taxi drive away.

Very clean and spacious room, good food in the restaurant and very helpful staff. Location is about 30 mins from the Bund . Club lounge good for internet access, breakfast ok, nothing special.

We really liked the hotel, service, concierge services, room quality, club lounge at this hotel. The breakfast was average and not as good as other hotels we stayed at in China but the other things made up for that. The beds were very comfortable. The club lounge with internet was very useful. We were 2 adults and 2 children (11, 7) in one room which had two double beds. The room worked well for us. The kids loved the pool.

The location is a negative but the hotel was very comfortable and taxis were never a problem to find. The hotel’s concierge handled tickets for the Shanghai Circus for us. The concierge staff was very helpful in making reservations, providing recommendations. The food mall they recommended for lunch about 15 yuan by taxi was a great place to go for meals. There are all kinds of restaurants here including the Pizza Huts etc. There is a Walmart behind the food mall area too. There is also an excellent Chinese restaurant called "Real Good Seafood Restaurant". The food and service was very good here. The market price fresh fish can be pricey though it was the best fish I have had in a long time.

Before we left, I looked for reviews on hotels in Shanghai. I was left somewhat confused, but this hotel seemed to have all good reviews. So I booked it, and was not disappointed. This is really very good value for your money, very large rooms (deluxe if I remember well), good service, and actually also a nice restaurant. Rooms are clean and have all the comfort.

It takes a taxi drive into the center, but the price is low (3 or 4 euro), and the center is not Paris or Rome., so it's not necessary - I would say - to stay in the center as a tourist.

I stayed at this hotel from April 12-14, 2007.

Architectural & Interior Design- Understated, contemporary.

Rooms - Complete with interent service, comfortable beds, flat screen TV, mini bar, robes/slippers. Housekeeping does a great job!

Breakfast Buffet at the Cafe - Good spread of western/chinese cuisine but poor service at the height of the morning rush.

Check In/Out - painless and efficient.

The only drawback is the location which is at least 20 minutes w/o traffic from downtown. The driver of the cab we rode in is not even familiar of this hotel.

This is definitely a 5 star hotel!

I can't add much to what's already been said. We had 4 nights at the hotel, and everything (room, food, etc.) was superb.

The only downside, as has been mentioned, is the location. And I would say that your choice is between excellent value and convenient location. If you want to be near the action, don't stay here unless you're willing to put up with long cab rides (20 minutes once off-peak; 30 or more otherwise), and the posibility (as happened twice out of 8 rides) that the driver will get lost on his way back to the hotel.

It would have been nice to stay downtown, especially when it was so difficult to get a cab back to the hotel during rush hour. It would have been nice to step out of the door and into the shopping/dining/sightseeing/entertaining area. But that would have cost 4 times the amount that we paid ($82 a night, booked by phone with IHG reservations, including a great breakfast buffet.) for a comparable property. The reservations agent told us that we qualified for a weekend rate, which we wouldn't have known otherwise.

So, if you don't care about being in the boonies, this is a fantastic value.