I was in Shanghai for two days, my last two days in China and what a way to end my journey!

A superb hotel!

The only not so positive aspect was the location, but with all the good aspects, I can easily forget this one! You can pick a taxi and in 20minutes you're in the center! Don't worry :)

Where can I start? Beautiful rooms, with everything you may need when you are in a hotel, with very modern and clean decoration!

The staff really can speak english and not just say a words like all the others hotels that I stayed in China! You easily figure that the staff has formation in english and here you don't see young boys and girls working....finally some adults working here!

The breakfast was superb with a big room with lots of different food!

I sure would comeback to this hotel if I ever came to Shanghai again...hope so :)

I can't add much to the previous reviews. This is a superb Hotel. Everything was perfect. So many lovely staff and all dressed so neatly. My room was great although be warned the bathroom has a window straight through to the bedroom. Some might not like this. As I was by myself on business it didn't worry me.

Great place to stay if you want to be in the area for some reason. If I was visiting for tourism I would stay in the city.

Also as previously mentioned, the Carrefour shopping complex is only a short walk. I ate in the food court a few times to get away from the hotel food. It was quite OK and the menus had English. Lots of variety and very cheap about 50 - 60 RMB with a beer.

If you want some cheap clothes, watches, bags etc then the Pearl City shopping centre is about a 20 min walk further. As in a lot of places in China you have to negotiate the price down. Its great fun but play hard as they are very good at it. A good rule of thumb is to never pay anymore than half of what they initially ask, and it is always better to go down even further.

This is a beautiful hotel, and an oasis for people who have little to no Chinese ability. It is staffed with impeccably dressed and polite staff. After a few days of getting to know the staff, I asked an employee who had very fluent English how she managed to speak so comfortably. She told me the hotel staffed many students currently studying English as part of their business curriculum in nearby universities. These positions were like internships that gave them the chance to practice their conversational English. What luck for me! My Mandarin is BARELY usable. Hongqiao ("hong-chow") is an area outside of the incredibly congested Shanghai. If you are looking for Shanghai tourism, stay closer to the Bund. If you need to get somewhere outside of the city, stay here so you don't have to fight traffic leaving/returning to the city. The most convenient thing about this hotel is that it is immediately next to a 7-story food/shopping complex. Plenty of prepared food can be found in the lower level "food court"; and groceries, clothing, toiletries, liquor, and souveniers are abundant. Just don't look for English speakers in the shopping complex. The only issue I had when there, was my travel agent was quoted a different price (by a LOT), and there wasn't anyone there willing to discuss how this happened, nor able to give me the price quoted. We were unable to compromise, and I ended up agreeing to paying about $100 USD per night more than planned, so check your price on the paperwork when checking in! This hotel was WAY EXPENSIVE for China, but very worth it if you can afford it. Quick warning: If you wander outside, the immediate area is pretty safe, but stay on the street side of the billboards. You are not welcome behind them by the people living in the spaces "painted over" by the city!

I stayed at this Hotel with 2 of my girlfriends,we had adjoining rooms that were spacious clean and very modern with a view of the surrounding city from a ceiling to floor windows. Our checkin/checkout was seemless. Cost was @ $800AUD including fantastic buffet breakfast for 6 days. Great value! The nearby supermarket was handy for ATM and personal items. Here in Shanghai you must be prepared to catch cabs form A-B .This is not an expensive way to travel but is the easiest way to get around, public transport is too complicated. Getting taxis from our Hotel was no trouble, peak hour traffic is a nightmare, which is practically 24.7. There is no catering for tourism in any of the Hotels in Shanghai. You must go with a clear idea of what you want to do and where you want to go. No brochures appear in the foyer of any of the Hotels. The staff of our Hotel were very helpful in directing us and in turn telling our cab drivers were to take us in there language. Always carry a card from the Hotel where you are staying that has the mud map of where you are to be returned to! A lot of the taxi drivers are illiterate so make sure they absolutely know where they are to take you.

Just stayed there while on biz trip last week. Got a very good rate, about 800 RMB

The hotel is located in Hong Qiao, an expat area. It's just beside a Carrefour and shopping centre, so convenient if you want to do a bit of shopping. But it's situated quite a distance from Xintiandi, the Bund, Huaihai Rd and the central shopping areas. But I was travelling out of Shanghai, so the location was convenient since I would avoid the traffic in the business district

The hotel is new, just opened in Oct 2006 according to the hotel staff. Lobby is rather grand, with 3 restaurants. Only tried the chinese restaurant and it's not bad. Less oily and salty than some of the other chinese restaurants I tried in China. Food in the hotel is quite highly priced.

Was upgraded to a club room. The room is quite big and well furnished. The sockets on the desk has a multi-adapter, so convenient for travellers who need to use laptop or charge phone. bed's comfy and the bathroom is nice too.

It was a rather nice stay and I would stay there again