This hotel was a real revelation. ...
This hotel was a real revelation. It is an older building dating from the 1920s/30's and has some nice nostlalgic art deco touches . The exterior does not do justice to the quality of the rooms (at least the one we stayed in) or service and it might not appear to be very promising when viewed from the outside. It has undergone internal renovation (some of which is still on-going at the time of writing). The room we stayed in is probably the best equipped of all hotels: very comfortable with all the inclusions you expect in an international standard hotel room and more eg a PC and fax machine in the room, scales in the bathroom, although the hotel is only rated as 4 star. The staff did their best to communicate with us and overall were friendly and helpful. It would improve things if the front of house staff were a little more fluent in English and there were language tourist information available. Like many places in China there is an emphasis more on internal tourists than foreign tourists The location however is brilliant and is within easy walking distance of the Bund and the Nanjing Rd East shopping area.