Shanghai Hoteller i Putuo

Design Too far from Down Town and quite expensive compare to somes hotels with a better location. At the end the taxi was a huge budget higher than the price difference with other hotel.

Having a kitchen and plenty of space. A fully equipped gym and games room was a bonus. Location is not so convenient to the city but very close to M50.

service was not good - the pool was closed during our stay there and this was not advertised to customers - i had called to check reservations one week and one day prior and neither instance did they mention the closure of the pool. obviously, the pool was very important to us - we decided on this hotel versus the holiday inn express which had much cheaper rates [1/2 the price in fact]. every single service you had to pay for - which again, at the holiday inn express where the room rate was half, these services were included - such as use of the computers at the business center. the reservations manager made a mistake on my reservation and when i called to inquire about it, he shouted at me on the phone for 20 minutes.

The rate Taxis have a hard time to find the place, but relatively close to the subway

As previous reviewers say, there's much around. The closest subway is about 5 mins walk. But it closed at 10:00pm. It sits right besides the river. On the other end of the road ( not the subway one), it has more stores and shops. It is best for tourists group that use bus as main transportation means. You need to place a 'please change sheet' card on your bed in order to change sheet ( becuase Holiday Inn advocates 'green' ?) There is no room service ( probably the same for all other Holiday Inn Express) so you need to pick up stuffs from the front desk. It is a fair place to stay, just not as convenient. And some taxi drivers have hard time to know where it is located. It is a bit tricky to drive to the hotel even for locals. Hope they can improve on breakfast.

The worst hotel I ever been in Shanghai. They offered me a broken door room !!! The beverages machine was broken and the closest shop to buy a Coca Cola was at 1 km !!!