Holiday Inn Downtown Shanghai

I've stayed at this hotel several times while on business in Shanghai. It has very good location, being very close to the train station. There are two buildings, separated by an underground parking garage. I have found the rooms, especially in the older section of the hotel, to be very dirty, stained carpet, cigarette burns in the carpet (even in non-smoking rooms) and the rooms are extremely small...coat closet size. I would not give this hotel a very good recommendation. The breakfast is very Chinese, much deep fried foods. The Crowne Plaza in Shanghai or the Regent is much better.

Downtown Holiday Inn Shanghai is NOT located in Shanghai Downtown. It located right opposite the new train station. Although a 5-10 minutes cab ride is easy to get to downtown. It will be convenient for those who like to travel by train/metro around or out of town. There is a hypermarket – Tesco very close to the hotel. Some restaurants near by and there is a fancy coffee shop next to the hotel, a little expensive then the outdoor café that own by the hotel. Across the street, there is one big shopping mall. Overall is quiet convenient for the tourist.

This hotel consists of 2 buildings - the Plaza Wing and Great Wall Wing. We stayed at the Plaza Wing, clean room, the king size bed is ok, not as hard as some of the reviews I read. Bathroom a little worn out, some furniture is a little old but still ok to use. At the time we stayed(April 7-April 10 2008), they were renovating the Great Wall Wing; therefore some noise were inevitable for those who stayed at the Great Wall Wing.

The buffet breakfast was expensive but there are varieties of food.

The room rate is a little higher then the Holiday Inn in Hangzhou but still cheap.

Overall, this hotel is ok.