Independent, 3 star Hotels in Shanghai

Great location and 1st class room - clean, good size and friendly staff

We had a pleasing stay at Genting Star Shanghai. The staff at the counter is nice. We didn't encounter any check-in problems. It is our first time in Shanghai so we really appreciated the staff's more-than-willing attitude of teaching us directions. We speak mandarin so it probably contributed to our smooth conversations with the staff. Housekeeping personnel is also nice. We booked 2 rooms, one with windows and the other had none. We were surprised that the room without windows was as good as the room with windows. The air conditioning unit in one of our rooms is noisy but is tolerable. Both rooms are not spacious but are very clean. The bed is comfortable. We loved the shower for its forceful water flow. The hotel's location is OK since convenience stores, restaurants, and the subway station are of walking distance to the hotel. There is a restaurant just beside the hotel and it served tasty food at an affordable price.

the hotel is nice , rooms are clean it is just 2 stops far from nanjing road east in line 10. But didnt hace wifi. The street where is located is not really nice but that was not important for me.

The rooms are small and dirty. The internet is very slow and always disconnects. The corridor in the floor is very smelly and unpleasant . The stuff don't speak English .

Shower was broken but was fixed within 10 minutes of my complaint. Hotel is cheap but the location is slightly inconvenient for general tourist purposes. Breakfast was adequate but not excellent. Macao Dollar restaurant next door has excellent hot pot meals, with English menu if required. Convenience store nearby for buying water bottles and other items. Hotel bar and sauna were closed the entire time I was there. Metro is half a mile away (Huang Xing Lu station on line 8). Write down the hotel phone number to give to your taxi driver when you first arrive since the map on the hotel website is poor. Once you check in the hotel card can be shown to taxi drivers with no problems.

Perfect place to stop for seeing the rest of the city. Nothing hugely special, but at the same time the quality of the hotel for the price was top notch. Would definitely recommend! However, please note that the location on the map on the expedia page is NOT where the hotel actually is. It's on the same road, but about half a mile down the road nearer the Bund (the big river)

The Xinhui hotel is an excellent Chinese style hotel. By Chinese style, I mean that you should expect as rather firm mattress, which local belief holds to be more healthy, and that the decor may not be what you expect from a more internationally styled hotel. Also, since this is not a high rise in the increasingly vertical megalopolis of Shanghai, do not expect a grand vista from your window. But, the hotel staff is very friendly, even if your Mandarin is as bad as mine and presumably if you speak none at all. The rooms are completely clean. Everything is above board. And you can't beat the price. Plus it is in a rather interesting artsy area, not far from the excellent Shanghai Metro. It is also about a block's walk from a true local food market where I dare you to find another tourist.

I stayed here three nights and it was a decent hotel. I was able to see good parts of the city from room on the 22nd floor. The room itself was shabby - the wallpaper was peeling, there was mashed fruit (or something) in the carpet, and the window wouldn't shut all the way. The bathroom and beds seemed clean, though. The neighborhood seemed shabby as well - many stores were closed or not built yet, and since there are not as many tourists in that area, I felt a bit more hesitant to go out at night. Two very bright spots about this hotel - it is right across the street from a metro station on line 1, so pretty much anything is accessible from your hotel. Second, I had internet trouble, but one of the hotel employees went up to my room and fixed my computer so it would work with the system (he knew what to do, he just changed the DNS setting to Automatic for you techies out there). I was impressed that he came up all the way to my room and helped - he easily could have sent someone later, or blew me off. I was very happy, as I needed the internet that same night. Overall, even though it was shabby and not in the greatest neighborhood, for the price I think it was a good value. I would consider staying there again.