Our room on the 5th floor was far larger than we expected and with a view across People's Square. The decor is appropriately dated but with modern bathroom facilities. The hotel is very well positioned from a tourism perspective. People's Square Underground Stop is right outside the hotel so getting around the city is super easy and cheap on public transport. Nanjing Rd West (Pedestrian St) is less than 200m from the hotel and this vibrant part of the city is great to walk along both during the day and at night. At the other end of Pedestrian St is the Bund with amazing views across the river (the lights are amazing and a cruise is well worth it, as is a trip up the Shanghai Tower).

Sometimes it was difficult to get online but the front desk staff were helpful in assisting. I suspect our issue may have been interference from having our mobile data on as well as WiFi.

Great location: The hotel located in front of People’s square metro station so carrying luggages have no problem. It’s near Nanjing road and can access on foot. The bed and pillow are so comfortable that I had deep sleep every nights.

My room is in the new building and not accessible by elevator. However, the hotel staff carried all of my luggages to my room. The price is quite different from booking.com. As you need to pay at the hotel counter, the hotel require more money on my check out due to ‘… December’s price has gone up so you need to pay more…’ This reason sounds irrational to me as they have already charged me on my checkin.

This hotel has the BEST location in Shanghai. 2min walk to a metro station (line 2 goes straight to the airport), 5min walk to Nanjing Pedestrian Street (with many many shops, cafes and restaurants) and 20min walk to the Bund. The building is beautiful, staff spoke good English -this is very helpful! Room was very spacious, with a big and super comfortable bed, pillows and nice bed linen. Bathroom was goo too, with all the toiletries. All very clean. Breakfast was decent, with some western options. Definitely recommend this hotel.

I don't understand why this Hotel has a 7.5 rate in Booking. The only thing that can be a bit tricky is that some rooms are located on split floors, with a few set of stairs to reach them (nothing much, there's 2 lifts for whole floors). If you have heavy luggage or any disability, just inform the Hotel.

The Hotel is super well located. Access to the metro station where most lines intersect, just across the street. Facing People's Park and right at the beginning of Nanjing Road. There are lots of restaurants and coffee shops around. The building is very beautiful and old and and it stayed that way. If you are looking for the old charm of a 20s/30s hotel, this is the place. Will definitely stay here again!

It's not really a negative for me, however, you must bear in mind that it is not a contemporary hotel. I really enjoyed it and I chose it exactly because of that but there's an old vibe throughout the whole place. Breakfast is not bad actually but don't expect the full western experience. Also, something that I have read here in the comments before and was kind of expecting it, the hotel charged extra 10% over the booking price (but still cheaper than on their website).

The hotel is in an excellent location, next to a shopping mall that houses the Madame Tussauds museum. The architecture is in an Italian style, making you feel as if you are inside an old aristocratic palace, which is lovely, I would say. The breakfast is not outstanding, but it's great for being in China.

After entering the room, we requested a replacement because the inside of the bathtub was not very clean, and the used toilet paper roll was stained with red (I will limit myself to this!). We called the reception for assistance, but they did not answer. They sent a woman directly to our floor, and after several attempts to explain the situation (using an online translator), we went directly to the reception. English is not their strong suit, unfortunately!

The location was perfect for us, which was the main reason for us to pick the hotel in the first place. The hotel is not one of the new and fancy ones, but one of the outstanding historic buildings of Shanghai. We enjoyed the historic building with a nice entrance and lovely park view of the high-floor rooms. It's fun that people keep taking pictures of the building. It might be better if the rooms were renovated, however. with the current `original` state of the rooms, it gives a time-machine feeling. We didn't stay for breakfast at the hotel, as there are plenty of local options around. Overall we enjoyed our stay.

The hotel is located directly opposite of a metro station, reachable within 5 mins. It is located right downtown in area with lots to do and see. A famous pedestrian shopping district was just right the corner. The hotel housekeepers were friendly and greeted us each time they sees us. The front desk personnel was also helpful with the questions we had.

The hotel internal structure is a little weird where rooms stationed in the sub-level will have to access the rooms via narrow stairs after exiting the lift. Simply put; our room was on level 6 (however, we have to take the lift to level 6, and walk down a small section of stairs making it seemingly level 5.5). This is inconvenient and dangerous with large luggages. Unsure if its due to the weather (we visited in April, with an average temperature around 15 degree celcius) or the old condition of the hotel, the air-conditioning in the room isn’t working. Even when I tried adjusting the temperature to “cool” + “high speed” + “15 degrees”. I was literally sleeping in sweat.

This hotel is in center of Shanghai-People Square. Front of hotel have subway station for line 1,2, 8 shops restaurant all walking distance. Room is very spacious, clean, staff are very friendly, but the interior is kind of old, door, floor all can have some refurbishment. Over all, it is very nice place to stay. Loved it.

Location, very clean, large room, good shower, daily cleaned, new towels etc, comfortable bed, pleasant staff, Booking.com price was honoured. For something different we picked this 100 year old hotel for the heritage decor. Not disappointed. It was a great place to stay.

Only issue we had was very minor. The Aircon would keep creeping up in temperature. We chose to turn it off and leave the windows open. Very comfortable and fresh air.

The host was super nice and helpful in giving sightseeing suggestions and helping to organize a driver for the day. Best was to come back after a rainy day, take a hot shower and get comfy in the bed which had a heating blanket! A lot of free water was available too and good shampoo and shower gel. The inn is very cute and rustic and the location is great for a walk in the nightly lit old streets.

It was really great, one tiny suggestion if I had to make one is softer beds, although I know these beds are pretty common in China.