We visited shanghai on our last leg of the china tour at the end of May 08. We've been to many 4-5 star hotels on the trip in Beijing, Xi'an, Suzhou, Guilin. This one in Shanghai is one of our favorites. The location is great -- walking distance to Nanjing Road and the Bund Riverside. There're also some interesting local streets nearby where you can find food stands, convenient stores and just local life all day long. The breakfast buffet was great, although someone on our tour claimed to have got food poison from uncooked bacon at the omelet bar. Our room on the 11th floor was really clean, probably newly remoded. It's not big, but suffient. It has a gorgeous view over the bund and the high rises on the east side. In the evening, everything's lit up and it's beautiful. The TV has many channels to choose from including a number of english channels like CNN. Overall, we'd definitely stay here again when we come back to Shanghai on our own.

The hotel is in very good condition, room was very clean and furnished in an elegant modern style with flat-screen tv. Located close to Nanjing Road (main shopping street). Hotel staff is helpful and English speaking (more or less). Breakfast was really great with a large choise of different dishes. The panoramic window of the breakfast room offers a nice view. Whenever you go by taxi you need to have the Chinese address with you. At the reception desk you get a biz card where the address of the hotel as well as the most important tourist attractions are mentioned in Chinese. Take it with you, it's really helpful!

Having stayed at the Bund Riverside hotel before, I decided to book it again for my next business trip. I hate to say that the service and hotel have really gone backward since the last time. The internet speed for a start is a joke, as is the 1RMB per minute charge. Breakfast is very poor, the croissants tasted like they had been there for 3 days, there are not enough seats for all the staying guests to have breakfast, so one has to cue until someone leaves. The noise with all the construction work going on outside is unbearable and carries on through the night. The aircon doesnt work, which trust me in Shanghai's muggy climate is a must. There was no hot water, so I had a cold shower on both mornings. The front-desk staff were not helpful when all the above problems were pointed out and are only there to check you in and check you out, dont ask for anything else. In conclusion very poor and I wont be staying at the Bund Riverside next time.

Don't believe the name of this hotel, it may be on a riverside but isn't on the Bund. Its about 10 minutes walk away. We stayed for 4 days. The room would of been ok, all the normal amenities but the carpet was stained and flithy which was very offputting. Everything else was clean. Breakfast was served on the top floor which had a fantastic view but the buffet itself was disappointing. Limited choice, which wasn't replenished and barely warm. I decided to skip the buffet and go to the egg station, big mistake! The chef had no idea how to cook an omlette and I got a pile of seperate bits of yolk and white. The fried egg was no better, burnt on the bottom but not even warm on the top. There is a cafe on the ground floor which does basic snacks which was better but at an extra cost. We skipped breakfast and ate out after trying breakfast and never tried an evening meal. The reception staff were pleasant and helpful, writing down destinations and getting taxis etc. To sumarise, this isn't a horrific hotel but I wouldn't go back, I think there are better options in Shanghai.