I stayed for a week at the Novotel Atlantis in Pudong. The location is more suited to business people than tourists. However the rate was much cheaper (around $50/night cheaper) than for hotels in the city centre (eg the Bund). A taxi to the Bund costs about 20 yuan ($3). So for a 10 minute trip it was a reasonable trade off. A subway station is one block away for even cheaper transport. The hotel room was as expected for 4 star. Restaurants in the hotel were disappointing but typical for Shanghai. (The Hyatt's highly rated restaurant cost me $300 for 2 and was much inferior to Hong Kong standards.) The standard of food hygiene at Novotel appeared good however. The breakfast buffet was quite good. The hotel gives you a litre of bottled water every day which is essential in Shanghai. Travel advice from the concierge or other staff was really unavailable due to their extemely limited English ability. Not even brochures were available. Most other guests were Europeans so English may not be in demand much. Conclusion: would stay there again but with lower expectations.

The rooms are nice enough but the hotel is not the best run Novotel in Asia. You might want to avoid the hotel restaurants as they are pretty hopeless. The independent Chinese restaurant just outside the main entrance to the left is vastly superior and is an impressive destination. After some 10 days of meetings and travellng I thought a nice massage, steam and sauna might be in order. Unfortunately the massage girl got a bit upset when I declined the 'Special Massage'. Very disappointing to end up in this scenario in a major brand hotel. If this is not your thing then best avoided. The Sofitel Pudong was classier and not very much more expensive, I will stay there in future.

Nous avons passé deux nuits au 31ème étage de cet excellent hôtel tant par son emplacement (vue superbe sur Shanghai illuminé la nuit ) que par ses services et prestations de premier ordre.(accueil chaleureux, petit déjeûner savoureux,). Nous le conseillons vivement et n'avons qu'une envie, c'est d'y revenir .... Cathy/JP - de Monaco

We stayed at this hotel on (23 & 24 August) and booked the hotel through the hotel website. The down side to this hotel is that it is quite far away from downtown Shanghai and that there is not much to see or do near the hotel, there is a subway about 15 minutes walk away or you need to use taxis. On the positive side the hotel is very clean, with very friendly and knowledgeable staff who speak good english. The rooms are modern and of a very high standard, the rooms higher up have great views of the river. the hotel has a pool and plenty of restaurants and bars. special mention for the very helpful concierge staff. overall very good hotel and good value for money, pity about the distance from downtown.

I stayed in this Hotel several times during last year and my general opinion is very positive....nice modern rooms with great view if they are on high floors, good restaurants, and very nice bar on the 50th floor (turning around slowly and giving excellent view to Shanghai by night... No serious problems except that is in Pudong area and not so close to the centre of Shanghai (need taxi)