Mei Du Hotel Shanghai

I arrived in the evening and the room I got was disgusting and dirty! No one speaks English in this hotel. The receptionist tried to get someone on the phone who speaks English but this person only knew the words madam and I don´t understand. I had to get the receptionist to follow me to the room to actually show her what the problem was. Once this was done she took a long time trying to get me to stay there anyways, before actually offering a different room. The next room was a bit cleaner but I´ve come to realize this is probably as good as it gets in this hotel. It is noisy, you can hear what other people are saying in their rooms, you can also smell through your AC if someone else is smoking in a different room. The shower was full of hair and most surfaces are dirty when you touch them. Wash your hands often! The hotel is situated in the Fengxian district, which is a new business district in Shanghai. There is nothing to see here but a lot of tall buildings that Chinese people live in. There is no effective way to get out of the district either, you rely on taxi during your stay. It cost 150RMB by taxi from Shanghai train station to the hotel, which took about 2hours of traveling. This was a waste of time and money, I can not recommend this hotel to anyone. A local restaurant didn´t want to serve me because I am white. Many people will stop and point at you while yelling loud in Chinese if you do not look Asian. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this place!

I stayed in the meidu for a week over the Chinese new and spring festival. This meant that the hotel had less staff than normal but this seemed to have no effect on the service in the hotel. The staff were always very friendly and help when ever they could and the were clean and well maintained. My room was well decorated and the bathroom had a fantastic shower. The restaurant is set out in the traditional style with separate dinning rooms which are very comfortable. The food is also traditional Chinese in the local shanghai style and is very good. Over all this is a great hotel with very helpful staff.

Stayed here in April 2012,choose hotel cause a pal had stayed and liked the atmosphere.I got an awesome deal for $65 for 4days on booking.com site. First I contacted the hotel and was able to arrange airport pickup from Pudong airport ( very helpful cause my flight was delayed and got in almost 11pm for my first visit to Shanghai). That cost about 180 renmbi ($30) and took close to an hour in no traffic. Hotel is off the tourist area ,in a suburb with actual Chinese folks living there. Hotel main lobby was under renovation at time.Check in was...speedy! Room was clean and cleaned daily. Taxis can be gotten outside hotel or on request from the staff. some of the taxis are quite decrepit but clean. Beware of the popular trick of taxi drivers trying to hide the meter before journey start! And find out if there's a service charge from hotel some of the drivers charged that some didn't I think its a scam on foreigners though. The only sour point is the location of the hotel from the sights. The closest subway station is about 20-30mins away( ask for the Dongchuan Road, jinping Rd or Huaning Rd subway and not Xinzchuang which is bigger but further) cost is about 30-40 renmbi ($5-6) per metered drop. If you think rush hour in London tube or NYC subway was tough,wait till you see Chinese rush hour! haha . I wasn't able to try the hotel breakfast ( which came free with room) or their foot massage.I was gone early in the morning back late in the night! The staff were mostly helpful despite the language barrier. There was always someone for them to consult who could speak English so wasn't so much of a problem. Cable was mostly in Chinese with some English films that were subtitled in Chinese thank gawd. The internet was dial-up speed which is common throughout China. The surrounding area have lotsa eating places,shops for all price ranges,even a mall and IMAX theatre close by in the neighbourhood.Beware cold drinks are a premimum in China, lotsa place only offer cold drinks on request! All in all a very worthwhile place for the budget conscious seasoned traveller or group..