Rhea Boutique

To start with, the front desk staff were not friendly at all when I checked in. They do not know English, so we had to communicate via phone translation program. The room I was assigned was very small. So small that I couldn't open two luggage at the same time. There is a glass wall dividing your bed and the bathroom, I guess it's to give a show while you shower to your partner if you are going with a companion. The wi-fi was OK but it kept dropping and was slow. The room was clean compared with other hotels I have stayed in Shanghai. You get soap and shampoo dispenser instead of the usual packaged ones or soap bars that leave you itching after use. The TV channels were limited to English channels, most were in Chinese. Bed was OK, not too hard like others I have stayed at. Breakfast is more tailored to local Chinese. For foreigners, you get toast with jams, chicken nuggets, fried egg, fruit salad and coffee (3-in-1 ready made ones). The rest were steamed buns, fried rice and noodles, Chinese vegetables, and noodle soup. I stayed for 4 days and each day was the same menu. The subway station is not that close by, it is a good 15-18 minute walk but if you are carrying two big luggage and a laptop bag, it is quite far. There are not good restaurants around, most of them sell noodle dishes and their menu are in Chinese. None of them spoke English, so it was difficult to find a place to eat. The shopping mall that you hear in other reviews (in front of the subway station) was closed for renovation, but you get some other brand name retail stores across the street. This is where you can find restaurants with English or at least pictures of the dishes. If you like foot massages, there are plenty of them nearby the hotel. Oh! what was annoying at the hotel is that each night someone called me if I wanted a massage, one night they called me at 1:00 AM!!! I think the front desk personnel has something to do with this business. 5 min. after I went to the room, someone slipped massages/escort business cards under the door. If you are going alone for business and in a budget, this hotel is OK. But I do not recommend it if you are going with family.

We were put in this hotel by our agent at 2 am in the morning so we had no choice as it was rather late and we were tired .The room looked really horrendous and small so small we had no where to open our luggage , it looked like we were more in a sex hotel than anything else based on the room decor . We went down for breakfast at 9 am only to be rudely told it was finished and all that was left was 1 or 2 stale burnt crossants. At 10 am we asked to be transferred out of this terrible hotel . This is our worst and shortest ever stay in a hotel !!!

Stayed here . Room was clean however service a serious let down. Asked about having a beer to relax was told no beer in hotel . Took a walk found a beer came back and found beer for sale in hotel "shop" . Would rate this hotel more for local travellers not international food menu is very limited. If you stay here be prepared to strike out to the local area