City View Hotel-XuHui Shanghai

In a quiet area away from the main road.Room clean but bed is hard as that is usual in China. Metro Station nearby. Plenty of places for food. But if you only like Western food then Starbuck, Costa and KFC is also nearby. Rate is reasonable and we will stay there again if there is no other better choice.

The City View is difficult to find, and that's a good thing. They also don't speak much English, and that's even better. The hotel is a bit run down, the windows don't open sufficiently for one to stick one's head out, and I always have problems connecting to the Wifi, but other than that, I strongly recommend this hotel. The metro and Shanxi Nan Road (with its old colonial buildings and so on in the area and its surrounds) are a couple of minutes walk away, with Huaihai road 20 mins walk up Shanxi Nan road, so you're in a good area...albeit a fairly long way from the tourist centres of Shanghai. This is my hotel of choice in Shanghai.

We stayed in this hotel for about 4 days , and the location of hotel is very good , very quite and they have tried to make this hotel feel and look like european style hotel.Many shopping malls , restaurants are near by , hardly 10 minutes by walk to KFC,Mc Donalds, Pizza hut. Subway/metro is very nearby (Line 9) , using which most of the places in shanghai can be reached. The nearest supermarket is TESCO , hardly 5 mins by walk. Location wise nothing to complain about. Getting taxi or bus easier to get in this area.The breakfast , they have mix of western and chinese breakfast buffet , depends on individual taste.Rooms are neat and clean , with very comfortable beds , Internet TV , Wi-Fi and LAN , more or less , upto the mark compared to normal amenities of other hotels. In staff atleast 1 member was able to speak english at all times , and professional behavior to any specific requirements. Overall good deal , as a tourist most of the time will be outside the hotel , so if you are looking for a comfortable bed to relax after a long day , this is surely one of the good options. Sometimes smell of cigarette smoke in corridor, but not very strong. No cigarette smell atleast inside the room for sure. Staff was helpful.Enjoy the vacation !