Olympic Hotel Shanghai

Perhaps a nice place to stay back in 1988? Dirty carpets with human hair all over the place, I was given a smoking room as all the non-smoking rooms had been used apparently and even the restaurant had a cigarette odour. Never again.

We spent 3 nights in the hotel. The first night we were given a terrible room in the 2nd floor. Dirty (human hair on the floor) smelly (cigarettes) and noisy (from the main street). The next day after complaining we got new rooms in the ground floor and this time the rooms were perfect – clean, quiet and not smelling. Breakfast was poor – limited variety of food and drinks. The customer orientation of the hotel staff is disappointing – never smiling and always grumpy. The best thing about the hotel is the location – although it’s located a bit far from the town center , the fact that there is a metro station very close by helps a lot. Few stations , few minutes and you are in the city center. The hotel price is very reasonable so if I combine everything I mentioned – I would stay here again but will make sure at check in that I’m getting a reasonable room.

I stayed one night at the Shanghai Olympic hotel. I booked the business room. I made the mistake of not specifying queen bed so I was given a twin room. I was in a hurry to check in so did not change it. First impressions of the room were OK. It was only when I returned to the room in the evening that I noticed the musty smell in the room and the odor of stale cigarette smoke. I opened the windows (risking the mosquitoes as there are no nets on the windows) This helped a little but the smell never went away. I would stay here again but only in a no smoking room. The hotel is very convenient for the subway and is only a short taxi ride from the French Concession area