Regal Shanghai East Asia Hotel

Booked a room 3 months before our trip. They cancel on US a month before our tip, thats 2 months after we've made our booking and PAID! By this time, all other hotels were very expensive and ended up paying double to what it would have been if I had made a booking 3 months before the trip. Very unprofessional and completely outrageous! I've never been in a situation like this before with a hotel. Definitely won't be coming back here again. I would NOT RECOMMEND this place to others.

The Regal is actually incorporated into one of the stands of the Shanghai Stadium. It's of an excellent standard with good-sized rooms and large public spaces at the front. Facilities include a gym and swimming pool and a business centre. Free wi-fi in the rooms was reasonably stable but of course due to Chinese restrictions on the accessibility of certain sites, you might want to use a browser incorporating a vpn. Breakfast caters for western tastes, but also has Chinese specialities, eg tea-boiled eggs if you'd like to try them. From the breakfast room you're able to watch a small group of older people doing their daily tai-chi session. There's a metro station nearby so although the hotel isn't right in the centre it's pretty easy to get around the city from it. One other thing, there's some construction work going on adjacent to the hotel ( as there is throughout the city ) so you may get a little noise, including at night. But actually we didn't really hear it even though we were at the front of the hotel.

We stayed 2 nights here. Our room was comfortable, clean and smoke free. A range of toiletries were supplied, as well as bottled water each day. A lovely touch was the complimentary drinks and chocolate bar in the mini fridge! We thoroughly enjoyed these! Breakfast consisted of a wide selection of dishes to cater for all tastes. The location was interesting (part of a sports stadium), but we spent little time in the vicinity so this was not an issue for us. We certainly recommend this hotel.