Atour Hotel New International Expo Center Longyang Road Shanghai

“Not for Non-Chinese People”

Stayed at this hotel last week for 6 days while attending the CPHI in Shanghai. This was my second stay at this hotel and I must say I was let down on various aspects during my this stay. To be fair to the hotel I will point out the positives and the negatives both. Positives : The rooms are quit… more

Stayed at this hotel last week for 6 days while attending the CPHI in Shanghai. This was my second stay at this hotel and I must say I was let down on various aspects during my this stay. To be fair to the hotel I will point out the positives and the negatives both. Positives : The rooms are quite large. 2 bottles of bottled water provided daily free of cost. The walls are quite thick and you don't hear any noises from adjoining rooms. Bathrooms quite big. Infact as large as the bedroom with separate bath tub and a shower area. The Breakfast is quite good and the restaurant has good quality food for reasonable price. Negatives : The corridors and the rooms have this constant mold smell. As soon as you climb any floors the smell is too strong and stays till inside the rooms. The beds are not comfortable at all. They are too hard and not straight. The one in my room had a bend at the centre and I remember the same from my previous stay in this hotel. Although the rooms look clean (with the little amount of illumination available), if you observe closely there is a lot of dust everywhere. Traces of shoddy repairs, holes in the curtains, holes in the towels all point to a very poor state of upkeep of the hotel. The wifi is not very strong and surfing hassle free is not possible. On one day the milk at the coffee station was curdled and nobody seemed to be bothered. The lighting is very low. Despite putting on all the lights in the room, you feel like you have just put on a few candles in the rooms. The hotel is on a highway. Hence to go anywhere you need to call for a taxi at the reception. BIGGEST NEGATIVE : The staff don't speak any English or any other foreign language. For communicating anything you have to use translator. With Google banned in China, I would recommend you to install the translator app to be able to use the translation tool to communicate with the hotel. In all, not a very comfortable stay as getting anything done was an effort at this hotel. I don't think I would be staying at this hotel for my next trip. For the same price there are now multiple options available in better areas.

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“Trendy decor, huge rooms & even bigger bathrooms!”

Hotel exceeded my expectation because of the low price I paid I was expecting it to look nothing like the photos. The rooms are massive, super spacious with wet bar, closet, office workspace & seating area. Everything is controlled electronically, including the black out shades. The bathrooms are e… more

Hotel exceeded my expectation because of the low price I paid I was expecting it to look nothing like the photos. The rooms are massive, super spacious with wet bar, closet, office workspace & seating area. Everything is controlled electronically, including the black out shades. The bathrooms are even more spacious than the bedrooms with dual sink, deep soaking tub, separate toilet & a spiral rain shower. All this with heated floors! Curtains provide privacy between bath & bed. The hotel also provides comlimentary breakfast that offers both western & Asian dishes - some very good choices. The only drawbacks is that the location is difficult for public transportation, they no longer offer airport shuttle as advertised, the front desk personnels were not as well trained, also the lighting in the rooms are super dark, also there is traffic noise because it is located in front of a main road. But for under US$60, it was perfect for my ovenight transfer stay.

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