| Provider | Nightly total |
|---|---|
| KAYAK | $142 |
| Booking.com | $146 |
| Stayforlong | $227 |
Value for money | 8.0 |
|---|---|
Distance to city centre | 2.8 km |
Location rating | 9.4 |
Nearest airport | Shanghai Pu Dong |
Distance to airport | 32.5 km |
| "Very good location and staff!" | (in 129 reviews) |
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| ""Very good hotel, perfect location!"" | (in 66 reviews) |
| "Comfortable stay and hospitable staff." | (in 60 reviews) |
| "The air condition doesn't work." | (in 3 reviews) |
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| "very poor breakfast" | (in 19 reviews) |
| "No wi-fi without a Chinese sim-card available and this is a five star hotel." | (in 2 reviews) |
| great location | in 342 reviews |
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| central hotel | in 163 reviews |
| hotel staff | in 163 reviews |
| good hotel | in 141 reviews |
| nanjing road | in 94 reviews |
| expensive breakfast | in 81 reviews |
| shopping street | in 56 reviews |
| spacious room | in 50 reviews |
| close to metro | in 46 reviews |
| good value for money | in 38 reviews |
| cool air | in 14 reviews |
| executive floor | in 13 reviews |
| forks and spoons | in 9 reviews |
| butter milk | in 7 reviews |
| five stars | in 7 reviews |
Very good
The hotel is very nice, the rooms were spacious. Breakfast was good. The concierge was very nice and helpful, most of the staff speaks English. The location is great, very comfortable and close to the main sight seeing area.
At our second evening we ate a cake and drank 2 glasses of wine( the cake was delivered by the hotel) . The dirty dishes were left at our room, the cleaning staff didn’t took them. They gave us one card for each room ( we had 2 rooms) we asked for more cards and lost one of them, they charged us for 60 rmb for the lost card. This is the first time ever that we are asked to pay for a lost card and i find it hard to believe that the plastic card costs more than few rmb.
Pleasant
The location is great if you want to be by the Bund and high class shopping
The breakfast for a 5 start hotel was very poor. I would not recommend 😐
Excellent staff and service
Rooms were very spacious and the staff extremely helpful
Nothing
Good
The check in was ok. For an executive room, the service level was below expectations from other hotels that showed more care.
The staff accused me of taking note tabs out of the room when they were never in there to begin with. The check out was disappointing. I felt like this hotel was trying to get more money from me simply because I booked a luxury room which was not even close to the standards I experienced of a excellent hotel.
Central location surrounded by shopping malls, restaurants and subway stations. Rooms and lobby are very well designed and decorated. Fantastic view of the shopping street and the square park. Lots of spaces in the rooms and comfortable beds.
Nothing negative!
A stay to remember!
Central location surrounded by shopping malls, restaurants and subway stations. Rooms and lobby are very well designed and decorated. Fantastic view of the shopping street and the square park. Lots of spaces in the rooms and comfortable beds.
Nothing negative!
Location
Is hard not to like this hotel
Shanghai
Location
Is hard not to like this hotel
Central to everything in Shanghai, the maids were excellent, door staff were friendly and helpful and reception staff very professional. Wouldn’t hesitate to go back.
Nothing
Exceptional
Central to everything in Shanghai, the maids were excellent, door staff were friendly and helpful and reception staff very professional. Wouldn’t hesitate to go back.
Nothing
The staff welcomed you into the hotel from the entrance door in their traditional Chinese. The hotel lobby was decorated for the Spring Festival. The rooms were extremely comfortable and a good size. Maids were very polite.
The reception staff English was limited. But it didn’t put us off.
Visiting Shanghai
The staff welcomed you into the hotel from the entrance door in their traditional Chinese. The hotel lobby was decorated for the Spring Festival. The rooms were extremely comfortable and a good size. Maids were very polite.
The reception staff English was limited. But it didn’t put us off.
The location is perfect for tourists.
The price for breakfast is too high.
Superb
The location is perfect for tourists.
The price for breakfast is too high.
spacious and clean. location wise near to shopping district
The room was very spacious. The bed was comfy and big even it’s the twin beds. The bathroom was also spacious and had a bath tub.
C
Central , clean , silent , helpful staff
Nothing really
I’m 100% I left my AirPods on the minibar when I left. But when I called the hotel they said they didn’t find it. The staff seemed nice and I’ve stayed here before but after this incident I’m pretty sure I’ll never stay here again.
Dishonesty
The rest is petfect - very large and luxury room (love the bathroom) - superb location, a minute from subway and Nanjing Road (food and shopping) - nice staff especially the concierge on our check out
The default given pillows are not comfortable and poor wifi
I have stayed at this hotel many times and is usually good but this was not a good visit
Room temperature was in excess of 28C which is not acceptable when it is cool outside. No a/c function to cool the room. Door lock was faulty and probably needed new batteries to work properly with my room key card. I complained but the fault was left unfixed. This meant a tedious process to enter the room as it took up to 1 minute to open the door. Noisy housekeeping staff shouting loudly at 8am onwards, not good if you are suffering from jet lag and need a extra hour in bed.
Middle of town , clean , room is so big and bed is comfortable.
Staff should be more friendly.
Very good location and staff!
They called us at 11pm, such a late at night.
Hotel is at a very convenient location just right next to Nanjing East Road mall. Check in & out is fast, room is spacious, clean and comfortable and it’s value for money, service is excellent. We will definitely stay there again
Nothing
Strategy location Value of money Luggage storage service
Comfy bed, great location. Excellent housekeeping
Location is great just on east nanjing road and metro station is very near about 100m only .
Staff was not helpful at all I have arrived at the hotel. 6:10pm and they informed my that my booking was cancelled at6:00 15min ago and the only way they can help is by paying 299rmb on each day of my stay “ 4days” as a package “ for breakfast and late check out on3pm and free coffee and tea at 6 floor total 1200rmb and my book was for 3 rooms so the total was “3600 rmb” for my stay , so I payed 3600rmb extra more than the price on booking.com , On my last day I got traffic and came to check out on3:30pm so I hade to pay for late check out for the 3 rooms and they gave me 15% discount “ as to help me”
My favourite hotel in Shanghai. Very good value for money. - very clean and tidy hotel, large rooms, nice interiour - excellent cleanliness in the bathroom - comfortable large bed (king bed) - room is equipped with ironing equipment - 2 bottles of complimentary drinking water per day - 2 types of dressing gown (warm and thin type) - umbrella on the room - excellent service personal - excellent coffee at the breakfast
- juice at breakfast can be improved in taste (club floor) - variety at the breakfast is ok, but not sticking out (club floor) - entrance to the hotel is a bit awkward: main sliding door is out of order (as it was already in 2013!) so you have to take the side doors which are operated by nice service guys, but still a bit inconvenient if several people want to leave and enter the hotel at the same time
Excellent location
Can’t think of any
I needed a very big favour to store frozen product in their freezers. This is not a normal request but they were really good about helping me. My wife was also unwell during the stay and they helped her feel very comfortable. I couldn't be more grateful.
The staff are friendly.
Location was on point, it was very convenient. One just has to cross a small inner street to go to Nan Jing Lu Pedestrian Street, or you can use the pedestrian crossing at the corner street of the hotel to go to Nan Jing Lu at the next corner...lots of shops and restaurants with branches of major banks for any fx needs. Love the pillows and sheets with the Dove chocolate minis on turndown!
I had always loved the hotel's lobby and the bedroom/bathroom so on this return trip, I decided to stay with Grand Central Hotel again. The only drawback this time was the hotel was already on winter "mode" so they did not turn on the airconditioning, including in the rooms, thus we had to request for an air cooler and open the windows for cool air to enter the room. Otherwise, it will be warm when the centralized AC unit is switched on because the heater is activated. However, this is a +++ for environmental conservation.
It's my first time that I need to booking my visit to sauna and spa. At hotel they write sauna operate to 12p.m. ,but I visit at 11p.m. and it didn't working. At lobby tell me I need to book it. I NEED to BOOK the Sauna. I haven't time to book it and visit early.
I didn't take breakfast at the hotel
The air condition doesn't work. It's so hot that we can't sleep. Reported to the management and they can't do anyhing about it.
Is indeed very comfortable.
Provide complimentary breakfast.
The location is fantastic! A stone throw away from the Nanjing shopping street. Rooms were big. Toilet is posh.
Concierge was rather nonchalant especially from the manager whenever you ask for help to recommend locations for sightseeing. They would ask you to look up more online.
Location near subway and Nanjing walking street.
location is good . hotel is spacious and staff are friendly
Location is excellent, next to East Nanjing Road, walking distance from shops and restaurants. Rooms are spacious, very clean and comfortable. And what is very important - it is not permitted to smoke in the whole hotel (there is a small smoking area outside the hotel). Price is rather high but it is worth to pay it.
Fantastic location & excellent facility with gift comfortable spacious room.
Small amenities needed to be requested, ie, limited shower gel, but we understood the efforts to achieve green lifestyle.
Beautiful hotel. Room was huge and bed so comfortable. Excellent location. 10 mins walk to the bund sightseeing spot.
Nothing.
Great location, excellent facilities, lovely spacious room and generally pleasant and helpful staff (management excepted). Good value for such a hotel in central Shanghai (rip-off rate for lost keycard excepted).
I lost a keycard while there and was charged 10 USD (on top of a 600+ dollar invoice). They pointed to some small print justifying this and tried to maintain this was a realistic price based on the cost to replace the card. I have lost keycards around the world and around China where they are replaced at no cost. These are bog-standard customised credit card style keycards found everywhere and can be bought online (customised for the hotel) in the USA for 0.2 dollars. I would be surprised if they cost more than 0.1 dollars to buy in China. Tried to negotiate with a totally inflexible manager (as the desk staff cannot reverse this and seem embarrassed by the situation) but kept repeating his 2 points: it’s in the small print and anyway it really costs us this. Such a needless way to antagonise customers and get negative comments on an otherwise great hotel. I will certainly remember this hotel but for the wrong reasons...
The facilities on the 6th floor fantastic. Highly recommend the extra expense.
Everything was fantastic
Comfortable stay and hospitable staff
Evening snacks could be added more and in vegetables variety
A guy Duty Manager was good and very helpfull
front desk quiet untrained and rude to talk i paid alot but my room Air conditioning not working and hotel provide me some kind of air cooler which was very noisy in the room
Very easy to go the signature places in Shanghai by Metro Staffs are very nice and have service mind
Nothing to complain It' s very perfect place to stay when visiting Shanghai
they are not returned my deposit money until now, more than 1 month now
every thing
every thing
Great facilities, very comfortable bed and huge bathtub. Really enjoyed our room and this was the cleanest place we stayed during our trip by far.
The staff were very transactional, not particularly welcoming. I would expect to be treated more attentively given the price paid and the type of hotel. Also, the food served in the overnight room service was very average.
nice location!
Room was very clean
Great location, beautiful room
everything is perfect
Rooms are clean and spacious
The buffet is very poor and below standards compared to other hotels in the neighborhood
Spacious room and very good bathroom
Could be more mordernized
Clean & good location
No
The location is great, easy to visit city center and 4 mins walk to metro. Really helpful and nice staff trying to help out when it is needed.
A bit expensive?
Location, rooms
Pool
Very good location
The hotel location is very convenient which is a few minutes from metros
location
Lack of service, better to stay in an International brand hotel.
Everything was good Location is fantastic and staff is very kind
Nothing
Location, services
Their policies
Property was clean and staff was speaking good english
My key lost and i had to pay 60 rmb and it was the first experience for key card.
Location and space in room
Breakfast plan and cost
Wonderful location!I will plan to stay next time because of the location.
The room smells, the shower room was particularly smelly.
confortable, huge rooms and luxary
I put " dont disturb" to my room but everyday they entered to my room and clean the room. Dont disturb means dont disturb- dont clean my room. but they dont care...
The hotel staff helped me a lot, were nice and genuinly interested in helping you. No fake smiles
The rooms where super nice, but i just prefer even bigger rooms for that price
very poor breakfast
1) Good location , but you already knew that 2) Extremely poor WIFI speed in the room or at the lobby . It was unacceptably poor 3) Poor shower experience . Water is too hot . Trying to reduce hot water resulted in very slow water flow . a very bad experience that need to be fixed . and quickly . 4) Hotel service personnels are generally very courteous and knowledgeable
Pleae see above
The internet should actually open for the Foreign guest , we are out of the world.
Location
Location
Now have to ask for basic amnesties- a hotel in decline?
Lobby
Good service provided! Nice location just next to the Nanjing Road Walkway! Really convenient to get to the must-go-places in Shanghai! It's a comfortable place to stay at.
Everything is great! except the size of the swimming is a little small for a five star hotel.
well located. large and clean room /bathroom.
smells (seafood) emanating all day from restaurant located in the lobby
Very clean and all the staff speak English
good
nothing
The location is great, in the prime of the shopping street. Near to the Nanjing East station. Could take a nice stroll to the bund as well. Numerous eateries within the vicinity. The hotel has a nice scent and a lovely lobby. The room is nice, comfortable and clean. Concierge staff are friendly and helpful. Enjoyed our stay at the hotel.
Nothing much to dislike only to mention that we were not able to check in upon our early arrival. Had to roam around for a few hours. Good that we could leave our luggage with the concierge. Upon check-out, we were presented with a bill that includes a dinner at the hotel which we did not dine at. Appears that some guest might have provided the wrong room number. Glad that we checked the bill. Would be nice if price of breakfast if not part of the room package deal, can be lower.
if you loose yr key card,, they charge you by $ 7 ( I feel like being punished)
Beautiful and grand, directly across Nanjing pedestrian shopping street, near bund, eateries, convenience stores, has helpful staff. Bathroom has gold taps and a tub. Near mrt and the Hop on bus stop is right opposite the hotel entrance. Excellent hotel to stay in.
Nothing
location
Location is good. Near train station and shopping street.
Housekeeping was not thorough..
I like the location
I didn’t like that the staff doesn’t speak English so both tried very hard to guess what we were saying I want to have massage in the morning and they booked me a massage by phone at 8:00 am but it was closed because they open at 13:00 everyday
Coffee machine at the breakfast made some great and fresh coffee. Bed was comfortable and the toiletries were of high quality. Located in the heart of the tourist district, lots of places around to eat and shop. Easy connection with the metro.
Breakfast could have a bit more options for non-Chinese cuisine. It would help if they gave clear directions on the booking.com page of how to get there from the metro station, Nanjing east Rd station and then exit number.
Location, easy access to the Bund , waking street and metro Rooms were large and clean Staff were excellent
Nothing all was good
good
break fast charged separate .
We left things behind in the hotel room and they called us less than 8 hours later, meaning we could get them before leaving Shanghai. Really impressive. Also one of our party hurt themselves, and we rang and asked for ice (we didn’t tell the hotel staff it was for an injury though), and they rang our bell MINUTES later, I truly don’t know how they got to us on the 12th floor so fast. Great service. Truly a gorgeous hotel, less than 5 minutes from the metro, and 2 minutes from the main tourist/shopping road in Shanghai. I would stay here again, in fact, I wouldn’t consider anywhere else.
Just one thing! They only gave us one hotel key automatically, which meant that neither of us could leave without the other, to smoke, or use hotel facilities, ask for two keys if you think this may be relevant to you! I’m sure they will happily oblige as they were always so helpful with us.
Clean and beautiful very close to shopping and the main attractions
Beautiful hotel. Large spacious room and bathroom. Very clean. Friendly and efficient staff. Especially the concierge men.
Nothing.
I stayed in this hotel many times. The rooms are spacious, beds are nice, good location. I keep coming back that tells a lot.
Nothing
Ms. Tracy , front desk staff , she is very rude & I don’t think is worth working their. According to me location is great. Need smoking area in all the floors.
Ms.Tracy , she is such a stupid staff I ever met
Lcation
There was no milk for coffee. Don't like filter coffee - instant easier.
Nice Hotel. Good position. Very close to Metro station
Breakfast too expensive
The staff people were very accommodating. They were extremely responsive and went out of their way to be helpful. When I return to Shanghai, I will definitely stay are the Grand Central Hotel again. It was like being at home.
I cannot think of anything that was disappointing.
Great location, spacious room, good staff service
Nothing
The bed was comfortable and the room was clean most of the time. Room service was also great! Very happy to be staying here the 2nd time
The room we slept in had slight rattling sounds in the ceiling. Not sure what was going on. It sounded like heavy footsteps of the people living above us.. but the staff said it was likely due to the air conditioning system. Not a serious issue. It was not persistent sound, it just comes and goes. We still managed to fall asleep soundly at night. But if they could fix on that it would have been perfect!
We booked the superior room and it was bigger than we expected. Clean also. We are going to come back here again soon because it feels really nice staying here
Location
Nothing in particular
Location and lobby, room is speasiou
We upgraded on arrival to Club for the lounge, and really enjoyed that extra luxury. The staff there were very welcoming and attentive. I also loved the superb spa/pool/steam/sauna facilities. All staff very helpful. We also thoroughly enjoyed the crayfish buffet meal in the hotel restaurant on ground floor. Fantastic! Many thanks to all.
Concierge very helpful but I had some concerns about knowledge and willingness to explore options.
Please Google "Shanghai Scam" if you are visiting. Location of hotel was good. It's one block from a major pedestrian shopping mall and you can easily walk to the river or to the square. The hotel room we got was a king and was really nice. It had a huge room and the bathroom was really nice also.
The A/C in our room didn't work. We notified reception and they sent an engineer to fix it and it worked for 36 or so hours after that and then blew warm air again. The reception staff said all the rooms A/C are bad and there was no point in moving us to another room. She said it's because the A/C units are old and the outside air is too warm to cool.
Valuable hotel
Convinient hotel with good facilities. Unfortunately I got a room change due to fullybooked and did got the room I actually payed for.
The room change to 2 single beds which is smaller than a king sizw bed.
Great location, and for a Chinese run hotel very nice.
The breakfast buffet is slim and too expensive if not included in the price.
Situated in Huangpu, this hotel is just a short stroll from Nanjing Road and The Bund. It is set amongst a variety of popular eateries and is within a 10-minute walk of East Nanjing Road Metro Station.
Grand Central Hotel Shanghai has been recently refurbished and provides an indoor pool, a Jacuzzi and free Wi-Fi. It has a spa with a beauty centre and a sauna. The hotel also features a well-equipped gym.
All rooms are air conditioned and equipped with a mini bar, a refrigerator and a spa bath. Each have slippers, a kitchenette and a private bathroom with bathrobes.
Grand Central Hotel in Shanghai's restaurant is the ideal spot to unwind following a day's sightseeing, with a selection of local dishes available. Each evening, guests can relax in the comfortable lounge bar.
Grand Central Hotel Shanghai is conveniently situated for sightseeing in Shanghai, with Bund Center just a stone's throw away. People's Square, City God Temple and Yu Garden are each within walking distance.
based on 884 reviews
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Check in |
14:00 |
Check out |
12:00 |
Policies vary by room type and provider.
Grand Central Hotel Shanghai is located at 505 Jiujiang Road in Huangpu, 2.8 km from the centre of Shanghai. Nanjing Road is the closest landmark to Grand Central Hotel Shanghai.
Check-in time is 14:00 and check-out time is 12:00 at Grand Central Hotel Shanghai.
Yes, Grand Central Hotel Shanghai offers free Wi-Fi.
No, Grand Central Hotel Shanghai does not offer free parking.
No, Grand Central Hotel Shanghai does not offer free airport shuttle service.
Grand Central Hotel Shanghai is 14.4 km from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl. Grand Central Hotel Shanghai is 32.5 km from Shanghai Pu Dong.
Yes, Grand Central Hotel Shanghai has a pool on-site.
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