Banyan Tree Shanghai on the Bund

Considering what we paid, it was very disappointing. View of the Bund is great, except there was fog (which is not their fault but, of course, don't assume you will have a view). Nice in-room pool, but not worth the money considering that THE ROOM NEVER COOLED OFF!

The room was SO hot. We could not get the temperature below 25 degrees C (about 78 degrees F). The staff just made excuses and said they would send up a bottle of wine. Huh? I was sweating all night. It was that hot at midnight. We turned off the pool, but it NEVER got cooler. You get out of the pool and you are still wet an hour later because it is so HOT. "Yes, the hotel needs to be remodeled," they said. OK, then why charge $400 a night!?! Terrible. Just terrible. I expect this from most Chinese hotels, but somehow for US$400 per night I expected a real 5 star hotel.

Quiet Sen hotel. Rooms were big. I liked the aroma burner and incense. That was nice.

Restaurant food at Ocean. Waited 35 minutes for lunch and the fish was over cooked and dry. Sent it back. Left the restaurant with an empty and angry stomach.