Ibis Shanghai New Hongqiao

The staff were very helpful despite my extremely basic grasp of their Chinese language at the beginning. Those at front desk that didn't speak English much were quick to call those that did. I found the maids to be very friendly in their greetings, although when I was working in the room they were happy to go about their business cleaning the bathroom, making my bed etc without disturbing me like I wasn't there where as some other hotels ask you to leave the room whilst it's being cleaned. There's a mini gym on the ground floor just beyond reception and a kind of atrium social place that smokers can frequent also. The breakfast is a mixture of Chinese and European food so you'll be full whether by noodles and vegetables and soups etc or eggs and breads and teas... The only thing to really decide is if you want chopsticks or knife and fork.

Only negative is on random occasion you may smell cigarette smoke creeping into the room from somewhere as there's a tiny gap underneath the door and we guess it's not possible to account for certain people sticking rigidly to the rules ~ though I've a sensitive nose towards that type of... 'perfume'.

Staff were very supportive and friendly. They have a self service laundry room which was good as i was travelling for work. Very good location because the hotel was close to every location we needed to go especially the National Exhibition centre. I hope to go to this hotel again if i am ever travelling to Shanghai.

They can improve their breakfast menu though. I really did not enjoy the breakfast they had. Hope they can add some international dishes in their menu to suit other nationalities. Rooms were a bit small for two people but still it was worth what i paid for especially the amenities in the room.