This is the most frustrating hotel I've ever stayed at in Shanghai, even worse than the small guesthouses I've been to recently in Tibet.
If you're driving or taking a taxi from the city center, prepare to spend half an hour on the last 3 kilometers before reaching the hotel, because that road is as congested as Chang'an Avenue.
When you finally get to the hotel to check in, two elderly Shanghainese ladies will earnestly reject all your requests and ideas, citing 'group guests' as the reason. F***, am I not a guest just because I'm an individual traveler?
When you go to use the toilet, you'll find the water level in the bowl is just one centimeter from your butt – a real 'deep water bomb'! Enjoy that experience.
Then you want to take a shower and discover the showerhead angle can't be adjusted. It's set at such a small angle that you have to stick to the wall to shower. If you turn around or move, you'll either hit the switch or get tangled in the hose. How exciting! This angle adjustment could be fixed with just an extra 5 RMB for an adjustable holder. But 5 RMB? That's a lot, they can't bear to spend it.
And the breakfast is absolutely terrible: plain congee, bread, and a bowl of six wontons – worse than what you'd get at a chain hotel. The problem is, even the 'group guests' don't come to eat this breakfast, either because they're not allowed or there are no group guests at all.
You can't get directly to the 19th-floor front desk from the parking lot. You have to take the freight elevator that handles trash for the entire building. There's even a security guard inside who presses the elevator buttons for you, but he won't help with your luggage. Is his job to prevent me, a non-disabled person, from pressing the button myself? Once you exit the elevator, you'll be subjected to the scrutinizing gaze of those elderly Shanghainese ladies, as if they're evaluating a potential son-in-law, and then they'll decide what level of service to offer you based on whether you're a foreigner.
If you're an individual traveler, forget it, this place isn't for you. Unless you're Iron Man, this truly cannot be a four-star hotel.
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