Ji Hotel (Shanghai The Bund Sichuan Middle Road)

Pros: -Location (close to the Bund) -Cheap breakfast (35 rmb per person). There might be a discount too. There are not many places to eat breakfast at around. -comfortable bed -Good air conditioning -tea and coffee in the lobby Cons: -room size (it is tiny) -long wait for an elevator at times

Booked last minute & was reasonable for the price. Room was very small but we weren’t in it for long so we wasn’t a problem for us. Clean & compact is all you could need. 10-15minute walk to The Bund

First off, the rooms are small. Small room with a low ceiling. It’s not the most comfortable space especially when you have 2 people with 2 luggage, there’s just barely enough room. The pictures don’t capture how small the room is. The people at the front desk were friendly enough. They helped me order some takeaways a couple of times so that was nice. The bed was comfortable but the AC was somewhat erratic to set right. Another thing to note is that the phone in the room won’t allow you to call other rooms, which was a huge inconvenience for me because we had 2 rooms on opposite ends of the floor. I checked with the front desk about this and they said yeh the phone won’t allow that. In terms of location it was pretty good. Close to The Bund and close to many shopping complexes and a short walk to many eateries. Breakfast is average (not the worst), but their plain congee is good if you like congee. Have the breakfast if it’s included with your booking, otherwise, I wouldn’t pay for it. Strangely enough, my room booking only allowed for one person to have breakfast even though the room was for 2 people.