About Holiday Inn Shanghai Nanjing Road, an IHG Hotel
Howard Johnson Plaza Shanghai is located in the business district of bustling Shanghai and offers stylish rooms at attractive rates.
Rooms are smoking and non-smoking, and many come with coffee maker, refrigerator, and free Wi-Fi. Suites and business rooms are available in addition to standard rooms.
This handicap accessible hotel features free parking, on site business centre, gym, pool, spa, and concierge desk. Children stay free at the Howard Johnson Plaza Shanghai, and a 24 hour reception desk has multilingual staff.
The Riviera Restaurant with Mediterranean cuisine and the Pavilion lobby bar serves snacks and drinks throughout the day. Many restaurants are found in the area around the hotel.
A quick walk to People's Square and People's Park, the hotel is near Shanghai Museum, home to ancient Chinese are. Two metro lines are within walking distance, enabling connection to sights such as the Bund, Jing'an Temple, and the French Concession.
Positive Reviews
positive:
Well-connected location close to shopping.
Located near shop-filled pedestrian Nanjing Road, Howard Johnson Plaza Shanghai is well-connected and has two metro lines running nearby. Top Shanghai sights like the Shanghai Museum and People's Square are a quick walk away. The Bund is easily reachable
positive:
Clean, spacious rooms for families and businesspeople.
The rooms are large and comfortable. Business rooms are equipped with desks, and suites have extra living rooms for relaxing. Rooms are well looked after by the cleaning staff.
positive:
Relaxing spa and well-equipped gym.
Enjoy a steam in the spa, followed by a quick dip in the pool.
Negative Reviews
negative:
Not all advertised facilities are open.
Guests have been known to book this hotel for the pool alone. Unfortunately, the pool is sometimes not open for long stretches of time, which many guests find disappointing and annoying. The bar, as well, is not reliably open.
negative:
Rooms could do with a face lift, smell of smoke.
Many travellers comment on the state of the rooms, saying they are in need of a refurbishment as furnishings and carpets are getting dated. Smoking is allowed in some rooms, and even non-smoking rooms can smell of cigarettes.
negative:
Street outside the hotel has hawkers.
Although the hotel is in a safe area, there are street hawkers that loiter outside the hotel and along the street, offering expensive goods at dirt cheap prices. This can be annoying to some.