Hengsheng Peninsula International Hotel Shanghai

rooms were of good size shame the smell of smoke was right through the hotel/roof top viewing was good at night pity u couldn't get to it by day/internet was available should have been free/hotel staff were good shame about the massage girls trying to drum up business/location was excellent easy walking to the bund, narjing rd,metro during the day or nite i thought the price was very reasonable for what you got.

I chose this hotel because of its location. Walking distance to the Bund, Lovers bridge, shooping and the old street area withe rock gardens and ponds

It was a great place to stay - about 20 minutes walk from The Bund across Wongsu Creek. We had good views of the Huang Po River & the Bund from our room. The breakfasts were exccellent. The only drawback was the fact that the bellboys did not have good English so it was difficult to explain to taxi drivers where we wanted to go - even with a map.

1. During breakfast, plates were still wet (some dirty), and were put in an electric warmer to try to dry them up. So, when I put cold fruit (melons) in the warm plate, the fruit became warm very quickly, and caused stomach problem later in the day. 2. In the dining restaurant, waitresses did not know the proper way to serve, eg we had to ask for bread when taking soup. Also, 2 of the 4 packs of butter had melted, when served. This meant that they did not keep the food properly.

Reasonable hotel. OK Breakfast. Overall everything was OK, but let down by: 1. On checkin, the receptionist did not want to honour the Hotelclub voucher. The voucher clearly showed amount already paid to Hotelclub and "Balance Payable to Hotel". It seems she did not understand English well enough and could not grasp that I should not be paying more than "Balance Payable to Hotel". I had to stand my grand and repeat myself several times before she would call someone to check and find out I was correct. 2. Carpet in the room was not clean and had hairs everywhere. Not only were there hairs everywhere in the carpet, hair was also in the bathroom sink, bath etc. 3. Location is not so great. Even though somewhat close to the Bund, it is not a great location as not near a subway station and is difficult to get a taxi.

Good things: 1. Nice breakfast 2. Nice view to the Shanghai Bund from the top of the building. 3. Have international TV channel. Bad things: 1. The location of hotel is quite far from the nearest MRT station and to the Shanghai Bund (by walking distance) 2. The nearest MRT station is line 10 which is still new line, therefore the line will operate from 6 am to 8 pm. If you will always go out in the night, you will need taxi to go back to the hotel. 3. The internet access is not free, they charge for RMB 50/ day which is fair price, but the speed of the internet is very slow. 4. The hotel is very old, and you can find smoking smell in the lobby and corridor easily.

Good location and service. buffet breakfast has a lot of choices.