The Yangtze Boutique ShanghaivsLe Royal Meridien Shanghai
Both The Yangtze Boutique Shanghai and Le Royal Meridien Shanghai are highly recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, Le Royal Meridien Shanghai is the choice of most writers compared to The Yangtze Boutique Shanghai. Le Royal Meridien Shanghai comes in at 83 with accolades from 11 reviews like Concierge, Travel + Leisure and DK Eyewitness.
The Yangtze Boutique Shanghai
No.740 Hankou Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200001
From $93/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Frommer's
"This striking, 1934 Art Deco hotel has undergone a complete overhaul from a three-star outfit into a handsome, ultraluxurious boutique hotel." Full review
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Ask for a room with a balcony, which, though small, provides a delightful perch to take in the hubbub of the city.
Insight Guides
"Some of the rooms have balconies, and all of them feature bold 1930s-style designs coupled with soft, padded luxury."
Travel + Leisure
"Within a 10-minute walk of the People's Square, this Art Deco hotel originally opened in the central business district in 1934." Full review
Star Service
"Eye-catching art-deco style turns heads in this overstated modern behemoth tower city." Full review
Time Out
"Set in a gorgeous historic art deco building, The Yangtze Boutique Hotel was once home to tea-dances, jazz bands and Shanghai gangsters in it's 1930s heyday." Full review
Jetsetter
"With a prime spot in Shanghai’s central business district, the The Yangtze Boutique Shanghai has 96 rooms with an Art Deco look and up-to-date amenities." Full review
Gayot
"A luxury art-deco boutique hotel located in Shanghaiâs Central Business District, just minutes away from the Peopleâs Square and Nanjing Road."
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Originally built in the 1930s, this art-deco beauty was refurbished and reopened in 2010. In addition to period decor, rooms feature deep baths, glass-walled bathrooms...and even tiny balconies." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"It features a sumptuous stained-glass oblong and recessed skylight in the lobby, above a deco-style curved staircase. In addition to period decor, rooms feature deep baths, picture-frame TVs" Full review
Le Royal Meridien Shanghai Show All Reviews
No.789 Nanjing East Road, Shanghai 200001
From $146/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Frommer's
"Le Royal Meridien probably has the most perfect location in town... the ultramodern hotel offers luxuriously appointed rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows." Full review
Concierge
"With considerable panache, Le Royal Méridien executes its Art Deco–inspired design throughout its 770 rooms, high above People's Park on central Nanjing Road."
Fodor's
"Dominating the foot of the Nanjing Dong Lu pedestrian-only street, Le Royal Meridien has changed the face of Puxi hospitality." Full review
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Ask for a park view and you'll look out over neighboring People's Park.
Condé Nast Traveler
83.6
"One of Asia’s most vertiginous hotel is on floors 79 through 93 of the Shanghai World Financial Center, in the Pudong district." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Each room in the chic Medidien on People's Square offers a wonderful panorama (for when you tire of the plasma screen) and a vast bathroom."
Star Service
"This 66-floor hotel cuts a dramatic figure in the Shanghai skyline with its triangular tip." Full review
Gayot
"Le Royal Meridien is one of the city's tallest landmarks and combines style and sophistication with an ultra-modern design."
Time Out
"The highest hotel in Puxi, Le Royal Meridien thumbs its nose at its loftier neighbours across the river with a plum location right on People's Square." Full review
BlackBook
"Open-plan rooms carefully balance contemporary Chinese style with excellent technology and design functionality."
Travel + Leisure
"This hotel boasts a fantastic location, perched between shopping paradise, Nanjing Road, and the culturally significant People's Square." Full review