Crowne Plaza Shanghai Noah Square By Ihg

A slightly older hotel with an average “Crowne Plaza Standard” - the rooms and facilities were exactly as expected, nothing fancy, but fulfilling their needs. The staff was very distant, not as friendly as one would expect in an IHG hotel. The noise isolation is quite bad, every time someone closes a door outside on the corridor in the middle do the night you get awake. Same with people talking loudly on the corridor, every word can be heard. The typical “welcome drink” is offered, but the choices are quite limited, also far below the standard of other hotels of the group. The hotel is located next to a shopping mall, but many shops are closed there and it’s more like a leftover of what was once a trendy Shanghai location. The entrance to the subway “Zhenbei Road” is just a few minutes away, so the hotel can be easily reached by public transportation.

Honestly the nicest hotel room we've stayed in. Facilities were perfect for our family. The lady who cleaned our room was great.. found the metro great and easy as well. The poor mark was for breakfast. Hard to mess up a continental breakfast but is was very poor. Horrible fake juice. Tinned fruit. Not great coffee and no tea option. In China!!!. Cheap nasty set yoghurt. Better off to go to the supermarket. Oh and the poor staff in the foyer were frozen. As were we at the bar.. Arctic conditions. Staff wore coats over their uniform the poor things.. we were there for a week. Didn't change. But it's not for Europeans in fairness. Just don't take the breakfast option and bring your own tea!! Because we thought the rest was great..

I'm a frequent stayer at IHG Group hotels staying around 100 nights per year. This hotel was a nice little find on my most recent trip to China for CIIE and another trade fair for a stay that lasted ten days. Conveniently located for the Shanghai Metro. Rooms, whilst a little dated are comfortable and very clean, housekeeping excellent. Bedding and pillows are very nice. Breakfast buffet very good and service attentive. Club Lounge evening offering very good including food and drinks. All in all a lovely stay. Thank you team.

Very convenient location, Starbucks just next door and walking distance to Subway station (Line 13) within 3minutes. But still took me 2 hours to take the subway from Pudong airport to the hotel due to some transfers from line 2 to line 13. If you are not in a hurry and enjoy to experience some local commute, the cost-performance of hotel is very high. The closest international airport is HongQiao, which is much more closer but not much flight options for international airliners. The gym is well equipped, but the heaviest dump bell is only up to 50LBS, however if you need more weight there are several other cable machines. There are tons of restaurants and at least 3 big shopping mall nearby. The room is clean and comfortable, lighting is cozy yet sufficient, but the receptions of TV were poor for some foreign channels. If you need to book a taxi at the concierge, make sure you double confirm the night before, because I was surprised that they seemed to forget about my taxi booking request. Glad I did double check since I had an early flight the next day, no room for mistakes. Overall I still give it a five star because I was upgraded to the executive floor.