Magnificent Plaza Hotel Shanghai

the hotel room air condition was not working satisfactorily, he assured better room next time.

Very cheap hotel, beds are hard, as with all hotels in china it seems,. Limited english spoken in hotel, but includes breakfast in restaurant. Location is ok, just a 5-10 min walk down the road to subway, and then can go anywhere from there.

This place is value for money and in a good location.Good size rooms and clean .Breakfast was reasonable although they do not do lunch or dinner.We would go back there again

Although this place does not do lunch or dinner,just breakfast which was fine, it is a clean and tidy Hotel large rooms and location is really good. We will go back and stay there again.Value for money.

Excellent location. Breakfast adequate. Very friendly and helpful staff. Would definitely stay here again.

A simple hotel, very near to the local market. The Cheng Huang Temple area is about 15 min walk from the hotel. Value for money.

the hotel is in a short distance from the people's square, 10-15 minutes on walk, and the shanghai bicycle rental is just 5 min away which i can recommend to all who would like to discover more of shanghai, not just nanjing road... cleanliness would be good but the carpet seemed to be quite used/dirty. the available internet connection in the business room is quite slow, and 3 very slow computer can be used there but you cannot use it's usb ports either, so no chance to upload photos for example and no chance to use those pc-s for audio conversation in skype...you cannot use your own laptop either only if you buy the internet connection for a whole day into your room. anyway no problems, for this price, i think it is satisfiable :D

The hotel was great and had everything that I needed, though they do need to sort out their heating as my room was very cold. Otherwise it was a very enjoyable stay.

The rooms we got were very nice and clean. In the vicinity of the hotel there is an interesting market area where you can buy allsorts of antiques and new stuff you never thought you needed. A block a way you find a small Starbucks cafe which is great since the hotel breakfast is a shame. Why do so many hotels thinkt that water with artificial colours and chemical taste equals pure, fresh fruit juices? Apart from the lousy breakfast the hotels only drawback is that Internet access is not free in the rooms. They do however offer free Internet in the business center. If they improve on the served breakfast and provide free Internet in the rooms this place would be a gem.

Excellent location. Front desk staff GREAT. Found out they can only do currency exchange in the afternoon. In the morning they need all their cash on hand for people checking out who need change. Bank 1 block away (ICBC) gave best rates for exchange.

Short walking distance to Peoples Square, Huaihai Rd. Interesting market next door specializing in Live Crickets (not for eating, for fighting).

Short walk south of People's Square and subway. Clean, well-run hotel with good breakfast. Good cable TV and soft beds. Great value. Would stay again.

Excellent location but lots of building works around it give the impression of a rundown area. Rooms are old but comfortable. Breakfast was OK however give the restaurant a miss.

Business room - only 2 computers were working and none of them had possibility to use USB port. No printing possible. Very nice breakfast. Wonderful view from the room (8th floor).

The hotel was very nice and clean although it is situated in amongst the older part of town with local markets which are an eye opener, only a few blocks from the french connection and the shopping complex with plenty of food to choose from. The language barrier in shanghai was quite difficult but with the help of reception and having things written in chinese for us we managed ok.

Internet access is possible at the room with prepared LAN cable but need to pay 38 RMB for one night. Location is great by using subway. Atmosphere around the hotel is traditional Chinese one but not many places for foreigners to eat. Breakfast at the hotel is acceptable.

The location of the hotel was rather good, i must admit. very close to the touristic shopping strip Huaihai Rd. The hotel staff deserved to be commended for their effort in making us feel at home. However, communicating isn't always easy, as most of them had rather poor command of English. Although the room is kept rather clean, I can't help but noticed that joinery units are poorly maintained and that the carpet looked uncleaned. The computer and internet access was almost a non-existance. This is not a place for honeymoon couples but rather a good start if you're thinking about back-packing. I wouldn't mind returning for another stay the next time i'm there.

The location and facilities of the hotel are very good, considering the room rate. Except for the hair dryer, everything we needed was available in the room. Although some of the employees do not speak English, they were still able to deliver what we asked them to do. Even after we checked out, they still lent us umbrellas (it was snowing) and I was able to use their internet access. The only negative experience we had was when we checked in around 1 am, and the receptionist did not assist us in getting our luggage into our room.

Hot buffet breakfast is not as bad as claimed in other reviews on this hotel. Staff were reasonable helpful but standard of English was inconsistent as some staff members couldn't understand a word of English and others were reasonably competent. Location was very good as it was in downtown and therefore was within walking distance to the Bund area and the main shopping districts in Huaihai Road. Also was in close proximity to the local metro stations.

The cleanliness of the room must be further improved. We were upset to find our things in different locations after the daily housekeeping; some of the days, we even declined the services to save us from further headaches.