Holiday Inn Express Shanghai Gongkang by IHG

Super śniadanie, bardzo duży wybór. Extra lokalizacja, 4 minuty spacerem of stacji metra. Duży, czysty i dobrze oświetlony pokój. Bardzo wygodne, duże łóżko. Dużym plusem była możliwość korzystania z pralek za darmo.

Chociaż obsługa była bardzo bardzo miła, mozliwość porozumienia się po angielsku była bardzo mała.

The location is good. A lot of stores around, banks and cafes. The view from my window was sooo magnificent, I love looking at cars passing by. The staff is very caring, very polite: they fixed the broken safe box. There's always two fresh bottles of drinking water on a sink and new hygiene supplies. Nice breakfasts, everything was fresh and delicious.

Unfortunately, there's a mini list of the things I didn't like: 1. The very first moment I walked into the room after arriving, there was a light cigarette scent and the lights were on. Probably someone in nearby rooms was smoking, and the smell went through the ventilation to my room. This had happened for, I think, two days in a row. 2. Safe box. The door was open, but the latch was out, so i wasn't able to close it. Staff had to change my box to the one from another room. Not their fault, some visitors can be quite inattentive. 3. Bathroom door was TOO TIGHT, I couldn't close it. Rubber gasket on the edge of the door was too solid and hard. It's not that big of a deal, just annoyed me a little bit. 4. The sink plug also worked pretty badly. It got stuck at one point, I couldn't open it. I don't know, maybe I was just being stupid, but it's worth of mentioning. 5. No trashbags in the bins. I was in two Holiday Inns in Beijing, and they both had two separate bins for recyclable and residual waste in the room, they were marked differently; they also had bags inside of them. Usually only outside garbage bins don't have bags in them, but inside..? Who knows, maybe it's just a "saving environment" thing.

5 min walk from metro station

Only 4 min walk to metro. That is the best about this hotel.

You need to travel to all other tourist spots. Nothing close by the hotel. The room we were given has strong nicotine smell and dirty sofa and stained carpet. After reporting to my booking platform the hotel changed our room. Bathroom was clean but needs deep cleaning as there are hidden mold. Carpet stained. So was the sofa in room. It needs a better look!