MaxX By Steigenberger on the Bund Shanghai

I ended up upgrading to the Shanghai Suite with River View, and it was truly breathtaking. The view was absolutely stunning ~ definitely a 5star experience. I’m so grateful to Max, who made my stay at the hotel even better. During our trip, my child had a persistent high fever and developed a full body allergic reaction after taking antibiotics. Max recommended we visit Shanghai Jiao Tong University Hospital, and my child recovered in just two days. I’m truly thankful for Max from the Maxx Hotel. The food at the hotel was delicious. We especially loved the little robot that delivered items to our room,it was so cute! The hotel location is super convenient, just right across from The Bund. The bed was very comfortable and the environment was extremely quiet. They even provide a Dyson hairdryer ,no need to bring your own! 我最后给钱升级了shanghai suit with river view 这个房型。 风景真的很美很美，尤其是晚上。 风景必须得5星好评。 我很感恩这个人Max。他让我在这个酒店的体验感更好。 我的孩子在这个时候高烧不退，吃了抗生素全身过敏，之后他介绍了我们去上海交通大学医院， 两天就好了！真的感恩maxx酒店的max。 酒店食物是好吃的。 最喜欢送东西上来的机器人， 好可爱啊！ 酒店地点很方便，对面就是外滩了。 床很舒服，环境超级安静。 吹风筒是dyson的哦。 可以不用自己在额外带来了。 天气太冷，我要求了暖炉。 这边洗澡水很大，很热，超舒服 沙发也干净。 酒店的日本餐爱吃生的可以try，好吃，价格高。 记得register“华住会” 有免费早餐哦。 我们两大一小住这儿。 good

Maxx by Steigenberger on the Bund is amazing if you want to start and end your day with the magnificent views of the Bund! Just a short walking distance away is Yu Garden Train Station as well as Yu Garden itself, which is one stop away from Nanjing Road and the Pearl Oriental Tower. The service staff are warm, welcoming and super helpful! Rooms are very well designed giving a homely feeling and there are even robots to help send your deliveries or extra toiletries you need! I would definitely recommend this hotel to my friends and stay here again!

Location and service was great. But it seems like the aircon cannot be adjusted, it feels the same at all trmp you put.

Please read before considering booking. We booked Shanghai suite for approx $600 aud a night. Management turned off all cooling for entire hotel due to “winter” season, we booked end of March. The second last day of our stay was 26c and last day was 30c, impossible to sleep. Old building with no heat dissipation. Each room has aircon controls but no matter what setting you put it on (fan, sun, snowflake) it was blowing hot air. When I called the hotel staff they advised nothing they can do and open a window. Do not disturb button for our suite did not work. One morning cleaner didn’t even knock and came in while my gf was in bed and I was in the shower. My gf doesn’t speak Chinese and the cleaner doesn’t speak English, shocking. Thirdly there was a stain on the carpet, please see attached photo. Our shower fixture was broken/leaking and spraying water everywhere. Please see attached photos. Lastly many of the reviews are fake. Our booking was split between 2 reservations, 1 night under my gf trip app and then 4 nights under my trip app. When we went to front desk counter the next morning to change rooms. The staff member said that he had a gift for us, we didn’t want the gift as we were running late but the staff member insisted, it was an eyeshade and some hand creams. Apon receiving these “gifts” the staff member said in return I must give them a good review on trip, I said okay I will, he then said no I have to do it right now in his presence. So on my gf phone we (had to) give 5 star for everything and when we got up to the comment section I said what do you want me to write, he just grabbed my gf phone out of my hand, typed something, reviewed everything and clicked submit and gave it back to me. So don’t believe the 4.8 rating that they have. I believe the staff member was name cong or cong cong I raised all of the above with trip.com who were extremely helpful and professional with trying to resolve this issue. In the end the hotel would only refund me 20% of my stay approx $211 aud. Trip has also offered to refund me an additional 10% from their end which I appreciate. I would also like to note I raised this complaint with trip 4 days ago and the 20% refund was only just offered to me 15 mins ago. Trip has been chasing them up and updating me continuously over the 4 days. I think the first 2 days the hotel manager was apparently not available. I also raised the issues when checking out, the staff member insisted on trying to give me eye shades which I turned down and then insisted on adding me on WeChat advising he wanted to resolve this and make things right. It’s been 2 weeks since we checked out and not a single message, I have no idea why he was so pushy to add me and then not do anything, very unprofessional. Mattress is old and springy so don’t expect a supportive firm/latex mattress. Pillows were flat, no other pillows due to high occupancy of hotel from f1 in Shanghai. I would think as a suite guest you’d have some on reserve. I asked for ice on one of the hot days and it never came. One night my food delivery had been delivered for 20 minutes according to app but never came to room, my gf went down to collect only to see all hotel staff standing around and my food on counter unattended. The electronically controlled blinds don’t work like the dnd button, we just hand pulled them. Rooms or “suites” were very old, our expectations may be too high but we booked a suite for quite a lot of money and it definitely was not a nice stay.

We love everything about this hotel! We have a spectacular view of the Bund from our window. The hotel has easy access to shopping, ferry, river cruises, hop-on-and-hop-off while it is about half a mile away from the epicenter of crowds. The staff is very attentive and helpful. The room is well-appointed and the bathroom is luxurious and super clean. The beds are firm and comfortable. Breakfast buffet is top notch and reasonably priced. It is a very good deal for a busy day in the city where food can be expensive. We will definitely stay here again when we come back to Shanghai.

Great hotel, great staffs ... the restaurant menu doesn't have English for the dishes themselves but has English for the dishes category 😅