The Hongta Hotel

Having been to Shanghai plenty of times during the last few years, I had never stayed in that area. In my opinion, it only makes sense if one has business in the area, although there is a large metro station not far.  The hotel is very dated, and the luxury collection brand is definitely a stretch. The room was large and clean; same for the bathroom; it was also quiet.  The lounge has been closed since early March, and they offer a replacement service in the first-floor restaurant. The food selection is not bad, with several hot dishes and drinks. It is, of course, not the same as a proper lounge when you can pop in during the day. There is no information about the closure on the Marriott page, and they actually still show the rooms with the old lounge. The pool is huge and would be great for swimming, but it opens only at 9 a.m. What could be acceptable for a holiday resort is really bad for a business hotel where people also want to swim before work. The gym is large but very old, and many machines are filthy.  Breakfast is ok; choices are limited but covers the basics.  The staff was friendly, and English was mostly no issue.

First time here, and found out that it's part of the Marriott chain. Pretty impressive. Great sleep, rooms were comfy. Awesome breakfast, with noodle station, egg station, many selections available for pastries, danish, etc. Fitness room though dated, was spacious and adequate with cycles, treadmills and ellipticals. Many weight machines and a couple of weight stacks as well.

Nice hotel in central Pudong location. Great transport links (metro/ bus), helpful staff and nice views over Shanghai. The breakfast buffet was ok, with room for improvement, the Executive Lounge is beautifully located on the 40th floor, but needs for some of their junior staff members to be better trained when it comes to customer service. Also, you need Alipay translate to communicate with staff members, which is actually quite common across China, so this didn’t impact my experience whatsoever. Overall a pleasant stay at a fair price.

再次入住的酒店！ 去年住宿的感覺不錯，因此，此回臨時有事來上海，還是再訂了這家酒店。 雖然是單人入住，房間內該有的配品，仍然是2人份。 房間面積很大，浴室亦然，除淋浴設施外，並有浴缸，喜歡泡澡的人有服福了！浴室雖沒有提供一次性用品，但有需求時，仍可向前台免費索取。 大堂空間寬敞，前台工作人員態度親切專業有禮，值得讚美。 床頭電子用品充電裝置，非常適合現代離不開3C的人使用，4個USB插座，外加2個電源插座，足夠使用。此外，尚有其他插座可使用。 電視頻道選擇性多，約有四十餘個頻道，境外頻道約十餘個，其他為中國大陸本地頻道。 前次入住，因班機時間因素，未用早餐 。此回時間充裕，得以在酒店用早餐。早餐豐盛，包含中西式、麵檔及點心檔，可惜的是果汁非現榨，要不然就更完美了！

Stayed for 2 nights at this hotel and the initial impression of this hotel is pretty decent. The room size is spacious and the bathroom has plenty of space. Generally clean but I did find some tidbit crumps on the carpet below the work desk area when we just checked in. The rate that I booked did not include breakfast and my Marriott Bonvoy Gold tier did not qualify for breakfast, however the reception lady pleasantly offered free breakfast stating because its our first time staying at this hotel. The breakfast did not live up to the luxury collection standard though. It is located between 2 metro stations (pudian station and century avenue station). I would suggest walking from century avenue station as it is connected to century link mall and there are 4 different metro lines.