Crystal Hotel Shanghai Yu Garden On the Bund

In general I don’t like to write negative reviews, as I believe that there are many things that can go wrong in life, but I have to say that staying in this hotel was pure craziness. Upon arrival, the clerk told us hotel has some construction and that the noise would be from 8am to 7pm. We were annoyed by the fact that nobody told us about that, and the clerk lied how they tried to contact us, alas, our phone number is international. That is simply not true, as we have been living in China since 2017 and my phone number on trip.com is a Chinese number. I don’t even own an international phone number. We were really angry about the fact that he lied and told him that it was unprofessional, after which he continued to insist that they couldn’t contact us because we booked through the third party (again not true, because I have been contacted by multiple hotels in the past). They put us in a room, after saying that they would cut the payment in half because of this inconvenience. 5 minutes after that, a manager of the hotel calls me (how did she get the number, I wonder….?!) and tells me that our room is too small and that they will put us in a bigger room. I obviously agree, but after that she demands 5 stars review! After everything that happened! The noise was terrible, and there was even construction outside of the hotel in the middle of the night. So no rest at all! Their solution was to give us the earplugs!!! I can’t even explain how annoying this was. If there is a construction that affects someone’s stay, it has to be communicated. In general the location is good and the place is clean. Everything else is just terrible and unprofessional. And of course they didn’t cut the payment in half.

Great location near Yu Garden, good walking distance from everything, spacious room, limited breakfast options

The staff at this hotel were incredibly welcoming and helpful throughout our stay. Our room was comfy, clean and we had service every day!