[2025 Shanghai Stay] Travel Guide for Blackstone M+ Hotel, Shanghai (Updated Mar)

📍Name: Blackstone Apartments 📌Address: 1331 Middle Fuxing Road 🚇Transportation: 770m walk from Exit 7 of Changshu Road Station on Metro Line 1 📝Introduction: The Blackstone Apartments were built in 1924. Its name comes from the owner at the time, the American, O.H. Blackstone. It was built of black brick and stone. ✏️Suitable for wearing black wasteland style/futuristic/Y2K style clothing. It looks good to take photos on a cloudy day or at night with the flash on. If it is daytime, you need to lower the brightness of your phone, so that the photos will look more advanced.

In Shanghai, this small restaurant has been open for 20 years, and its signature bullfrog pot has attracted countless foodies. Can you believe it? That's right, this small restaurant may not be big, but its cozy atmosphere and delicious dishes are unforgettable. Especially the signature dry pot bullfrog, which is full of flavor, with tender and juicy frog meat and soft potato strips, is a perfect match for rice. The stone pot bullfrog is also a must-try, with its sizzling hot aroma and flavorful frog meat. In addition to bullfrog, the fatty fish, stir-fried beef, and double pepper intestines are also a must-try. The intestines are crispy and not greasy at all. Every dish is full of flavor and will make you hungry. If you're a foodie, you can't miss this small restaurant. Here, you can taste the most authentic Sichuan cuisine and feel the most intense atmosphere. Whether you're dining with friends or having a drink with family, this is a great choice. If you're also attracted to this small restaurant, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Or, if you have any other food recommendations, feel free to leave a message and let us know! Thank you for watching and supporting us!

This isn't my first time in Shanghai, but every visit, whether for business, tourism, or visiting relatives, this Chinese megacity always offers me a fresh experience! I always choose unique hotels for my stay, and this time I stayed at the Blackstone M+ Hotel in Xuhui District. I was very satisfied with the exterior, room design, and staff performance. Although the breakfast was not the usual buffet style but a semi-buffet, it was still acceptable! The purpose of this visit was to watch the ATP 1000 Shanghai Masters again. It's been many years since I last watched it, the last time being six years ago. This year's event, in terms of scale, participating players, and even guests and audience, was larger than before! Moreover, Shanghai's cuisine is one of the things I look forward to the most! Whether it's local dishes, street food, or high-end century-old restaurants, they all satisfy my needs... but I always have to diet and lose weight when I get home 😂 Looking forward to the next visit!

| Spending Christmas at M Blackstone~ I have long wanted to bring my family to Shanghai to have a good time shopping and eating. I decided to stay in Shanghai for one night with the idea of ​​a slow pace. Let’s feel the Christmas atmosphere in advance! 🎄 I saw a friend post about this M+ Blackstone Hotel before. This time I specially booked the Blackstone Suite with terrace a week in advance🔖 The location of this hotel is really great. It is located in the Blackstone Apartment in Hengfu Wutong District, Old Shanghai~ Opposite is the Shanghai Symphony Hall. It is really comfortable to take a walk in the sun and Citywalk! The room service is very nice They also gave me a cake, flowers and a bottle of red wine🍷 The decoration is also very warm, and the big Christmas tree makes me immersed in the Christmas atmosphere in advance🧑‍🎄🎄🎁 I love the terrace of this room, make a cup of coffee and enjoy the view Any shot is a blockbuster! There is also a bookstore and a cafe downstairs☕️ It was a really happy weekend.

Blackstone M+ | I think this is what the future looks like. +| I think this is what the future looks like. Blackstone M+ to me is a delightful hotel, and this delight, I believe, comes from its answer to a question: What should the new generation of middle-class residences in Shanghai look like? I intuitively feel that M+'s approach will become fashionable, and if it really does, I personally think: 'Well, that's pretty good.' I believe that if a design style is to become a trend, it often has to be pleasing, just like the Shikumen houses of the Republic of China era, which gave the people inside a sense of security, something that was coveted during those turbulent times, hence it was very pleasing; similarly, a decade or so ago, minimalism emerged, providing the blankness that was lacking in the dusty, bullet-ridden Shanghai of the time, making minimalism particularly delightful. And today, I feel Shanghai has changed again, so what is delightful in this environment? A more practical question would be: In which direction will our residences go? I've never been able to see this direction until I stepped into an M+ room. M+ is surrounded by wonderful and enchanting places, such as the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Happiness Collection, Blackstone Apartments, and countless coffee shops, plane trees, and interesting little stores that sell who knows what. These existences are certainly beautiful, but when you're in a richly beautiful environment for a long time, the freshness of private space becomes particularly delightful, just like Chongqing hotpot is delicious, but after eating, when you come out of the hotpot restaurant and take a breath of the evening breeze by the river, it feels exceptionally cheerful. M+ just provides that freshness in richness: its rooms are composed of elements that naturally make one think of the words 'cold and crisp': white walls, white marble, bright mirrors, and that little bit of gold. As soon as you enter the room, you seem to hear the sound of 'bling bling', the sound of white crystals colliding with the wind, refreshing and transparent, contrasting with the thick bourgeois atmosphere outside, making one take a deep breath. But at the same time, the room is also 'playful', or rather, it does not reject the rich and heavy flavors from outside, no longer pursuing the isolation of minimalism. I think this is very much in line with the present of Shanghai. After all, this city is no longer the land of rolling yellow sand and practicality above all else from ten years ago. Its streets have long been beautified, which is why more and more people enjoy city walks, or even sit on a stool with an iced Americano and watch the small street for an entire afternoon, because it's beautiful. We have started to take joy in the public spaces of our city, or rather, our city's public spaces are no longer just places to go when you can't afford Disney; they have become first-rate sources of beauty in themselves. Therefore, our private spaces no longer need to become 'oases in the city'; on the contrary, continuing the city's atmosphere will make private spaces more delightful.

As the centerpiece of Blackstone M+, the hotel reinterprets the charm of a century-old apartment in Art Deco style, renovating and rebuilding the Blackstone M+ Hotel in Shanghai, blending into this district deeply soaked in art. When it comes to the oldest musical cradle in Shanghai, one must mention the "Music Triangle Area" with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and Shanghai Symphony Museum. It is here that the Blackstone M+ complex has emerged. Surrounding are Fuxing Middle Road, Fenyang Road, Taiyuan Road, Hengshan Road, and Baoqing Road. It's just a few minutes' walk from Line 7 on Huaihai Road. On the streets lined with plane trees, the environment is quiet, offering a hint of coolness in the heat. Precious floral tiles and stair structures are all preserved, reviving the gentle touch of Shanghai's mottled years, showcasing the prosperity and beauty of the ten-mile foreign field. M can stand for Music, Moment, Modern, Magic... and the representative of infinite possibilities and multidimensional perspectives, "+", gives this place a more three-dimensional appearance. The dome on the first floor of the hotel has a strong visual extension and impact. The designer has introduced a clear and broad framework design here. The industrial minimalism, the refined classical feel, and the southern French charm brought by the greenery intertwine, interpreting the force and texture of beauty. The lobby ceiling incorporates an arch-shaped mass, abstractly presenting the Shikumen architecture of old Shanghai. Arches, semi-arches separate, blend, overlap, and interweave, interpreting the rich local architectural symbols in a modern form and exploring the boundaries of imagination with space. Hanging in the lobby is the artwork "Color Wheel" by artist Yan Lei. The progression and rotation in the relationship between colors and light and dark evoke a probing desire, attracting guests to step into the mysterious inner space. Adhering to the principle of repairing the old as old, the designer used nostalgic mosaic tiles in the guest room corridors. The seaweed-like dark green marble walls paired with retro interiors sparkle with a classical and romantic charm, guiding guests on a journey through time. The designer uses bold colors and rich materials such as dark green, navy blue, wine red, and gilded gold to subtly and delicately express the artistic sense of Art Deco and the refinement of Shanghai culture. The guest room layout is regular and transparent, with clean lines and smooth curves reflecting each other, outlining the sense of space. Dark green and navy blue gradually appear, yet surprisingly do not seem rigid, as the natural materials and elegant light white tones soften the tough texture. In a corner of the room hangs an old photo of a symphony orchestra performance, with melodious tunes coming gently from the dust of time. The hotel is not without well-known musicians and music creators staying, and in the rhythm and rhyme of the space, a cross-temporal dialogue for music lovers unfolds here. The bedside speakers in the rooms are all the widely acclaimed Marshall, a brand once called the most suitable for listening to symphonies and old jazz, with a full and layered sound, subtly matching the hotel's relationship with the district known as the "Music Triangle". Every detail of the interior has been carefully designed, cleverly connecting various materials, sizes, and dimensions, unfolding a dialogue between simple lines and soft contours. The warm home atmosphere coexists with the luxurious and gorgeous tones, and this sense of conflict is precisely the unique charm of the Art Deco style. The only shortcoming is that some details still need to be kept clean, such as inside the ceiling and the little dust on the edge of the room's chairs. 📍Detailed address: Room 101, 201, 301, 401, Building 2, No. 1331 Fuxing Middle Road, Xuhui District

Shanghai Blackstone M+ Hotel | A Dance of Charm and Fashion M for Music Leveraging the historical ambiance of the century-old Blackstone apartment, as well as the cultural foundation of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the hotel is situated in the elegant and warm plane tree district. The hotel's design is like a dance in a tune of charm and fashion, where the design team seems to truly understand a woman's heart, with a delicate and fashionable touch, especially fond of the soft furnishings.

💫Shanghai Wutong District, not only Anfu Road, Wukang Road! This route in the Hengfu style area is highly recommended for its maritime style, and more importantly, it gathers a variety of Chinese and foreign buildings where military and political officials, cultural celebrities, academic leaders, and business giants have lived. Each of them tells a story of history, and through these roads and buildings, the past is integrated into Shanghai's century-old history. Under the shadows of the plane trees and in the walls of the old houses, are the whispers of the city. Instead of going to the crowded internet-famous streets, come here just to listen to the city's dusty old stories. ⚠️And importantly, this route is rarely crowded with tourists! 🌟Two-day one-night itinerary 💡Day 1 Check into Blackstone M+ Hotel—Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall—Big Bird YAKITORI Grilled Bird·Late Night Diner 1⃣️Blackstone M Hotel The hotel is in a great location, it is a music-themed Art Deco style design hotel, with simple geometric structures, retro metal decorations, bright color combinations, and every shot is a blockbuster. The room is equipped with a Dyson hair dryer, Marshall Bluetooth speaker, and the bathroom uses Hermès bath products. 😥The downside is that because only my daughter and I stayed this time, I didn't pay attention to the room area and booked a delicate room. The room is very cramped, basically only the size of a bed. Apart from the location advantage, the cost performance is not high. 2⃣️Shanghai Symphony Hall 2 minutes walk across the hotel 3⃣️ Big Bird YAKITORI Grilled Bird·Late Night Diner Very close to the concert hall, about 200 meters. After enjoying the feast of the audition, it's time to reward your stomach. The restaurant has a great atmosphere and superb service. It's also very enjoyable to have a skewer with my daughter without drinking 😎 After dinner, you can stroll around and feel the nightfall of the Wutong District. 💡💡Day 2 Blackstone Happiness Collection—Iron Hand Coffee☕️Manufacturing Bureau (Yongjia Road)—Xiaoping Restaurant (Jiashan Road)—One Foot Garden (Hengshan Road)—Guangming Dairy—chapter (Taojiang Road)— China Welfare Association Freedom Apartment (Wuyuan Road)—Koling's former residence Maqi Apartment Clement Apartment Zhang Leping's former residence Rose Villa Monastery Apartment... (Fuxing West Road) 1⃣️Blackstone Happiness Collection ⏰Open at 10:00 The entire bookstore sells not only cultural and creative products but also magazines, books, and records💿. At 10:00 in the morning, only my daughter and I were in the store besides the staff. It's Art Deco style and was once a popular spot for bloggers. 🌟👏The Symphony Hall also opens at 10:00 in the morning, you can go to the piano in the hall to practice, and start a music concert of your own in the morning 2⃣️Iron Hand Coffee When I arrived, there were only two tables inside and outside. The girl outside was leading a chubby Corgi, 🐶 trying hard to jump on the chair, and failing multiple times 😂. A table inside was discussing writing. The shop is not big, sitting next to it, I vaguely heard a story about the heavens and the world of fireworks 3⃣️Xiaoping Restaurant Opens at 11 o'clock, and there is a queue as soon as it opens. Local cuisine, heavy oil and red sauce, Shanghai flavor. 4⃣️One Foot Garden A standalone western-style building, a landmark building on Hengshan Road 5⃣️chapter Before October 18th, a limited-time fruit exhibition was being held. Apart from my daughter and me, there were only staff members. Art-level utensils, the space layout is great, every corner is photogenic 6⃣️From Wuyuan Road to Fuxing West Road, there are many protected buildings and celebrity residences. Because it is close to the center of the universe, Anfu Road, there are slightly more people

📍The hotel is located on Fuxing Middle Road, in the Hengshan Road and Fuxing Road Hengfu Historical and Cultural District, which is currently a representative area of Shanghai. Nowadays, the Hengfu District has become the area with the most concentrated classical music resources in Shanghai. The surrounding Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, music performances, music retail, and music-themed museums are densely distributed. In this 'music golden triangle' that integrates drama, symphony music and humanities, around the prime location of Blackstone Apartments, Shanghai Blackstone M+ Hotel was born. 🛏The hotel rooms are stylish and elegant, and guests can overlook the Shanghai alley scenery under the plane trees from the floor-to-ceiling windows in the room. The modern and elegant art decorations and classic and exquisite furniture in the room create a comfortable and warm atmosphere for business and leisure guests. ✅The hotel will focus on 'exquisite service', 'local experience' and 'cultural exploration' through its unique triple filter, leading curious and creative travelers on a journey of destination exploration beyond imagination. Dining recommendation 🍽The hotel has a full-time restaurant, which offers exquisite and delicious Western dishes, weekend brunch, delicious afternoon tea, fragrant tea and rich freshly ground coffee, as well as a variety of selected wines. The roof is designed as a |sunshade|. It has the charm of a French restaurant and is a good place for taking photos📸. Strong artistic atmosphere ✨Located in the Blackstone M+ community, it is a complex park integrating business, office, and apartments. It has set up a Happiness Collection Bookstore, Blackstone Record Listening Room, high-end restaurants, cultural and creative and bar areas, allowing you to feel the wonderful experience that music art brings to life at close range. Nearby attractions The Bund Oriental Pearl Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street Huangpu River 🏡Hotel: Shanghai Blackstone M+ Hotel 📍Detailed address: No. 1331, Fuxing Middle Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai

★ The room area is not large, more than twenty square meters. Simple white walls, excellent soft furnishings, smooth movement lines, practical space layout. Here I have to mention the designer of Blackstone M+ Hotel, Huang Quan, the head of Haipai Oriental. ★ In this not-so-large space, all functions such as tea bar, cloakroom, 1.8-meter bed, office round table, leisure sofa, separate bathroom, bathtub, etc. are realized, slightly crowded but not cramped. ★ The designer really understands women, I sincerely exclaim. The mini bar is small but rich, and the selection is exquisite. Equipped with capsule coffee, soda, juice, snacks. Each one is delicious. All the channels and sections on the TV have been carefully selected, most of them are about different lifestyles and fashion propositions, together with the magazines next to them, it is more like a conveyance of lifestyle and fashion spirit. ★ Treasure blue velvet, houndstooth, treasure blue, black and white, wine red, all the heavy and colorful retro colors are combined together, because of the large area of white walls and light wood grain floor, they complement each other. ★ The bedside speaker uses Marshall, which is known as the brand most suitable for listening to symphonies and old jazz. The sound is full and rich in layers, and the relationship between Blackstone M+ Hotel and the "music triangle" block is emphasized again. ★ The bunch of pink muhly grass on the washstand is beautiful, the bathroom light makeup mirror, the makeup drawn under the warm white light is the most natural. ★ The toiletries use French Oulong Chixia Orange Light, the citrus fragrance is abundant and overflowing, directly to the heart and spleen. The shower head has strong water pressure, enough to relieve the fatigue of the day and soothe every inch of skin. ★ Dyson's hair dryer, paired with Oulong's shampoo and conditioner, the foam is rich, the hair dries quickly, and you no longer have to worry about washing your hair in the hotel! ★ The bedding is comfortable, good enough for sleep! The brunch is perfect, American style, vegetable salad, fruit, croissant, sliced grape baguette, scrambled eggs, sausage. The croissant is fluffy and crispy, it's too delicious!