Hotels we recommend
Where to stay in Shanghai
Four hotels in Shanghai we would book for a client, in Minhang, The Bund, Xuhui and Pudong. One holds MICHELIN Keys. Two of them book through a partner programme, which adds an upgrade where one is free, daily breakfast for two, a hotel credit and late checkout, at the hotel's own rate.
- Hotels
- 4
- With MICHELIN Keys
- 1
- With partner perks
- 2
- Newest
- 2024
The hotels
Minhang
Amanyangyun
2018 · 35 rooms
An Aman in a replanted camphor forest on the south-western edge of Shanghai, built around Ming and Qing dynasty houses moved 700 km from Fuzhou in Jiangxi province and reassembled stone by stone. A walled village of 24 courtyard suites and pavilions and 11 four-bedroom Antique Villas, laid out by Kerry Hill Architects around an 80-tonne King Camphor Tree.
The Bund
The St. Regis on the Bund, Shanghai
2024 · 192 rooms
A 192-key St. Regis at 538 Zhongshan East No. 2 Road, at the Bund Finance Center end of the Bund in Huangpu, looking across the Huangpu River to Pudong. The copper-toned building is by Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio; inside is 1920s Shanghai Art Deco with Su embroidery and magnolia motifs, and butler service for every room.
Marriott STARS
Xuhui
Shanghai Jianyeli Capella Hotel
2017 · 55 rooms
A hotel of 55 villas in the restored Jian Ye Li shikumen lanes at 480 West Jianguo Road in Xuhui, one of the district's last remaining clusters of shikumen houses. The three-storey brick and stone townhouses with horse-head gables date from the 1930s; each villa has a private courtyard and interiors by Jaya International Design mixing Chinoiserie with French furniture.
2 MICHELIN Keys
Pudong
Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai
2013 · 362 rooms
Opened in 2013 at 111 Pudong Road South on the east bank of the Huangpu, within the Harbour City development at the edge of Lujiazui, with 210 serviced executive apartments alongside. It has direct access to the riverside promenade, looks across the river to the Bund and hangs about 4,000 works of contemporary Chinese art.
Mandarin Oriental Fan Club
On our list
Hotels in Shanghai we rate but have not yet stayed in, drawn hollow on the map. The hotels above are first-hand; these are where we are going next. We book them as we book the rest.
Suhe Creek
Two MICHELIN Keys and Forbes Five-Star; on our list for the restored 1916 Chamber of Commerce on Suzhou Creek.
The top floors of a tower on Suzhou Creek, with its Chinese restaurant in the restored 1916 Chamber of Commerce next door.
Photo: Livelikerw / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)The Bund
Two MICHELIN Keys and Forbes Five-Star; on our list for views over the old British Consulate gardens.
Opened in 2009 at the north end of the Bund, the first new hotel there in decades, looking over the old British Consulate gardens.
Lujiazui, Pudong
Two MICHELIN Keys; on our list for the top floors of the 632-metre Shanghai Tower.
The top floors of the 632-metre Shanghai Tower, opened 2021, with its restaurant on the 120th floor.
What to know
Amanyangyun; The St. Regis on the Bund, Shanghai; Shanghai Jianyeli Capella Hotel and Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai. Each has its own page with the rooms, the restaurants and what booking through us adds.
Shanghai Jianyeli Capella Hotel (two MICHELIN Keys).
Of the hotels we recommend, The St. Regis on the Bund, Shanghai, which opened in 2024. Amanyangyun followed in 2018.
The St. Regis on the Bund, Shanghai (Marriott STARS) and Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai (Mandarin Oriental Fan Club). Booked through us, each adds a room upgrade where one is free, breakfast for two each day, a hotel credit and early check-in or late checkout when the hotel can give it, at no extra cost to you.
Amanyangyun: Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is 24 km north, about 30 minutes by car; Shanghai Pudong International Airport is 55 km east, 40-50 minutes. The St. Regis on the Bund, Shanghai: Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and Hongqiao Railway Station are 17 km away; Shanghai Pudong International Airport is 41 km. Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai: 45 minutes by car to Shanghai Pudong International Airport and 35 minutes to Hongqiao.
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