Hotel Equatorial, Shanghai
Expert reviews
“One of the first hotels in Shanghai built to receive international travelers after the Chinese economy opened up to world trade, the 520-room, four-star lodging is in the thick of things.”
What guests liked
- Boutique style
- Metro station
- Friendly staff
- Excellent Wifi
- Great location
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
This five-star establishment of hospitality excellence is situated at 65 Yanan Road West where it offers guests the best in modern amenities and facilities. The hotel offers five-star comfort and luxury to visitors and tourists in the city. The sleek design and architecture of the hotel are inviting and attractive to guests.
The hotel is located near the financial, commercial, economic and entertainment hub of the city, making it the ideal temporary home for visitors in Shanghai for business or pleasure.
The Hotel Equatorial is also located close to several places of interest and landmarks such as the Shanghai Exhibition Centre which is a 10-minute walk away from the hotel and the famous Nanjing Road shopping street which is also a 10-minute walk from the hotel. Shanghai Disneyland is about a 50-minute drive away from the Hotel Equatorial premises.
The hotel offers chic and stylish room options such as Corner Room, Smart Room, Club Deluxe Suite, Grand Room and Club Double or Twin Room. The Executive Suite of the hotel is fitted with VIP facilities that make it even more luxurious.
Guests can make use of the swimming pool in the hotel to enjoy several laps of swimming.
The hotel provides other services, facilities, and amenities such as dry cleaning, luggage storage, 24-hour front desk, ironing service, daily maid service and room service. The hotel also offers currency exchange and valet parking.
The Hotel Equatorial Shanghai is the perfect place to enjoy the excitement of the city.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
28 December 2023
Fabulous
Everything
28 December 2023
Fabulous
Near Shanghai metro at jing'an temple station line 2 and 14.
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27 December 2023
Good value for money in the city centre
The location is simply excellent! The rooms are also good size and have all we needed (electric kettle, coffee machine).
Some of the rooms are very noisy, so we asked for anotheer one. The staff also had to be repeatedly reminded to replenish things like the cofffee cartridges for the machine, tea bags, toiletries, etc.
22 December 2023
friendly, helpful and close to attractions
staff at front desk is very friendly and the person who supports in collecting parcels are very helpful too
in general is quite a traditional design/old design of the structure or room but overall stay is still very comfortable and the location is handy.
21 December 2023
Fabulous
Nice location. The housekeeper Mrs wang on our level 18 cleaning our room is super friendly and professional. She deserves a raise.
20 December 2023
Just a good and relaxed stay.
Breakfast was abundant. Something for everybody. Room with City View to the Temple, loved it. Great place to sit at night and chat. Swimming pool is huge. Fitness place also big and not crowded. All in all, I would go there again. Ohh yes, the massage for 450 Yuan was great. Very clean massage place.
Nothing really.
18 December 2023
It was ok but I know how good this hotel can be.
The staff are always helpful. The hotel has a great location next to Jing’an temple. There is also a metro entrance next to the hotel.
I have stayed here many times and will continue to do so however because of this I’m aware that some of the rooms have been updated and are of better quality. I had achieved a free room upgrade from Booking.com but the room I got was the most basic and hadn’t been updated. There was even a stain on the carpet.
14 December 2023
Great value for money in the heart of Shanghai
The hotel is in an amazing location and as value-for-money goes, it's hard to beat it. There are much better hotels in the area but they are also much pricier. I needed a place for weeks, so the difference really made a difference.
Cleaners were struggling with tidying up and replenishing goodies like coffee cartridges (one day we got 2, the next day none, then 1). The hotel reception told us they were outsourced staff, and I'd rethink their contract.
9 December 2023
very worthy.
The location is excellent. The room is very clean. Even The outside the hotel looks rally old, but the is new.
In my room is full of smell of cigarette. I already noticed that I don’t like that smell.
7 December 2023
Fabulous
wifi
poor wifi
6 December 2023
Comfortable stay.
Excellent location. Cleanliness of the room. Comfortable bed.
Nothing
5 December 2023
Very good
Check in and check out, very simple. Summer Wang dealt with us on both. We've been coming here for many years now so that would tell it's own story.
The bar closes a little early, maybe another hour would be good.
4 December 2023
Weekend in Shanghai center
In center of Jingan area, metro under.
2 December 2023
Great stay, great place, nice view, everything very nice.
Everything was great really, nothing to complain about.
Nothing to complain about, all good.
27 November 2023
The stay was ok, but not my style
The location is fantastic. The overall room is quite big in comparison to similar hotels. I really appreciated how helpful the staff was. There were almost no difficulties with communication. The concierges are very helpful, they took my order and helped me send cards (you can buy stamps from them, which is very convenient). Overall, the beds were nice and comfortable except for the pillows, which were too thin. The bedding is clean.
The rooms are baroque style, and they are very classy with a lot of dark wood, it may be good, but I felt like I was in a granny house. Because of the colors and dark wood, the room weighted upon me. The blinds were ripped and had a heavy nicotine smell. The toilet should be disinfected better as you can smell sewerage. There are little lights in the room (even if you turn every light, it will still be too dark) and no central panel to control lights, and you have to switch them on and off individually.
26 November 2023
Very good
Location v convenient
The room cleaning was not thorough, the glass shelves were dusty
24 November 2023
Very good
No comments
16 November 2023
Very good
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13 November 2023
Good Location
Great location, comfortable, simple and with great staff.
Not a lot.
13 November 2023
Fabulous
Central location. Very clean and modern
Nothing
12 November 2023
Pleasant
Good location
The bathroom is too small
11 November 2023
Fabulous
Great location
10 November 2023
Very good price quality deal. Would come back
Great location! The room was relatively spacious and very clean.
The breakfast could have been a bit better.
6 November 2023
not my first time and definitely not my last time
location
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Car hire
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Concierge service
Activities
- - Tennis court (additional charge)
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre (additional charge)
- - Indoor pool
Outdoors
- - Garden
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
Pool and wellness
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
8 January 2024
Good location hotel, but smokey and bad spa services.
Great location just next to the Jing’an temple, surrounding shopping malls and the metro station. The fitness centre was clean and had a variety of equipment (but a lot of empty space they could fill with additional equipment to make it a real great gym). The bed was comfortable and room clean.
People smoke in this hotel, despite it saying non-smoking hotel. I had to spend two days with smoke billowing into my room and I was not compensated for that. One night was completely ruined. The small cleaning fee that smokers have to pay if they are caught is rather an encouragement to smoke. The spa was a great disappointment. I went there expecting a calm, relaxing massage. However, the massage table was next to a hair saloon where they used noisy equipment, like a super loud hair dryer, they talked loudly. This made the entire experience stressful and the total opposite to what I paid for. When I pointed this out, there was no compensation. This was considered normal praxis at the spa. There is no spa culture at all. AVOID USING THE SPA SERVICES and do not stay at this hotel if you are looking for a spa!