For my birthday🎂 this year, I chose to stay at J Hotel Shanghai Tower🏨. Firstly, it's the highest hotel in the world, and secondly, I've already checked off two of Shanghai's 'Three Sisters' hotels – Park Hyatt and Grand Hyatt Jin Mao – so this time I absolutely had to experience the tallest one🏨.
A day before check-in, the butler called☎️ to discuss my room preferences. Knowing it was for a birthday, the hotel arranged a small birthday cake🎂, a card, and some fruit🫐🍇 in my room, which was very much appreciated😊.
The room itself is quite spacious, but the view felt a bit ordinary. There's a noticeable distance between the room and the outer glass, and due to the double-layered glass, the city lights at night appeared rather dim. For sunrise🌅 and sunset🌄 views, you can head to the Tian Zhi Jin restaurant on the 120th floor, where the view is much better👍.
The bathroom features a double vanity, and there's a TV📺 above the bathtub🛁 so you can watch while soaking. The shower room has a long bench design, suitable for elderly guests🧼. All the toiletries are Diptyque, which I really like, and the hairdryer is a Xiaomi. The walk-in closet is also spacious enough. In the mini-bar, everything except the liquor🍾, chocolates🍫, and snacks is complimentary, and you can even take home anything you don't finish! There's also a capsule coffee machine with three different coffee☕️ flavors to choose from, and a wide variety of tea bags.
The turndown service was excellent; a bathmat and slippers were placed by the bed, and two bottles of water were left on each side of the headboard. Each room comes with a mini iPad to control services, lighting, and curtains. I particularly loved the square room key card and asked to keep it as a souvenir when checking out✌🏻.
Breakfast is served on the 101st floor🍽️. I found a window seat and enjoyed a leisurely meal. It's a semi-buffet style; you can order from the menu or help yourself from the buffet. The selection is very rich, and the freshly squeezed juice bottles are beautiful😻. Both Chinese and Western breakfast options are generally well-covered😌.
After check-out, in-house guests can report their license plate and room number at the concierge desk on the first floor for free parking🅿️.
- llilykangnian
First off, the location and the views are absolutely incredible, no doubt about it! The facilities are good, and the decor is lovely – nice and bright, just the way I like it!
However, I have to ask, are only women assigned to carry luggage? We're talking about huge suitcases, each weighing over 20 kilograms... and people traveling internationally often bring 6 or 7 of them. Every single time, it was one small female concierge trying to move them?! How am I supposed to feel about that? Of course, I had to help out... and even then, they were heavy! Come on... This is the first time I've ever stayed at such an expensive hotel only to find myself scrambling to help with my own bags. And it wasn't just for one night; I stayed for four nights, not consecutively, plus I switched rooms... so each time, it was just one woman handling the luggage.
Also, the breakfast wasn't great, specifically the beef in the beef noodles – the quality of the beef itself was poor, not the chef's cooking. If you know, you know.
Of course, this place probably doesn't care about reviews like ours, unless there's a change in management... otherwise, their future looks a bit... hmm... uncertain.
- Anonymous User