Originally Posted by SP03

On the other hand, I'm staying at Hongta this weekend. Despite the mediocre to terrible reviews, it's actually not too bad. It is definitely showing ages, with many hardware broken and starting to fall apart. As long as you can look past that, the rooms are spacious, and overall décor quite nice (and very much still feels like a St Regis). The lounge dinner options is one of the best I've had in Shanghai. Breakfast was good on Sat, but disappointing on Sunday. Will see what's it like tomorrow to know if Sunday was a one off.