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199 Huang Pu Road
Shanghai
China
200080
Tel: 86 21 6393 1234
From this double-towered high-rise on the north end of the city's famous waterfront, guests are granted a full frontal view of Shanghai's time-warping Blade Runner–meets–Beaux Arts panorama; the spectacle is unparalleled from Vue, the rooftop bar, with its cushioned daybeds and a Jacuzzi. Staff perform with seasoned expertise, addressing guests by name despite the large number of rooms (631) and facilitating local arrangements as if everyone were a VIP. Rooms in the West Tower are clad in dark wood and granite with artful mother-of-pearl headboards. Plush lounge chairs roomy enough for two are perfect spots from which to watch boats ply the Huangpu River. Details such as a flat-screen TV that rotates, state-of-the-art temperature controls, and an impressive DVD collection make rooms enjoyable as well as comfortable. The breakfast buffet is seemingly endless, with flaky croissants, fresh fruit, and dim sum doled out by women who previously held court at some of the area's most popular dumpling dives. Also worth a reservation is Xindalu-China Kitchen, famous for its Peking duck.
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