Okura Garden Hotel Shanghai

Once the top hotel in the French Concession, the five-star Japanese-managed Okura was built in 1990 on the site of the 1920s French Club and Cercle Sportif. The fine Art Deco features of the original structure have been preserved in its east lobby and grand ballroom with its gorgeous elliptical stained-glass ceiling. As well, the sprawling lawns with the gazebo were once the strolling grounds for Mao Zedong. Recently renovated rooms are of average size, with marble bathrooms that contain automated bidets. The Okura lacks the latest high-tech in-room gadgets of newer hotels, and it rather ungenerously charges guests staying in standard rooms a small fee to use the pool and health club (free for executive-level rooms), but the friendly and highly efficient staff does their best to make your stay as pleasant as possible.

Facilities:
5 restaurants, 3 bars; babysitting; concierge; executive-level rooms; health club w/Jacuzzi and sauna; indoor pool; 24-hr. room service; 2 lighted outdoor tennis courts

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