Yazz Hotel

We stayed in building six for 12 nights. The room was large and comfortable. The bed was in a large space and it was a separated from an area with two sofas and a desk. The bathroom was huge. It was a smoking room, but didn't smell like smoke. Smoking was banned in hotels in Shanghai starting earlier this year and it would have been a better experience if this had been a non smoking hotel. The lobby and breakfast area often smelled of smoke. I never figured out how to operate the tv and didn't care enough to ask. English was limited, but translator apps worked well. Wifi was great. Breakfast was very good. The location was super, directly in the Xijin Ferry area. There were countless restaurants in walking distance, interesting sites nearby, a bus stop within a minute walk and the river and boardwalk was just across the street. There was a tourist information office two minutes from the hotel, translation app needed, and an ATM machine just outside that office. There were shops on the tourist street in the Ferry that had gifts that ranged from inexpensive to very nice. The atmosphere at night was always interesting with no shortage of people and dog watching opportunities. The hotel is also called the Yazz Hotel. There was a sign for a gym, but all of the equipment was stored in a side room. The overall value was exceptional, $62 per night which included breakfast. The only negative that made me extremely angry was that the spa served only men. Even though I had read that the spa was for 'males wellbeing' I thought it must have been in error in translation. It wasn't. I'm not a spa type, but really wanted to try a foot massage, which I did elsewhere. We would absolutely stay here again, but seriously, that needs to get sorted.