Great Location, Good Value
The Shanghai JC Mandarin is centrally located, which makes it easy to get just about anywhere in Shanghai. If you like Shopping, then this is the hotel for you, because it is located on Nanjing Road right next to several high-end malls. The rooms are clean and modern, but the hotel is a little older than some of the other big hotels in Shanghai, and it shows. The restaurant on the ground floor has a buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and it is always a good place to have meetings. If you need something a little more Western, visit Element Fresh across the street in the St. Regis--it is a great restaurant with an outdoor patio overlooking Nanjing Road. There is also a grocery store in the St. Regis that sells all kinds of Western foods, so you can have your Frosted Flakes and Snickers bar 24 hours a day. Overall, it is a good hotel, and I stay at it almost every time I visit Shanghai (which is about 10 times a year).