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Reviews of Baolong Homelike Zhongshan

2.5 out of 5
Baolong Homelike Zhongshan
Zhongshan Road ,1009, Shanghai, PVG

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5.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 154 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 154 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 48 out of 154 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 24 out of 154 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 33 out of 154 reviews" "

6.0/10

Cleanliness

5.6/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Not a bad option for a budget room rate and convenience of surrounding amenities.
Stayed 13 nights in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Good location but very noisy
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018

4/10 Poor

Leo

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Please stay elsewhere.
Horrible condition hotel. Reeks of cigarettes and extremely dirty. Blood stains in the sheets. Map was also wrong about the location which made it hard to find. Location is OK.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2017

2/10 Terrible

Paola, Sacramento, CA

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nightmare
The room was disgusting and old, was nothing like the pictures I saw on line.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Christopher

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Good for the price range
Overall the hotel is ok for the price range. I stayed in a 'Executive Room' on the 3rd floor facing the back of the hotel. I would recommend asking for rooms facing the back to avoid the noise from the traffic, and on a high floor if available. Please note that your experience may be different based on how important the good and less than good aspects highlighted below are to you. Some of the good aspects being: 1) Fairly accessible to city center being located about 10 minutes walk to line 1 metro station 2) cable TV available with free on-demand English movies 3) One guy manning the front desk in the afternoons can speak some English 4) good wifi access 5) good size room Some of the less than great aspects being 1) Cleaning staff are a bit rude, best to be out of the room early in the mornings before they arrive 2) The area to the back of the hotel is quite noisy (the rooms facing the highway I imagine would have had more noise) 3) No mosquito nets on the windows so, mosquitoes can be an annoyance in the warmer months and on the lower floors 4) soundproofing is non-existent and the hallway acts as an echo chamber 5) hallway carpets and room furnishings could benefit from an upgrade
Stayed 7 nights in May 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dark, dirty and far from where you want to be.
The hotel is far from where you want to be in Shanghai. A 10 minute walk to the subway station which is also not ideal. My room was very very dirty. Every single day I would come back to my room to find 5 or 6 business cards for prostitutes slid under my door. Not much English at the front desk. Do not recommend.

6/10 Okay

teetant, Malaysia

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
just ok
the map is wrong location, we went to the wrong place due to the information are wrong. very close to city center.

4/10 Poor

Matt, London

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dirty dated hotel
Hotel is close to the metro this is the only good thing about this place. Towels where changed daily. TV only had one English channel out a of 300 the room was dated and dirty with stains on the wall hallways were dingy, the whole place reeked of cigarettes, you had to pay 100 yuan deposit for room card which Expedia do not mention, the staff are extremely rude and speak little English. Family's hang out in the hallway in morning and evening shouting and talking loudly and slamming doors, cleaners use walkie talkies very early in the morning and very loudly, utter dump Expedia should pull this hotel from there inventory!

10/10 Excellent

Warren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, convenient hotel at a good price
Quite good - I will probably book this hotel again on my next visit to Shanghai. It was really good for the price

4/10 Poor

Say, US

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
to old to comfort and sting I didn't stay change to another hotel as soon as I check in

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
The receptionist has less experience. The manager is reponsible.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The photos are misleading completely!
I booked this hotel attracted by the photos on Expedia website. However, it turns out much worse than that! The room is not clean, covers are dirty. They do provide body wash and toothpaste. The staffs are very unfreindly and rude, because there are not enough people and all of them are very busy. This turns out to be a Inn near a bus/railway station. The cheap price and attractive photos on website may mislead you a lot. I think they put photos from other hotels here. Generally, not recommended unless you are really looking for the cheapest hotel.

4/10 Poor

inter, a

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wrong address
We spent 2.5hr looking for this hotel. The location shown in the map is way off. Had to ask several natives just to get on the right direction. The pictures shown are really old, it doesnot look that new at all.

4/10 Poor

Bing Bing

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Too local Chinese hotel
Hotel Staffs cannot speak English so if you don't speak Chinese, it would be difficult to communicate with them.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

cheap with acceptable quality
The location is okay, as it is only 15 minutes from a subway/metro; however, since it is next to a bus station, the surrending area is not ideal. The price is good, but there is no place for guest to dry their cloth. Also, they still cleaned my room after I put a no distrub sign outside my door. The hotel is old without wifi. I would say this is a very economical way to stay in Shanghai.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

economical way to stay in Shanghai
The location is okay, as it is only 15 minutes from a subway/metro; however, since it is next to a bus station, the surrending area is not ideal. The price is good, but there is no place for guest to dry their cloth. Also, they still cleaned my room after I put a no distrub sign outside my door. The hotel is old without wifi. I would say this is a very economical way to stay in Shanghai.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not what the pictures depict
Very smelly , strong smell of cat urine in lobby by lift, built up grime in bathroom and dirty furnishings

6/10 Okay

Ree, Nanjing

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good hotel
The hotel is a little old but the staff keeps it clean enough. I liked my stay except for the fact that the telly or the remote was not working. Other than this it was not a bad place to stay. It was my second stay at the hotel.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
If you are a foreigner dont go...
We booked this hotel in the US on hotels.com. On the website, there was a business standard room. However, We made sure to book the Executive Room, because we were traveling with our 4 year old son. We also chose a nonsmoking room. When we arrived at the hotel, the staff could not find a confirmation number. We showed them the documentation and after 1 hour, they assigned us a room! We thought it was pretty shabby for an executive room and the smell of smoke was everywhere! We found out after 2 days that the hotel placed us in the standard business room. We complained to the staff, but they refused to move us or reimburse us the difference. They said it was hotels.com fault for pricing the rooms incorrectly. They said we reserved the standard room even though we paid for the executive. We contacted hotels.com in china but they did not help. Avoid this place if you dont live in china.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Handy location, as far as taking the subway.
The staff is divided, some are friendly, some are not... I forget how wonderful I have it here in town, when I find out how much smoking there is everywhere !!! The subway station is about 4 blocks walking distance, great system of subway, to be soon the largest in the world! price of the place is fair, then again, you get what you pay for, but at least the rooms are clean.

8/10 Good

terry, fresno

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
first, no refrig in room. second . no safe in my room. the hotels com map needs a fix. hotel is in the opposite direction . many english speaking movie channels on flatscreen tv. free. bed seemed to have no mattress. still slept fine. for the price i very much enjoyed my stay. staff speaks no english. for movies hit the yellow button. or just go up and down the numbers on the remote, you get dozens of channels. bathroom was like new. closet for clothes. market 2 blocks away for sodas and great street food vendor. subway 1 5-10 minute walk . to find hotel, just look for the 1009 sign. that is the address. 100 yds from hutai rd. east of . even after booking, i walked by without noticing . low key clean fairly modern hotel that i liked staying at.

6/10 Okay

Ning Lou, Japan

Disliked: Room comfort
wrong map address
The address itself was correct. but map showed totally different place. Unbelievably, all the map directions for hotels I reserved in China on your sites were wrong. I am Chinese, somehow I could find my way there. Imaging a foreigner, it would be a pain to follow the map. Is there a reason to show the map this way? Or is there a correct way to use it? Are you going to review and mark the correct locations on the map? Lou

8/10 Good

Cai, Poland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really good!
The map is indeed wrong but the place is not hard to find once you figure it out. The district is basic typical Chinese neighbourhood with a lot going on til late evening where grandmas walk around in pyjamas or the youth goes for food. I never was bothered and only had a pleasant experience from people. There are a lot of places to eat around, dont get discouraged by the little run-down look of the restaurants, its a norm here, but the food is cheap n tasty. The hotel is 10min from Metro, within nice walking distance with lots of shops on the way. Hotel rooms were of surprisingly good European style. Even though my room was from the road side it wasnt too loud to fall asleep. I stayed there over 2weeks and could totally live there longer. The staff is kind and helpful but without going out of their way; no wonder cos it seems they get a lot of stress from the Chinese guests already. I used the washing clothes service and they did it quite well but charged me additionally for ironing, which wasn't necessary but I stupidly didn't understand that so be careful if you don't want to overpay. The only thing about the hotel is that people gather and smoke downstairs in the lobby so forget about using wifi in the evenings if you're sensitive about that. For this prize it's the hottest deal in town. I've just came back from a short trip to Beijing and same prized hotel was a horrifying experience, this one is like a luxury. Go for it!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

tante89

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

tante89

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Dusan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Chris, Shanghai

Liked: Room comfort
Affordable and accessible to city center
The hotel is close to a metro station, a pretty popular intersection for cabs, and good local hotpot. My room was kept pretty clean, and I found the AC a huge benefit to my sleep and work at the beginning of summer. I've already booked another stay at Baolong.

10/10 Excellent

tante89, Shanghai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfy beds
Quite good so far, has free iptv.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfy home base, but polish up your Charades!
There are next to no English speakers in the staff, but if you can get past that, this is a perfect budget option for vacationers. Traffic noise can get a little intense, but that's Shanghai--it's no worse than your average night in New York. A/C is a dream, the beds are comfy, and "wash clothes?" are two generally understood words, so use them and the receptionists can help arrange a cheap, effective pickup laundry service. The adjoining restaurant serves good, cheap food but the anbience is generally awful. Who cares, though? You'll get all your meals in the cool parts of the city, which you can reach quickly and easily via Metro (the North Zhongshan Road stop is a 5- to 10-minute walk away; just exit the hotel, turn left, and walk until you see the red "M" to your right across Zhongshan Rd.) Don't mistake Baolong Homelike Hotel for anything other than a budget accommodation (the EXTREMELY reasonable price of which will leave you with more funds to finance your Shanghai adventures!) and you'll stay--and leave--with a smile on your face.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Overall good.
According to price its good. Front staff is helpful. But they are don't know English. This is problem. Overall good.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

8/10 Good

CL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
See local sights
20 minutes walk to MRT station and 5 minutes walk to local market where one can observe the way of life of an average shanghai residents.....hotel room is clean everyday....only problem is the remote control for TV and air-cond/heater,instruction is printed in chinese....understand its the same in every hotels in China....my stay was enjoyable and the bathroom was clean and works....

10/10 Excellent

Nainesh Parikh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
easy proximity to metro station
Good value for money, but the hotel address is wrong, hence paid a lot to the taxi driver, the first time i came to this hotel. Also the staff cannot speak english and it is slightly problamatic, unless some guest chip's in to help

2/10 Terrible

Ligia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worse hotel to stay in
There is no custumer service. The attendants were rude and unhelpful. the rooms smell and we have to be constantly asking for toilet paper because they have the smalles skinny rolls ever, and only give you like a quater of the normal roll of toilet paper. The people are less than courteous, the place is very noisy and its far away from everything.. I will never stay at this hotel and will never recommend it to anyone.

6/10 Okay

Warren, Los Angeles, CA

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
As expected for the price (less than $20 a night)
Good value. If you are not laser focused on value do yourself a favor and upgrade to a slightly nicer hotel closer to the busy areas of town like the Manhattan Jinling Business Hotel, Shanghai in Huangpu. As several tripadvisor members have mentioned: make sure your room is not on the highway side (get an even number room) - it gets loud!, no fridges in the rooms, no iron available (even outside the room), front staff doesn't speak English, not much in near proximity (1-2 blocks).

4/10 Poor

Bob, Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Disliked: Staff & service
China is grotty
Where to start? Ok the staff just want you to check in an go away or so it seemed. There is one lift for the whole hotel and smoking is permitted throughout the hotel. It's quite grotty and the maids come to do the room very early in the am. The area is quite rundown.

2/10 Terrible

Michael, Moscow, Hangzhou

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Very bad service and attitude
The hotel stuff refused to provide us a room (that was booked and paid for). They insisted on presenting the original of my passport (which was submitted to a Visa Center in Shanghai) though I had the copy of its relevant pages, visa center receit and a foreign expert certificate (the latter is a valid identification document in China).

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Just ok....
The hotel staff doesnt speak english and the beds need to be changed. The bathroom is pretty nice.

8/10 Good

Kaeli, Johannesburg, South Africa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for money
We stayed in the cheapest room, and for the price, we were really impressed at the size and cleanliness of the room, and the nice big shower. The beds are very hard and the furnishings quite old, but there was a really nice Christmas display in reception which really helped the hotel seem "homelike". The staff were friendly, and although the level of English was not great, a receptionist even came up to my room to show me how the Internet worked since she couldn't explain it. (Wireless is only available in reception, but there is a cable in the rooms.) The hotel is in a very Chinese area, so don't expect many western shops or a lot of English. It's about a 10-15 minute walk from the nearest metro station on Line 1. It is actually located on the opposite corner to the one on the map provided, so be warned when going there in a cab (print out the Chinese directions provided by Hotels.com!). Overall, if you want reasonably priced accommodation in relative comfort, and don't mind some traffic noise from the main road, I'd really recommend this hotel.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
nice hotel
according to its price it is a good hotel

10/10 Excellent

Dan, Minnesota

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Let me help you find it!
I signed up for the Baolong Homelike a little nervous about whether I would be able to find it, since three different mapping software sites placed it in three different locations. This site's map is also incorrect. To get there from the airport, I took the Maglev to Longyang Road Station, Subway Line 2 to People's Square, then transferred to Line 1. Per another customer's review, I got off the Zhongshan Road subway station (just after the Shanghai Railway Station) and immediately recognized the elevated roadway just to the north. I turned left (west) and walked about ten minutes toting my carry-on, a loaded camera bag, and dragging my big check-in bag on the north side of the road. At that point I asked 2 policemen for directions, showing them the name of the hotel and its address printed in Chinese. They pointed me to a location off Zhongshan Road, which I knew was not right, but they did follow me, wanting to make sure I got to my destination. About 100 meters further, I recognized the hotel from pictures on other sites, particularly the vertical name sign and the many A/C units protruding from the windows. The following day, I examined the location and can describe it as three buildings east from the large intersection of Zhongshan Road and Hutai Lu (Road) on the north side of the road, adjacent to the elevated road. Most maps don't show Zhongshan Road. Instead they identify the Inner Ring Elevated Road which is above Zhongshan Road. Hope that helps. Check-in was facilitated by the one staff member who knew some English. Having had no travel experience in China, I was surprised at the request for a cash deposit which took about half of all I had since I had only exchanged about $50 at the airport. I climbed the six floors to my room on the back side of the hotel (there is an elevator) and tried all the lights but none worked. Went down to the desk and they came up with me and told me now to insert my room key in the slot by the door to turn on the electricity to the room. Beyond that, the only trouble was a toilet I managed to plug up. I drew a picture of a plunger for the desk staff and they came to help me within 10 minutes. For any questions I had when the English-speaking woman was not present, they would call someone who spoke English and I could direct questions to them. The bed was firm by US standards, there being a single mattress set on a wooden frame. I am told this is the preferred firmness in China for the elderly anyway, (it promotes healthy sleep patterns) and I slept very well using both pillows under my head. There was no soaking tub in my least-expensive room - only a shower. There was a liquid soap dispenser in there which I used also for shampoo. Toothbrushes and paste were provided. The "washcloth" was a larger size cloth that we might call a hand towel in the US. The hot water in the shower was with the handle to the right, the hot water in the sink was on the left. Try both sides before complaining about no hot water. The surrounding area: Chestnut vendors abounded at the Zhongshan Station. Just kitty-corner across the Hutai Road intersection was a convenience store where I picked up some bottled water. The area to the north of the hotel is the poor area of town. Though Shanghai is very safe, it might be avoided at night. The following morning, I checked out early, received back my deposit, and decided to walk to the Shanghai Train Station following the Hutai Road heading southeast. I clocked 13 minutes to the railway station, dragging my luggage (I walk fast) and a couple more minutes through the station to the south side where the subway could be picked up. It is probably not quite two kilometers. Taxis are readily available as well on the Zhongshan Road and a bus station is close to the hotel if you are comfortable getting around that way. I managed a brief stop at the People's Square and the Pearl Tower before heading out to the Airport again for my next flight. I would recommend this hotel. The staff are very courteous and aim to please. I chose this hotel not only for the economy, but to experience for myself a hotel that the locals might use. Though I did not eat at the restaurant on site, it looked clean and appealing. Since no one knows where it is, if you take a taxi, draw a simple map for the driver of the Hutai Road/Zhongshan intersection with three buildings to the east. It may also help to show him a picture of the hotel which you can find on other sites. For my only night in Shanghai, I was very pleased.

6/10 Okay

Edgar, Indianapolis, IN

Disliked: Room comfort
Cheap but ...
I booked the hotel for two reasons: good price and nice-quality rooms according to the pictures on the hotels.com Web site. When I stayed at the hotel, I found that the actual rooms look different from what the pictures show. The rooms are cramped and often filled with smell of smoke since many people in China smoke. I have to ask for extra toilet paper every day from the front desk since each roll is very small. Not all the rooms have Internet connection. The ladies at the hotel are often very helpful and courteous.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
安さ重視で泊まるなら、全然問題ないと思います。観光目的でしたが、最寄り駅までは歩いて10分程度で、中心部に行くにも特に不便を感じることはありませんでした。
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok
Expedia的地圖是錯。請各位用百度地圖。不錯。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。Expedia的地圖是錯。請各位用百度地圖。 Expedia的地圖是錯。請各位用百度地圖。
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Reinhold

Bemühtes Personal.... Aber kaum Englisch
Schlechte Lage an 2-geschossiger !!! Stadtautobahn....weit weg von der nächsten Metro
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

草苺, 日本

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
駅から遠い
部屋のテレビ、エアコン、シャワーが潰れていた。ティッシュ、冷蔵庫も完備されていない、トイレットペーパーの替えもなかった。 部屋の外の車がうるさくて寝にくかった。 トイレとお風呂が透けて見える。
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness
lekkie rozczarowanie
Lokalizacja blisko metra- linia1- bezpośrednio do people's square, a wiec do centrali;) nie mogłam jednak zrozumieć brak znajomości języka angielskiego w recepcji chociaż w minimalnym stopniu. Oprócz tego miałam zimno w pokoju bo okna były nieszczelne, ale pan konserwator ustawił mi ogrzewanie i było już milutko. Mimo to, pobyt w Szanghaju był nieziemski;)
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017