Asset Hotel Shanghai

The photos don’t reflect how the place looks now. It was a real disaster, a scary place. I’d stayed here about three years earlier for a week, and even then it was barely a three-star hotel. Back then the rooms were dark, small, and neglected, breakfast was poor, and staff didn’t speak English, though otherwise it was acceptable. I needed somewhere in this area this year. After reading some enthusiastic reviews, I wondered if I’d been too demanding or if they’d made changes, and booked a room. That was a big mistake. It’s a ruin, hard to imagine until you see it. This time I chose a larger room. The walls on the way there were dirty and damaged, and the room was worse. The door was dirty too, the carpet stained, the wardrobe was missing a door, and the walls are difficult to describe. You can look at the photos. The towels were clean and replaced daily, and two fresh bottles of water and cosmetics were delivered each day. But the room was too dark even with all the lights on. The AC was erratic, always too cold or too hot, and the displayed temperature didn’t match reality. The beds were comfortable and made daily, but I didn’t see a vacuum cleaner there during the whole week I spent at the Asset Hotel. Think about that. Breakfast was mostly Chinese-style, but I ate toast with peanut butter and marmalade. They also had scrambled and boiled eggs. The breakfast room was steamy and smelled weird, like a mix of steam and mold on the walls. I was shocked by how the dishes were washed. It had nothing to do with hygiene. The hotel staff don’t speak English, avoid greeting guests, and never say good morning. The Wi-Fi, when it worked, had zero speed. The TV menu was only in Chinese, and the hotel phone was out of service. In my opinion, the Asset Hotel should be removed from any civilized booking system until it’s fully renovated. There’s no such thing as “good for the price”; dirt is never good at any price.