Xijiao State Guest Hotel

It’s a good place for family retreat as it’s hidden away from the hustling city life in Shanghai. It’s almost like a resort which has acres of landscape gardens and beautiful mansion style accommodation and is exceedingly quiet too. I’m impressed with its well equipped sports center that has almost everything you could think of, from pool, gym to indoor and outdoor tennis courts which I believe are all open to the hotel guests. However, the breakfast was just ordinary with only limited choices. I really don’t like the seating arrangement in breakfast hall where the tables are so squashed up leaving literally no privacy for guests at all. But the lunch in our reserved room was absolutely scrumptious with excellent service provided by the staff on duty. Overall, we had a wonderful stay for our mum’s 88th birthday.

The service at the Xijiao State Hotel is very good. According to the number of people registered in the room and the number of days for staying , each person is given a free bowl of delicious hot soup wonton and a bottle of orange juice every day. On the first day of stay, there are also four different fruits without charge ,Superb! The breakfast at the hotel is varied and has many choices. Every dish in the restaurant is very tasty. Like the afternoon tea. The inner park of the hotel is very large and beautiful, and it is very refreshing and relaxing to take a walk there. The view from my room is very pleasant. In short, it is a very good experience staying at the hotel. Highly recommend to my friends.

Rooms are a little dated but are large and comfortable. Highlight is the gardens surrounding the hotel

Amazing everything. Highly recommend. It is located in the middle of a beautiful park and the views from the room were beautiful.

I had a business trip to Shanghai recently, and stayed in this place for the first time. The actual hotel I stayed was Building No.7. It was a wonderful experience. The room was comfortable and spacious with a balcony. The surrounding was very nice and quiet. The building is surrounded with ponds and bamboos. There were even a pair of cranes and a pair of peacocks in the garden (do not worry, they were only interested in chasing the gardener who tried to keep the place tidy).||The staff members were wonderful even including David (General Manager) from Britain who was so nice to us whenever he had time. I felt being welcome and well looked after. ||Wonderful place.

1 hour drive from Pu Dong airport. Excellent design and decor, very swift service. The room is so spacious with full amenity and equipment of a very 5 star hotel. Rooms are like in a circle shape and there is a garden in the middle where they raised some special birds. It is magnificent view from one's room panoramic window every early morning. There is a huge garden at the front as well so you can simply take a walk for miles before and end of the day. The bed is great. Pillows are plenty and soft as well. Breakfast is great. Everything is great within the hotel premises.

This is by far the best hotel I have ever stayed in. It provides a safe haven of vast peaceful gardens in the middle of the bustling metropolis of Shanghai. The gardens are truly beautiful and relaxing. I just regret that I did not have enough time to explore them fully. |The hotel itself is very meticulously designed and run. The reception staff were always helpful and spoke good English, as well as the concierge. So communication was no issue for me as someone was always at hand who could speak English. The restaurant staff were always courteous, friendly and very professional. |The rooms were luxurious, spacious and very clean. The wifi was slow at times but using the Ethernet cable gave a fast and reliable connection. |I am also ever grateful to the staff and management for going beyond all expectations in their service towards me. I had a very late flight home and was granted a late check out at 2 pm. I got the opportunity to go into town for some last minute shopping and tourism for the rest of the day. On returning to collect my luggage in the evening, I was kindly provided with a complimentary room to shower and freshen up before going to the airport. This was a truly warm gesture and a service that far exceeds the norm. I thank you deeply. |I am certain to stay here again when I return to Shanghai....

I chose this hotel because of the reviews which are effusive. My own experience was mixed. I arrived at 2 a.m. in the morning and the bell hop stood watching me struggle to get my luggage out of the taxi and then walked away. The room was clean and well appointed but unfortunately there are no non-smoking rooms so the trip to my room was a stroll through a chemical-warfare environment.||||The grounds of the hotel are quite amazing. Lots of gardens and captive wildlife. Very restful feel. The hotel itself seems to be focused on large events... conferences, weddings and government events. The grounds are vast and the rooms go from standard business rooms to lavish suites.||||There a few members of the staff that speak English but a very few. They were helpful, some reluctantly and some from their natural way of being but it didn't seem to be part of the training or culture of the hotel.||||The food was good but not great. The breakfast buffet was an interesting collection of Chinese and Western food and thankfully the Chinese food went a little bit beyond the standard hotel fare. The western food pictured here was beautiful to look at but not very tasty and there was no sensitivity to the standard range of condiments that accompany Western cuisine.||||One of the ways I assess the state of a hotel system is by the condition of the front desk. As the photos illustrate, there is room for organizational improvement here. In addition, the staff has not been trained to keep focus on a customer so you'll have the experience of being less important than other staff members as your conversations are repeatedly interrupted.