It is perfect right from the beginning - welcoming reception and friendly staff, amazing decor of public space and rooms, delicious gourmet breakfast, extremely comfortable beds, vast choice of free snacks in minibar, great fitness and pool. I would love to come back to Shanghai, especially for Kerry Hotel!!
Room
40 m2 is pretty good space for a single. I had double bed, which was exactly "feel like home"- soft enough to be comfortable, but not too "hugging you".
Nice mix of shower and bathtub in one spacious bathroom. Great bath kit with absolutely gorgeous smelling shampoo. And this perfume scent you can smell in hotel public area. Would love to have it
I would recommend to take at least 20 floor with parkview! You will have a great view over a Century park and as well city skyscrapers at night. Although during summer time air pollution makes almost impossible to see anything within 100 meters.
Breakfast
The best I have ever had!! Around 8 "life cooking stations", where you can order almost everything from your imagination: starting with obvious eggs&bacon in different varieties, fruits (apples,pineapples, dragon fruit, lychee), noodle soup with duck or shrimps, wonton (steamed dumplings with shrimps or meat), dim sum, a hell lot of different cookies, cakes, fresh juice, Puerh tea, coffee and you're already rolling out from breakfast area completely full and happy.
Fitness.
Great fitness zone with parkview. Large pool, with almost nobody in. We have went there several times at 8 pm and we were the only one there. I missed sauna close to the pool, which would be a good option. Although you can have a sauna at SPA center, but at extra cost (really expensive).
Dining
There are several in-house restaurants: steak restaurant, brewery, however I have not tried them. You can have great deal at cafes in Shopping Center which is just a next door to Kerry.
There are some traditional asian cuisine in underground part of Kerry Parkside shopping. For European food I would strongly recommend ElementFresh chain, they have absolutely great salads and soups! (it is just round the corner, pass H&M shop and turn left on your way to subway station).
Massage
You should definitely try Chinese massage! Although you can have it at Kerry spa centre at a luxury rate, but we have discovered a real pearl in 15 min. walk distance (or 20 yuan by taxi). I do not remember the name of massage studio, but it is just opposite to Renaissance Pudong hotel.
For some 80-100 yuan you can have an unforgettable 1,5 (!!!!) hour massage. Don't worry for hygiene, they give you a special cotton pyjama and don't touch your skin.
We went there several times per week!!
Location
Don't look at the map, although Kerry is far from city centre you can easily reach it by subway. And for me it is better to have a parkview, rather than city skyscraper, terrible traffic and pollution.
To sum up. I travel really a lot for business and I can say, that for me at least 80% of successful trip depends of the quality of hotel you stay in (and even more if you travel for leasure).
At Kerry I felt really like home, the thing you usually do not expect from world-known chains, but rather from privately owned small hotels.
Strongly recommend! Dream about coming back!
