Location was great being walking distance to Yu Garden, The Bund, and Nanjing Road East. It was hard to find because I arrived at Shanghai in the evening so it always a challenge looking for hotels at night. Check-in was simple because I showed my passport and desk clerk was able to organise my room booking without conversation. I found the reception, hallways, and elevator areas are in need of a facelift.
The room was great with my own bathroom and I actually like a hard bed, acoustics need improvement because you can hear the conversation in the rooms next to you. For my time I just needed a place to sleep by myself, affordable and small because I was sightseeing all day and night. Coming from a country where smoking is banned inside public areas and some outdoor spaces for events. The smell cigarette smoke was everywhere, even if you shut the one window - it still found a way in.
This place is ok for short stays if you can put up with it's condition and that fact people ignore the smoking signs.
I found out on my last day that the nearest subway station was 200m from the hotel which was annoying because I was walking the Nanjing Road East station every day and getting off there. So maybe a simple public transport map of the nearest subway stations/bus stops at reception for tourist to take a photo of would be really helpful.