Enjoying the ultimate winter trip to Shanghai
by Ployruangg
Jun 9, 2025
Address**: No. 194 Beijing East Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai (5-minute walk from Nanjing East Road Metro Station)
**✨Why must you stay at ZHotel?**
1️⃣ **Century-old building × trendy design**
The Shami Building from 1921 was once the most mysterious historic building on the Bund, now transformed by Atour into a design hotel loved by Generation Z! Classic European-style exterior + industrial interior, exposed brick walls, vintage elevator, vinyl record player—every shot looks like a movie scene!
2️⃣ **The most beautiful balcony in Magic City**
The must-check-in "Oriental Pearl View Terrace Room" opens to the Bund’s architectural cluster + Lujiazui skyline! Have breakfast on the balcony in the morning, enjoy the night view in the evening—Shanghai’s charm as described by Eileen Chang is right before your eyes~🌆
3️⃣ **Art exhibitions + vintage café**
The first floor regularly hosts avant-garde art exhibitions, the third floor’s Cobra Gallery features vintage furniture displays, and a rooftop terrace bar will open in the future! The vintage café inside the hotel is super photogenic, and for just 45 RMB per person, you can get European mansion-style balcony photos☕
🔥Stay tips
✅ Be sure to book the "Oriental Pearl View Room" in advance, the balcony is very popular!
✅ The hotel elevator is a century-old cast iron model, full of the vibe from the movie "In the Mood for Love"!
✅ Walking distance to the Bund and Yuyuan Garden, and at night you can visit the BFC night market for crayfish~
**📸Photo spots**
✔️ Balcony with Oriental Pearl Tower
✔️ Spiral staircase + glass dome
✔️ Vintage elevator hall
✔️ Light and shadow wall in the third-floor courtyard garden
Real experience
“Staying here is what it means to ‘travel through a century’! Woken up by sunlight in the morning, open the window to the bustling Bund traffic, vinyl records and cocktails at night—a pure Shanghai petite bourgeois lifestyle~”
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