The Westin Bund Center, Shanghai

There's a particular kind of property that travellers keep coming back to in Shanghai: The Westin Bund Center, Shanghai, a upscale property in The Bund, fits that bill. The reasonable location score reflects what guests actually feel on arrival, within an easy walk of the city centre, with the kind of rhythm a city…

There's a particular kind of property that travellers keep coming back to in Shanghai: The Westin Bund Center, Shanghai, a upscale property in The Bund, fits that bill. The reasonable location score reflects what guests actually feel on arrival, within an easy walk of the city centre, with the kind of rhythm a city traveller tends to want. Inside, the rooms are polished, and guests pick out a small spa, reliable wi-fi and an in-house restaurant as the small things that add up over a stay. It feels lived-in rather than staged, which tends to be the difference between a stay you remember and one you don't. Service tends to read as attentive without being overbearing in guest write-ups, which usually counts for more than one would expect. Pull the review pages apart and you find well over 1,300 reviews, with a strong consensus that's hard to engineer. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Pricing has been sitting near €135 a night and the value score puts it in a premium bracket compared with similar properties. Whether The Westin Bund Center, Shanghai is the right fit depends on the trip, but it earns a place on the comparison shortlist for Shanghai more often than not.