![]() A bellboy jumped the queue to enter the lift, leaving guests behind without holding the door for them. The staff, far from the friendliness one would expect in a 5-star establishment, were impolite and even rude. The breakfast selection was severely limited and lacked any authentic Shanghai flavors. They only managed to send a technician at 6am, who couldn't even fix the problem! Eventually, they moved us to another room just two floors below, without any further service recovery measures or a proper apology. How on earth can a 5-star hotel in a skyscraper allow such a travesty? The service recovery was utterly disappointing. My room had an unbearable noise problem, with curtains constantly being battered by the wind as if I was sleeping under a construction site or inside a roaring plane. I recently stayed at the hotel, expecting the 5-star luxury experience they boast about, but what I received was a horrendous NIGHTMARE. Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort.Hotels near Shanghai International Studies University.Hotels near Shanghai Ouhua Vocational Technical College.Hotels near East China Normal University.Hotels near East China University of Science and Technology.Hotels near Ibero-American fashion Square.Hotels near Zhang'ailing Former Home Changde Apartment.Hotels near DongHai GuangChang JingAn XinXi ChanYe Jie.Hotels near Shanghai Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman Former Residence.Hotels near Shanghai Former Residence Of Zhedong Mao.Shimen Er Lu (Shimen Second Road) Hotels.Hotels near Jing An Shangri-La, Shanghai.There is a mouth-watering four-storey vegetarian restaurant called Jen Dow vegetarian restaurant that serves awesome and affordable vegetarian meals just next to this temple. Jing’an Temple is located just outside of Jing'an Temple train station in the midst of modern high-rise offices, and is extremely easy to find. At the time of our visit, there was a mass selling of mooncakes at RMB 9 per mooncake, and we decided to purchase 18 of it back home. There is a small souvenir shop beside this temple too, but we didn’t fancy anything there. This temple is not really that photogenic but its worth visiting once. Though there are two levels to this temple, its actually quite a small space and one can finish touring within less than an hour. This is a peaceful temple, and I chanced upon 2-3 Caucasians during my trip here. Like other temples, there is an entrance fee of RMB 50 per person, and additional charges for the purchase of incense for prayer. ![]() The temple is generally well preserved, though slightly aged. There are lesser tourists in this temple compared with Jade Buddha Temple. It is an ancient temple with a history and houses different Buddha in multiple shrines, and mainly attracts devout local Buddhists to pray. Jing’an Temple, like any other typical Chinese monastery, is preserved in traditional Chinese architecture. Now that we have seen the temple I will only go back when my parents visit, I do not need to see it again. It wasn't too busy (four days before the new lunar year) so it was very pleasant to walk around. Same thing for my wife (she isn't local either) luckily we had cash (can't remember the last time we carried any so we were sent inside and off into the room at the right, under the bell tower, which seems to be a place just for donations there was a walled area in the middle with coins and notes, like a dry wishing well. That was after trying to buy tickets - scanned a QR code, requested a text verification but it never came. Having seen the temple from outside on a number of occasions (living in in Shanghai since summer 2020) we finally got around to being in the area when it is open so we went in. It say here that 2-3 hours is needed we were there for less than one and that was fine. Tickets are 50RMB - open daily 7am to 5pm according to Smart Shanghai). ![]()
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