As a boutique hotel under the IHG group, Hotel Indigo has always had a rather peculiar positioning… It attracts guests who stay in business hotels day in and day out, find it boring after a while, and want a change of scenery. Located at Shiliupu, Hotel Indigo on the Bund occupies what was probably once a bank building. The downside of not being a new building is the lack of floor-to-ceiling windows. Moreover, each floor is actually quite small, with elevators, stairs, and other core areas in the center, surrounded by a ring of guest rooms.
Each floor has only 10-11 rooms, distributed roughly as follows: Room 01 is a Suite; Rooms 02-03 are Pudong View Rooms; Rooms 04-07 are City View Rooms; Rooms 08-09 are Bund View Rooms; and Rooms 10-11 are River View Rooms. The layout is very detailed, with prices increasing progressively from the cheapest City View to Pudong View, River View, Bund View, and finally the Suite. Since Room 01 (the Suite) faces towards Pudong, higher floors have only 10 rooms, making Room 10 a Bund View Suite.
This time, I stayed in a Bund River View Twin Room on the 17th floor. Being a corner room, it offered views of both the Bund and Lujiazui—truly spectacular scenery~~ The bathroom is exceptionally spacious, which makes the bedroom area feel relatively compact. The bathtub faces directly toward Pudong, and the overall decor is quite stylish and design-forward. The room features an electronic toilet, Bose speakers, and excellent renovation quality and hardware. However, the service is rather average, far from matching the standards of InterContinental or even Crowne Plaza.
Let’s take a look at the room first:
Bose speakers
View from the room:
Elevator lobby
In the next post, I’ll continue with a review of the public spaces.
Photos in this post taken with SONY NEX-5R + 16-50 f3.5-5.6, 35mm f1.8; post-processing in Lightroom.
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