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The Suhe Creek location places the hotel close to the Bund without sitting directly in its busiest corridor. Also known as Suzhou Creek, the waterway anchors a neighborhood of historic buildings, gardens and art spaces. The hotel belongs to the wider SUHE CREEK development, where residential buildings share the riverbank with retail, parks and cultural spaces. There is more to the address than its skyline views.

The Bund, Nanjing Road and the museums around People's Square give a first visit a natural starting point. Shanghai's waterfront architecture is especially relevant here, since you can see the city's older buildings against Pudong's towers before exploring them at street level. The hotel offers a central base for those outings, with enough space for a quieter return between a museum visit and dinner.

The restored Shanghai Chamber of Commerce building is central to the hotel's character. Completed in 1916, it is connected to the contemporary tower and brings a different scale to the property. Its 500-square-meter ballroom has a triple-height ceiling, while Bao Li Xuan occupies the third floor. Dining and events therefore take place within the historic building itself, rather than in rooms that merely borrow an old-Shanghai theme.

This architectural contrast is worth considering when choosing where to stay. The bedrooms give you a high-rise view of Shanghai; dinner in the Chamber of Commerce brings you back into its history. Guests interested in architecture have both experiences within the same property, without giving up the space and contemporary interiors of the tower.

The rooms and suites occupy the tower's top eight floors. Floor-to-ceiling windows make the outlook an important part of choosing a category. Superior City View rooms look toward the park, river and city, while Deluxe Bund View rooms frame the historic waterfront and Oriental Pearl Tower. Premium rooms include city and Bund view options. A Bund-facing category deserves particular attention if the waterfront skyline is central to your visit.

Inside, black lacquer cupboards and Calacatta marble tabletops bring Chinese and Italian influences into the same room. The practical details are equally considered. Superior and Deluxe rooms have walk-in closets, rain showers and double wash basins; heated Toto toilets are another feature of the bathrooms. Superior and Deluxe rooms have king beds, while Premium rooms offer king or double-bed configurations.

Suites add more room to live, work, and entertain. Superior suites have a separate living room and guest powder room, while Deluxe suites add a private library. Suite guests have 24-hour butler service. These layouts make a longer stay easier, particularly when one person needs to work while another rests. The 400-square-meter Bvlgari Suite takes a more residential approach, with a private lift, double-height living room, kitchen and separate dining room. Its green onyx bathroom includes a bathtub carved from one slab of stone.

Il Ristorante Niko Romito sits on the 47th floor and is one of the hotel's defining dining rooms. The restaurant combines contemporary Italian cooking with views across Shanghai. Romito's approach emphasizes the character of the ingredients, drawing on Italian and local produce. The wine list includes Italian and international labels, with organic and biodynamic wines alongside rare vintage champagnes.

The restaurant gives the upper floors a purpose beyond the view. An Italian dinner here can be preceded by a drink at the neighboring bar, allowing you to spend an evening above the city. For a stay built around food, it offers a distinct counterpoint to the Cantonese cooking in the historic building below.

Bao Li Xuan gives the hotel its strongest Chinese dining identity. The restaurant focuses on Guangdong cuisine, with restored coffered ceilings above turquoise raw silk wallpaper, black lacquer panels and art deco patterned carpets. Italian Maxalto chairs and Flos lighting sit within that Chinese setting. The room carries the same dialogue between cultures as the guestrooms, though the heritage architecture gives dinner a different atmosphere.

Six private dining rooms have individual silk colors inspired by gemstones and display jewelry sketches from the Bulgari archives. They bring a more intimate setting to a group dinner or family occasion. The sommelier's selection extends beyond wine to Chinese baijiu, yellow wine and fresh teas, giving you several ways to accompany the Cantonese menu.

The Bulgari Bar shares the 47th floor with the Italian restaurant. Its oval counter echoes Rome's Fontana della Barcaccia, but Shanghai gives the design its own finish: hand-hammered bronze and mirrored steel, with a water-like texture that refers to Suhe Creek. The outdoor terrace extends the view, and the Italian aperitivo tradition makes the bar a natural place to pause before dinner.

La Terrazza occupies the roof on the 48th floor. Teak decking, ivory-cushioned armchairs and curtained cabanas give this separate space a Riviera influence. It is a particularly distinctive part of the hotel for guests who enjoy seeing Shanghai in the open air, with the city panorama surrounding the seating rather than framed by glass.

The spa and fitness center together cover 2,000 square meters. A 25-meter heated indoor pool sits beneath a teak-lined ceiling, with columns recalling a Roman bath and a natural-light wall beside an interior garden. Its length makes swimming a meaningful part of a city stay. Eight treatment rooms include two couples suites with private saunas; treatments draw on La Mer products and rituals inspired by traditional Chinese medicine.

For a less structured pause, the ground-floor Lounge looks toward Il Giardino, the Italian garden. Leather seating, bronze screens and Italian celebrity portraits give it a different mood from the rooftop spaces. Afternoon tea includes small pastries from La Pasticceria Niko Romito, served on Ginori plates. After a morning among Shanghai's museums or shops, this garden-facing room offers somewhere to settle before heading upstairs again.