Puyan Hotel The Bund: Watching the Bund Night View with Kids

A hotel in an old building behind the Bund

Puyan Hotel Shanghai The Bund is at 398 Beijing East Road, Huangpu District.

It's a hotel set in an old stone building.

The photos show an entrance with a golden awning at the top of the steps and a corner entrance with round glass windows.

It's about 800 meters in a straight line west of the Bund riverside.

It's about a 5-minute walk to East Nanjing Road Station.

It's about a 10-minute walk to Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street.

It's about a 12-minute walk to Tiantong Road Station.

With 192 rooms, it's not a big hotel.

The hotel isn't big, but it's cozy and quiet even in the middle of a busy area.

A landscape-painting wall runs along the room corridors.

Kids' rooms kids love

This hotel is good for going with kids.

There are kids' rooms with a slide or a tent.

The rooms have a slide and a ball pit, so kids can start playing the moment they walk in.

The room photos show separate rooms with a green slide, a yellow slide, and a tent.

There's also a room with a slide over a ball pit.

There's also a room with a tent pitched next to the bed.

There's also a bed topped with character plush toys and a room decorated with a yellow duck character.

In the bathroom, there's a photo with a kids' toilet seat.

There are also children's books and toys.

The decoration of the kids' rooms differs from room to room, so choose by looking at the photos.

The slide suits active kids, and the tent and plush-toy rooms suit younger kids.

Rooms for adults

Besides the kids' rooms, there are king rooms and window-side king rooms.

There's also a room with the bed by the window.

The suites have a living room with a sofa and tea table.

Beyond the living room, the bedroom is divided off by a lattice partition.

The bathroom photos show a freestanding tub, two sinks, and a shower with marble walls.

Rooms have slippers, a hair dryer, and toiletries.

There's also free bottled water and a flat-screen TV.

In-room Wi-Fi is free.

The bedding is comfortable, so you don't feel tired.

A laundry room means less luggage

There's a self-service laundry room on the 4th floor.

It's really useful during a trip.

In the photos, it's a laundry room with both washers and dryers.

When you travel with kids, clothes get dirty fast.

If you can use a washer and dryer, you can pack fewer changes of clothes.

There's also a luggage delivery service.

There's also laundry service and luggage storage.

The night view from the room

You can see Suzhou Creek and the Oriental Pearl Tower out the window.

Among the room photos is a room with the Oriental Pearl Tower night view outside the window.

There's also a room where you see the riverside at night from a window-side chair.

There's also a room with a night view through curved floor-to-ceiling windows.

There's also a room with a sofa and desk in front of the curved floor-to-ceiling windows.

There's also a room seeing the city through windows on two sides.

The breakfast restaurant photos also show window tables with the Oriental Pearl Tower in view.

However, not every room sees the Oriental Pearl Tower.

Check first whether the room name includes a view.

How to read room names is summarized in Rooms with an Oriental Pearl Tower view: words to look for in room names.

If you want a view, write "room with an Oriental Pearl Tower view" in your requests.

How to write it is in Does writing "high floor, Oriental Pearl Tower view" in your booking request work?.

A schedule for seeing the Bund night view with kids

The good thing about this hotel is that the Bund riverside is close.

It's a distance where you can go straight back to the room when the kids get tired.

You can have dinner, walk to the Bund, see the night view, and come back.

The walk is summarized in Walking from an East Nanjing Road hotel to the Bund.

If you head out when the lights come on, the kids don't have to wait long.

For lighting times, see When do the Bund lights turn on?.

On rainy days, switch to watching the night view from the room window and the breakfast restaurant windows.

Schedules for bad-weather days are collected in Night views on cloudy or rainy days.

Check-in is late

Check-in is after 16h.

That's later than other hotels.

If you arrive on a morning flight, it's best to plan to leave your bags and go out first.

The front desk is open 24 hours, so you can check in even if you arrive late at night.

Check-out is before 12h.

Sometimes they extend check-out to 4 p.m.

If you're leaving late, ask the front desk in advance.

Breakfast and children's rates

Breakfast is a Western and Chinese buffet.

It runs 07:00 to 09:30, so it ends earlier than other hotels.

If you sleep in with the kids it's easy to miss, so be sure to remember the time.

It's a buffet where you pick your food while looking at the city outside, and you can eat breakfast at a window seat.

Children under 1.3 meters tall eat breakfast free.

Breakfast is paid separately at the property.

Children 12 and under stay free when sharing existing beds.

From age 13, they count as adults.

The Standard Two-Bed Room has two double beds and sleeps up to three adults.

Pets are not allowed.

Downsides

Communicating in English doesn't go well, so you need a translator.

Install a translation app before you go.

It's a bit of a shame there's no full-length mirror in the room.

There's no pool.

There is a fitness center.

Parking is paid.

From booking to going out at night

When booking, first look at the kids' room photos and choose a room your child will like.

Whether it's a slide room or a tent room differs by room, so look at the photos and room names together.

If you're three adults plus a child, first check the occupancy rules for the Standard Two-Bed Room.

Write "room with an Oriental Pearl Tower view" in your requests.

On arrival day, before 16h check-in, leave your bags at the front desk and walk East Nanjing Road first.

It's about a 5-minute walk to East Nanjing Road Station, so it's easy to leave your bags and hop right on the metro.

After check-in, the kids play in the kids' room while the adults unpack.

After dinner, walk out to the Bund in time for the lights to come on.

The next morning, breakfast ends at half past 9, so go down to the restaurant before 9.

If you want to leave late on departure day, ask the front desk about extending check-out the day before.

What to bring with kids

If you install a translation app in advance, talking with the front desk is easier.

If you'll use the laundry room, bring a bag to hold your laundry.

There's no pool, so you don't need to pack swimsuits.

If you measure your child's height in advance, you'll know the breakfast rate right away.

Check the photos once more to see whether the kids' room has a kids' toilet seat.

Compared with other family hotels nearby

Grand Central Hotel Shanghai has spacious rooms and an indoor pool.

If you're going as a big family with your parents too, that one is easier.

Hyatt On The Bund has kids' rooms decorated with a tent and an indoor pool.

On the other hand, it's about 1.4 km to East Nanjing Road Station, a bit far.

Puyan Hotel has no pool, but the station is close and there are many kinds of kids' rooms.

If your kids spend a long time playing in the room, Puyan; if water play matters, the other two hotels.

More about Grand Central is in Radisson Hyland vs. Grand Central: two East Nanjing Road hotels compared.

Who it suits

It suits families going to Shanghai with kids who want to walk to see the Bund night view.

If the kids have time to play in the kids' room, the adults get to rest too.

With a laundry room, it's also good for long family trips.

If you want the kids to play in a pool, another hotel with a pool is the one.

Schedules with both kids and parents are written separately in Shanghai with parents and kids.

Prices change by date, so check them for your own dates.