Treasury Hotel Shanghai Nanjing East Road

Rooms and decor

This is a boutique design hotel that opened in 2021, the newcomer of The Bund area, converted from a 1930s office building on Henan Middle Road. The 12-story block was once a Bank of China branch, which is where the Treasury name comes from. The Deluxe King runs 26 sqm in smoke-grey tones paired with copper, with black marble and white veining behind the bed and LED light leaking from the bed edge, plus an amber-glass pendant over the nightstand. The 1.8-metre King bed is wrapped in ivory linen over a 30 cm mattress that is soft but firm enough, under a silk-cotton duvet that manages to feel both thick and light — reviewers report sleeping soundly from the first night. The wall-mounted desk has a universal socket and a Qi charger, and the black-tile bathroom pairs a square rain shower with a cast-iron Art Deco tub and woody Diptyque soap — 5-star touches in a 4-star room.

Food and amenities

The ground-floor lobby is double-height, with black-and-gold marble walls, dark green velvet sofas, and an antique teak check-in desk that reads like an old bank counter. On the second floor sits a café called Vault, done up like a 1930s bank vault with a numbered steel door, open 7am to 22:00, serving single-origin coffee at $5 and marble cake baked fresh daily. The breakfast buffet runs $14 with croissants, almond croissants, made-to-order eggs benedict, and xiaolongbao steamed fresh every 30 minutes, plus a Chinese side of shrimp congee, siu mai, and char siu bao. Come evening, the café turns into a cocktail bar called Bank Vault, with a signature cocktail at $17.

Location and getting there

Location is the strongest card here. Turn right out the door, walk toward Yan'an East Road, and 350 metres later you hit The Bund at the north end of Huangpu Park, with the old steel Waibaidu Bridge in view. Follow the Huangpu riverfront 1.5 km and you finish at the Peace Hotel, passing 52 1920s European bank buildings lined up along the way. It is a 7-minute walk back to the East Nanjing Road pedestrian street, and East Nanjing Road metro on Lines 2 and 10 is 6 minutes away. Pudong Airport works out to 38 minutes via the Maglev.

Things to know before booking

The East Nanjing Road area is lively and crowded — terrific for walking and shopping, less so if you want quiet. It is a 4-star hotel, so it does not stack up facility-for-facility against a 5-star. And because the scores run high, rooms fill quickly in peak season, so book well ahead.

Our take

Treasury Hotel Shanghai Nanjing East Road suits couples roughly 28 to 45 and design-minded solo travelers who want a newly opened stay in The Bund area at around $74. We give it 9.3 — a strong finish to the list — with extra credit for the one-of-a-kind old-bank concept, the Diptyque soap, and the just-opened feel where everything is still box-fresh.