| 1 | JI Hotel (Shanghai The Bund Jiujiang Road) The Bund, Shanghai | Hotel | Trip.com / Booking.com | 92% (5,777) | £68/night | 14 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Best overall balance: well within target budget (£68/night) with the strongest review base of any within-target survivor (92%, 5,777 reviews). Corroborated across Trip.com and Booking after a manual merge — Booking's own listing only had 2 reviews, Trip.com's had 5,777; the merge correctly surfaced the more reliable figure. 14-min walk. |
| 2 | Shanghai Fish Inn East Nanjing Road The Bund, Shanghai | Unknown | Booking.com / Tripadvisor / Direct Booker | 84% (1,246) | £63/night | 7 min | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Closest survivor (7-min walk) and cheapest hotel-type option within target (£63.33/night). Triple-corroborated across Booking, Tripadvisor, and DirectBooker — the only survivor with independent cross-source confirmation on both name and rough location. Slightly lower review score (84%) than the other chain hotels, but a large review base (1,246). |
| 3 | Atour Hotel Nanjing East Road, Shanghai on the Bund The Bund, Shanghai | Hotel | Trip.com | 95% (9,523) | £105/night | 11 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Flex £25 over target | Strongest review evidence of any survivor by far (95%, 9,523 reviews) but priced above target, within flex (£105/night). Worth the premium if budget allows — this is the most heavily-reviewed, most consistently well-rated option in the whole gathered set, not just the survivors. |
| 4 | Golden Tulip New Asia Hotel The Bund Shanghai The Bund, Shanghai | Unknown | Booking.com | 88% (695) | £75/night | 14 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Recognised international-adjacent brand (Golden Tulip), solid mid-tier pricing (£75.30) and reviews (88%, 695). 14-min walk. |
| 5 | Jinjiang Metropolo Hotel Classic Nanjing Road (East) Shanghai The Bund, Shanghai | Unknown | Booking.com | 87% (182) | £87/night | 12 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Flex £7 over target | Jinjiang is one of China's largest domestic hotel groups — a safe, familiar-brand choice at £86.70/night (within flex), 87% score but a thinner review base (182) than the other chain options. |
| 6 | Hi Cozy International Hostel East Nanjing Road & The Bund & 24h English Services The Bund, Shanghai | Unknown | Booking.com | 90% (1,691) | £46/night | 13 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Cheapest survivor by a wide margin (£45.96/night) with a strong review base (90%, 1,691) — but it's a hostel, a different property type from the rest of this list. Good if budget is the priority over privacy; English-language service explicitly advertised in the name, which may matter for this trip. |
| 7 | Fuzhou building sanqisan Homestay (Shanghai Bund Branch) The Bund, Shanghai | Apartment | Trip.com | 90% (190) | £65/night | 11 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Apartment-style stay at £65/night, 90% score, but the thinnest review base of any survivor (190) and single-source only (Trip.com, no corroboration). Reasonable option but the least evidenced of the seven. |