Ruijin Guest House

Ruijin Guest House Review

Formerly the Morriss Estate, the Ruijin Hotel showcases how opulently taipans (expatriate millionaire businessmen) lived in Shanghai's heyday of the 1930s. Rooms within the two preserved villas—No. 1 and Old No. 3—are rich with detail: high ceilings, ornate plaster molding, bamboo-etched glass. The two other buildings are significantly shorter on charm but still overlook the verdant grounds, which are shared with several top-notch restaurants (as well as the once-hip Face bar) and provide direct access to the bars on Maoming Road. New No. 3 may lack the historic cachet of the other buildings, but its standard rooms, which come with a king-size bed and hot tub, are definitely a steal.