The Sukhothai Shanghai Review: Executive Suite & Baby Gear
Following my earlier post on the best areas to stay in Shanghai, China, here’s a closer look at
The Sukhothai Shanghai— this time, with a full room review!
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Sukhothai Shanghai Review: Essential Hotel Information
Search term for Amap (Gaode Maps): 上海素凯泰酒店
Public transportation: West Nanjing Road Station, Metro Lines 2, 12, and 13
Check-in: 3 p.m. / Check-out: 11 a.m.–noon (check your booking terms)
Hotel rating: 5 stars
Check-in takes place in the ground-floor lobby.
The Sukhothai is part of the GHA hotel network, and we have GHA DISCOVERY Titanium status,which got us a room upgrade and several other perks.
The Sukhothai Shanghai doesn’t have a separate club lounge, though, so everyone checks in at the ground-floor lobby.
Its room categories are a little unconventional. “Executive,” a label usually reserved for higher-tier rooms with lounge access, is actually the name of its entry-level room.
As the table above shows, the Executive Room is the standard category—but even that is a generous 45 square meters, or about 484 square feet!
I think we booked a Premier Room, but we were upgraded to a suite.
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The Executive Suite
Room 1301: 88 square meters, or about 947 square feet
The Executive Suites occupy the corners at either end of the hallway on each floor.
I think the slightly triangular rooms with angled walls around the suites are the Studio Rooms. From the photos, those looked spacious, bright, and lovely, too!
For this Sukhothai Shanghai review, let me show you Room 1301, where we stayed for two nights.
First, a quick video tour!
The suite has a long, spacious layout, so I’m not sure the video really captures how everything connects.
The floor plan makes it easier to follow.
Executive Suite Living Room
Let’s start with the living room! At roughly 27 pyeong—a Korean floor-area measurement, or about 960 square feet—the suite had a wonderfully open living area.
I loved the generously sized sofa, and there was a separate dining table beside it.
A TV faces the sofa, with the minibar tucked into the cabinet underneath.
A long hallway runs from the living room, with the bedroom set back on the right. You can enter the bedroom from the hallway on either side of the bed.
Our 17-month-old daughter clearly found this layout fascinating. She kept going in one entrance and out the other, happily toddling around in circles.
On the living room table, we found fruit, a welcome card, and a small gift box filled with cookies and other snacks.
These weren’t just a check-in-day treat, either. The hotel replaced the gift with something different the next day: jerky.
I liked the drinking water, coffee, and tea selection, too. JING Tea and Nespresso capsules—both favorites of mine!
Maybe it was a suite perk, but everything in the minibar except the alcohol was complimentary. There was even a carton of shelf-stable milk we could give our daughter, which was a thoughtful touch.
Executive Suite Bedroom
The bedroom was every bit as spacious and comfortable as the living room.
The clean, modern design paired muted mint with warm wood tones. It felt bright and fresh without being generic—exactly my kind of room.
The bed was roomy, and the bedding was clean and comfortable. We prefer contoured latex pillows with neck support, and the front desk brought some up when we asked. There’s a pillow menu with other options, too, so it’s worth checking!
There was also a desk in the bedroom, with plenty of room for my husband to work on his laptop. The design was beautiful, too.
Those unusual-looking gadgets on top were baby supplies we’d requested. More on those below!
Behind the desk was a shelving unit that turned out to be incredibly useful. Traveling with a toddler means bringing so many little things, and having somewhere to put them made our stay much easier.
Here’s the view from the window. This is the West Nanjing Road area, so you won’t get the dazzling night views of the Bund, but I thought it was pretty good.
The view by day and by night.
Executive Suite Bathroom
The bathroom and toilet area beyond the bedroom were huge, too.
The double sinks were so convenient, and I absolutely loved the wide stretches of countertop beside them.
Staying with a baby means washing bottles and other items, plus finding space for all the little bathroom essentials. There was plenty of room to set everything down.
Behind the sinks were a separate toilet room and shower enclosure. I also liked that their doors were fully mirrored.
The hair dryer was a Dyson!
Even the toilet room felt cozy—if that’s a thing!
The shower was spacious enough for all three of us to fit comfortably while bathing our daughter. The toiletries were from PAÑPURI, the Thai luxury brand.
The bathtub sat beside the window, with blinds you could lower for privacy, of course.
Hallway, Storage, and Extra Bathroom
There was another small bathroom behind the living room’s TV wall—another feature we really appreciated.
It was right by the entrance, making it convenient for washing our hands or using the bathroom before heading out and after coming back.
Farther down the hallway was a spacious walk-in closet with bathrobes, an ironing set, a safe, and more.
There were plenty of hangers, plus a yoga mat and an umbrella. Pretty much everything we needed was there.
You could also close this door partway down the hallway. That helped keep noise out of the bedroom while our daughter slept and we relaxed in the living room at night.
Baby Amenities at The Sukhothai Shanghai
When booking, I left a note asking for all the baby equipment they had available. Every hotel stocks different things, so my approach is usually: yes, please, we’ll take it all!
The crib was long, roomy, and nicely deep.
At 17 months, our daughter no longer sleeps in a crib, but we still needed a safe place for her to stay while we unpacked or were briefly busy. The deep sides were helpful, and the wheels made it easy to move around.
They even provided baby-sized room slippers. Other hotels have offered children’s slippers, but they’ve usually been junior sizes that were too big for her. These fit her little feet perfectly. So cute!
They provided a baby bathtub, too.
I think the device on the left was a bottle warmer; the one on the right was a sterilizer.
I don’t think the air purifier came with our baby-equipment request—it seemed to be a standard room feature.
That bedroom shelving unit I mentioned earlier was perfect for organizing our daughter’s things.
The Sukhothai Shanghai Booking Discount Coupons
For Shanghai hotel bookings, you can get a discount through Yeogi Eottae,the Korean travel-booking platform.
Click the coupon-pack image below to get coupons for up to 10% off international accommodation bookings!
I usually use Agoda or Yeogi Eottae, but for some reason, The Sukhothai Shanghai wasn’t showing up in my Agoda searches. Booking through Yeogi Eottae was the easiest and cheapest optionfor me!
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Our Experience Staying with a Toddler
On this trip to Shanghai, China, we stayed at two hotels: The Sukhothai Shanghai and the Fairmont Peace Hotel on East Nanjing Road, also known as the Peace Hotel.
Each had its own strengths, but The Sukhothai was the more kid-friendly of the two. We were happy with the stay overall.
Since we’ll be traveling with our daughter for the foreseeable future, I think we’ll stay exclusively at The Sukhothai on our next Shanghai trip.
From the staff and room condition to the facilities, breakfast, and location, it was an excellent all-rounder.
Getting upgraded to a suite probably made us enjoy it even more,
but even the standard rooms are generously sized. I’d also read plenty of reviews saying the hotel accommodated advance requests for a family-friendly room layout. They really are welcoming to children.
Our daughter can’t talk yet, but the way she excitedly dashed around every time we returned to the room made me think she loved it, too.
Getting around by DiDi was easy, and the upscale HKRI Taikoo Hui shopping mall was lovely. You can reach it directly through an indoor skybridge.
To wrap up my Sukhothai Shanghai review: this hotel made our whole Shanghai trip better. We paid for our stay ourselves, and I wholeheartedly recommend it!
Coming next: separate posts on breakfast and the hotel facilities.