Afternoon tea with a view

Afternoon tea with a view

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I’m told that in the housing market there are three things that are important to buyers — location, location, and location. Well, in the afternoon tea market, there are also three things that are important — view, view, and view.

Yesterday I met a blog reader and in addition to exploring the city for a while, we had afternoon tea in the 87th floor lobby lounge at the Park Hyatt Shanghai.

While afternoon tea was rather expensive (not as bad as at the Burj Al Arab, but still), it was well worth it given the panoramic views of Shanghai from the lounge. To say the views were heavenly would be an understatement. Here are just a few pictures:


Afternoon tea


View in one direction


View in another direction

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  1. dmodemd Guest

    You get what you pay for. Clear day forecast room rates are $400+

  2. cyby Guest

    The problems with tall hotels in China/HK/etc. is that you do very often lose the view. But Shanghai and Beijing are particularly bad.

    I sometimes giggle whenever I see the Ritz in HK shrouded in fog/smog/cloud.... which is just about half the year!

  3. glu800 Guest

    I almost fell out of my chair laughing! Just awesome LOL.

  4. canuck_in_ca Guest

    It's more smog than fog unfortunately. First time I went I was wheezing for 2 weeks straight. Now I always bring an inhaler.

  5. Craig - another one New Member

    literally an lol moment!

  6. Jenny Guest

    Hahaha!! That is too funny!

  7. Dave Guest

    You sure those aren't the same photos? Looking more deeply, there's the same two dark square windows at the lower right-hand corner.

  8. Jorge Guest

    My God..... Let's just focus on the food!! :)

  9. BothofUs2 Guest

    Is that a smudge or raindrop on the window?

  10. Ted Guest

    you will find or already have found that Shanghai's winter skies are full of gray and bleakness, not that clear blue skies would have helped your view much...

  11. Bryce Guest

    The problem is the Location, Location, Location:

    A place renowned for its problems with Smog, Smog, Smog!

  12. stef Guest

    Spectacular heavenly views! I wonder what the views (and the food served during afternoon tea) looks like in hell.

  13. DiscoPapa Member

    Those look like the same pictures (seriously)!

  14. BLAIR Guest

    sweet view, you can almost see Jin Mao, hehe

  15. wxguy Guest

    I stay at the JWM in PVG regularly - the CL is on the 58th floor. Breaky, afternoon tea, cocktail hour, dessert -- all with the same view. All complimentary for PLATs.

  16. Alex Member

    I thought it wasnt loading properly... then I realised that was actually the view. AMAZING

  17. AK Member

    What a view, this is totally becoming my desktop wallpaper.

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dmodemd Guest

You get what you pay for. Clear day forecast room rates are $400+

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cyby Guest

The problems with tall hotels in China/HK/etc. is that you do very often lose the view. But Shanghai and Beijing are particularly bad. I sometimes giggle whenever I see the Ritz in HK shrouded in fog/smog/cloud.... which is just about half the year!

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glu800 Guest

I almost fell out of my chair laughing! Just awesome LOL.

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