Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World, Luxury hotel tower in Huangpu District, Shanghai, China.
The Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World stands 200 metres tall at 88 Nanjing Road West, facing People's Park in Huangpu District. Its retro-futurist silhouette is topped by a saucer-shaped structure and a glass ceiling, and the building holds 520 rooms plus a revolving restaurant on the 45th floor.
The sources do not record an opening date or architect for the Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World; they place it at 88 Nanjing Road West, facing People's Park in Huangpu District, next to the New World City complex and the Jinmen Hotel. Its retro-futurist flying-saucer crown is the feature the sources single out, and the hotel operates 520 rooms under the Radisson Blu group.
The 45th-floor revolving restaurant, Epicure on 45, serves four cuisines: Chinese, Western, Japanese and Indian. It is the highest revolving restaurant in Puxi. In the Sky Dome Bar on the 47th floor, a Filipino band plays Monday to Saturday, while Chinese jazz musicians perform on Sundays.
The hotel stands at 88 Nanjing Road West, facing People's Park, with the New World City mall to its east and the Pacific Hotel to its west. People's Square station, served by metro lines 1, 2 and 8, is the nearest interchange. The revolving restaurant sits on the 45th floor and the Sky Dome Bar on the 47th.
The Sky Dome Bar on the 47th floor sits under the hotel's glass ceiling; a Filipino band plays Monday to Saturday, and on Sundays Chinese jazz musicians take the stage. The building's retro-futurist saucer-shaped top, visible from People's Park across the street, is the detail most passers-by miss.
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