China
9 ranked
hotels in Shanghai
12 MICHELIN Keys · 4 Forbes Five Star · 0 World's 50 Best placings
finehotels.world › Destinations › Shanghai
Nine ranked hotels between Bund stonework and Pudong glass
Shanghai has 9 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. The Peninsula Shanghai leads on prestige score at 6.71 out of 10, followed by Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai and Capella Shanghai, Jian Ye Li. Of those, 9 hold MICHELIN Keys, 4 hold a Forbes Five Star rating, 1 are rated by La Liste.
Shanghai's luxury hotels sit on two riverbanks with very different histories, and the contrast defines a stay here. Nine properties are ranked in this index, all with MICHELIN Keys, three at two Keys, and four holding Forbes Five Star status.
The Peninsula Shanghai was the first new building permitted on the Bund in decades, finished in an Art Deco idiom that answers the 1920s trading houses beside it. Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai rises above the restored Shanghai Chamber of Commerce in Suhe Creek, and Capella Shanghai occupies a restored shikumen lane compound in the former French Concession, where The PuLi Shanghai and The Sukhothai Shanghai also sit. Mandarin Oriental Shanghai and The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai Pudong take the east bank; Amanyangyun rebuilt transplanted Ming dynasty houses in the southern suburbs.
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Peninsula Shanghai2 Keys · Forbes · La Liste · 235 rooms | 6.71 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star; La Liste 99.5 |
| 2 | Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai2 Keys · Forbes · 82 rooms | 6.38 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star |
| 3 | Capella Shanghai, Jian Ye Li2 Keys · Forbes · 55 rooms | 6.38 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star |
| 4 | Mandarin Oriental Shanghai1 Key · Forbes · 362 rooms | 5.59 | 1 MICHELIN Key; Forbes Five Star |
| 5 | Amanyangyun1 Key · 37 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 6 | The PuLi Shanghai1 Key · 229 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 7 | The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai Pudong1 Key · 285 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 8 | The Sukhothai Shanghai1 Key · 201 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 9 | Upper House Shanghai1 Key · 111 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
The Bund and Huangpu waterfront deliver the classic skyline outlook and the heritage banking architecture; the former French Concession around Xintiandi and Jing'an offers plane-tree streets, lane houses and the strongest restaurant density; Lujiazui in Pudong suits high-floor rooms and business towers, while Minhang holds the one true country-estate option.
Late March to May and September to early November are the comfortable seasons and the busiest, tightened further during the Golden Week holidays and major trade expos; the humid heat of July and August and the damp cold of January are the quietest.
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in Shanghai are The Peninsula Shanghai, Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai, Capella Shanghai, Jian Ye Li. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 9 award holding hotels in Shanghai in total.
Shanghai has 9 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index and 3 hold two Keys.
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
Late March to May and September to early November are the comfortable seasons and the busiest, tightened further during the Golden Week holidays and major trade expos; the humid heat of July and August and the damp cold of January are the quietest.
The Bund and Huangpu waterfront deliver the classic skyline outlook and the heritage banking architecture; the former French Concession around Xintiandi and Jing'an offers plane-tree streets, lane houses and the strongest restaurant density; Lujiazui in Pudong suits high-floor rooms and business towers, while Minhang holds the one true country-estate option.