Housed in a former towel factory, this fabulous youth hostel leaves most others hanging out to dry. You’ll pass a row of splendid shíkùmén (stone-gate houses) on your way down the alley to get here. The old-Shanghai textures continue once inside, with red-brick walls decorated in graffiti, polished concrete floors and reproduced stone gateways above doorways leading to simple but smart rooms and six-person dorms (with shared bathrooms).
Double rooms are not very spacious, but they have flat-screen TVs and they're clean. Rooms are ¥10 to ¥30 pricier on Fridays and Saturdays. The ground floor has a ping-pong table, a pool table and wi-fi, all of which are free to use, and there’s a fine rooftop bar-restaurant with outdoor seating.
It's down an alley off Jiaozhou Rd.