The check-in is smooth (despite the staff's difficulty with English) and the rooms are usually excellent, though on the smaller side. Orange prides itself on being a modern multi-star hotel jammed into affordable rooms. There're huge Bluetooth speakers under the TV, the lighting system is all touchscreen and in order to get power to the room, instead of sliding your card into a slot, you just lay it down gently inside this curved orb thing in the wall. Also, the bathroom has a full-length window onto the bed, in case your parents or friends like to check each other’s soap usage and showering process. The neighborhood is great for visitors, with a makeshift wet market spread around the outside of the hotel (the layout is weird, the hotel is set perpendicularly off the street), lots of Shanghai color that people who live here ignore but visitors love (and should), and just a generally vibrant neighborhood. All within a 10-minute walk of the Changping Lu metro station, which connects to the very useful Line 7.