Visiting shanghai this friday, have not book hotel yet.
Any recommendation on which hotel to stay in Puxi? budget is $50 to $70.

How is The Hotel Alternatives Shanghai Boutique at South Huang Pi Road, 515 Xu Jia Hui Road?

motel 168/268. lotsa locations.

$50-&70 is tough.
Concur^
Puts you onto the Motel 168 or Motel 268 range. Safe, clean. quiet....not glamorous.

Unless someone can get back to you on the Boutique with first hand info, I would be hesitant to stay in a hotel here from internet information only. Assume that is where you found the Xu Jia Hui hotel?

try Villas hotel at Guangdong Rd.

jin jiang hotels, search the web. they r cheap and fine if not extravagent
nice one right by the bund, book ahead

jin jiang hotels as those 5 stars jin jiang in mao ming rd??? My bosses all stay there whenever they are in town and it costs at least RMB 1,000 per night

thou it's kinda late to make suggestion, I do think motel 168/268 is a good option. I saw they have one nearby SH train station, that could be a good location for a traveller coz the trains will rund around the area

for better options, check on ctrip or elong

Yeh i think its the same group state owned, but thats their flagship, they have a dozen in shanghai alone, a huge and rapidly expanding group that china sorely needs. from 149-349 typically

you should check out my blog for cool places to visit in shanghai