Hotels in Hong Kong

This modest hotel managed by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong is one of my tops picks. Located in the Mid-Levels in a neighborhood of apartment highrises favored by working professionals, it's a great place to stay if you want to pretend you're actually living here.…

This hotel has as much charm as a dormitory, and because it serves also as the home of the Hong Kong Scout Centre (a portrait of Lord Baden Powell, founder of Scouts, hangs in the lobby), it's also popular with youth groups. But it's a great choice for budget-conscious families,…

If you don't require a lobby (some walk-in closets are larger than this place's reception area) or much in the way of facilities, this hotel might fit the bill if you can snag a bargain. Rooms are small but colorfully decorated in bright orange or green and come with microwaves (a…

This lodge, managed by the social welfare branch of the Catholic Church, is on a quiet side street, yet it's just a block from Nathan Road and a few minutes walk to the jade and night markets. Better yet, all the rooms face the even quieter back side of the hotel, where…

I've always been impressed with this hotel, which offers very good value for the money. With a great location near Temple Street Market, it has an inviting, glass-enclosed atrium lobby with both indoor and outdoor seating, good restaurants and bars, an attractive rooftop…

It stands to reason that hotels outside densely packed Central and Kowloon are cheaper, but you don't have to travel far to reach this rapidly growing commercial district on Hong Kong Island (about 13 minutes from Central via MTR, then a 2-minute walk). Although recently …

This standout in East Tsim Sha Tsui distinguishes itself from the pack in many ways, from its style-conscious design that permeates everything right down to the sexy water glasses in the bathroom to a host of green initiatives. Owned by Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the hotel…

Panorama actually delivers what its name promises, with views of the harbor from its more expensive rooms beginning on the 16th floor, with better panoramas the higher you go (all but the cheapest also offer free in-room Wi-Fi). Or, stay on a lower floor and spend what you've saved…

Unrivaled views of Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong's skyline greet guests from almost everywhere in this hotel smack dab on the water's edge, including its lobby with a soaring glass facade, signature restaurants, and 70 percent of its rooms. Its waterfront location also imparts a…

Views from Hong Kong Island's tallest hotel are incentive enough to stay here, but its interior is also a feast for the eyes, with more than 700 paintings and artworks decorating its walls and the world's largest silk landscape painting extending 16 stories in an inner …

Hong Kong's first boutique hotel is still among the city's coolest, but what else would you expect from a hotel designed by Philippe Starck? With a discreet entrance (so discreet, in fact, you may have to search for it) and only 56 rooms, it has long been a hidden gem for…

For a city with such a world-class waterfront, Hong Kong is lousy at actually enjoying it. Everything is built away from the shoreline. That's what makes the Kerry, one of the only hotels that's right on the harbor, with no road blocking access, such a revelation. There's nowhere…

Don't go looking in Lan Kwai Fong for this place, because this boutique hotel is actually located in Sheung Wan, surrounded by small family-owned shops and very close to the SoHo nightlife district, Graham Street vegetable market, and Hollywood Road with its antique shops…

Because Lanson Place also offers serviced apartments, staying here is more like being in residence than checking into an impersonal sleep machine. Sit-down desks greet both long-staying and overnight guests, where staff seems genuinely happy to check you in and assist you …

This hotel has been a landmark in Central since 1963, which makes it ancient in this ever-changing city. It's a perfect blend of updated facilities with retro charm, evident in its timeless lobby, clubby Captain's Bar that looks the same as it did 50 years ago, and …

These are the smallest hotel rooms I've seen in Hong Kong, but if you want to sleep cheap in Central (near Lan Kwai Fong, I might add, but a killer walk uphill from Central), this is it. Three types of rooms, all nonsmoking, are available: Solo, measuring just 7.5 square…

I've always loved this shady street, with its colonial-era Royal Observatory and huge banyan trees. Knutsford Terrace with its al-fresco restaurants and bars is just around the corner. The hotel is rather small by Hong Kong standards (it predates the boutique hotel rage by several…

Tucked away in Wan Chai not far from the convention center, this hotel bills itself as "Hong Kong's Urban Lifestyle Hotel." I'm not exactly sure what that means, unless it's the spartan lobby with its shockingly lime-green check-in desk, the free cocktails hosted in the …

This boutique hotel describes its fantasy-filled design as though "fashioned from Salvadore Dali's fertile imagination." In other words, The Luxe Manor distinguishes itself from the pack with whimsical, eclectic furnishings that border on the surreal, with rooms decorated with fake…

This edgy urban hotel has few facilities to recommend it other than the traditional and somewhat gritty Sheung Wan neighborhood that surrounds it. Its exercise room is claustrophobic and its liliputian outdoor pool, surrounded by buildings, is only for the desperate. Still, …

You don't have to sacrifice style to stay in this techie's dream hotel, with chic rooms that come in your preference of color (purple, silver, red, or green), an extensive pillow menu, and views of Kowloon Park from the more expensive ones. Better yet, they're all equipped with a…

This is Hong Kong's legendary grand dame, built in 1928 to accommodate overland train passengers traveling through China and disembarking at nearby Kowloon Station (long-since demolished). Hong Kong's oldest hotel, it's still a venerable relic of the past, with a gilded lobby…

It's a bit of a shock to get a room card that reads 115-26 (room 26 on the 115th floor), but what do you expect from the highest hotel in the world, which also boasts the world's highest spa, pool, and bar (named, appropriately enough, OZONE)? It takes 52 seconds to reach the…

A budget hotel near the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront with views of Hong Kong's fabled harbor? That can only mean the YMCA, which has sat proudly beside The Peninsula since it first opened in the 1920s. Book early for this extremely popular hotel, especially since early-booking promotions…

People in the know head to this classy hotel hidden in plain sight, above Pacific Place in a nondescript tower that gives no hint of the Zen-like serenity within. Paperless check-in is achieved painlessly by a well-trained staff, but there's little use for them because each…

Playfulness is the word that comes to mind when describing this abode based on an enchanted forest design theme, with a psychedelic-colored check-in area and uber-cool names given to places and services, such as Welcome (reception), KITCHEN (a brightly decorated contemporary bistro),…