Must-see hotels in Hong Kong

  • Gold Coast Hotel

    New Territories

    A large, family-friendly hotel, featuring residences, a shopping mall, an artificial beach and a promenade lined with coconut trees. It has a '90s vibe,…

  • Twenty One Whitfield

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    The 54 welcoming and compact studio rooms here are available for daily and monthly stays. Besides daily cleaning service, long-stayers also get an…

  • Mini Hotel Causeway Bay

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    Exactly as the name suggests, this centrally located Causeway Bay property offers teeny-weeny rooms, some as small as 100 sq feet. Stylish architectural…

  • L’Hotel Island South

    Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island

    L'Hotel Island South echoes its views of Aberdeen Harbour and the hills with a rippling facade and ocean- and nature-themed decor. The comfortable rooms…

  • Empire Kowloon

    Kowloon

    In the old residential quarter of Tsim Sha Tsui, Empire offers decent rooms and an excellent open-air swimming pool. Floors 6 and 7 have wood floors and…

  • Pandora After 80s

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    Pandora After 80s has a homey but scruffy reception area high up in a residential block and a terrace offering free tea and coffee. Dorms (four or 12 beds…

  • Hotel LBP

    Hong Kong

    Just 600m west of Sheung Wan MTR station and in an excellent spot close to trendy Tai Ping Shan area, this is a good option if you value location. There…

  • Courtyard by Marriott

    New Territories

    Courtyard by Marriott with 500-plus rooms and conference facilities caters to visitors who have business to conduct in Sha Tin's light industry hub. The…

  • Courtyard by Marriott Hong Kong

    Hong Kong

    This 245-room hotel juggles luxury with limited space and it works. Most rooms offer harbour views and are smartly decorated with modern furnishings,…

  • Ngong Ping SG Davis Hostel

    Lantau

    This hostel is near the Tian Tan Buddha statue and is an ideal place to stay if you want to watch the sunrise at Lantau Peak. The hostel is only open to…

  • BP International Hotel

    Kowloon

    This best feature of this enormous and rather dated hotel is that many rooms overlook the verdant expanse of Kowloon Park. The family rooms have bunk beds…

  • Jockey Club Mt Davis Youth Hostel

    Hong Kong

    If you're not afraid of ghosts (Mt Davis is said to be haunted) then this peaceful hostel may be for you. It's not walking distance from anything except…

  • Cheung Chau B&B

    Outlying Islands

    An alternative to the island’s only hotel and the rooms offered by kiosks, this B&B (more like a small hotel) has two locations in the village. Some of…

  • Stanford Hillview Hotel

    Kowloon

    Up a short, steep hill is this spotless hotel with modernised, well-appointed guest rooms. Best are the 'Banyan' corner rooms with bathtub. The cheapest, …

  • Charterhouse Hotel

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    Cheap deals can be had at this comfortable and usefully located hotel, a reliable standby with 294 clean, compact and old-fashioned rooms (the refurbished…

  • Hotel Panorama

    Kowloon

    You’ll find panoramic views at this hotel – as you long as you're staying above the 17th floor. Any lower and you face nearby buildings, but you can still…

  • Canada Hostel

    Kowloon

    Confusingly, this is actually a cluster of eight guesthouses (including one in Mirador Mansion), but Canada Hostel serves as the main reception for them…

  • Garden View

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    The reason regulars swear by this unassuming, old-fashioned hotel partway up the Peak are the glorious views out over the Botanical Gardens through floor…

  • Alohas Hostel

    Kowloon

    With the exception of the single, all eight rooms have private bathrooms. Though tiny, they're reasonably clean with white walls embellished by the…

  • Pentahotel Kowloon

    Kowloon

    Contemporary rooms come with wood floors, crisp linen, and hip design flourishes at this affordable tower hotel in an out-of-the-way location. The…

  • Citadines Mercer

    Hong Kong

    There are 55 rooms at this modern, conveniently located hotel. Decked out in beige with lots of glam mirrored surfaces, it offers a host of freebies –…

  • W Hong Kong

    Kowloon

    Contemporary designer touches enliven the guest rooms at this rather isolated lifestyle hotel atop Kowloon Station and Elements mall. Harbour views are…

  • Acesite Knutsford Hotel

    Kowloon

    In a quiet corner of Tsim Sha Tsui’s old residential quarter, this hotel has 28 shoebox singles, twins and doubles made to feel reasonably airy thanks to…

  • Cosmic Guest House

    Kowloon

    With 52 rooms, Cosmic is one of the biggest budget guesthouses in the block, and books out early. Rooms are clean and bright (well, those with windows),…

  • Cosmo

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    Aiming for boutique-y ambience, this good-value hotel on the quiet side of Wan Chai has pleasant rooms in cool tones with modish pops of bright orange…

  • Causeway Corner

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    Ideal for longer stays, this centrally located serviced apartment block has 105 units that come with showers, microwave oven, fridge, eating utensils and…

  • Concerto Inn

    Lamma

    This cheerful beachfront hotel, southeast of Yung Shue Wan, is some distance from the action, so you should stay here only if you really want to get away…

  • Jackson Property Agency

    Lamma

    This property agency has studios and apartments for rent on Lamma. All of them have a TV, private bathroom, microwave and fridge. Rooms start at HK$480…

  • City Econo Guesthouse

    Kowloon

    This old-fashioned family-run guesthouse is potentially a less traumatic experience that staying at Chungking or Mirador. All 16 rooms are neat and small,…

  • Harbourview

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    Rooms on floors 18 to 25 of this business hotel have the best harbour views, a snazzy 2016 design facelift and the best in-room amenities. The rest look…

  • Holiday Guesthouse

    Kowloon

    One of the more pleasant Chungking guesthouses, this Nepali-run place has 23 spotlessly clean rooms, all with fridge. It even has a tiny lobby. About half…

  • iClub Wan Chai

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    This 99-room hotel in the heart of Wan Chai is an OK choice. Guest reams are clean and clinical with a colour scheme of white on white and lots of glass…

  • Kowloon Hotel

    Kowloon

    The Kowloon Hotel feels a bit dated but remains popular for its unflappable service and enviable location just behind the Peninsula. Rooms are small but…

  • Hello Hong Kong

    Kowloon

    Eight doubles and three triples (all en suite) comprise this clean, compact and secure guesthouse typical of the budget offerings in Miardor Mansion. Ask…

  • Dragon Inn

    Kowloon

    This Chungking Mansions cheapie has squeaky clean rooms with private bathroom, drinking water and hair dryer. An Indian restaurant shares the floor, which…

  • Regal Riverside Hotel

    New Territories

    Don’t judge this hotel from the outside: a cavernous lobby will lead you to the well-decorated and spacious rooms. Those overlooking Shing Mun River have…

  • Mingle Farm

    Yuen Long

    Hong Kong's take on glamping is this funky 'farm' where you can choose to sleep in a foldable house, a caravan, a bouncy castle, or a half-transparent…

  • Silvermine Beach Resort

    Lantau

    This 128-room hotel has rooms that look out to the hills, sideways to the bay and directly onto the bay. It's nothing special, but it's the most…

  • Warwick Hotel

    Outlying Islands

    This 71-room concrete carbuncle on the butt of Tung Wan beach is nothing to write home about, but it does offer wonderful views across to Lamma and Hong…

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