Food & Beverage Prices at Intercontinental HK???
May 3, 2016, 2:46 am
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Food & Beverage Prices at Intercontinental HK???
Just booked Intercontinental Hong Kong and was looking at some of their menus. I don't drink alcohol, coffee or tea so just noticed the price of water.
500 mls of Fiji water was listed as HK$80. Translating if I am correct to AUD$13.54... PLUS 10% tax.
Please tell me I am doing these additions wrong? Pancakes were only HK$100!
(Yes I know I can go outside to eat and drink)
THank you.
https://hongkong-ic.intercontinental..._breakfast.pdf
500 mls of Fiji water was listed as HK$80. Translating if I am correct to AUD$13.54... PLUS 10% tax.
Please tell me I am doing these additions wrong? Pancakes were only HK$100!
(Yes I know I can go outside to eat and drink)
THank you.
https://hongkong-ic.intercontinental..._breakfast.pdf
May 3, 2016, 2:56 am
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Fiji water is priced super-premium.....there are other bottled water available from HKD 1 (street vendors) on up. Presuming you are at the nice Intercontinental (ex-Regent), they do have hefty F&B prices but top-notch quality and maybe worth the high price. Otherwise go to the shopping mall next door, much cheaper food available. Even the Pen can be cheaper than the IC 
I guess you pay for their view
I guess you pay for their view
May 3, 2016, 3:02 am
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Yes I am at the "nice" IC. I figure it is the dearer of the two so it has to be nicer.
So there is a shopping mall next door? That's good. I am not one to be a super skimper but I thought no way in hell we'll be drinking here. It didn't make sense that yummy breakfast pancakes are only slightly more than plain old water.
My husband loves tootling around the restaurant areas and loves eating at Hawker Centres (if that's what they are called in HK). So he will enjoy that.
Any suggestions near the IC we might like to eat at.
So there is a shopping mall next door? That's good. I am not one to be a super skimper but I thought no way in hell we'll be drinking here. It didn't make sense that yummy breakfast pancakes are only slightly more than plain old water.
My husband loves tootling around the restaurant areas and loves eating at Hawker Centres (if that's what they are called in HK). So he will enjoy that.
Any suggestions near the IC we might like to eat at.
May 3, 2016, 3:39 am
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Now I won't criticize for IC Hong Kong charging HKD$80 for a bottle of Fuji water.
For Hawker Centres (Hawker Bazaar officially), the nearest one is located at Haiphong Road (Haiphong Road Temporary Cooked Food Hawker Bazaar).
Silvercord, a shopping mall next to the Hawker Bazaar, has some good food choices (like Din Tai Fung).
A walk will be unavoidable. The easiest way to access that area is to through the Harbour City (walking through the mall).
May 3, 2016, 4:39 am
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Thanks folks. I appreciate the info.
I just looked on tripadvisor. This guy from California made me giggle with his comment;
Is it ever reasonable to pay $160 for a burger? I don't think so, it took me a while to compute how much it cost but when I had done the conversion - true enough $160 for a burger. That's the most expensive burger I have ever seen. To be clear I didn't buy it - but it speaks volumes about this hotel.
I just looked on tripadvisor. This guy from California made me giggle with his comment;
Is it ever reasonable to pay $160 for a burger? I don't think so, it took me a while to compute how much it cost but when I had done the conversion - true enough $160 for a burger. That's the most expensive burger I have ever seen. To be clear I didn't buy it - but it speaks volumes about this hotel.
May 3, 2016, 7:09 am
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Reasonable? No, but expectedly expensive. It seems like you are staying on points (otherwise you wouldn't be looking at the breakfast price since Virtuoso gives comp breakfast). It won't be so bad spending $80 on a drink when a $300/night room is free
May 3, 2016, 10:13 am
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May 3, 2016, 11:34 am
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All premium hotels have premium in room F+B pricing. 7-11s are all over the place where you can get water/beer/wine/liquor at a very reasonable price.
The HK equivalent of the SG Hawker Centre is Dai Pai Dong. The closest one to IC HK is probably Temple St night Market.
The HK equivalent of the SG Hawker Centre is Dai Pai Dong. The closest one to IC HK is probably Temple St night Market.
May 3, 2016, 3:46 pm
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May 3, 2016, 3:53 pm
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I guess hotel roof top water tanks are cleaned more frequently, and less likely to have dead things in them. Plumbing is of higher quality with no lead soldering,
May 3, 2016, 5:49 pm
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No price I looked at had complimentary breakfast. It's always $80 to $100 dearer a night.
May 3, 2016, 5:52 pm
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May 3, 2016, 7:08 pm
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IC provides you with plenty of complimentary bottled purified water. Housekeeping leaves 3 or 4 500cc bottles everyday, more if needed upon turn-down service. If you drink like a horse and need even more than that, there's plenty of even more bottled water for free at the gym. When I visit HK, I never need to buy water. Forget Fiji Water or tap water!