Had a one-night layover and decided to, for the first time ever, stay on the peninsula (but most definitely not in The Peninsula! ) instead of the island. Wanted to have a coffee early afternoon and decided to avoid Starbucks- but nobody seemed to know of any Pacific Coffee outlets nearby, and there seemed to be little in the way of independent cafes (and I was being too thick to realise/remember that there's a lot more going on in Mongkok than around Jordan). I walked down Nathan Road a bit in case I came across anything...One office block had signage for 3-4 cafes on the higher storeys, so I wandered into the entrance and saw banners for them right next to the lift, showing off pictures of their interiors and, in one case, even a snack menu. The interiors looked a bit dark and full of sofas, and there were no shots of customers or any other activity. One of them did have a picture of a Danesi espresso cup, so I thought 'well, I don't care what kind of place it is, I need my fix NOW, so I'll just go up there'. Took lift to floor 20, the door was locked. What coffee shop is there anywhere in the world that's closed at 13:30?

Remembering that there was another one on the 19th, I climbed down the stairs to find TWO locked doors - one was signed "VIP Members only". That must be quite an elite coffee venue!

Went downstairs and noticed one of them had opening times, and it opened at 15:00. Closing time was either midnight or 3 am (I'm a bit confused), which is also very odd for an office-block-based cafe!

So, does anyone have an idea of what kind of places these are? Girly bars, 'hidden' gambling rooms, centres of other illegal activity or merely some legit but VERY confused coffeeshops?