Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong
#331
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You can walk to Austin West Rail from the Elements mall and take it one stop to East TST. Bonus is you get to see the newly-opened HSR terminal, which is worth a visit on its own right.
#332
Join Date: Mar 2014
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And since I am asking, what about between Hong Kong/Central MTR?
#333
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If you know where you're going, it's about 15 minutes. Not all of it indoors, but all of it covered by walkways, so you won't get wet if it's raining. Hong Kong-Central MTR is about 10 minutes, all underground and indoors, with two long travelators in between. So if you hoof it you can probably do it in 5 minutes or so.
#334
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Canada
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If you know where you're going, it's about 15 minutes. Not all of it indoors, but all of it covered by walkways, so you won't get wet if it's raining. Hong Kong-Central MTR is about 10 minutes, all underground and indoors, with two long travelators in between. So if you hoof it you can probably do it in 5 minutes or so.
#335
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Some pics from my recent stay. Who doesn't want to wake up to a view like this. Although they can do a bit with window cleaning.
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#342
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Just checked in, no upgrades available for platinums due to hotel being completely full! Wow.
Pretty pleased I reserved the room I'd be happy with.
Very weird check in process, felt extremely disingenuous. You'd think it was an exclusive club and I was not invited.
Pretty pleased I reserved the room I'd be happy with.
Very weird check in process, felt extremely disingenuous. You'd think it was an exclusive club and I was not invited.
#343
Just checked in, no upgrades available for platinums due to hotel being completely full! Wow.
Pretty pleased I reserved the room I'd be happy with.
Very weird check in process, felt extremely disingenuous. You'd think it was an exclusive club and I was not invited.
Pretty pleased I reserved the room I'd be happy with.
Very weird check in process, felt extremely disingenuous. You'd think it was an exclusive club and I was not invited.
A front end manager at MOHK once made us feel this way too on a Fan Club booking.
Last edited by Aventine; Sep 18, 2020 at 9:15 am
#344
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Just checked in, no upgrades available for platinums due to hotel being completely full! Wow.
Pretty pleased I reserved the room I'd be happy with.
Very weird check in process, felt extremely disingenuous. You'd think it was an exclusive club and I was not invited.
Pretty pleased I reserved the room I'd be happy with.
Very weird check in process, felt extremely disingenuous. You'd think it was an exclusive club and I was not invited.
Check-in involved lining up at both 9/F and 103/F - latter took more than an hour and the suite was not ready until 6:30pm
Anyway no complaints with the HK$1,400 ish room rate, even tho the 102/F breakfast (again, >30 minute lines with Tosca used as dining area as well) was consistently bad (to be fair it was included in the room rate, but it’s a far cry in terms of quality from the rest of the major luxury hotels in HK)
Glad to see the TVs refreshed with YouTube and Apple TV, Chromecast etc...and the room generally quite well kept despite the hotel’s age. It’s no longer bling and fancy (when there’s Rosewood and StR etc) but this place is good value and cozy enough