lax2010

Is the complimentary breakfast for elite members only offered in the Lounge now or is it also available in the regular restaurant like it used to be when the lounge was under construction a couple of years ago? Thanks!

nacho

Lounge only unless you pay.

lax2010

Where could I find the famous Shatin chicken congee or deep fried pigeon?

Thought you were going to provide references for some good restaurants and eateries (around the Shatin CY) after your Easter trip? Did you post them somewhere else?

Thanks for helping out!

nacho

The closest civilization with shops around the hotel is City One (unless you eats McDonalds).

There is a new mall called OK Mall (close to the station) but I don't think it's ready to open yet.

This one for soya sauce cooked deep fried pigeon, chicken congee and bean curd dessert. Mr. will only eat the pigeon as he thinks the other 2 are absolutely disgusting. He hates congee and bean curd.

http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/...nese-bbq-r1981

If you want to go local, there is a council house estate called Wo Che, just across the river, there is a semi outdoor food court (hawker stand)

http://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/...9%8D%8B-r14802

Haven't tried that but my friend eats there (it smells nice every time I walk past it) - I walk there from the hotel to shop at Aeon store due to the annoying shuttle hours. Also you can walk all the way to New Town Plaza with connecting walkway bridges (not air conditioned but somewhat covered and no need to cross any road). Park'n shop in Lucky Plaza has the best chocolate muffin Mr. Nacho has ever tried (he really tried a lot all over the world and even those from Vienna can't beat them) - they are available at Park'n shop that has in house bake off. Their croissants are really good too. Try some Hong Kong style bakery products there - don't know if the label has English. There is also a bakery at Lik Yuen Estate that has freshly baked buns at around 4:30pm, don't know if you know your way, it's cheaper than park'n shop and more authentic. My mum likes the chicken pie, my boy likes the sausage roll and my girl loves the piggy buns (plain buns).

These bakery products are better than anything I have tried in the US. I don't eat bread when I'm in the US.

These are the places fairly close to the hotel. Also there is a roasted restaurant at City one that is nice too. I don't normally go there - no shuttle going back and it's not that close. There are tons of eateries in New Town Plaza.

For Hong Kong fastfood chain, I like Cafe de Coral - their roasted meat is the best and often runs out before 8:30pm.

One joke I heard very special about Hong Kong: How can you turn hot drinks into cold drinks? Add 2 dollars (Hong Kong dollars) - when you go out to eat that includes tea/coffee, it's always hot as default. If you want it cold you pay $2 extra - however this doesn't apply in high end places like hotel buffet.

alc

Will be staying here shortly, can someone confirm what amenities it come with?

also, does anyone has the email address for the hotel?

Thanks

khkchan

Here is the email address of the front desk:
[email protected]

Lounge access and an upgraded room were given as Gold Elite member.

alc

Thanks, I am Plat

For my question on amenities, I see pictures on TA, but the want to confirm exactly what they have like Shampoo, Conditioner, slippers, q-tip, etc..

nacho

They do have those standard Asian hotel amenities. They are using the standard CY brand called Nirvae - I have seen them in CYs Germany and Hong Kong.

alc

thanks. This is the first time for us staying a CY outside of N.A., so, yiu can tell my "standatd" will be differnt at the Asia hotel as you indicated.

Anyway, I got the email address above, so, I will drop bthem an email on this. (Wife is buggin me on this )

thanks for all the quck respond.

nacho

You get bathrobe slippers toothbrush in a lot of Asian hotels. We got those in German CYs too.

Last time I had to push real hard to get a further upgrade than the usual 1 cat up as a Plat for a 2 night stay. We got a corner room as an upgrade.

sfvoyage

Do guests have access to a computer and printer for printing a few pages, free of charge? I'm Gold, if that should matter.

nacho

Should be able to. There are 2 computers in the lounge.

sfvoyage

Thanks... do you recall if there is a printer connected to the 2 computers for self-service printing?

Also, regarding cocktail hour in the lounge, some have mentioned that the food and drink selection is not that good. Any info on what the vegetarian choices are typically?

nacho

I think I saw a printer there too - if it's not there just ask any lounge staff, they will be more than happy to help.

Food in the lounge is not that good - we went up and 5:30 pm and we decided to catch the last shuttle before their dinner break to get out to have something to eat. There's usually 2 hot dishes, some cold dishes and salad. Sometimes 1 hot dish is vegetarian but no guarantee.

My advice: check the lounge offerings at 5:30, and be prepared to run to the shuttle if the food is not good.

sfvoyage

Good advice. I'll also do some research on vegetarian restaurants in the surrounding malls.