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Red Mezz
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Metro Park Hotel

  • March 26, 2009
  • Rated 4 of 5 by LenR from Townsville, Australia
Metro Park Hotel

This is a nice hotel overlooking Queen’s College and the Causeway Bay Sports Ground. The location is OK but let’s be honest it is not Causeway Bay. The problem is no-one has heard of Tin Hau which is the name of the nearby mass transit railway station.

The hotel looks out over a green area of sports fields, a rare commodity in Hong Kong. This means that the views from many rooms are extensive rather than into the side of adjacent buildings. The rooms themselves are a decent size and are well equipped. The decor is modern and attractive. Standard rooms are HK$1900 while the so-called Harbour View rooms are HK$2300. There are a few single rooms, which I didn’t see, for HK$900.

The Cafe de Parc on the second floor is an attractive restaurant which makes good use of the green outlook. Food here is a combination of Asian and European and the friendly staff means eating here is a pleasure. The restaurant has a specially designed open, interactive kitchen which helps bring an innovative and dynamic concept to your dining experience. Lunch buffet is HK$138 per person while the dinner buffet is HK$258.

Vic's Pub is a chic and cozy sports bar which offers a wide range of drinks and snacks. You can relax here with its subtle lighting, live music entertainment and live-broadcast sports events. Happy Hours are from 4:00pm - 9:00pm.

The outdoor swimming pool on the rooftop gives you a top-of-the-world feeling as you thrill to the view through the glass-sided pool. Then perhaps step into the adjacent Jacuzzi. Fitness junkies can get their fix at the hotel's well-equipped health club, open throughout the day. A sauna is also available. Opening hours are from 7:00am to 11:00pm.

Guests in the Executive Parlour/Suite are entitled to enjoy the exclusive privilege and service of the Panorama Club. located on hotel floor 29, floor-to-ceiling glazing of the Panorama Lounge offers breathtaking panoramic view of the city and glass & metal are used to create a contemporary as well as elegant ambience. A broad range of services are provided including complimentary In-room broadband internet access, desktop computer, free use of an extensive CD library, full secretarial service and extensive meeting facilities in the Business Centre, newspapers and magazines, and fax / international direct dial service.

From journal Hong Kong Mid-market Accomodation

Editor Pick

Metropark Kowloon

  • May 16, 2008
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Red Mezz from Inverness, Scotland
Metropark Kowloon

It has been a long time since I left on a trip of quite the scale of the one I am undertaking this year. Beginning in London and making a full circle around the globe to several (at least) countries I have never been to before, Hong Kong was the first stop on that list.

When planning a trip of this size, the first consideration on the first stop is almost invariably cost. Even though I've been saving for this particular journey for over a year so I wouldn't have to scrimp quite as much as I usually do - still you don't want to spend too much in the first place you stop.

When I first started to look at where we would stay while on our short stop in this Far East city - I was utterly seduced by the incredibly cheap priced accommodation I kept finding. I was so enamoured by the prices, in fact (3 pounds a night in some places) that I very nearly booked on the spot.
Luckily I remembered the cardinal rule of booking a hotel in a strange city before you arrive and decided to check into it a little bit more.

I can't really advise you Not to stay in one of these extremely cheap hotels - it may be just the thing for your trip, and might even add a little bit of local adventure to your stay. But after hearing the reviews of places like 'Chunking Mansion' and seeing not only the photos but the place in real life - I spent every moment of my time in Hong Kong deeply, deeply grateful I spent a little bit more money and stayed somewhere nice.

I was very lucky to find Metropark Kowloon on Hotelclub.com (a wonderful site for booking and finding hotels) for a very good rate. It's true that it wasn't 3 pounds per night, but as the price was per room (Around 40 pounds per night) when my travel mate and I split the cost it became very reasonable.

I spent most of the time while packing up, selling off our belongings and getting ready to set off on this journey wondering if I should have booked a cheaper place in Hong Kong. But I cannot tell you what a relief it was once we were 12 hours into a flight to know we had a nice place to stay when we landed. (Or hoped that we did.)

Metropark Kowloon (there appear to be two Metropark hotels, and this is the superior one of the two) was a wonderful place to stay, and made our time in Hong Kong even more enjoyable than it would have been otherwise.
The staff were spectacular - it's the best service I have received in a long time from the moment we arrived at the airport until being dropped back off.

The hotel offers an airport transfer shuttle for 96 HK$ (so about 6 pounds or $12US) which is completely worthwhile. You're almost certain to arrive in Hong Kong a little jet lag and disoriented, and after going through customs and getting your baggage, it was a wonderfully pleasant relief to arrive at the well marked area and find that we were on the hotel's guest list and were quickly stickered and taken off to where the shuttle was awaiting us. All with standard Hong Kong efficiency and smiles.

It took about an hour to get to the hotel from the airport, but it's a very comfortable bus and a scenic ride for anyone who’s never before experienced Hong Kong.

Kowloon, as it turns out, seems to be a great place to stay in the city - being very close to the markets and areas that feel like real Hong Kong, and yet a quick bus ride away from the harbours and Hong Kong Island.

The staff at Metropark were wonderful from start to finish. We were checked in quickly and without a problem, and our bags carried up to the room for us. (It's worth noting here that you should make sure you have some smaller change in HK$ when you get off the plane. Tips seem to be generally expected here, and we were stuck giving the staff huge tips because we had nothing smaller - though I admit it was almost worth it being able to set the rucksacks down for a few minutes.)

The hotel is beautifully put together, and extremely clean. The rooms were a good size for what we heard of Hong Kong hotel rooms, plenty of space for both of us, and a closet which we could easily fit all our bags in.
The shower was small - but very adequate.

There are several restaurants and bars in the hotel - and I do recommend you splurge one night and take advantage of their fine Chinese restaurant The House of Tang, which was superb.

And maybe the best thing the hotel offered (aside from its location which was literally about 5 minute walk from the famous Ladies Market - and within easy walking distance of all the others) was the free shuttle bus down to the harbour which runs every hour - and picks you back up from the same central locations.

It was so efficient in fact; that we never even had the opportunity to try out the renowned public transport.

I would happily recommend the hotel, and will likely look to stay there again the next time I visit the city.

From journal Never Enough Time - 3 Days in Hong Kong...

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