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Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, Hong Kong

$400 or more
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5 Connaught Road
Central
Hong Kong
China
Tel: 852 2522 0111
mohkg-reservations@mohg.com
www.mandarinoriental.com/hotel/514000001.asp
Concierge.com's insider take:

After $140 million in renovations, the Mandarin Oriental reopened in September 2006, and immediately regained its perch as Hong Kong's grande dame. High-tech amenities like iPod docking stations and sound systems have been added to the 502 rooms and suites, and all of them are larger now that the balconies have been eliminated (the grand Victoria Harbour views are still there, through the giant new windows). The decor throughout is sumptuous, with earth-toned brocade fabrics and carved wood furniture offset by statuary, orchids, and bonsai plants. The bathrooms are dramatic, with dark marble counters and floors; some have freestanding tubs where you can soak up to your chin. The hotel's nine restaurants and bars include Pierre, the new French eatery of three-star Michelin chef Pierre Gagnaire. There's also a colonnaded lap pool, a beauty salon, a spa with a Chinese herbal steam room, and—for undoing all your slimming treatments—a sumptuous cake shop.

From the readers of Condé Nast Traveler:
Overall Score: 91.4
  • Rooms: 91.6
  • Service: 93.0
  • Food: 87.9
  • Location: 93.7
  • Design: 90.8
The place "retains a colonial feel," but its location close to the Star Ferry pier is "what makes this hotel." Accommodations are individually furnished. Taipan rooms have a masculine sensibility with dark-wood paneling and studies; Verandah rooms have sundecks. Man Wah serves traditional and contemporary Chinese cuisine. "Staff exhibit the utmost in courtesy."

(502 rooms)
—2009 Gold List

Amenities: Pool, Spa

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