Hotel Olympic Terrace Suites - Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

Clean and friendly apartment
Posted: Thu, Jun 19 2008
We, a family of 9, stayed here for 3 weeks around end of March, beginning of April. We had a 3-bed and a 2-bed apartments on the 23rd floor. Not to repeat that the apartments were very clean, transport was convenient, beds were very small and firm, local food was cheap. They were all mentioned in the previous reviews. But honestly, the food around the apartment was not very good. Sham Shui Po was just classifed as the poorest area of Hong Kong, the shops and restaurants certainly reflect this fact. Instead, go to the north side of the Sham Shui Po MTR. This is where you can find the Golden computer center, better shopping and much better food. Ok, with the exception of the "Beijing" noodle place in the Dragon Centre, which is really really good. I would like to thanks the staffs and the management for making our stay such a wonderful one. They were all very friendly and helpful. Except the young girl, she can be a bit moody sometimes. But still very polite. Extra bed, pillows, bowls…. No problem. Also, we were due to fly back with Oasis Airlines but they went out of business 3 days before our return flight. The Olympic management were very accommodating, extending our stay for a couple of days with no problem. Allowing us time to sort out our return flights. Things for improvement: the roll-away bed was very very hard. Basically, there was no mattress at all! Also, although we were on the 23rd floor, the background noise was very high when windows were opened. It was because of the West-Kowloon Highway is just next to the apartment. The air-con were those old fashion ones, quite noisy if you are not used to it. Travel Tips: 1. Nam Cheong MTR goes to "Disney", and "Tung Chung" for the big Buddha. Also goes to "Hong Kong" for central ferry terminals. "Tsing Yi" for nice, not so crowded shopping mall. 2. The 171 city bus goes to Ocean Park from Cheung Sha Wan Road. 3. A21 Airport express bus (HK$33) stops within 10 - 15 mins walk from the apartment. You can catch a taxi for another HK$15 from the bus stop to the apartment if you have a bit of luggage. 4. During our 3-week stay, no taxi driver knew where Olympic was. Also, all the street around the apartment are one-way. The best is to ask the taxi driver to drop you at the junction of "Hai Tan Street" and "Kwelin Street" when you are coming back from the East. If coming from the west (airport), junction of "Tung Chu Street" and "Kwelin Street". 5. Booking directly with Olympic website/or email is much cheaper going through Expedia.

Great value for money!
Posted: Sat, May 31 2008
We stayed at the Olympic Terrace Suites whilst on a lay-over stop between Australia and UK. The accommodation, although basic was extremely good value for money. It was extremely clean and the staff were extremely friendly. It's location is really close to the metro system which has to be experienced! Traveling into Hong Kong is easy and efficient and takes no time at all making the Olympic Terrace an ideal place to base yourself. At night the surrounding streets are alive with market stalls all lit up which again adds to the whole experience. The beds are rather hard and also quite short! Our son is 6ft 5 so he had to sleep bent in half! To have 3 separate bedrooms and a lounge area was fantastic for everyone having their own space and be able to relax and unwind. The only upset to our trip was being totally fleeced by a taxi firm who charged us 10 times the going rate to take us from the airport to the hotel. Unfortunately we were all too tired to argue the price as we weren't asked for the "new" payment until all our baggage was in the vehicle. Also our driver did not know where the hotel was so a short hop from the airport ended up as an hour and a half going around in circles! Obviously none of this was down to the hotel, and to get back to the airport they arranged a taxi at a fraction of the cost. I thoroughly recommend the Olympic Terrace suites to anyone who wants good accommodation at the fraction of HK prices and who wants to have the full HK experience hassle free.