Harbour Plaza Metropolis - Kowloon, Hong Kong 

This is my second time in Hong Kong and this time, I wanted to stay in Kowloon. And quite honestly, I accidentally booked this hotel instead of the Harbour Plaza Hotel, which is much nicer than this one. This hotel, although closer to the Star Ferry and Tsim Sha Tsui (the central shopping and entertainment area of Kowloon), it's not that exciting. The rooms are on the small side, the decor is rather pedestrian and the food is a bit overpriced for what you get. (Tip: For food that is less expensive, go to the Metropolis Mall which is located on the ground floor of the hotel in the lobby.) The views are not all that great either since there are quite of few tall building that obstruct your view. It is not really an area in which you can really walk around to absorb the culture and is located next to the Hung Hom train station... but it's not the MTR station that you can take to Central. The saving grace was that they have a free shuttle bus every 20 minutes to take you to their sister hotel, The Kowloon Hotel in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui. However, the price was right. Pretty inexpensive for Hong Kong. Had an okay gym and the pool was good to look at the harbor. It's a bit of a snore but if you're on a budget, you get your money's worth.

Overall is a good hotel to stay. I stayed for 5 days during my business trip to HK. The room is clean but small. A typical hotel room in HK. I have a side-window view of the harbour. Can see the light performance at 8pm, but with limited view. The hotel location is far from the MTR subway. However, it is next to the Railway station to China. Have to use the shuttle bus provided by the hotel to TST MTR station. The shuttle ride is about 10 mins. It is free and in interval of 20 mins. The service is good and punctual. It stops at Kowloon hotel in TST. TST MTR station is next to Kowloon hotel. You can the same shuttle ride back to Harbour Plaza. The hotel is next to a shopping mall, but shops there mostly are bridal shop. Not really an ideal location for shopping vacation, but for a business trip it is fine. One thing strange about the hotel, I stayed for 5 days, but I only got newspaper for 2 days. I wonder why. Didn't bother to check with hotel staff.