The Royal Plaza Hotel is one of the cheapest five star hotels I’ve ever seen in a metropolis so naturally, I was intrigued when I saw it on TripAdvisor. The rates start at $140 per night, which is a low rate for any hotel in Hong Kong. I ended up paying $155 per night, which…
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Nice thought on uploading the menu pictures, but the images are too small to be legible and can't be expanded. Any chance you could reupload in a higher resolution?
Stayed in this hotel two years ago.
Great hotel with amazing quality keeping in mind its price. Awesome!
In what way is this a "...five star..." hotel since it is not on the Forbes Hotel Ratings list?
Can't trust this guy. Using outdated and debatably racist terminology. Is this a post on behalf of the hotel? Oh wait he's complaining so it must not be an advertorial. Poor photography skills on display here. How many photos of a common android phone do you need? Get rid of this guy. He's seriously bringing down this blog.
@Christopher - I'm not sure what my stay or anything in Hong Kong has to do with America. I appreciate your input though, dude 🙂
You should have got off the at Mong Kok East station, which is phiyically connected to the shopping mall and the hotel itself. Saves you a lot of trouble of finding your way in the myriad of HK's streets.
Daniel
Can you give me your recommendations (maybe in consultation with Ben) re: the 5* hotels in Hong Kong, specifically the ones on the Kowloon side. All the reviews I'm reading talk about large construction sites around many of these properties (Intercontinental Kowloon) and it seems they have lost some of their luster.
Appreciate any thoughts and recommendations.
@bobbieddie, I wouldn't recommend the Intercontinental, the lobby smells a bit moldy and the hotel needs to be refreshed. However, the restaurant Yan Toh Heen at Intercontinental is really good and well worth the visit.
Mira Hotel is quite good, offers a good value for money and his quite convenient, I like the view on the park. They also have a dim sum restaurant Cuisine Cuisine but it's mediocre and not really worth trying (even with the discount you get as a guest of the Mira hotel).
Best hotels in hk:
Upper House
MO Landmark
The other older MO
W Hotel if you don't mind staying on the Knowlon side
Grand Hyatt if you get a renovated room
Daniel, I see from your profile that you are from Sweden. Not sure if referring to Asians as Orientals is the norm over there, but in America, it's more of a derogatory term.
Always fun to see Americans talking about pseudo political correctness and in parallel voting for Trump...
Perhaps we should change the name of the Mandarin Oriental also...:)
I don't think his use of oriental was wrong per se, since he wasn't referring to people but to the food options. Of course, from a writing perspective, if he is going to call one option western, it would work better if he used eastern as a counter-point instead.
Granted, he definitely does need someone to edit his work before posting ("arguably the craziest and most neighborhood area", "You could easily browser.", etc).
Another lacklustre post by Daniel. I honestly feel so sorry for Ford because he has to see a young twink post so often on lucky's blog. Lemme know if you want to talk, Ford.
^^ Lol
John to be fair his writing is slightly better than Ford's, which isn't saying much at all..
Nico echos my thoughts exactly.
Can anyone explain what's wrong with the term Oriental? I mean everyone's kicking up a fuss, but no one seems to know why it's derogatory. I'm not offended...
I enjoy Daniel's posts. It's nice to get a perspective from a younger set of eyes.
It just doesn't make sense why people whine and whinge so much about his posts? Stop reading - simple as. It reminds me of the episode of The Simpsons where Homer keeps eating that mouldy sandwich and making himself sick... you could just stop eating the mouldy sandwich if it's no good.
"I honestly feel so sorry for Ford because he has to see a young twink post so often on lucky’s blog"
Don't you mean younger twink?
So sick of the language police. 🙁
I think complaining that someone didn't use your favorite term is a "microaggression". Let's make this blog a "safe space", okay? 😉
Nothing in this post indicates a disdain for people of any ethnic background. My American grocery store has an "Oriental" food section. Not to mention the Mandarin hotel. And to call a description of a buffet racist (sic) is absurd. As the online Free Dictionary says: "Oriental retains a certain currency in referring to Asian arts, foods, and practices, such as traditional medical procedures and remedies, where it is unlikely to give offense." Except of course for those trolling around, looking for a reason to take offense.
To end this discussion about the word Oriental being derogatory, President Obama signed a bill prohibiting use of the term in all federal documents. With that said, obviously Daniel was not trying to be racist. My guess is that in Sweden people refer to Asian/Eastern food as Oriental food. In the states though, while you do see the terms Oriental for rugs, markets, etc pretty wide spread, referring to someone as an Oriental is seen as derogatory. Easiest way I've heard it explained is "Asians are people, rugs are Oriental." Yes, it's confusing.
Orient refers to a part of the world; Occident refers to the other part. You don't call Europeans or Americans, "Occidentals," you refer to them by their continent or country.
I think it is great that there are hotels being reviewed in Hong Kong, that aren't $350 per night. Not everyone who goes to Hong Kong has enough points to stay at the really nice hotels. That being said, there is a way to earn Asia Miles for a stay at this hotel and many others that aren't part of a chain. Go to the Asiamiles.com, click on "travel & leisure". Then click on the Agoda spot which will bring you to portal that gives you Asia Miles for hotel bookings. Agoda has very attractive rates at many hotels in Asia. Asia Miles is a partner to Thank You points and Membership Rewards. Which means even a couple thousand miles could be very helpful for award ticket. Just be careful when booking to not take a rate that costs way more than a rate which doesn't earn miles. Check all the terms of each room rate before booking as some are non-refundable.