It is one of the world’s most dynamic, posh hotel scenes in Hong Kong that has been described as “the most luxurious and highly complex hotel scene”. After all it was home to Peninsula and Mandarin Oriental. Even with that prestigious pedigree, there’s still room for new blood.
The point is that Rosewood Hong Kong, the brand’s flagship, combines classic high-touch luxury with a slate of modern amenities including two Michelin-starred restaurants, one of the city’S best club lounges and 40,000 square-foot Asaya Spa proffering dozens of Guerlain treatments.
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Hotel sort of is like a Hong Kong microcosm that goes around great food, good health services, museum-worthy art; excellent shopping (at the attached K11 Musea mall) It combines the best of Hong Kong in one place. Perhaps a little less than ‘fairly priced milk tea or dim sum basket’, but perhaps more accurately? But even if you can’t afford to stay here, it is worth the trip to one of its venues.
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Where did I stay at the Rosewood Hong Kong, where it was a great experience and how to make the most of this?
Rosewood Hong Kong vibe
What if you’re in a place where everyone has Gucci loafers and (actually) Goyard bags, which they swing to and fro with careless abandon, their Cartier bangles and Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watches jangling, couture-clad tottoes in tow as they pass past surreal art installations to hugnuous breakfast buffet or. wellness class overlooking Hong Kong harbor?
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If you can picture it. What if there is just an inkling about what will happen to you at the Rosewood Hong Kong? Your fellow guests will be likely to see a parade of well-funded families, trust-funded creatives and deal-closing business types. They’re closing up and down the elevator banks of the gleaming tower that now anchors the Tsim Sha Ttsui waterfront of Kowloon as they bustle about their good day-to-do days.
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It doesn’t mean that hotel is stuffy, but that’s not the way says. But instead of that, the people-watching is a quality and the staff at myriad are there to ensure everyone has exactly what they want when she wants it before asking for this?
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Rosewood Hong Kong location
In Tsim Sha Ttui, a prime stretch of Kowloon’s waterfront is along the Rosewood Hong Kong. This is attached to the K11 Musea luxury mall, near several metro stations and a walk not-too long to Star Ferry so it can be easily accessible for public transportation.
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You could go from the airport with the Hong Kong Airport Express to the Kowloon station and get the metro or a taxi from there. Alternatively, an Uber or taxi to the airport takes about 45 minutes and costs between $40-$60 per way.
Standout features
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- Palatial rooms with all-marble bathrooms.
- 11 bars and restaurants that include some of the city’s most sought-after reservations.
- Fabulous spa facilities and treatments that incorporate chi-chi Guerlain products.
Drawbacks
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- Some visitors might prefer staying on the island side of the harbor versus Kowloon, where the hotel is situated.
- With public floors, private residences, club lounges and more, it can be hard navigating the hotel’s many venues.
- The price point puts this hotel out of reach of most travelers.
Rosewood Hong Kong rooms and suites
The Rosewood Hong Kong is home to 413 rooms and suites, which are located on floors 24-40 of the gleaming tower that the hotel occupies; from Kowloon Peak View rooms to multibedroom suite.
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It was my 39th-floor Club Grand Harbour View room, as its name suggests, with views of the city’s harbor and island skyline. Hong Kong standards also imposed huge s, with an area of 570 square feet. Design designer Tony Chi’s style was a mixture of the midcentury British chic chrome stag’S head door handles, tartan-upholstered sofas and herringbone wallpaper – with nods to classic Hong Kong scenes such as plush, geometric-patterned carpeting and filigreed woodwork that had lacquered finishes similar to the city’t old shophouses.
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Crisp Frette sheets and a surfeit of pillows turned out to be the perfect antidote to jet lag, too.
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Despite the true jawdropper’s appearance, it was the palatial bathroom where virtually every surface appeared to be tiled in burnished marble (including stylish black-and-white floors and deep-veined walls of Arabescato-clad mosaic tiles).
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The hammered copper sinks, the central vanity, an inviting freestanding bath tub and an enormous walk-in shower with twin overhead (and handheld showerheads) (also equipped with cedarwood-jasmine Votary products) made it feel like my own private spa.
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Rosewood Hong Kong restaurants and bars
It is a place to dine unto itself, with 11 bars and cafes and restaurants in the Rosewood Hong Kong. A week here would be just eating and drinking your way through all the venues, you could spend a week there with .
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The all-day Holt’s Cafe, which is a nod (albeit an extremely glammed-up one) to Hong Kong’s classic Cha Chaan Teng diners and where most guests take breakfast at the ground floor, is also referred to as ‘the all day Holten’.
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If you’re craving a break from Asian food, BluHouse is the trattoria-style eatery on the opposite side of reception and serves fresh pastas such as rigatoni alla carbonara, bubbly-crusted pizzas and seasonal salads. Don’t miss the refreshing watermelon juice, which is a favorite .
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Guests will be able to read pastries, perfumes and other sundries at Butterfly Patisserie next door or enjoy a lavish afternoon tea at the art-filled Butterfly Room.
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Even if it’s the talkeasy-style DarkSide bar where you can be, there are strong cocktails such as the Manhattan–style Churchill (along with Mancino Rosso vermouth, Cointroy and Sherry), live jazz under a WonderGlass perpetual-motion hourglass installation of cocktail drinks like the famous Manhattan style ChurchILL with smoky Bruichladdich Classic Laddie.
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A fifth floor is the dining room where Henry for classic steakhouse fare, the Michelin one-star Legacy House for dim sum and Chinese banquets, Chaat for Micheline one starred Indian cuisine, an XX for drinks in intimate setting and the bustling Bayfare Social for delectable Spanish food (tapas and specialties such as Wagyu bone marrow paella).
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Rosewood Hong Kong amenities and service
Guests should spend one of the day in this six-floor hotel, where you’ll get the wellness facilities. The gym is extensive with the latest Technogym equipment, and a movement studio where guests can take yoga and Pilates classes among other services.
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The infinity pool is also open-air 82-foot in the harbor, and there’s an tony boutique called Beauregards with high-end fashion items.
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The centerpiece, though, is the Asaya Spa by Guerlain.
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This is Rosewood’s signature spa experience but with a French twist. Guests canpore over the hundreds of scents on offer and create their own custom-made treatments, such as tailor-crafted facials for each individual’s skin type and needs (from $285 to 60 minutes).
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However, prepare well ahead of your treatment for the Bathhouse facilities such as therapeutic pools, steam rooms and “experience showers” with lighting and aroma effects.
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A club-level room with access to the 40th-floor Manor Club is a good option for booking if it’s within your budget. This is a $300-$400 extra per night, but you get devoted concierge staff and free breakfast (minus the hoi polloi down in Holt’s), an easy afternoon tea service, evening canapes or drinks and more.
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Rosewood Hong Kong accessibility
The hotel has a handful of wheelchair-accessible rooms with wide doorways, lowered peepholes, lowered counters and roll-in showers.
Elevators and ramps are all open to public areas, including . Always call the hotel directly to ensure that its facilities are accessible to you.
Rosewood Hong Kong booking details
In rosewood Hong Kong, rates are $820 per night for a rate at the Rosewood HHK and $1,340 per nights for my stay in Club Grand Harbour View room.
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It is a member of the hotel’s American Express Fine Hotels + Resorts, so if you have either the American express Platinum Card® or The Business Platinum Cards® from American Airlines and receive benefits such as availability-based upgrades (up to $100 credit for use on-property during your stay for drinks or meals, free daily breakfast for two and guaranteed 4 p)? m . late checkout, paraphrasingr.
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The two cards offer a biannual (up to $600 per calendar year) statement credit for prepaid stays at Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts (and other bookings), so you can save $300 on re-booking at Rosewood Hong Kong if you have one of these cards’ credits.
Checking out
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But the Rosewood Hong Kong, a world-renowned hotel in its own right and heart of luxury rooms, an international spa and its myriad restaurants and bars are not far from being disappointed by this lavish room. Despite its high price point (and even if it is within your budget), this is certainly the Rosewood experience as it’s the brand’S flagship, and a wonderful place to live in Hong Kong for people to settle down.
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