EAST Hong Kong

I LOVED the room so much, I was in the habour-view corner room (30sqm) and was at first worried there will not be enough space. I had a medium sized luggage and a carry-on luggage and there was AMPLE walking space, although it might be a little squeezy if there's 2 occupants. Listing down what I liked: 1. The filtered tap! At first I thought the lack of bottled water would be a con, but it ended up being so useful, I drank more water as it tasted better than bottled mineral water 2. Natural sunlight coming into the open concept bathroom makes for easy make-up application vs harsh bathroom lights in some chain hotels 3. No carpets (except around the bed), the wooden floors feel clean to step on barefooted 4. THE VIEWS. I was on 25F and it was great 5. Access to Taikoo MTR and a huge mall at your doorstep. Cityplaza is linked to 1F of the hotel 6. The rain shower was great 7. I even loved the table and chair combination, it was comfortable to sit on and felt clean (vs dusty old desks in chain hotels) 8. I know the open shower was cited as a con in most reviews but I personally LOVED easily reaching for my face wash by the sink 9. I loved that they provided pump soap instead of bar soaps. The toiletries are from Appelles and do not have harsh SLS. My hair was a little dry by day 3 though 10. Thoughtful housekeeping! She noticed I kept untucking the sheets at the bed ends, and left it fully untucked on day 3 11. The slippers were so plush and comfortable 12. The 2 flick switches by the bedside for the bathroom lights and bed lamps were so thoughtful 13. I loved that the toothpaste was provided separately, I personally always bring my toothbrush with me and hate ripping into a new set of dental amenity kit just to take the small toothpaste tube out. I brought along my own tube of toothpaste on this trip but appreciated the separate packaging. There's no other amenities provided (e.g. cotton pads etc.) but I never use those anyway 14. Quiet in the morning and at night I was picking between The Ritz and this and I'm 100% so glad I went with the EAST!! One gripe I have is that the entrance is abit dark and as such I couldn't see myself well in the full body mirror, but other than that this was a great room that I'd be happy to return to :)

We visited from Melbourne, Australia, with my young adult daughter and her partner. We chose this hotel due to its proximity to Aqualuna NYE Fireworks, which was a 5mins drive by taxi. It was a pleasant surprise for us to find such lovely rooms, unique decor, creative usage of space. We stayed at 5 different 5-star hotels during this visit so we can experience different locations and regretted we didn't spend more nights at East HK. This was by far the Best Hotel out of the others. We highly recommend this hotel, its also next to one of the largest shopping malls.