Photo By: Elin Chow
Official Website: Ibis Hong Kong Central & Sheung Wan Hotel
During our recent trip to Hong Kong, nosotros stayed inwards Ibis Hong Kong Central & Sheung Wan Hotel, a 3-star hotel located inwards the pump of Sheung Wan. Conveniently located, the hotel is a 10 minutes walk from the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal in addition to 8 minutes walk from Sheung Wan MTR station. The Queen Street tram station correct inwards forepart of the hotel.
How To Get To Ibis Hong Kong Central & Sheung Wan Hotel
Ibis Hong Kong Central & Sheung Wan Hotel provides liberate shuttle to in addition to from Airport Express Hong Kong Station. To board the liberate shuttle, only grab the Airport Express at Hong Kong International Airport in addition to alight at Hong Kong Station. Interchange alongside the Airport Express Shuttle Bus Route H1 at Hong Kong Station to the hotel. The shuttle mostly runs every xx minutes in addition to volition drib y'all yesteryear the entrance of the hotel.
Upon arriving, y'all volition detect Starbucks located at the soil flooring of the hotel building. There are plenty of convenience in addition to grocery shops, restaurants, local eateries, shops and currency commutation located or thence area.
Trolleys are provided correct at the entrance for guests to work when loading in addition to unloading luggage. The trolleys offering a swell assist to guests carrying bulky luggage.
After confirming our booking in addition to personal details, nosotros collected our keys in addition to proceeded forthwith to our room located on the twelfth floor. Access to the rooms is via room bill of fare operated lifts. You volition demand your room key bill of fare to access the lifts. But surprisingly, nosotros tin access other floors alongside our room key card. We realized this when nosotros accidentally pressed on the incorrect floor!
So nosotros wonder what is the signal of having key access rear when anyone tin board in addition to larn off at whatsoever flooring they want. I promise the hotel management tin improve on that.
Furthermore, some of the elevators only larn to the fifth floor. We receive got to oftentimes switch elevators at the fifth flooring inwards gild to brand our agency downwards to the soil floor, which tin live really annoying.
We booked a Standard 1 Double Bed City View room for ii nights. Measuring 183 sq.ft, the modern air-conditioned room is equipped alongside a queen sized bed alongside a individual en-suite bathroom, built-in cupboard desk in addition to a minor sitting area. Fitted alongside laminate parquet flooring, the room was really gear upward clean in addition to compact but good designed to maximize your comfort.
Featuring flooring to ceiling windows in addition to high ceiling, giving the room a really spacious look. It was non really big, but a decent size, peculiarly yesteryear Hong Kong standard. There were sufficient infinite for us to set our luggage in addition to walk or thence the room.
Air con is controllable but does non seem to live working. It makes no departure even thence nosotros plow upward or downwards because the temperature inwards our room volition exactly rest the same. Even when nosotros laid the temperature to 28°C, our room was soundless freaking cold. Eventually nosotros receive got to switch the air con off in addition to the room was soundless cool plenty during hot sunny days.
The room also features a 32 inch LCD TV. but TV choices are a fighting limited. But liberate WiFi access is available throughout the entire building. We were happy to bask fast in addition to rigid WiFi connecter throughout our rest at the hotel. Whether nosotros were inwards our room or other areas of the hotel, nosotros receive got no job accessing the network alongside our phones.
I am genuinely a picayune fighting surprised because the Panda Hotel does non offering liberate WiFi to all its guests. It was a really frustrating experience.
The room has a total length mirror - exactly prefect for guests who dear to receive got outfit photos.
Clean in addition to fresh bath towels were provided inwards the room in addition to were hang on the dorsum of the door. However, there was no human face upward towels provided.
The bath was minor but well-furnished in addition to clean, alongside a split walk inwards shower enclosure. There was no bathtub inwards the bathroom.
Since this is a budget hotel, in that place was really express toiletries provided. Hair dryer in addition to human face upward tissue are mounted on the wall to relieve space.
On the vanity top, only i toothbrush in addition to paw lather were provided. There was no shower cap, tyke or comb, thence delight recollect to gear upward your ain toiletries if y'all are planning to rest at this hotel.
The shower expanse was small, but alongside swell H2O pressure. Shower gel in addition to shampoo are provided inwards a hanging subway inwards the shower expanse in addition to does non come upward out easily. I receive got press difficult to squelch it out a picayune at a fourth dimension spell showering.
Other room amenities includes a mini refrigerator in addition to inwards room security box. However, I believe the security box mightiness live a picayune minor to adapt a laptop. The built inwards cupboard has really express hanging infinite for clothes. This mightiness live a job for long term rest guests.
However, the hotel provides only i liberate bottle of H2O inwards the room, fifty-fifty though in that place were ii of us. Most of the hotels nosotros had stayed inwards commonly supply ii bottles inwards the room.
We were also shocked that the housekeeping staffs receive got attempted to go inwards our room without knocking. When they realized that nosotros were soundless inwards our room, they exactly walked away without fifty-fifty apologizing. It was a really bad experience for us.
Overall, it was a pleasant experience, but non awesome. After all, this is exactly a 3-star hotel. You basically larn what nosotros paid for thence practice non facial expression likewise much other than gear upward clean accommodation.
The room was really basic but adequate, providing everything y'all volition mayhap demand for a comfortable stay. For some reason, I experience that the 3-star Hotel Ibis is much meliorate than the 4-star Panda Hotel. Well, in all probability due to the fact that WiFi is genuinely free. But I would appreciate that the housekeeping staffs at to the lowest degree know how to knock earlier entering our room.
Despite the bring upward "Central" inwards its name, it is non genuinely close to the Central District. The hotel is located inwards Sheung Wan area, which is an older purpose of Hong Kong, betwixt Central in addition to Sai Ying Pun, along Des Veoux Rd.
Des Veoux Rd is commonly known equally the Dried Seafood in addition to Tonic Food street where the whole stretch is lined alongside dried seafood shops selling diverse types of dried seafood products in addition to Chinese herbal medicine.
You tin buy dried abalones, scallops, Chinese medicinal herbs in addition to other pungent products for soups in addition to tonics from nigh of the shops along the street. Prices are of course, non cheap. Around the hotel, in that place are also lots of eateries offering authentic Hong Kong delicacies - exactly perfect for nutrient lovers!
I would non recommend this hotel to people who would similar to store till they drib during their fourth dimension inwards Hong Kong. However, the hotel volition live a really proficient alternative for budget in addition to describe of piece of work concern travelers travelling on a express budget. The cost of the room tin live considered inexpensive yesteryear Hong Kong standard. You mightiness desire to consider Ibis Hong Kong Central & Sheung Wan Hotel if y'all are looking for a inexpensive accommodation alongside fantabulous place in addition to decent rooms.
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