J W Marriott Hong Kong
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No.88 Queensway, Pacific Place Hong Kong, China, 2810-8366
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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at the J W Marriott Hong Kong
Arrival into Hong Kong Airport marks a significantly shinier airport, a ridiculously long immigration line, significantly taller Asian people, American fast food chains, and lots more white people with accents. Arrival into Hong Kong Island marks the beginning of captivity within a souless maze of consumerism where the rat pack of tourists wines, dines, buys, and sleeps in spotless towers of glass, light, and steel. Fendi, Gucci, Prada, and elite stores I've never heard of stare me in the fac...
Hong Kong, Hong Kong chuang84
Arrived here bright and early yesterday and first thing we did was to head to the Bowrington Market in Wanchai and taste our favourite Muslim halal food - Wai Kee. I lived here for 5 years and in those years I am tasted many a cuisine and this still tops it. Do not get me wrong - this is not your usual up-market affair but your simple home-cook mom's recipe outlet. Do try the radish, steamed pomelo skin, steamed fish, and please do not forget the roast duck! Go early for lunch (11 am to 2 pm)...
Hong Kong, China danielcfng
Hong Kong is a place with multiple personalities, as a result of being Cantonese Chinese with a long-time British influence. Today, the former colony is a major tourism destination for China's increasingly affluent population. It is also an important hub in the Chinese Diaspora with global connections to many of the world's cities. It is a unique destination that has absorbed people and cultural influences from places as diverse as Vietnam and Vancouver. The Hong Kong Special Administrative R...
Hong Kong, China mcboc285
Arrived with no problems. Took the Airport Express train in to Hong Kong Station, then a shuttle bus to the JW Marriott Hotel. After settling in, we found the Dah Sing Bank branch to pay the visa application fee and scheduled the appointment for 8:45 a.m. on Thursday. The rest of the day was just relaxing with food and shopping.
Central, Hong Kong srvance
The first week in Hong Kong went about as smoothly as one could hope for. On the 16-hour Cathay Pacific direct flight from New York's JFK airport to Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport, I was able to watch four movies and several television shows, but unable to sleep adequately, unfortunately. When the plane landed on Sunday evening, June 4, it was another typically balmy evening in Hong Kong. Hong Kong immediately lived up to its reputation for efficiency, from the quick customs lines to the st...
Hong Kong, Hong Kong stephenchien
It was just a short weekend hop to Hong Kong; yet, I am truly happy I did this trip. Having been to China few times before I somehow always missed opportunities to visit this city. I knew it mainly from the movies, especially Wong Kar Wai's masterpieces, books or other people's descriptions. I was very excited to go! The first impression was, surprisingly, rather quiet and well organized. Maybe it's because I arrived quite late on Friday night, maybe because the weather was not too good and p...
Hong Kong, China tommnow
Historical Traveler Reviews of J W Marriott Hong Kong
Good Location
Marriott standards. Rooms are not huge, but are ample.
Good service all around, free fruit daily delivered to room. Hotel is adjacent to huge Pacific Place Mall,
which has a great restaruant named Zen. 10 minute walk
to Star Ferry & Queens Pier via enclosed walkways.
Also 10 minute walk to the Peak Tram Station via a very nice park with a terrific aviary. The old
fashioned tram runs from directly in front of the
hotel and is a great, cheap way to see the city.
Views from the room and lobby bar are limited, due to
so many other high rises having been built in front
of the hotel. Hotel is farly priced. Size of room would be only complaint.
This is almost an excellent hotel!
On the upside...
1. Great location (on top of good shopping mall, 5 minutes from convention centre, adjacent to Victoria Park etc)
2. Nicely appointed bedroom big comfy bed, good lighting all controlled bedside, big desk with high speed internet, pay TV, minibar, safe etc all decorated to good standard)
3. Large well equipped bathroom (separate shower, large bath tub, nice toiletries, complimentary bottled water)
4. Very nice food (at least in their Chinese restaurant though menu can be intimidating if you're not familiar with chinese food!)
5. Friendly helpful staff (door staff are very efficient)
6. Superb Executive Club Lounge (helpful concierge, table service for drinks at applicable hours, good hors d'oeuvres in the evening, nice afternoon tea - never made lunch or breakfast there)
7. I saved the best 'til last.. electric curtains controlled from bedside so you can wake up and open the curtains to a pretty good view of the harbour (assuming you have a harbour view room)
On the downside...
1. Reception desk tried to fob me off with a room without harbour view (despite them having confirmed harbour view on an email following reservation). Reception supervisor did not handle the situation at all well telling me they had all sold. Only when she realised I was not one for giving up did she manage to conjure one up!
2. Room had a strange pong (odour/smell if you don't no the term pong in your country). I suspect it was the Air Con. It was quite an obvious smell, but not one I bothered to complain about. It lasted for the duration of my stay, but after a few minutes in the room, you couldn't really notice it!
3. I hadn't stayed here for 5 years.. nothing had changed, which means it's not as up-to-date now as it was then somehow. Brass pillars is one obvious example.. look a bit dated. But now I'm just being picky.
7 significant good points, 3 negative points - all in all a pretty good hotel - just, for me, not a world class one on par with Four Seasons, Mandarin etc, but I kind of knew that when I booked.
JW Marriott is superb!
Good Business Location
Wonderful choice in West Hong Kong
After arriving in the city and staying in another part, a very busy area called Mongkok, I realized that the West Hong Kong area was much nicer. So I moved to the JW Marriott. It is in an enclave with two other hotels, The Conrad and the Island Shangri-La. They are all attached to Pacific Place which houses the Admiralty underground, making the hotel very convenient to everything.
You can definitely pay less in Hong Kong. At 1740 HKD, it wasn't cheap, but given location, amenities, service it was worth it. Checkin was swift, very pleasant, and a bellman took me to my room with a view of the mountains, and showed me around. There is a panel by the bed that controls the curtains, the lights, the air, and the do not disturb light outside your door. The TV has all the typical channels for an asian hotel, including HBO. There is high speed internet at a slightly high 120 HKD per 24 hour period.
The room is very nice, not too small, with a double window view of whatever you pay for. I got the mountain view to save some money and it was lovely and serene. The room had a very comfy bed, a nice chair near the internet connection by the window, the TV and a large dark wood desk. The marble bathroom had nice amenities, bathrobes, slippers, plenty of towels. Only downside was the small shower. There are 220 and 110 outlets throughout the room and bathroom, and an iron and blow dryer are available for your use. Every day a newspaper is slipped under your door, there is twice daily maid service and a lovely bowl of fruit always replenished.
The hotel itself has a very nice pool area, good sized, and with great service. The pool attendants bring iced water throughout your stay at the pool, and there is a nice, hot Jacuzzi poolside. You can order food, drinks and the pool is open 6am until 11pm. There is an excellent, well-equipped and modern gym with spa attached offering all the services. Gym is free, but services are pricey.
There are several restaurants. An excellent lunch restaurant off the lobby offers either a salad bowl buffet or a noodle buffet at 98 HKD each, or both plus a delicious dessert bar for 198. I had the salad buffet and it was fantastic. The breakfast is another story. Not included in my room, I paid 168 for a terrible buffet. Better to wait for lunch.
The hotel is very busy, and often there were long waits for elevators, but that is a minor quibble. They cater to groups, conventions, tours, so sometimes the lobby is absolutely packed, but for the most part, things were easy. The mall adjacent, Pacific Place, is a very upscale mall, and walkways from the mall take you almost to the central part without having ever to go outside - a blessing in the sweltering summer heat.
All in all, a wonderful choice in Hong Kong.
Great Hotel and Location
Terrific location and service
The food is very good and the staff very helpful. Do insist for a room with a view though as one side of the hotel views on to downtown and kowloon (breathtaking, especially at night) while the view from the other side is rather drab.
Excellent Hotel
World class property on the Island side of the harbour
Beautiful views from some of the rooms ... I was lucky enough to get a corner room on a high floor, and the trembling in my stomach from the precariously-perched hillside view was part awe, part vertigo, and definitely memorable.
As in most Hong Kong luxury hotels, the service and facilities were world-class. Definitely recommended.
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