7 Best Hotels in Wan Chai, Hong Kong

A direct connection to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre makes this a business-first hotel, but leisure travelers also enjoy the elegant rooms, with sweeping harbor views and luxurious touches such as an oversize square bathtub and mirror TV. The restaurants are excellent, in particular One Harbour Road; the handsome Grand Hyatt Steakhouse; and Tiffin, with a legendary dessert buffet and live music performances. Sports facilities include a curvaceously beautiful pool, 400-meter jogging track, children's playground, and some rent-by-the-hour facilities such as a driving range and tennis and squash courts.

This waterfront YMCA property has small but relatively inexpensive rooms near the Wan Chai Star Ferry pier. Rooms are pleasantly decorated and offer enviable harbor views. The hotel is well placed if you want to attend cultural events in the evening: both the Arts Centre and the Academy for Performing Arts are next door. It's also opposite the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. The pedestrian overpass will get you across Wan Chai or to the Star Ferry quickly without stepping down into the traffic, that is, until you get to Hennessy Road.

This standout boutique hotel has serious architectural chops—the exterior resembles a circling dragon—as well as photogenic interiors, where exquisitely designed guest rooms have dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows, colorful contemporary decor, and funky tiled-wall murals. As for the rest of the hotel, you can’t miss the suspended, glass-bottomed rooftop pool or the vertigo-inducing Skybar, and the coffee at Indicolite restaurant will have you hooked.

If you get a little nostalgic for Alice in Wonderland at Mira Moon hotel, you’re not totally off the mark: the hypermodern, abstract interiors are meant to depict the legend behind the Mid-Autumn moon festival—a fairy-tale-like Chinese legend revolving around the Moon Goddess of Immortality and a space-traveling jade rabbit. To bring the story to life, Wanders & yoo design house intermingles antique Chinese accents, such as peony details and latticed woodwork, alongside futuristic furnishings and tech-friendly touches. The neighborhood nightlife still errs on the unseemly side, but the hours-long, half-off happy hour at the hotel’s Supergiant Tapas & Cocktails bar and outdoor terrace makes up for it.

Decent harbor views from some rooms compensate for sparse furnishings and the lack of any personality, while a decent business center is handy for those with work to do. Abundant nightlife is only minutes away, and guests can escape to the rooftop gym and outdoor pool.

The modest guest rooms in this Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre hotel are simply outfitted with attractive modern decor; although many have harbor views, some overlook a sprawling outdoor pool, a driving range, a jogging trail, and a playground that should help keep the kids busy. A popular rendezvous spot for locals and visiting businesspeople, the lobby bar and restaurant offers creative cocktails in the evening.

The high ceilings and abacus-inspired lobby decor bode well for the rest of the contemporary rooms and facilities at V Wanchai 2. This business-friendly address is a great location for conventions, and the free Wi-Fi, daily breakfast, and evening happy hour will make any traveler feel at home. All of the large apartmentlike rooms come equipped with a plasma TV, while the highest room categories have washers, dryers, and wine coolers.