Quick Hotel Review – JW Marriott Hong Kong, June 28th – July 2nd 2022.

I was at this time a long term resident at the Renaissance Harbour View in Hong Kong, but due to a delegation of VIPs coming to Hong Kong for a visit, the hotel was not available for us plebs during those four days, so I was asked to move to either the Sheraton in TST or the JW Marriott in Admiralty instead. As the Sheraton was under renovation and warned there might be a lot of noise, I choose the JW Marriott for the 4 nights that was needed. The price was a special rate of 1200 HKD plus 10% service charge, so in total 1320 HKD per night.

Also, as this was during the middle of Covid restrictions in Hong Kong there was basically no traveling happening (at least for me), so this blog was dormant and I was not planning on doing any reviews. However, I did snap a few photos of the room, and thought now that maybe I should make a quick review from memory after all 😀

This was my first booking at another Marriott hotel after receiving my platinum status, and I requested a suite upgrade for the 4 nights as I was awarded 5 upgrades when achieving Platinum status with the Bonvoy programme. However, my request was rejected, as my stay was a special rate and not eligible for upgrades apparently (the rate was organized by the Renaissance Hotel as I had to move out for the 4 nights).

Upon arriving at the hotel I was greeted at check-in, and the staff apologized for not being able to upgrade my room, so I was given the key for a standard “City View Room King” as it was called. I don’t remember my room or floor number, but I was given a room on a higher floor, which I hoped would have good views.

Entering the room there was a small hall leading in to the room itself, and there was a Nespresso Coffee maker as well as several bottels of complimentary drinking water.

Further into the room there were a large King Size bed, a nice big comfortable chair with a small table (which also had a welcome fruit package), a work desk and chair, as well as a large TV on the wall.

The chair was comfortable, but the lack of armrests on the sides bugged me a little, so it would not be my favorite chair ever 😀
Also, as you can see, even though I was at a higher floor I just looked straight into the buildings opposite the hotel, and it felt like there were no privacy in the room at night, as I was not sure if the windows were mirrored on the outside or not, so I choose to keep the curtains closed most of the time.
Also, when lying down on the bed, this was basically the view you had, so not the most interesting one…

The work-desk was placed so you could look out through the window while sitting there working, which I thought was a nice touch.

The TV however, was large, but placed on the side of the bed (when lying down in bed you faced the window, but the TV was 90 degrees to your reight), so it was not comfortable to lay in bed and watch TV. Also the comfy chair faced the bed and not the TV, so that wasn’t right for me either…. the layout of the room could have been a lot better.

The bathroom was quite spacious witha separate shower and bathtub, and a single vanity. Lots of mirrors in the bathroom made if feel very bright as well. But unfortunately (and typical for Hong Kong) the bathtub was not built for large people – and with me being 185 CM tall only about a third of my body could fit in the bathtub at any given time. The shower hoever was really good, and water preassure excellent.

In addition the hotel had nice facilities. In the basement there was a large gym that had most of the equipment you would want. It also had a pool on the 2nd floor or so, not very big, but enough to take a dip in and cool down.

In addition the breakfast buffet was really nice, but I didn’t take any pictures of that. Also there were lounge access for those with status, and they served a really nice combination of buffet and a la carte menu for dinner, with a good selection of alcoholic drinks. They also offered afternoon tea. The lounge was very popular while I was there, and I was not able to get into the lounge when I wanted to, there was always a waiting list. The good thing was they would take down the room number and you could go back to the room wand wait, and they’d call you when they had an avaialble table for you.
Lounge access was only for in-house guests, and if you wanted to invite any friends there was a charge of 550 HKD per person, which I found to be very pricey.

Overall I would say it was a nice hotel, there were some things that could have been better, and I did not understand the layout of the room, but for the price I paid it was worth it, in particular when I took advantage of the benefits offered by my status.