Sunday, 21 October 2018

Hotel and Inn Review: Nathan Hotel (Hong Kong)


Date of Stay: October 21-25, 2018

RATING (Scale of 1 to 10)
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Nathan Hotel


The hotel at night
The 4-star, 15-storey Nathan Hotel, centrally located in Kowloon, was opened in 1968 and is one of the oldest hotels in Hong Kong. Operated by Luk Hoi Tong Co., Ltd., this now half century old hotel has 189 guestrooms and has undergone renovations and face-lifts over the decades. 

Prominently situated at the center of Nathan Road (the city’s main thoroughfare), in Yau Ma Tei, it is just a 300 m. (5-min. walk) away from the Jordan MTR subway station.

Yau Ma Tei, a great choice for travelers interested in street food, street markets and convenient public transport, is surrounded by major shopping (with popular brands such as Rolex, Cartier, Gucci, Tiffany & Co, Louis Vuitton nearby) and entertainment hubs. The hotel offers easy access to famed attractions including Temple Street (200 m.), a short 3-minute walk away, and Jade Market (300 m.). Famous shopping spots such as Tsim Sha Tsui and Mongkok are a 15-minute stroll or a 5 minute MTR subway ride away.


Front Desk

Elevators
Reception Area
We occupied an elegantly decorated, 20-23 sq. m. Smart Room (Room 610) interconnected with a 46 sq. m. Smart Suite (Suite 609).  

Each room uses warm lighting to create a cozy atmosphere and were equipped with 4-star amenities such as a 48-inch flat-screen LED cable TV, a minibar, in-room safe, work desk, tea/coffee maker, free bottled water and hairdryer.  Our private ensuite bath came with free toiletries, bathtub and a shower with a stand alone rainshower head.


Hotel Lobby

Ours rooms were also equipped with a handy smartphone, for free use, with built-in city guide (in multiple languages), unlimited 4G data and local and international calls to Australia, Mainland China, Singapore, UK and USA. All rooms include free Wi-Fi. 

The 46 sq. m. Nathan Suites (9th- 12th floor) and Platinum Suite (13th – 14th floor) all have a customized pillow menu.  The latter also has an iPod dock.


Room 609
Room 609

The Nathan Lounge, on the 9th floor, offers complimentary beverages and self-serve coffee and tea plus free internet and a selection of magazines, newspapers and travel books for all guests. 

The Platinum Lounge, on the 14th floor, offers complimentary use of computers, high-speed wireless internet and multi-functional entertainment facilities for guests on the Platinum Floor.

The restaurant also offers a number of food and beverage outlets. 


Room 610
Room 610

The luxurious, modern, yet traditional fine dining Penthouse Restaurant, where we had our daily Western-style breakfast, offers cereals, bread, croissants, juice, brewed coffee, tea, pancakes, fried rice, sausages, hash browns, bacon, noodles, etc.  It also has a salad and egg (scrambled, fried, omelet) station. 

It also serves traditional Cantonese food and seafood brilliantly created and prepared by Chef Fok.  

The Penthouse
The Penthouse

The Bali, the hotel’s open-air bar embracing the air of Indonesia, is embellished with Balinese-crafted furnishings and offers cocktails, refined vintage wines and excellent Balinese dishes. Two private dining rooms, with audio-visual equipment, are available for private gatherings.


The Bali

The Nathan Cellar, featuring handsome sofas, banquettes, wooden floor and intimate lighting, offers a variety of outstanding wines from an exclusive rare wine list from both classic regions of France and elsewhere in Europe as well as from the New World. It has a new Italian-designed, enomatic wine serving and preserving system that keeps the color, taste and aroma of their wines at a ‘first- time taste’ quality by preventing oxidation. With the new dispensing system, you can taste up to 8 different types of wine in smaller tasting portions of 25ml, 75ml or 150ml.


Nathan Cellar

Starbucks

Also at the ground floor of the building is a Starbucks outlet.  The 24-hour fitness center, at the 6th floor, has 6 treadmills, elliptical, stationary bike and free weights sets. 

The hotel also has a 24-hour Front Desk, a tour desk and a 24-hour self-service business center (photo copying and computers with printer access) at the lobby.  

The hotel offers currency exchange, airline tickets, airport shuttle, daily housekeeping, dry cleaning, laundry, concierge, luggage storage, ground transportation arrangement, local tours (China, Macau) and car rental.


Fitness Room
Tour Desk

Hallway
Business Center
The hotel is also located 300 m. from Tin Hau Temple; 500 m. from Hong Kong International Hobby and Toy Museum; 600 m.  from King’s Park Hockey Center, Bruce Lee Club, Yau Ma tei Wholesale Market and Yau Ma Tei Theater; 1.4 kms. from Harbor City; 2.8  kms. from Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal; 3.3 kms. from The Landmark; 3.4 kms. from Lan Kwai Fong; 3.5 kms. from SoHo; 4.1 kms. from Happy Valley Racecourse; 4.3 kms. from Hong Kong Stadium; 4.4 kms. from Wong Tai Sin Temple; 4.7 kms. from Victoria Peak; 7.7 kms. from Ocean Park and 24.2 kms. (40-min. drive) from Hong Kong International Airport.


Nathan Lounge
Platinum Lounge

Nathan Hotel: 378 Nathan Rd., Tau Ma Tei, Hong Kong.   Tel: (852)2388-5141. Fax: (852)2780-1643. E-mail: info@nathanhotel.com. Website: www.nathanhotel.com.

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