Regent Hong Kong

Character and identity

Reopened in 2023 after a two-year overhaul, this 497-room Kowloon landmark sits so close to Victoria Harbour you can watch the Star Ferries slip past from your window. Architect Chi Wing Lo's interiors set the tone: black granite floors, glass-brick screens, three-storey windows framing the skyline, and a charcoal-and-cream palette in the rooms. The cooking is the headline act, with two-Michelin-starred Cantonese at Lai Ching Heen, beef at The Steak House, Nobu, the long-running Harbourside buffet, and Qura Bar's art deco cigar room. Service comes from a young, eager team.

Who's it for

Bottom line

This is a dining and view hotel first, a design hotel second, and it executes both at the level needed to sit alongside the Peninsula and Mandarin Oriental across the water. Pay up for a harbour-view room at minimum, and a suite if the Regent Club perks matter to you. Book around the Sevens in late March if you want the city at full tilt.