Such is the pristine sparkle of every freshly scrubbed surface in this immaculate accommodation that you're liable to feel guilty if your own fingernails are even slightly dirty. This excellent, polished guesthouse will suit those who are happy to pay a little extra to avoid...

Anyone presuming a hippyish commune with a psychedelic paint job and an obsession with Jimi Hendrix should take a deep breath and think again. Despite its name, Cosmic Guest House is a straight-laced place with super-clean rooms and a touch of homeliness located in a...

Garden Hostel is a long-term tenant of Mirador Mansion and has become even more popular since backpackers started favouring this building over Chungking Mansions, its rougher-looking cousin down the road. More sociable than party-obsessed, this is a good place in which to...

This hostel, with three dozen rooms spread over the 9th and 15th floors of the same building, is tidy but the rooms are small and basic. Cheaper rooms with shared bathrooms are available. You may have trouble communicating as the owner speaks no English.

Star Guest House has spread itself over several floors of a building in a quintessential Kowloon backstreet, a narrow thoroughfare festooned with signage and shuddering with foot traffic. This is a typical Hong Kong guesthouse in form - tiny rooms squeezed into a series of...

The hostel formerly known as Wang Fat is a good place to meet other backpackers, with 110 rooms scattered through several floors of a large apartment building. They're not spacious, but many are newly renovated with phone, TV and fridge. There's laundry facilities, long-term...

This B&B offers an alternative to the island's only hotel and the rooms offered by kiosks. The 16 rooms are very well decorated with private bathrooms, although some are rather compact so you might want to look first. There's a lovely little terrace on the roof from where you...

From the outside, this Roman Catholic Church-run lodge has an unfortunate resemblance to an old block of flats, but don't be deceived. Inside you'll find some pleasingly modern and roomy chambers decked out in rich burgundy tones complete with a couple of funky chairs, all of...

Bishop Lei International House is a fair distance from the shopping malls and other attractions scattered around Central, but the location is great if you appreciate regular escapes into the city's relaxing botanical gardens or forays into the hubbub of bar-filled Lan Kwai Fong.

The Charterhouse is an enlivening hotel that sits in-between the Hong Kong Island districts of Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. It's top-heavy with ornamentation and with light-hearted social facilities, such as the Nightingale Karaoke Club with its cheesy singalongs, and the...

The Park Hotel is a dependable, congenial option located right in the centre of Tsim Sha Tsui. The hotel's adopted motto is 'Serve with Heart and Faith'. It sounds suspiciously like a school pledge but, the exceptionally helpful staff seem to take it quite seriously.

True to its name, this place is perched on the side of a steep hill rearing up behind Kimberley Rd; the cars parked opposite the hotel marquee point downhill at a rather alarming angle. It's a few streets removed from the worst of the local street noise, so it has a nice...

What it lacks in style and kudos, the YMCA-run Salisbury more than makes up for with excellent rates and amenities, a great location near an MTR station and the Star Ferry at the southern end of bustling Kowloon, and, for those fortunate enough to get them, some rooms with...

The spacious Nathan Hotel makes a great base from which to do the rounds of the shops on the Golden Mile (the southern end of Nathan Rd). The hotel's reserved atmosphere and the assured professionalism of its staff are a relief if you've just been pounding the crowded, noisy...

Tsim Sha Tsui's latest stab at a style-led boutique hotel is a tad self-conscious perhaps but works pretty well. The rather Dali-esque public areas hint at what's to come in the boldly done rooms, which are modern and loaded with technology including wireless internet and...

The City Garden Hotel does its best to put on a welcoming face, with some elegant fittings, sunny staff and comfortable modern furniture, such as the distinctive fat-bottomed chairs in the foyer. As befits the hotel's name, rooms are cosy and cloistered.

Exclusivity is an attribute that the Conrad Hong Kong has in abundance. From its hillside position adjacent to leafy Hong Kong Park, guests can either look out over Victoria Harbour or get an eyeful of the summit of Victoria Peak.

This hotel is located on a peaceful Yau Ma Tei side street, a short walk from the charming Tin Hau temple. In contrast to the nonstop action that confronts you when walking out of a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, here you're greeted by the sight of locals calmly going about their...

Recent renovations to this hotel have made a enough of a difference to the interior style of the place to make you completely forget about the smudged grey tile-work of the exterior. Facilities are great and staff are super-efficient, generally speaking excellent English...

The Hyatt hotel chain touts its Wan Chai representative as its flagship establishment, and after a peek into this plush building you'll understand why. Fully revamped several years ago, it's a beguiling mixture of European-style elegance, snappy service and cutting-edge comfort.

This place is different to what you might expect from a YMCA-managed establishment, with no sports facilities such as a pool or a gym on-site, but you'll be hard-pressed to find cheaper views of Hong Kong's harbour. It's conveniently located opposite the city's Convention &...

This waterfront monolith is one of Hong Kong's prestige hotel addresses, with breathtaking views of the boat-cluttered harbour and the city. The hotel's interior was undergoing major renovations when we visited, with rooms to be decked out in a mixture of business-like greys...

This excellent bargain of a hotel is in North Point, a small and slightly dishevelled district northeast of Causeway Bay. Transport into Central is not a problem, however, as the Ibis is a few doors down from North Point MTR station.

The Shangri-La is serenely removed from the congestion of the Hong Kong Island streets below it. The hotel's aloofness is reinforced by a lobby that tries too hard to impress with European flourishes, but overall this establishment is far more oriental in design (gloriously...

The interior and exterior looks of the Kimberley Hotel aren't going to inflame the passions of many architects or interior designers, but the biggish rooms, attentive service and breadth of facilities make this one of the more appealing mid-range options in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Though not in the same league as some of its neighbours, the Kowloon Hotel Hong Kong shares their impressive location and has enough style and self-conscious extravagance to impress in its own right. The standard room rates are also a good deal considering this is still a...

From the outside the Langham looks a bit like an office complex because of its glass-and-steel ribbing, but inside is a hotel designed to look thoroughly European in its opulence; parts of the lobby have more golden trimmings than the Vatican.

The front doors of the Mandarin Oriental give way to smooth five-star elegance. Room styles aren't quite up to the expectations raised in the lobby, but the 'Harbour View' rooms have an obvious characteristic with which to make amends, and many of these come with private...

Only a few years old, the Metropark is one of the nicest contemporary hotels in Hong Kong, with a quiet modern elegance that will garner appreciation from the moment you step inside.

The Metropole is on the eastern fringe of the Mong Kok district, removed from the epicentre of Kowloon commercialism but offering quick access to the nearest MTR station and to Tsim Sha Tsui via free shuttle services. It's an easy-going place willing to offer budget...