The 22 Best Luxury Hotels in Kowloon
From the Rosewood Hong Kong to the The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong: the finest luxury addresses in Kowloon, hand-picked by our travel experts. Every suitespot booking comes with free breakfast for 2, a room upgrade subject to availability, hotel credit and VIP service – benefits worth over €500.
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The top hotels in Kowloon at a glance
From legendary grand hotels to intimate design addresses: these properties lead our ranking for Kowloon. See at a glance where each hotel is located, which loyalty program earns you points and where nightly rates begin. "From" prices are current entry rates and may include limited-time promotional rates.
| Hotel | Location | Hotel program | suitespot score | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosewood Hong Kong | Tsim Sha Tsui | – | – | 640 € |
| The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong | Yau Ma Tei | Marriott Bonvoy | – | 360 € |
| Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong | Central | – | – | 390 € |
| The Peninsula Hong Kong | Tsim Sha Tsui | – | – | 420 € |
| Mondrian Hong Kong | Tsim Sha Tsui | ALL (Accor) | – | 170 € |
| Regent Hong Kong | Victoria Harbour | IHG One Rewards | – | 420 € |
| Grand Hyatt Hong Kong | Wan Chai | World of Hyatt | – | 300 € |
| AKI Hong Kong | Wan Chai | ALL (Accor) | – | 140 € |
| The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong | Central | Fans of Mandarin Oriental | – | 500 € |
| Kerry Hotel Hong Kong | Hung Hom Bay | Shangri-La Golden Circle | – | 210 € |
Current offers & deals for luxury hotels in Kowloon
Many of our partner hotels in Kowloon offer special conditions bookable via suitespot – from free nights to discounts on longer stays. Your suitespot benefits (breakfast, upgrade chance, hotel credit) apply on top.
| Hotel | Offer | Bookable until |
|---|---|---|
| Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel | Up to 30% discount for stays of three nights or more (for Harbour View Room, Club Level Harbour View Room & One Bedroom Harbour View Suite) | August 28, 2026 |
| Mondrian Hong Kong | Third night free | December 17, 2026 |
| The Peninsula Hong Kong | Third night free | December 20, 2026 |
| Regent Hong Kong | Third night free | December 27, 2026 |
| JW Marriott Hong Kong | 15% discount for stays of two nights or more | December 28, 2026 |
| AKI Hong Kong | Fourth night free | May 18, 2027 |
| Rosewood Hong Kong | Third night free | June 18, 2027 |
| Kerry Hotel Hong Kong | Available on request only | December 31, 2027 |
Your guide to the best 5-star hotels in Kowloon and Hong Kong
Rosewood Hong Kong · Tsim Sha TsuiWith every booking through suitespot you receive a comprehensive package of suitespot benefits:- Complimentary breakfast for two
- Room upgrade subject to availability
- Up to 100 USD hotel credit per stay
- Early check-in and late check-out subject to availability
- Standard points and status benefits in the hotel programmes
The top of the field sits on both sides of the water. Rosewood Hong Kong at Victoria Dockside in Tsim Sha Tsui has the highest entry rate at around 648 € and is our best-rated house here at 4.9. Then come The Landmark Mandarin Oriental on Queen's Road Central (504 €), Regent Hong Kong on Salisbury Road (425 €), The Peninsula (424 €) and the Mandarin Oriental on Connaught Road Central (398 €).
The middle is where most stays sit: The St. Regis at Harbour Drive (376 €), The Ritz-Carlton in the ICC tower (365 €), The Murray on Cotton Tree Drive (311 €), the Grand Hyatt in Wan Chai (307 €), the W at Kowloon Station (279 €), the JW Marriott at Pacific Place (245 €) and EAST in Taikoo Shing (234 €).
And the accessible end runs from the Kowloon Shangri-La (225 €), the Kerry Hotel at Hung Hom Bay (224 €) and Lanson Place in Causeway Bay (220 €) down to The Mira on Nathan Road (206 €), the Mondrian and The Langham in Tsim Sha Tsui (180 € each), the Renaissance Harbour View (156 €), AKI in Wan Chai (144 €) and the Cordis in Mong Kok (141 €).
Kowloon or Hong Kong Island? Eleven properties on each side
This is the decision that shapes a Hong Kong stay, and our selection happens to divide evenly, so there is no shortage on either side.
The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong · Yau Ma TeiThe eleven in Kowloon are Rosewood Hong Kong (from around 648 €), Regent Hong Kong (425 €), The Peninsula (424 €), The Ritz-Carlton (365 €), the W (279 €), the Kowloon Shangri-La (225 €), the Kerry Hotel at Hung Hom Bay (224 €), The Mira on Nathan Road (206 €), the Mondrian on Hart Avenue (180 €), The Langham on Peking Road (180 €) and the Cordis in Mong Kok (141 €).Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comThe eleven on Hong Kong Island are The Landmark Mandarin Oriental (504 €), the Mandarin Oriental (398 €), The St. Regis (376 €), The Murray (311 €), the Grand Hyatt (307 €), the JW Marriott at Pacific Place (245 €), EAST (234 €), Lanson Place in Causeway Bay (220 €), the Renaissance Harbour View (156 €), AKI in Wan Chai (144 €) and the Harbour Grand at Fortress Hill.
The honest way to choose is not by price – the two halves overlap almost completely – but by what you are here to do.
Kowloon faces the island skyline across the water, which is why the waterfront properties there can sell a view the island itself cannot offer. It is also the side with the long shopping streets and the cross-harbour rail terminus. Hong Kong Island puts you in Central and Admiralty, within walking distance of the offices, and closer to the Peak and the south side.
The harbour is narrow and there are several ways across, so neither choice cuts you off from the other. Tell our travel advisors where your days actually begin and the side tends to choose itself.
Luxury hotels in West Kowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui and across the harbour
Within those two halves our 22 properties fall into a handful of clearly defined quarters.
Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong · CentralIt is worth checking them against your plans rather than against a map: in Hong Kong the walk between two nearby addresses is rarely the walk the map suggests, because the island side goes uphill fast.
West Kowloon and Kowloon Station
Two properties, and they share an address: The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong (from around 365 €) and the W Hong Kong (279 €) both stand at 1 Austin Road West, the Kowloon Station and ICC complex. The Ritz-Carlton occupies the upper floors of the tower, the W sits at its base – the same address, two entirely different houses, and the closest of our properties to the West Kowloon terminus.
Tsim Sha Tsui and Salisbury Road
The largest single group, seven properties along and behind the Kowloon waterfront: Rosewood Hong Kong at Victoria Dockside (648 €), Regent Hong Kong (425 €), The Peninsula (424 €), the Kowloon Shangri-La on Mody Road (225 €), The Mira on Nathan Road (206 €), the Mondrian on Hart Avenue (180 €) and The Langham on Peking Road (180 €).
Central and Admiralty
The financial district on the island side: The Landmark Mandarin Oriental on Queen's Road Central (504 €), the Mandarin Oriental on Connaught Road Central (398 €), The Murray on Cotton Tree Drive (311 €) and the JW Marriott at Pacific Place (245 €).
Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and the eastern island
The St. Regis at Harbour Drive (376 €), the Grand Hyatt on Harbour Road (307 €), the Renaissance Harbour View (156 €) and AKI on Jaffe Road (144 €) in Wan Chai; further east, EAST at Taikoo Shing (234 €), Lanson Place in Causeway Bay (220 €) and the Harbour Grand at Fortress Hill.
Two addresses sit outside these groups and are worth knowing about. The Kerry Hotel (224 €) is at Hung Hom Bay, on the Kowloon waterfront but east of Tsim Sha Tsui and quieter for it. And the Cordis (141 €) is in Mong Kok, further up the peninsula in the densest part of the city – our least expensive address here, and a genuinely different experience from the harbour hotels.
In Hong Kong the harbour view is a room category, not a bonus
In most cities a view is something you hope for at check-in. In Hong Kong it is written into the room list, and that tells you how the hotels themselves price it.
The Peninsula Hong Kong · Tsim Sha TsuiThe Ritz-Carlton lists a Deluxe Victoria Harbor suite among its categories. The Grand Hyatt lists a Victoria Harbour suite and a Harbour Plateau. Rosewood Hong Kong lists a Deluxe Harbor suite. And the Renaissance Harbour View puts it in the name of the hotel.
The practical consequence: if the view is the reason you are coming, it has to be booked as a category rather than hoped for. An upgrade subject to availability – which every suitespot booking includes – may move you up a floor, but on a full night it will not turn a city-facing room into a harbour-facing one.
Three addresses concentrate this more than any others. Rosewood Hong Kong and Regent Hong Kong both carry the address 18 Salisbury Road, and The Peninsula stands on the same street – three of our properties on the stretch of Kowloon waterfront that faces the island directly.
Their entry rates are 648 €, 461 € and 424 €, which makes this the most expensive few hundred metres in our Hong Kong selection. Whether it is worth it comes down to a question our travel advisors will happily put to you before you book: how many of your evenings will actually be spent in the room?
If the answer is not many, the more sensible choice is often one street back. The Mira on Nathan Road (206 €), the Mondrian on Hart Avenue and The Langham on Peking Road (180 € each) are all in the same quarter at roughly a third of the price.
What a 5-star hotel in Hong Kong costs
Hong Kong is one of the more expensive destinations in our Asian portfolio, and the numbers say so plainly. The median entry rate is around 245 €, against roughly 193 € in Beijing, 180 € in Bangkok and 145 € in Kuala Lumpur. Only Singapore is comparable.
What drives that is not one extreme house but the absence of a cheap end. The lowest entry rates in our selection are the Cordis in Mong Kok at 141 € and AKI in Wan Chai at 144 € – and after those the field moves quickly to 156 € and then straight into the 180 € to 250 € band.
Where the money buys the most is in the middle. The Renaissance Harbour View at 156 €, the Mondrian and The Langham at 180 € each and The Mira at 206 € all sit below the city median and all in central, walkable positions – the Renaissance on Harbour Road in Wan Chai, the other three in Tsim Sha Tsui.
At the top, four properties start above 400 €: Rosewood (648 €), The Landmark Mandarin Oriental (504 €), Regent (461 €) and The Peninsula (424 €), with the Mandarin Oriental just below at 398 €. Those are the harbour and Central addresses, and they are the reason the median sits where it does.
One note on our figures: we do not currently show an entry rate for the Harbour Grand Hong Kong, so it is left out of every number on this page. Our travel advisors can quote it directly on request.
Points, programmes and how we can help
Seventeen of our 22 Hong Kong properties belong to a hotel programme. Marriott Bonvoy is much the strongest with six – The Ritz-Carlton, The St. Regis, the JW Marriott, the W, the Renaissance Harbour View and The Mira – followed by ALL (Mondrian, AKI), the Shangri-La Golden Circle (Kowloon Shangri-La, Kerry Hotel) and Brilliant by Langham (The Langham, Cordis) with two each, plus IHG Rewards (Regent), World of Hyatt (Grand Hyatt), Fans of Mandarin Oriental (The Landmark), the Leaders Club (The Murray) and iPrefer (Harbour Grand).Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comFive properties take part in no loyalty programme: Rosewood Hong Kong, the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, The Peninsula, Lanson Place and EAST. Worth noting that the two Mandarin Orientals differ here – the Landmark is listed with Fans of Mandarin Oriental and the Connaught Road house is not, so ask us to confirm if that matters to your booking.
What that means in practice: at the very top of the Hong Kong market, points are largely not on offer. If collecting them matters, the strongest options are the Bonvoy houses, and The Ritz-Carlton at 365 € is the highest-placed of them.
As a suitespot guest you travel with VIP status: we pass your preferences to the hotel before you arrive – in Hong Kong most often a high floor and, where it exists, the harbour-facing side of the building. On top of that, every property includes breakfast for two, an upgrade subject to availability and up to 100 USD hotel credit.
The two questions our travel advisors are asked most here are which side of the harbour to stay on and whether the view is worth the difference. Tell us what the trip is for and we will narrow 22 properties down to two or three for your dates.
Earn points & use your status in Kowloon
suitespot rates are genuine direct rates: you keep earning regular points and elite nights in the hotel's loyalty program and retain your status benefits – on top of your suitespot benefits. These programs are represented in Kowloon:
| Program | Hotels | Examples in Kowloon |
|---|---|---|
| Marriott Bonvoy | 6 hotels | The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, The St. Regis Hong Kong, Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel … |
| ALL (Accor) | 2 hotels | Mondrian Hong Kong, AKI Hong Kong |
| Brilliant by Langham | 2 hotels | The Langham Hong Kong, Cordis Hong Kong |
| Shangri-La Golden Circle | 2 hotels | Kerry Hotel Hong Kong, Kowloon Shangri-La Hong Kong |
| Fans of Mandarin Oriental | 1 hotel | The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong |
| I Prefer | 1 hotel | Harbour Grand Hong Kong |
| IHG One Rewards | 1 hotel | Regent Hong Kong |
| Leaders Club | 1 hotel | The Murray Hong Kong |
| World of Hyatt | 1 hotel | Grand Hyatt Hong Kong |
Frequently asked questions about luxury hotels in Kowloon
How much does a 5-star hotel in Hong Kong cost?
Entry rates across our 22 properties run from about 141 € per night at the Cordis in Mong Kok to 648 € at Rosewood Hong Kong. The median entry rate is around 245 €.
That makes Hong Kong one of the more expensive destinations in our Asian portfolio – above Beijing (around 193 €), Bangkok (180 €) and Kuala Lumpur (145 €), and comparable to Singapore. The reason is the missing cheap end rather than the expensive top: after the Cordis (141 €) and AKI (144 €), the field moves quickly into the 180 € to 250 € band.
The best value sits in the middle: the Renaissance Harbour View at 156 €, the Mondrian and The Langham at 180 € each. With suitespot you always book at direct rates, and the benefits worth more than 500 € come on top.
Should I stay in Kowloon or on Hong Kong Island?
Our selection divides almost exactly in half – eleven properties in Kowloon and eleven on Hong Kong Island – so neither choice limits you.
Kowloon faces the island skyline across the harbour, which is why its waterfront hotels can offer a view the island cannot. Tsim Sha Tsui holds seven of our properties, including Rosewood (from around 648 €), Regent (461 €), The Peninsula (424 €), The Mira (206 €), the Mondrian and The Langham (180 € each). Hong Kong Island puts you in Central and Admiralty next to the offices, with The Landmark Mandarin Oriental (504 €), the Mandarin Oriental (398 €), The Murray (311 €) and the JW Marriott (245 €).
The harbour is narrow and quick to cross, so this is a question of where your days start rather than of access. Business in Central usually means the island; sightseeing, shopping and the skyline view usually mean Kowloon.
Which luxury hotels are in West Kowloon?
Two of our properties, and they share one address. The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong (from around 365 €) and the W Hong Kong (279 €) both stand at 1 Austin Road West – the Kowloon Station and International Commerce Centre complex.
The Ritz-Carlton occupies the upper floors of the tower and lists a Deluxe Victoria Harbor suite among its categories; the W sits at the base of the same complex, with its Fantastic, Marvelous, WOW and Extreme WOW rooms. Same postal address, two very different houses, and a price gap of about 85 € a night.
They are also the closest of our properties to the West Kowloon terminus, which makes them the practical choice if you are arriving or leaving by high-speed rail. Everything else in Kowloon sits further east, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hung Hom or Mong Kok.
Which Hong Kong hotels have harbour views?
Enough of them that the view is a booking decision rather than a matter of luck – and in Hong Kong it is written into the room list.
The Ritz-Carlton lists a Deluxe Victoria Harbor suite, the Grand Hyatt a Victoria Harbour suite and a Harbour Plateau, and Rosewood Hong Kong a Deluxe Harbor suite. The Renaissance Harbour View carries it in the hotel's own name.
The densest stretch is the Kowloon waterfront: Rosewood and Regent both at 18 Salisbury Road and The Peninsula on the same street, all facing the island directly.
The important practical point: book the view as a category. The upgrade included in every suitespot booking is subject to availability and may lift you a floor, but on a full night it will not move you from a city-facing room to a harbour-facing one.
Which is the most expensive hotel in Hong Kong?
In our selection it is Rosewood Hong Kong at Victoria Dockside in Tsim Sha Tsui, from around 648 € per night. It is also our best-rated property here, at 4.9.
Behind it come The Landmark Mandarin Oriental on Queen's Road Central (504 €), Regent Hong Kong (425 €), The Peninsula (424 €) and the Mandarin Oriental on Connaught Road Central (398 €). Those five are the top of the field, and three of them stand on the same Kowloon waterfront street.
It is worth setting that against the rest: fourteen of our 22 properties start below 320 €, and the median across the selection is around 245 €. Hong Kong is expensive, but the gap between the top five and everything else is wide.
Do I earn points and can I use my status with suitespot?
At 17 of our 22 Hong Kong properties, yes. Marriott Bonvoy is much the strongest programme here with six houses – The Ritz-Carlton, The St. Regis, the JW Marriott, the W, the Renaissance Harbour View and The Mira. ALL, the Shangri-La Golden Circle and Brilliant by Langham have two each, and IHG Rewards (Regent), World of Hyatt (Grand Hyatt), Fans of Mandarin Oriental (The Landmark), the Leaders Club (The Murray) and iPrefer (Harbour Grand) one each.
Five take part in no loyalty programme: Rosewood Hong Kong, the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, The Peninsula, Lanson Place and EAST.
The pattern is worth knowing before you plan: at the very top of the Hong Kong market points are largely not available. The highest-placed house where you can still collect them is The Ritz-Carlton at around 365 €. Your status benefits apply as usual and the suitespot benefits come in addition.
Where should I stay in Kowloon on a smaller budget?
Three addresses in our selection sit clearly below the Hong Kong median of around 245 €, and all three are in Kowloon.
The Cordis in Mong Kok is our least expensive house here at about 141 €, further up the peninsula in the densest part of the city – a different experience from the harbour hotels, and a livelier one. In Tsim Sha Tsui, the Mondrian on Hart Avenue and The Langham on Peking Road both start at around 180 €, one street back from the waterfront addresses that cost two to three times as much.
The Mira on Nathan Road at 206 € is the fourth. All four are in walkable central positions, and the money you save is largely the price of the view rather than of the location.
When is the best time to visit Hong Kong?
October to December is the most reliable window: dry, mild and clear, which matters because the skyline view is a large part of why people come.
Spring, from March to May, is warm but often hazy and humid. Summer is hot, very humid and the season for typhoons, with the heaviest rain between June and September – a typhoon signal can close transport and attractions at short notice. January and February are cool and comfortable but can be grey.
The calendar matters as much as the weather. Chinese New Year fills the city and closes some businesses for several days, and the trade fair season moves hotel availability sharply. Give our travel advisors your dates and they will tell you plainly whether you have landed on one of those weeks.
