The Mini Hotel, Central, Hong Kong

An appropriately-named hotel if ever there was one…

March started with Lauren and I meeting in the lobby of the aptly-named Mini Hotel in Central, Hong Kong. It’s always quite surreal (in a good way) seeing a familiar face in an unfamiliar location and the start of a fun-packed three days exploring the city.

Located on Ice House Street, the Mini Hotel is a short walk from Central / Hong Kong MTR stations, the tiny cafes of Sheung Wang and the mid-level escalators. The location is the perfect base for exploring Hong Kong from. Yes, the rooms are tiny but it’s Hong Kong – there’s too much to do outside.

The hotel is easy to find but, slight warning, if you’re walking from Central / Hong Kong MTR it a steep road followed by some very steep steps. Maybe take a taxi if you are not a light traveller… Spot the facade b the red vending machine and red post box.

The reception area has a lounge for chilling out / working and there’s a vending machine stocked with snacks and travel essentials. The rooms aren’t quite capsule hotel size but they are small! I am 5’1 and didn’t really find this an issue – the room was spotlessly clean, towels were changed daily and I’ve had worse showers in 5* hotels. The wifi was free and, again, better than in some far pricier hotels I’ve stayed in.

The hotel doesn’t provide much in the way of added extras – no breakfast (although there are a lot of options very nearby) and no toiletries. Given the tiny rooms and central location, I expected the hotel to be noisy at night but my worries were unfounded (or I was just exhausted from walking the vertical incline streets of Hong Kong and feel asleep the moment my head hit the pillow each night).

In a city which isn’t particularly budget-friendly, the Mini Hotel was a great base from which to explore and at £200 (HK$ 2,200) for three nights it worked out as much cheaper than a traditional hotel or the quite uninspiring AirBnbs in the same price range.

Book here: https://www.minihotel.hk/ 
Mini Hotel, 38 Ice House Street, Central, Hong Kong