The T Hotel

The T Hotel is a training hotel, operated Hong Kong's the Hotel and Tourism Institute, under the Vocational Training Council, and if you know that, staying there can be fun. Fun how? Well, as a training hotel, service is provided by students, guided by instructors who are hospitality industry veterans. The students rotate through the hotel service functions (e.g. F&B, front desk, operations), and they travel in packs, delivering service, and observing instructors and classmates. If you arrive shortly after a rotation, you can anticipate service at novice levels, but mostly, it's amusing. Service levels are also highly variable. Imagine coming back to your room every day and playing a game in which you try to discover what housekeeping task has been forgotten. No towels today, ring the front desk. No slippers? Ring the front desk. And so on. Some students are clearly going to succeed in the industry; others need to overcome severe shyness. One observation: I used to live in Hong Kong, and until 10-15 years ago, it was a solidly English-speaking city (and Cantonese, of course). The city has pivoted hard to Mandarin, as a result of political events, and some of the students at the T Hotel clearly speak almost no English (some also seem afraid to try, but that can be overcome). Overall, large rooms, excellent value (if you're okay with student service), and Pokfulam is well-served by buses and minibuses, with Aberdeen close by.

Very great

Spa good

The rooms are much bigger than the average hotel rooms in HK, and in particular for hotels at similar price. The seaview of at the dining places is spectacular