Royal Park Hotel

Chose this hotel because of its proximity to the Science Park, a 15 mins drive away. I love that it's connected to New Town Plaza Mall via a sheltered linked bridge on L3. The mall is huge, with many F&B options, supermarket and even a cinema. It is however far from typical tourist areas in the Kowloon side, approximately 30 mins by Uber which is rather costly in HKG. The mall is connected to the metro (Sha Tin station on the East Rail blue line), a more affordable means of transport but a longer travel time. The room is spacious by HKG standards, though the bathroom is small, typical of hotel rooms in HKG. The bed is firm but pillows are too soft for my liking. In general, the room is clean and well maintained and looks fairly new. The standing shower is a good size with a showerhead of strong water pressure. However the toilet bowl doesn't flush too well and requires multiple flushes to clear properly. They don't provide bottled water but there's a water dispenser on every level. The swimming pool is an odd-shaped but good size, I love that it's heated so a swim is possible even when the weather is cold. While the pool is technically outdoors, most part of it is sheltered, which makes it good for a swim in mid day too. Note that it's closed during certain hours in the day for cleaning. The breakfast is a good spread, including a live local noodles station. The staff are friendly and full of smiles, from the gentlemen at the doors, the front desk, to the concierge and housekeeping lady. I appreciate that they noted my preferences and assigned a room that matched it. Overall I enjoyed my stay and will be happy to stay here again if I needed to be in this area.