Hong Kong Hostels

Pros: Would you like to make friends with cockroaches? This is the place for you. Not only are there prostitutes and men who constantly harass you at the entrance to the building, but this place is also teeming with roaches. The sheets are disgusting and management does not admit to the presence of roaches even though they have cans of insecticide specifically for roaches. We shortened our stay here and found somewhere else.

Pros: I enjoyed the great service that was provided to me. Upon arrival we were greeted with an easy check-in and were walked directly to our rooms. We were also able to borrow a adapter for the outlets. Our rooms were cleaned daily and water, a microwave, and hot water dispenser were provided in the hallway. Towels, cups, toothbrushes, and soap were provided. There was also a fridge and safe. Room also had hot water for the bathroom and air conditioning! On our last day we were also able to leave our bags in the office. The staff gave us tips on places to visit and transportation as well. This is a great place to stay if you aren't looking for somewhere luxurious. We visited Hong Kong to sightsee, shop, and eat; not stay in our rooms. The location was also perfect. We were walking distance to the ferry, restaurants, train stations, and several shopping malls. Please do your research and view picture of the hallways before booking! Personally I did not mind the dirty and strange hallways because I pretty much only stayed in my room to sleep and preferred to spend my money on tours, shopping, and dim sum.

Pros: location is OK.

Pros: Absolutely nothing! It was an utter nightmare! A very unpleasant experience. Not even the most hard up backpacker should have to suffer this. But then again, Chung King Mansions does have almost cult status and you have to be able to say you stayed there once in a lifetime. In fact, you need to stay somewhere like this once in a while so that you can appreciate decent hotels. However, within the tiny space, they had managed to fit a safe (on the ceiling!), a hair-dryer, and a TV (which didn't work) with remote control - and in effect I suppose it had an 'en-suite' bathroom, though it was about 1m sq and the whole space was in fact a shower that just happened to have a wc and a very tiny wash basin in it. Everything was soaked if you took a shower. Ah yes, there was one good thing - free wifi.