We checked in to the Hollywood Hotel around 5pm. The room was much larger than the hotel we stayed in Kowloon and was decorated with some Mickey figures here and there…

Welcome to Disney’s Hollywood Hotel

They do expect us to bring these home ain’t so?

View from a rest area on our hotel floor – the hotel had a decent park and swimming pool

Lobby with portrait of Baden Powell

B P is the acronym for Baden Powell, the founder of Scout Movement. The 25-storey hotel building is actually the Hong Kong Scout Centre; the Scout Headquarters only occupied a few floors though, the rest are hotel rooms and facilities.

We chose this hotel because of its reasonable pricing and its location. It took around 5-10 minutes walk to get to Jordan MTR station, it’s quite near to the famous Temple Street, and there are plenty of restaurants and shops around.

We booked a standard room with extra bed for 3 adults; my 2 year old niece stayed for FOC. It cost us HK$1200 + tax for a night… quite reasonable for Hong Kong standard.

The room was small, a bit smelly (cigarettes), but offered a nice view of Tsim Sha Tsui and a bit of Victoria Harbour. Besides, the staff was friendly and really helpful… so we were quite happy with the stay. [Hotel's website]

Our room view – Victoria Harbour should be visible in good weather… but it was really hazy during our visit; it was nice enough though