4/10 Fair
2 Mar 2025
An interesting stay, but cheap for a reason
The reality is that this place is the cheapest that you are going to find in Hong Kong, but it's cheap for a reason.
Pros:
- Good location. There is a tube station across the road and lots of shops and restaurants around it.
- Very affordable
- The staff were generally really friendly
Cons:
- I saw maybe one cockroach a day (although I have saw cockroaches in a lot of places I've stayed in Asia - even big new fancy high-rise buildings). I did see a rat in the stairwell to the building though which was a little more shocking.
- The Wifi was great when it worked, but would cut out every 30 minutes or so and just not connect.
- The room is very small. Fortunately they gave me a room with two beds so I had somewhere to put my suitcase.
- There are two lifts for the whole building (which contains guestrooms and homes). At peak times, you may have to wait 5 or so minutes to get into the lift.
A lot of the guest houses in this building appear to be managed by the same people from what I could see, so if you're happy with the above, I would suggest just booking the cheapest. They're all about the same price but some do work out a little cheaper.
This building has a bit of a legendary status in HK (for both good and bad reasons). I heard that it used to be ran by the Triads, and if I said to anyone that I'm staying in TST and "it's not the greatest", they would ask if I was staying in Chunking Mansion. Some may like experiencing this historical building.
Daniel
Daniel, 4-night trip
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