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Royal Plaza Hotel () is a five-star

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Prince Edward Road West Prince Edward Road East and Prince Edward Road West are roads in Kowloon, Hong Kong, going in an east-west direction and linking Tai Kok Tsui, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City and San Po Kong (outside the retired Kai Tak Airport). The roa ...

Mong Kok Mong Kok (also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok. Mong Kok is one of the major shopping areas in Hong Kong. The area is characterised ...

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that opened in 1997. In 2018, the hotel celebrated its 20th anniversary. Owned by

Sun Hung Kai Properties Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP; ) is a listed corporation and the largest property developer in Hong Kong as of 2019. The company is controlled by the Kwok family trust, largely the Kwok brothers. The Kwok family trust was set up by Kw ...

, it is located next to

Grand Century Place Grand Century Place is a multicomplex including a shopping mall named MOKO, two office towers and a modern hotel named Royal Plaza Hotel. It is connected to the Mong Kok East MTR station. It has been renovated more than twice, the last one b ...

and above the

Mong Kok East station Mong Kok East station – formerly Mong Kok railway station and Yaumati () – is a station on Hong Kong's . Only out-of-system interchange is available with and at Mong Kok station via a footbridge. The station is connected to G ...

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History

At the end of 1990, the

Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC; ) is a Hong Kong wholly government-owned railway and land asset manager. It was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon– ...

entered a joint venture with Sun Hung Kai Properties to develop the site. A land premium of around HK$2.5 billion was accordingly paid to the government in 1993. The development, called Grand Century Place, was designed by Hong Kong architecture firm

Wong & Ouyang Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd. () is an architectural and engineering practice based in Hong Kong, with branch offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou. Its head office is in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, and it maintains an office in Shanghai. History The comp ...

. The hotel component, named Royal Plaza Hotel, opened in 1997.

Features

The hotel has two restaurants, a bar that hosts musicians, hot tubs, an outside pool, a gym, a health club, hot tubs, and a sauna. It also has a ballroom and meeting rooms. Connecting to the hotel is a shopping mall named MOKO at

with clothing stores (including a

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), restaurants (including an

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), a food court, and a movie theater. Connecting to MOKO and the hotel is the Mong Kok East station of the MTR.

Reviews

The hotel was recommended by the

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's "Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau" as a "high-grade cozy" hotel five consecutive times between 2009 and 2013. It received ''Wedding Magazine''s "best venue (hotel) for star wedding banquet" listing for five consecutive years. In his 2013 book ''The Book of Perfect Wedding Preparation'', wedding planner Tim Lau said Royal Plaza Hotel would be a good choice for a wedding venue. He observed that the staff were very attentive, the venue offered different food options for Chinese-style and Western-style weddings, and it was conveniently located near the MTR station. ''

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'' reviewer Resham Sengar called the hotel "a cosy place in the heart of the city" that "has a reputation for rendering satisfactory service to its visitors".

References

External links

* * * Multilingual (22 languages) unofficial informative website o
Royal Plaza Hotel
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