The room was ok but very congested. The view from my window was terrible as there was scaffolding all around because of some construction going on at the hotel. The service was terribly slow. I had to call Housekeeping twice and wait for more than an hour to get an adapter attachment for plugging in my laptop. The worst is, most of the Housekeeping staff who came didnt understand English so whatever I use to say or ask, they will ask me to phone the Reception. The buffet breakfast (that was complimentary) was most boring. I stayed for 3 days there and I ended up almost bored with the same breakfast laid (without any variations) every day in the morning. The location is very far from the main tourist places & shopping areas. So, if you are going to Hong Kong as tourist and shopping, then Regal Oriental is definitely not your best choice.

1. It's under extensive renovation, a fact they don't tell you when you are booking. When you get there you have to keep the curtains drawn even during the day because of the work going on outside. 2. The touted 24-hour room service is a hoax. We landed a little past midnight and were told the kitchen is closed. (There's a McDonalds close by which can be a life saver.) 3. Don't bother to call the reception from your room - they don't EVER pick the phone. Go down and speak to them in person even if there's a fire in the room. Especially if there's a fire in the room. 4. The rooms are small. Make that pokey. 5. English - no no english. Learn Chinese before you get there. 6. The hotel 'helps' you with conducted tours through the city. Take them at your own peril. These are just enforced visits to jewellery stores and other establishments masquerading as "Visit to Commercial Area".

We were booked into this hotel as an add-on to a tour of China. We checked it's website & it seemed fine apart from being outside the main Hong Kong attractions. There was some refurbishment happening when we arrived, lots of noise & dust, but the major disappointment was the room. Our room 347 was a furnished corridor! The room was approx 8 feet in width with 2 single beds squashed up at the end of the room. It had the feel of a room in a university hall of residence. We were there for 2 nights, our room wasn't made up after the first night either. Due to the builders we had to keep the curtains drawn as they were wandering about on the scaffolding outside the window. There are much better hotels to choose from in Hong Kong so my advice is steer clear of this one.

Located in Kowloon City (not Kowloon Tong), and trade has passed on with airport relocation. It really is a long way from the HK action. Other than the small historic Walled City Park and the multitude of Thai and Chinese restaurants in the little enclave around the corner, there's nothing to see or do here. The upside of that is, as soon as you leave the hotel on foot you are unlikely to run into any other tourists. It's a working class HK neighbourhood which can be fascinating until you realise that the way people hang their washing out is pretty much the same all over the world. But if you've been to HK many times and always stayed in tourist-infested Central or Tsim Sha Tsui, it's an interesting experience for a couple of nights.