Having seen an earlier review which said it was shabby we were worried about our choice.

We are a family of 2 adults and 2 children - aged 2 and 4. Our children have eczema hence the need to have self catering facilities. Our parents who live in HK checked the place out for us and said it was nice. Indeed they compared it to the YWCA which is next door and recommended it above that.

Our two weeks there we found the following:
1. The location was excellent - 5 minutes from a park and 15 minutes from another park. The main "supermarket" was Park n Shop - about 5 minutes from the hotel and stocks all the usual European foods as well as Chinese food. You can get most places by taxi but for us we enjoyed walking (at least going down - the climb back was harder and we occasionally took a taxi back.

There is also a free shuttle bus to the heart of HK every morning and evening which we took advantage of occasionally.
2. The room was cleaned every day which we did not expect. Having clean sheets / towels etc everyday was nice especially with 2 young children (you need to do your own dishes and our 1st visit to park n shop was to get washing up liquid).
3. The view was suburb. We were on the 15 floor looking straight down on the park and the central district.
4. We found the service very good. We asked for an extra single bed which was there and asked for various thing thought the stay (extra towels - a high chair - you may want to ask for this beforehand as they indicated they had limited availability for highchairs).
5. The kitchen was small but it had a hob cooker/ microwave/ fridge/ cutlery provided and some frying pans. It had cable TV (x2), a hair dryer, a bath with shower, a small safe, and plenty of cupboard space. We managed fine over 2 weeks although longer we would have definitely missed the oven.
6. The room itself was clean but was small. It has a main room and a double bedroom. We paid HK $ 1700 per night - not cheap but checking elsewhere was excellent value for money for self catering in HK.

It would have been ideal for 2 people but after asking for the extra bed beforehand we managed with 2 very young children - they slept on the double bed with one of the adults with one adult on the spare bed. (They had a HK $ 1500 room but I suspect the extra space was necessary for us)

If there were 2 older children it would have been a problem and I should certainly check out availability of larger rooms if that is the case for you.
7. We didn't try the restaurant because of our children’s condition and the gym was small but functional.

We had an excellent holiday and on the whole we were very pleased with our choice.

My company put me up here on my 1st visit to HK, it is supposed to be a corp apartment. This place was probably liveable 5 years ago, but is badly in need of refurbishment.

1) They do not differentiate Smoking and Non-Smoking floors; my room was ok but my hallway REAKED of smoke.
2) Carpet was disgusting -- would not walk barefoot
3) bed was hard as a rock, like sleeping on the floor
4) Couches were uncomfortable and old, would not want to "lounge" on them.
5) Air conditioning in room was loud
6) Coffee Shop food was dreadful, and they stopped serving at 9:30pm. 1st night I got there could not get even a bottle of water. No other restaurants nearby, either, so you have to bring food from downtown.
7) Gym is a room w 2 treadmills, stairmaster, and a few weights.

I would compare this to a rundown Howard Johnson's in the US. Definitely not as nice as, say, a Marriott Residence Inn in the US.