Icon Inn — Hotel in Hong Kong

Icon Inn is one of the many rentals in Chungking Mansion, in fact, Canada Hotel/Inn is also on the same floor and both have the same owners. ||||Location: the most perfect spot if you're in Tsim Sha Tsui (or even the East TST) MTR stations. From the airport, either taking the airport express (plus free shuttle transfer) or A21 bus or Airport Express + regular MTR transfers, you will easily find your way to Chungking Mansion.||||Your reservation will have enough notes and reminders on how the check-in process will be like. Icon Inn is at Block A 15th floor. There's an elevator attendant that ensures order and queueing is in check for all guests. ||||The Room: just like how most housing and living situation in the city of Hong Kong is, expect that the room is very cozy and small....you don't wanna be carrying too much luggage since you'd wanna save your room space. room is clean and maintained clean daily.||||The Amenities: beddings are clean and neat. there's a ceiling fan and AC, there's blower/hairdryer and your basic shampoo and bath gel in the bathroom. they also provide small soap and toothbrush, toothpaste and comb in case you have forgotten to bring your essentials. you can also use the microwave in the common area (or hallway) to heat up your food or get some hot water for your coffee. There's free wifi in the room!||||The Staff: totally awesome and friendly! what else could you expect, they are Filipinas! you could never get more accommodating and hospitable than people from the Philippines!||||Others: building and elevator is open 24x7 and there's enough security in the building plus additional secured door (i.e. use the badge given to you) before you even get to the area where the rooms are.||||If you happen to get in earlier than the usual 1:30 pm check in time, you can definitely entrust your luggage...

So, the Icon Inn; there's a few things you might want to know about this place before you stay there. There doesn't seem to be many honest reviews out there and so I felt I should let people know what they are in for if they stay here. ||First off, it’s in a great location in Tsim Sha Tsui, close to shopping district and bars. Unfortunately, that's where the good part ends... ||The Icon Inn is located in the Chungking Mansion which has been described as the "getto" of Hong Kong and a fire trap. Its 5 buildings stuck together with one main entrance. We only found this out after booking when we realized that the Chungking Mansion and Icon Inn where in the same place on google maps. There are men out the front offering anything from rooms to prostitutes and inside is a number of floors containing Indian food vendors and cheap shops. ||There are a number of hostels in this building all of which are the cheapest in Hong Kong. But while its cheap to stay, don't expect much space for your money. We had barely room for two beds. Also over the 4 days we were there the hot water didn't work once, so no shower (which was over the toilet). There is ONE elevator up to the hostel which has room for about seven people, so expect a 10 minuet wait at busy times as the Icon Inn is on level 15. ||Basically, Hong Kong is expensive and this place is slightly cheaper than others, I would recommend forking out the extra money to avoid this...

I liked icon inn as even though the room was very small, it was clean and had everything that you would need. What I didn’t like is that you have to queue up in a very long line to get in a small lift just to get to the correct block. We queued for about 45 minutes as one lift was out of order and the stairs couldn’t be used. We finally got up to block a to check in to then be told that we needed to go to block e! So had to go all the way back down and queue up! It is like a market at the bottom of the building as well with men hassling you to buy SIM cards constantly which I would have been nervous about going through if I wasn’t already aware of it from other people reviews. It is only scary at first though I actually think they were all harmless. Overall, the hostel is nice and clean and good value for money, I would stay there again as long as both lifts were working as apart from it being a pain having to wait so long, I’m pretty sure it is a health and...