Ocean Guest House — Hotel in Hong Kong

Ocean Guest House is a great place as long as you have a clear idea of what you want, need and what you're getting. I've stayed at the Butterfly on Morrison's Deluxe room - a relatively plush, mid-level boutique hotel and considerably more expensive than this; I've also stayed at the Mini Hotel central which is about twice this in price. And, all things considered, I’d recommend this before the other two places - particularly the Mini Hotel which I had been happy with prior to my stay here. ||||I was recommended this place by a friend and given the difference in price, I was hopeful that it'd be nice and then i could save a lot of money on the hotel when going to Hong Kong. If Hong Kong is anything, it's expensive.||||The pros:||||It's cheap. That's what's obviously good about this place.||||It's clean. This is invaluable. My primary concern was that the place would be hopping with bed bugs and any other sort of critter and denizen of cheap hotels around the world. As it turned out, the place was a little rough around the edges but it was clean.||||Staff are nice. Some hotels are so cheap that the staff figure you haven't paid enough to get their service on top of the box you've been assigned to sleep in. They were very friendly and helpful.||||The location. It's right next to Tsim Sha Tsui station which means instant access to the rest of Kowloon or back on Causeway Bay in 10 minutes. In fact you'll spend more time walking about the labyrinths of the MTR stations, wondering how to get out, than you will travelling.||||Those are the good things. Now assess the cons:||||The rooms are small. Very small. Well yes. But here's the thing: unless you're loaded and are prepared to spend that load, you'll be staying in a room that is small. And probably, whatever size of hotel room you're used to staying in elsewhere, Hong Kong, as a whole, will provide something disappointingly small. Unless you're super rich. So, honestly, I didn't think this was much of a downer. In fact the room was bigger than the two different rooms I stayed in at the Mini Hotel Central.||||The room is ugly. Very Ugly. Well yes. There's no real way to qualify this: you're staying in a place that's decorated like a utility bathroom. Tiled floor and tiled walls. Maybe even tiled ceiling but I wasn't inspecting the ceiling much. But here's the thing: wherever I've stayed - and I've stayed in some pretty swanky places (not the best, but swanky nevertheless) - I pretty much get to the hotel room, quickly sort myself out then go out. All I do in the room, really, is sleep. So if the hotel is a place you like to hang out in, if it's part of your experience, and you want that to be salubrious, this is not the place for you. Otherwise...it's ugly! So what? To be honest I was quite entertained by the thought that I was voluntarily having a cosy sleep in a bathroom without also racing the porcelain bus around whitey's-ville.||||Bed is small and Spartan. This is true. I'm 5'10" and with my head on the pillow, the sole of my foot was touching tile. If you are point guard for a basketball team, I suggest another hotel or a double bed at least. But the bed was comfy enough. And the duvet, despite being little more than a glorified blanket, did its job. With the wonderfully noisy air-conditioning blasting away (I'm a brit and I need to replicate the icy conditions of the homeland wherever I go), I was plenty warm enough.||||The room is in Chunking Mansions. What's that? It's a place in Kowloon where ne'erdowells come together to do their thing: sell drugs, knock-off watches and tailored suits, it seems. So is this bad? Again, it's perspective. I wouldn't recommend it to my parents because my mum would be convinced that death was around every corning. But realistically, just like the rest of Hong Kong, it's pretty safe. Safer, say, than Las Vegas, off-strip, where death really is around every corner. Sure, the pushers are pushy but I didn't get any sense of danger at all. You just go about your business and ignore them. Honestly, Chunking Mansions is an institution in its own right and if you like to see all aspects of a place you're visiting, not just the fancy parts, I'd recommend a look regardless. In fact, I found it a pleasant palliative to the endless supply of the beautiful and the well-heeled who, frankly, are the worst thing about Hong Kong in general: self-impressed, vacuous and materialistic. Urgh. But that's another story.||||What else is wrong with the place? hmm...the interconnecting sections that run between the hotels and through the core of the building, look like something from a post-apocalyptic movie. Again, if you want salubrious, this is not the place for you. If you take such things in your stride, it's no big deal. I can say that the Ocean Guest House is pretty well maintained.||||The lift and finding the place. Chunking Mansions is like some sort of super-building which consists in many the hotels scattered throughout it. Locating your hotel can be a pinch but there's a sign outside the elevator which is hard to read but gives you the location well enough. And the lift you have to queue for. There's two of them but the average wait was about 10 - 15 minutes when I was visiting on a Saturday. Is that a problem? It is if you're desperate for the toilet, otherwise, not really.||||I'll be staying here from now on. Unless I need to impress someone for some reason and where I'm staying is a consideration in that. And I fully recommend this place based...

I stayed here for a few nights. The room is very clean, they clean it daily and change the bed linen often. I didn't see any dust or dirt. It's nice. The owner is a very kind and friendly person, always available. The hotel is quiet.There are some downsides. I wasn't warned that I needed to leave a deposit of 200 Hong Kong dollars. In the room I was given one very small towel that looked like a rag for washing the floor. I was also told that the hotel doesn't accept smoking, but the smell of cigarettes was coming into my room from somewhere. The elevator in the building where the hotel is located is very slow and there are too many people, you need to stand in line to go up in the elevator. Also, after checking out, I was not allowed to leave my suitcase at the reception for a couple of hours. This was also very inconvenient for me. Overall, it's ok, but the price is too high for this room.I forgot to take photos of room that's why let me attach photos of building in which...

First of all, know what you're paying for. If you're staying in Hong Kong know that property there is super expensive and everything is crowded and small. If you need someplace comfortable and roomy with luxury facilities then this is not the place for you.||||However if you are looking for something cheap, clean, and only need a place to sleep and shower then this place fits the bill nicely. For the price, you definitely get what you paid for and the staff there is super friendly and you can ask them for towels, soap, and some toiletries.||||On a side note know that in Asia it is very common to see apartments, hotels, etc where the toilet has no separation from the showers. Yes, it definitely takes some getting used too but once you wrap your head around the idea that you're only really staying there for a couple of nights then just be thankful that the place is clean. If you want a nice bathroom I think you will have to look more around the...