#20 in Top 20 Hong Kong for Business · A design hotel in Wan Chai
The Hari Hong Kong
A 210-room Tara Bernerd design hotel in Wan Chai, pitched at the business traveller who wants a good room and a good dinner over a marquee harbour view.
A 210-room Tara Bernerd design hotel in Wan Chai, pitched at the business traveller who wants a good room and a good dinner over a marquee harbour view.
"A contemporary, residential-feeling hotel that wins on interiors and dining rather than skyline, well suited to the work trip built around meetings on the island and dinners downstairs."
| Criterion | Score |
|---|---|
| Rooms & Design | 9.2 |
| Service | 9.1 |
| Location | 9.0 |
| Dining | 9.3 |
| Work & Connectivity | 9.0 |
| Value | 9.0 |
| Aggregate | 9.1 |
Scored on our six-criterion framework, weighted for a business trip. See how we score.
Book it for design, dining and an easy island base rather than a marquee harbour view. The Hari opened in December 2020 in Wan Chai as the sister to The Hari London, and its whole appeal is contemporary, residential-feeling design over corporate gloss: 210 rooms and suites styled by the London studio Tara Bernerd and Partners, with a layered, textural look that reads more like a private members' club than a business tower. For a work trip that means a room you actually want to spend the evening in, which is not a given at Hong Kong's more generic four- and five-star options.
The practical case is the location and the food. Wan Chai puts you a short walk from the Wan Chai MTR and the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, with Central a brief tram or taxi ride away, so meetings across Hong Kong Island are straightforward. In-house, Lucciola and Zoku give you two genuinely good options for entertaining clients without booking out, and a terrace bar handles the after-work drink. It earns its place on our Hong Kong business list on design and dining, ranked at the value-conscious end of the field rather than the harbour-view top.
Book a Corner Room for a longer work trip. The Corner Rooms are larger than the standard King and Twin rooms, add a dressing area, and give the better city outlooks over Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, which makes the difference when you are in the room for several evenings rather than one night. The design language runs through every category, so even the entry rooms feel considered.
If you only need a place to sleep and prepare between meetings, the entry-level Hari Rooms carry the same look at a lower rate and are a sensible business choice. Step up to a suite mainly if you plan to host in the room or want the extra living space; for a solo business traveller a Corner Room is usually the smarter spend. Ask for a higher floor away from the Lockhart Road frontage for the quietest night.
Book Lucciola for the client dinner, where the pasta is the thing to order, and hold Zoku for a more relaxed evening of sushi and robata. Use the terrace bar for the after-work drink rather than heading out, and walk the ten minutes to Wan Chai MTR for the morning commute. If your trip also runs through London, a stay at The Hari London pairs naturally and the team can coordinate.
The design is the signature and the dining backs it up. Tara Bernerd and Partners gave The Hari a warm, tactile, residential aesthetic, layered fabrics, timber and brass, a living art gallery in the public areas, and rooms that feel like a well-edited apartment rather than a business-hotel module. It is one of the more genuinely stylish stays in this price band on Hong Kong Island.
On food, Lucciola is the Italian restaurant and the hotel's headline room, led by Piedmont-born chef de cuisine Francesco Gava, and it is a proper destination for a client dinner rather than an afterthought. Zoku is the Japanese restaurant, a moodier space with origami ceilings and velvet booths for sushi and robata. Add the terrace bar and a fitness centre, and a business traveller can eat, drink and meet across a full day without leaving the building, which is the quiet luxury of the place.
Across recent guest reviews, the most consistent praise is for the design, the dining and the service. Guests describe the interiors as a highlight and a genuine point of difference, single out Lucciola and its pasta as reason enough to stay, and credit the staff for warm, attentive service at a scale small enough to feel personal. Business travellers note how convenient the Wan Chai base is for island meetings and the convention centre.
The recurring reservations are about the address and the view. Guests point out that Wan Chai, while lively and central to the island, is not the Central banking core, so a day of Central meetings involves a short commute, and that this is a mid-rise design hotel without the sweeping harbour views of the tower hotels across the water. A few note it is a newer name still building recognition. The net sentiment is of a stylish, well-run, dining-strong hotel that over-delivers for its rate, with the caveats squarely about location and skyline rather than quality.
The honest cons are the address, the view and the brand's newness. First, Wan Chai is convenient and characterful but sits between Central and Causeway Bay rather than in the banking district, so if your meetings are all in Central you will be taking a short tram or taxi each way; it is a small friction, but a real one for a packed business schedule.
Second, this is a mid-rise design hotel, not a harbour-view tower, so you trade the skyline room for quieter, more residential streets, which is the right call for some travellers and the wrong one for those who want the view. Third, The Hari is a young brand without the recognition of Hong Kong's established grande dames, which matters if a marquee name is part of the point. None of this undercuts the hotel; it simply describes a stylish, dining-led island hotel rather than a landmark harbour tower.
Against the field, The Hari competes on design, dining and value rather than on a harbour-view address. Use the table to place it against three other hotels on our Hong Kong business list.
| Hotel | Best for | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| The Hari Hong Kong | A design-led, dining-strong Wan Chai base at a sensible rate | Wan Chai, not Central; mid-rise, no harbour-view tower |
| The Upper House | A serene, design-icon hotel above Pacific Place in Admiralty | Pricier; still not on the harbour front |
| Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong | A harbour-front Central landmark with Michelin dining | Much more expensive; a larger, grander hotel |
| Conrad Hong Kong | A high-floor Admiralty tower with skyline views and a spa | More corporate in feel; higher rates |
If you want design and dining at a fair rate on the island, The Hari is the pick. For a design-icon base see The Upper House; for a harbour-front landmark look at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong; and for a skyline tower consider Conrad Hong Kong.
Yes, for a traveller who values design and dining over a harbour view. It is a 210-room hotel in Wan Chai, a short walk from the MTR and the convention centre, with a Tara Bernerd interior, two strong restaurants and a terrace bar, so it suits island meetings and in-house client dinners. The trade-off is the Wan Chai address rather than the Central banking core.
A Corner Room is the sweet spot for a longer trip: larger than the standard rooms, with a dressing area and city views over Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. The entry-level Hari Rooms carry the same design at a lower rate if you only need a base. A suite makes sense mainly to host in the room.
Lucciola is the Italian restaurant, led by chef de cuisine Francesco Gava, and is the signature room for a client dinner. Zoku is the Japanese restaurant for sushi and robata. There is also a terrace bar, an art gallery and a fitness centre, so you can eat, drink and meet without leaving.
It is at 330 Lockhart Road in Wan Chai, a short walk from Wan Chai MTR and the convention centre. From the airport, take the Airport Express to Hong Kong Station, about 24 minutes, then a short taxi to Wan Chai. Central is a brief tram, taxi or MTR ride away.
Wan Chai is convenient but not the Central banking core, so Central meetings mean a short ride. It is a mid-rise design hotel rather than a harbour-view tower, and a newer brand without the recognition of the established Hong Kong grande dames.
Off-peak pricing, suite upgrades and subscriber-only offers, flagged only when the value is real.