The first Conrad in Asia, opened July 1990 on the upper twenty-three floors of Pacific Place in Admiralty — 467 rooms, the original 39th-floor sky lobby, Nicholini's holding one Michelin star since 2009, and direct internal access to the city's most considered shopping mall.
"Hilton's Asia flagship for thirty-five years — Pacific Place in Admiralty, the upper twenty-three floors of the tower, Nicholini's at the 8th-floor connector with one Michelin star since 2009, and the most reliable corporate-and-family swing hotel in central Hong Kong."
Conrad Hong Kong opened on 1 July 1990 as the first Conrad property in Asia and Hilton's first attempt to build a brand specifically positioned above its mainstream Hilton flag. The property was conceived as the hotel anchor of Pacific Place — Hong Kong Land's then-new Admiralty mixed-use complex (Pacific Place opened in 1988) designed by P&T Architects, with the Conrad on the upper twenty-three floors (floors 39 to 61) of Pacific Place's hotel tower, the JW Marriott on the lower fourteen floors of the same tower, and the Island Shangri-La in the adjacent tower. The architect was P&T's Remo Riva, with Wilson & Associates handling the interior. A comprehensive refresh by Wilson Associates in 2018-2019 modernised the rooms and the public floors without disturbing the original sky-lobby planning logic.
The 467 rooms (including 41 suites) all sit above Hong Kong's 39th-floor cloud line, with the Harbour Rooms (north and east-facing) framing Victoria Harbour, the Peak Rooms (south-facing) framing The Peak, and the Park Rooms (west-facing) over Hong Kong Park. Standard Deluxe Rooms run 38 sqm with Hong Kong's signature large-window vertical-strip glazing. Executive Floor Rooms (floors 56-58) include access to the 58th-floor Executive Lounge with all-day food and beverage service. Suites range from the 75-sqm Junior Suite to the 140-sqm Conrad Suite. The 2019 refresh introduced new Italian fabrics, brass detailing, and a contemporary Hong Kong art programme by Tomás Saraceno, Carla Klein, and others.
The dining and bar programme has five concepts. Nicholini's — the Italian fine-dining flagship on the Pacific Place 8th-floor connector — has held one Michelin star continuously since 2009 (originally awarded in 2009 for chef Riccardo La Perna; currently under chef Chiara Vesia) and is the longest-tenured Michelin-starred Italian in Hong Kong. Brasserie on the Eighth is the all-day French brasserie. Garden Café is the international buffet (the city's most consistently busy hotel buffet). Café Vienna is the lobby-level Viennese coffee bar — an unexpectedly authentic schnitzel-and-Sachertorte concession that's been a fixture since opening. The Lobby Lounge — on the 39th floor with the corner-view of Hong Kong Park and Victoria Harbour — is the considered afternoon-tea venue. Sky Bar is the rooftop cocktail bar (open seasonally).
The position is the operational proposition. Pacific Place itself contains the city's most considered luxury-shopping arcade (Lane Crawford flagship, Joyce, Harvey Nichols, Hermès, Chanel, Cartier, IWC) plus a Great Food Hall basement that's the city's best hotel grocery; the Conrad is connected to it by escalator from its eighth-floor lobby. Admiralty MTR Station is one minute via internal walkway. The HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Bank of China head offices in Central are 8 minutes by walking or 4 by taxi. The Star Ferry to Tsim Sha Tsui is 6 minutes by walking through Hong Kong Park. For business travellers, family stays, and weekend visitors who want the most reliable Pacific Place address with the longest-running track record, Conrad remains the considered default.
For Hong Kong corporate stays at the level where the Pacific Place address matters and the budget targets the considered (rather than the absolute top), the Conrad is the answer. Executive Floor Rooms with 58th-floor Lounge access, Nicholini's at lunch as the city's most reliable Italian working table, and the direct internal connection to the Pacific Place mall, Admiralty MTR, and the city's most considered luxury-retail block.
The Conrad's Conrad's Care for Kids programme — bear-themed turndowns, in-room children's amenities, the dedicated kids' check-in — has been a Hong Kong family-stay standard for two decades. Two-Bedroom Family Suites with connecting doors, the rooftop pool with the Park view, and the direct mall and Hong Kong Park access on foot make this the most operationally smooth Hong Kong family-stay option.
A Harbour Suite with the Victoria Harbour view, Nicholini's tasting menu with the Barolo flight, the Pacific Place mall pre-dinner browse, and the rooftop Sky Bar nightcap. The Conrad's anniversary register isn't the milestone-once-in-a-lifetime version (Mandarin Oriental and Peninsula are the better answer there) but the calibrated annual variant, where reliability and the position outweigh statement.
Pacific Place
88 Queensway, Admiralty
Hong Kong
Admiralty MTR Station 1 minute via Pacific Place; HSBC head office 8 minutes by walking; Star Ferry to Kowloon 6 minutes; Hong Kong International Airport 25 minutes by Airport Express
467 rooms incl. 41 suites
Deluxe Park Room from HKD 3,200/night
Deluxe Harbour Room from HKD 4,200/night
Executive Floor Room from HKD 5,400/night
Conrad Suite from HKD 13,000/night
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Opened 1 July 1990 (first Conrad in Asia)
Architect: Remo Riva (P&T Architects)
Refresh by Wilson Associates 2018-2019
Nicholini's (1 Michelin star since 2009)
Brasserie on the Eighth + Garden Café + Café Vienna
39th-floor sky lobby with harbour view
Executive Lounge on 58th floor
Outdoor heated pool on the rooftop
Direct connection to Pacific Place mall
From HKD 3,200/night. Standard Park Rooms can usually be booked 4-6 weeks ahead; Harbour Suites and the Executive Floor during Hong Kong Sevens (typically late March/early April) book three to four months out.
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