The 113-room sister property to the original Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong — opened October 2005 atop The Landmark complex on Queen's Road Central, with the largest entry rooms in the city (50 sqm), Richard Ekkebus's two-Michelin Amber, and the 2,000-square-metre Oriental Spa underneath.
"The Mandarin's quieter, larger-roomed Central sibling — directly atop the city's most exclusive shopping arcade, with Amber holding two Michelin stars on the seventh floor and the 2,000-square-metre Oriental Spa underneath, the only Forbes Five-Star spa in Asia for a stretch of consecutive years."
The Landmark Mandarin Oriental opened in October 2005 as the second Hong Kong property in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group's portfolio — the first being the 1963 original at 5 Connaught Road Central, three minutes' walk away. The Landmark project occupies the upper floors of Hongkong Land's flagship Central retail complex (The Landmark, designed by P&T Architects), with a separate hotel entrance on Queen's Road Central and direct internal access to The Landmark's Louis Vuitton, Dior, Hermès, and Tiffany flagships at lobby level. The hotel's interior architect was Adam D. Tihany, with a 2014 refresh by Carl D'Aquino and a comprehensive restoration completed in 2018-2019 led by Joyce Wang Studio.
The 113 rooms (including 16 suites) are organised across nine guest floors and are the largest entry-category rooms in any Hong Kong luxury hotel — the standard L600 starting room is 600 square feet (approximately 50 sqm), where the city's competitive set typically delivers 30-35 sqm. Each room category is named for its size and identified by a circular wall-mounted brass plate (L600, L800, L900, L1000, L1100, L1200) — the L1200 corner suites are the milestone-anniversary category. The 2018-2019 Joyce Wang refresh introduced Mongolian cashmere throws, hand-applied lacquerwork, and the brand's signature in-room iPad-controlled lighting and climate without disrupting the original Tihany bones.
Amber — chef Richard Ekkebus's contemporary French signature on the seventh floor — opened with the hotel in 2005 and has held two Michelin stars continuously since 2009 (it had earned its first star in 2007). Ekkebus is one of Asia's longest-tenured chef-restaurateurs in a single property, and Amber's nine-course tasting menu is the most decorated hotel-restaurant tasting in Hong Kong. SOMM is the wine bar with the city's most considered Burgundy programme. MO Bar is the lobby-level cocktail bar widely cited in Asia's 50 Best Bars rankings. PDT (Please Don't Tell), a New York speakeasy collaboration, occupies the basement-level hidden bar accessed via a phone-booth entrance — the only proper-formula speakeasy in any Hong Kong luxury hotel.
The Oriental Spa is the property's signature wellness anchor — a 2,000-square-metre facility across two floors with 15 treatment rooms, a hammam, an experience shower circuit, and a 22-metre indoor heated pool. The spa held Forbes Five-Star recognition continuously from 2007 onwards and is the largest hotel spa in Central. The hotel sits on top of the Central MTR Station, has direct internal access to Pacific Place via the Central-Mid Levels Escalator, and is one minute's walk from HSBC Hong Kong, Standard Chartered's Central head office, the IFC Mall, and Lan Kwai Fong. For business travellers and luxury weekend visitors who want the quieter, larger-roomed Mandarin alternative inside the same Central postcode, this is the considered answer.
For Hong Kong business stays where the building location matters more than the harbour view, The Landmark is the answer — direct internal access to The Landmark mall (the city's most exclusive retail address), one minute to HSBC and Standard Chartered, three minutes to the IFC. Amber at lunch is the city's most decorated working table; SOMM in the evening is the considered private-banking room.
An L1200 corner suite, the Amber tasting menu with the wine pairing, the Oriental Spa Couples' Suite at the milestone level. The hotel handles every variant of the brief reflexively — the spa programme can be calibrated to a half-day or a full-day register, and PDT in the basement at midnight is the considered nightcap.
An L900 with the Statue Square morning view, the SOMM Burgundy flight, the Oriental Spa rasul ritual, and a private MO Bar setup at sunset facing the Central skyscape. The Landmark's quieter Central register is the more honeymoon-correct of the two Mandarins compared to the harbour-front original.
15 Queen's Road Central
The Landmark, Central
Hong Kong
Central MTR Station 1 minute via direct lift; HSBC head office 1 minute; IFC Mall 4 minutes via covered walkway; Hong Kong International Airport 25 minutes by Airport Express + 5 minutes
113 rooms incl. 16 suites
L600 King from HKD 5,500/night
L800 King from HKD 6,800/night
L900 Suite from HKD 9,500/night
L1200 Corner Suite from HKD 18,000/night
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Opened October 2005
Architect: Adam D. Tihany (interior)
Refresh by Joyce Wang Studio 2018-2019
Amber by Richard Ekkebus (2 Michelin since 2009)
SOMM wine bar
MO Bar + PDT speakeasy
The Oriental Spa (2,000 sqm)
22m indoor heated pool
Direct internal access to The Landmark mall
From HKD 5,500/night. Standard L600 rooms can usually be booked 4-8 weeks ahead; L1200 Corner Suites and Amber's chef's table during Art Basel Hong Kong week (typically late March) book three to four months out.
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