Hong Kong, Hong Kong · Five-Star · ★★★★★
The Murray, Hong Kong
Foster + Partners reskin of a 1969 government tower. Quiet money.
Foster + Partners reskin of a 1969 government tower. Quiet money.
"Opened January 2018 inside the original 1969 Murray Building — a former Hong Kong government office tower designed by Ron Phillips. Foster + Partners stripped the building back to concrete shell and rebuilt it as a 336-room luxury hotel; the result is the most quietly considered new luxury opening in Central since 2010."
The Murray, Hong Kong opened on 19 January 2018 inside the original Murray Building — a 1969 25-storey government office tower designed by Ron Phillips for the Hong Kong Public Works Department, and one of the city's most quietly admired pieces of late-modernist architecture. Foster + Partners' brief, given by the Wharf Group, was to retain the original building's rhythm of recessed, sun-shaded windows and underlying concrete frame while rebuilding the interior at five-star calibration. The result, six years on, is the most considered piece of adaptive-reuse luxury in Hong Kong — a hotel that feels like it has always been there, because the building has.
There are 336 rooms across 25 floors. The Deluxe Garden View, the entry, is 50 square metres with a window onto Hong Kong Park, the city's largest contained piece of green space. The Premier and Premier Garden categories run to 60 square metres. The Murray Suite, at 100 square metres, has a separate living room and a wraparound balcony. The Niccolo Suite, on the 25th floor, is the celebration room — 220 square metres with a private terrace, a 12-seat dining room, and a wraparound view from Hong Kong Park to the harbour. Every room is finished in the Foster + Partners palette: oak, ribbon-grey linen, and antique brass detailing.
Popinjays, the resort's rooftop bar and restaurant on the 25th floor, has the most considered single rooftop-bar location in Central — a glass-walled bar facing Hong Kong Park with a wraparound terrace open to the harbour view. Murray Lane, on the lobby level, is the resort's main cocktail bar, named after the building's original 1969 use as the city's main public works office. Guo Fu Lou, the resort's Cantonese restaurant on the third floor, holds a Michelin star and serves a fine-dining tasting menu of Cantonese classics. The Tai Pan, the resort's modern European fine-dining room on the second floor, is a deliberate counterpoint to the harbour-view drama elsewhere in Central.
What separates the Murray, in 2026, is the architectural restraint inside a city of progressively louder new luxury. The Foster + Partners-designed lobby is small, the colour palette is neutral, and the Wharf Hotels group's Niccolo brand template runs the precise European-style five-star service throughout. Hong Kong Park is the resort's park; the Peak Tram is at Garden Road, four minutes' walk; Pacific Place is six minutes through the elevated walkway; Central MTR is eight minutes. For a discreet Hong Kong business stay, a milestone celebration that wants Foster + Partners-grade design without the volume of Rosewood across the harbour, or a multi-day solo working trip, this is the considered Central answer.
Pacific Place is six minutes by elevated walkway, Central MTR is eight minutes, Hong Kong Station (Airport Express) is fourteen. The Niccolo Suite has a 12-seat private dining-room boardroom; the lobby-level business centre has four further private rooms. Same-day mainland China visa applications handled by the in-house concierge.
The Niccolo Suite on the 25th floor — with its wraparound view from Hong Kong Park to the harbour — is the celebration room. Brief the team 96 hours ahead — they will arrange a private Popinjays terrace dinner staged for one table, a violin trio, and a closing Murray Lane Champagne pour.
The Premier Garden View is the considered solo working room — 60 square metres facing Hong Kong Park, with the most ergonomic writing desk in Central. The 25th-floor Popinjays terrace is, for the working solo traveller, the morning espresso room of choice.
Rates checked May 2026. Price varies by date and view.
The Murray, Hong Kong is one of 8 editor-ranked options. Compare scores, occasion fit, and price across the city.
See All Hong Kong HotelsNew hotel openings, deal alerts, and occasion-specific guides — weekly.