Having booked the Hotel Marco Polo Hongkong mainly due to its location, we were slightly worried given some less than fabulous reviews on tripAdvisor.

However, we were more than pleasantly surprised! The hotel is very chic, clean and of a high standard. The front desk staff were excellent and extremely helpful - esp. when our flight from Sydney was delayed on the outbound trip.

Excellent location, very big rooms - ours overlooked the pool area - with plenty of storage space and a great bathroon with shower and full size bath!

On our first night, we ate at the Cucina restaurant which is within the hotel complex and the food, wine and cocktails were fabulous! Our waiter was exceptional, knowledgeable and very friendly without being intrusive.

We would most definitely stay here again.

The hotel is located at the bottom end of Canton Rd. It is convenienty located close to the Star Ferry and has a free shuttle bus pick up/drop off point next door which takes you to Cowloon MTR; Very useful if your planning to catch the express train to/from the airport, cos there is no need to push luggage around the street to get to the closest MTR station. I personally loved the convenience of the shuttle service particularly given we had to catch an early flight. First shutte service at 6:15am. The room we stayed in was spacious with a separate 'walk in robe' room where we hung our clothing, stored a suitcase and left all our shopping. The minbar and safe are also in that room.

The business centre is open 24hours a day which was good when we wanted to get on the NET outside the peak usage times.

Room service was not that impressive. The food was a bit bland.

The new restaurant/bar (Cuccina) has a great view of the harbour. We were given two free cocktail vouchers to use on our next visit to the bar. The drinks were average in quality, and the bar staff offer a little dish containing caramelised nuts and rice crackers with the drinks.

There may be a better location for a hotel room in Hong Kong, but I doubt it. After reading the TripAdvisor reviews I booked a harbour view room at the Marco Polo, and we were not disappointed. Our room was HUGE - enormous king sized bed, big bathroom, luggage / minibar in a separate little room, and more than enough room left over for my 4-year-old son to have a single bed in the main room.

But most impressive was the view. We were on the 9th floor, looking out directly over the pier where the cruise ships dock on Kowloon. We could see the Star Ferry pier just a little way to the left, and we were looking out right across the harbour at Hong Kong. My husband and I spent a couple of hours watching the sun go down over the harbour and the lights come on, as my son slept in the room behind us. Magic.

We didn't eat at the hotel at all. There are good and cheap restaurants and some convenience stores just a few blocks away.

We wanted a nice stopover for a couple of nights, with a view that would be interesting no matter what time our jetlagged selves were awake, and the Marco Polo delivered brilliantly.

We stayed for 3 nights having stayed at the Metropark Kowloon last time. The Metropark was too far out of the action so we opted for location this time.

We weren't disappointed! You can cut through Ocean Plaza straight to the Star Ferry.

We booked a Harbour View room and this was well worth the extra cost. The views at night are stunning.

Our room was a corner one and it had a sitting area plus a dressing room!

The staff were efficient and friendly.

We opted for the buffet breakfast which was slightly on the expensive side but there was plenty of choice. The only drawback is that it took them ages to bring your tea or coffee!

We didn't eat in the hotel in the evenings. One gem is "Dan Ryan's" in the Ocean Plaza (on the route from reception to the Star Ferry) It's a little difficult to locate as the entrance is tucked away but it is based on an American diner and the food is good and reasonably priced.

We ould definitely book the Marco Polo again.