Regal Riverside Hotel

Love this hotel

The hotel was cleaned and newly remodeled. I was upgraded to the top floor. It's very convenience to take any route of the buses to anywhere. Free shuttle is provided every half an hour to the train station and city of Sha Tin. Staff were nice and helpful. The airport bus only costs HK$21.00 right in front of the hotel. A lot of tourist from mainland China though. The talked very loud over the hallway and lobby. Very often they visited each others room. For the price and the cleanliness, I will stay in this hotel again!

Neighbourhood recommendations: There are few difference shopping malls which connected to each other in Sha Tin. Take sometime to walk around. The farther from the train station, the cheaper merchandise you can find.

Great Value for the Money

This is the third time I stay at this hotel in two years. The rooms are large compared to other hotels in the city, and the rates are reasonable. The hotel lobby may be crowded and noisy during morning check-out and afternoon check-in times as the hotel accommodates large number of tour groups. The housekeeping staff was very courteous and had tried to be helpful. One complain I had was the in-room refrigerator that did not keep its contents cold. Apparently the refrigerator needed major repair or simply a replacement. After four complains to the housekeeping staff and the front desk, the problem was still not resolved. At one point I thought if I wanted to have a working refrigerator was to switch to another room. Did not do that because I did not want to pack and unpack again. So I stayed in the same room with a non-working refrigerator for my entire 13-night stay (YES, 13 nites!). Other than this, everything else was OK as any other hotel should be. And, for the price I paid, this hotel is of great value. I am currently planning another visit to HK and this hotel is on my list.

Neighbourhood recommendations: Though location of hotel is not close to any major business districts, I like the tranquility of Shatin as a leisure traveller. If you don't mind to mingle with the locals, there are many local restaurants around the hotel that you can eat at local prices. The hotel provides shuttle buses to Newtown Plaza(a major shopping and restaurant mall in Shatin) where MTR(Mass Transit Railway) is also located within. You can go almost anywhere with MTR in Hong Kong. The Mall is also within walking distance(about 10-15 minutes walking). There are several local bus stops by the river bank just outside one of the doors of the hotel that one can hop-on and travel to other major business and tourist areas in Hong Kong. The stop for Bus route A41($21 HK one way), which goes to the airport, is also located outside the hotel among other local bus stops. Taking this airport-hotel bus instead of the expensive airport shuttle provided by the hotel, One can save a big bunch of $$$.