Five-star Tsim Sha Tsui East, Hong Kong
The Royal Garden
On Mody Road since 1981, built around an atrium more than thirty metres high and planted on almost every level, with a heated pool on the roof looking over Victoria Harbour.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- Rooms
- 445, including 54 suites
- Opened
- 1981
- Renovated
- 2011
- From the airport
- About 30 to 45 minutes by car
The hotel
A garden under glass in Tsim Sha Tsui East.
The Royal Garden opened in 1981 at 69 Mody Road in Tsim Sha Tsui East, on the Kowloon side of the harbour. The building is arranged around a central atrium some thirty-four metres high, lit from above, with plants trailing from almost every level and glass lifts running up the middle. Restaurants and lounges open onto it, Le Soleil among them. There are 445 rooms, 54 of them suites.
A re-imaging that cost HK$240 million was finished in 2011, and the rooms were remade with mattresses built for the hotel. The Sky Tower Suites on the eighteenth and nineteenth floors are by Bilkey Llinas Design. On the roof, a heated pool of 25 metres in a Roman style sits beside a sundeck facing Victoria Harbour. Six restaurants share the building, from Sabatini for Italian cooking to Dong Lai Shun for Beijing and Huaiyang dishes.
- The atrium More than thirty metres of planted galleries under natural light, with glass lifts and restaurants looking on.
- The Sky Pool A heated rooftop pool of 25 metres, with a sundeck and Victoria Harbour beyond.
- Six kitchens Italian at Sabatini, Beijing and Huaiyang cooking at Dong Lai Shun, Japanese, Cantonese and Vietnamese, all under one roof.
Rooms & suites
From city rooms to the Sky Tower.
Of 445 rooms, 54 are suites. Crown Club guests have their own concierge and a lounge serving afternoon tea and evening drinks every day.
- Rooms Guest rooms From about 31 square metres, with mattresses made for the hotel.
- Club Crown Club rooms On the club floors, with quick check-in and check-out and the Crown Club lounge.
- Suites Sky Tower Suites On the eighteenth and nineteenth floors, designed by Bilkey Llinas, the largest about 110 square metres.
Dining
Six restaurants around the atrium.
Restaurants as listed by the hotel. Shown for information.
- Sabatini Ristorante Italiano Italian Roman in style
- Dong Lai Shun Beijing and Huaiyang In the hotel
- Shikigiku Japanese Known for tempura
- The Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant Cantonese In the hotel
- Le Soleil Vietnamese Overlooking the atrium
- The Greenery International buffet Breakfast and all day
Good to know
Before you go.
- Crown Club Club guests check in and out with a dedicated concierge and have the lounge seven days a week.
- Spa Treatments are given in the Sky Club, by therapists trained in Thai, Balinese and other Southeast Asian methods.
Getting there
Flying to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong International takes all flights, and private jets are handled at the Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre on the airport. The drive to Mody Road takes about thirty minutes in light traffic; Forbes Travel Guide gives 28 to 45.
- Shanghai 1 h 55
- Bangkok 2 h 35
- Singapore 3 h 40
- Tokyo 4 h 10
- London 13 h 05 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Does The Royal Garden have a rooftop pool?
- Yes. A heated pool of 25 metres sits on the roof, with a sundeck facing Victoria Harbour.
- How many rooms does The Royal Garden have?
- 445, including 54 suites. The Sky Tower Suites are on the eighteenth and nineteenth floors.
- How far is The Royal Garden from the airport?
- About thirty minutes by car in light traffic, and up to 45 at busy times.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Hong Kong?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Hong Kong, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Hong Kong
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Rosewood Hong Kong The brand’s flagship on Victoria Dockside, open since 2019, and the only hotel in Hong Kong with three MICHELIN Keys.
- Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong On the Central waterfront, where three restaurants hold seven MICHELIN stars between them.
- Mandarin Oriental The Landmark, Hong Kong Reopened in summer 2026 with interiors by Joyce Wang in terracotta and deep green, and Amber on the seventh floor.
- The Peninsula Hong Kong Guests can be met by a 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II, or by helicopter.
- Upper House A hundred and seventeen studios and suites by André Fu, high above Pacific Place since 2009.
- Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong Floor-to-ceiling windows on the harbour, Cantonese cooking at Man Wah, and drinks at the Captain’s Bar.
- The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong In the top floors of the International Commerce Centre, with an indoor infinity pool above the city.
- The St. Regis Hong Kong André Fu’s second Hong Kong hotel, with 129 rooms and butlers on call day and night.
- The Murray, Hong Kong, a Niccolo Hotel Opened in 2018 in the former Murray Building, with 336 rooms over twenty-five floors looking over Central.
- Hotel ICON Owned by the Polytechnic University as a teaching hotel, with an eighteen-metre indoor garden by Patrick Blanc.
- Regent Hong Kong Rated Forbes Five-Star for the first time in 2026, on the Kowloon side of the harbour.
- The Langham, Hong Kong At 8 Peking Road, with T'ang Court, one of the city's seven three-star restaurants, on site.
- Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong Above Pacific Place with 544 rooms and suites, and Restaurant Petrus and Summer Palace among its eight restaurants.
- Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong On Mody Road facing Victoria Harbour, 688 rooms and Shang Palace for Cantonese cooking.
- JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong Built over Pacific Place at 88 Queensway, with the MICHELIN-starred Man Ho for Cantonese food.
- InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong There are 572 rooms on the harbourfront, and Hoi King Heen cooks Cantonese.
- Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel Part of the Harbour City complex at 3 Canton Road, on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront.
- Cordis, Hong Kong Joined to Langham Place and Mong Kok station, with Ming Court serving Cantonese tasting menus.
- The Hari Hong Kong, Vignette Collection Three of its 210 rooms are suites on the roof, and Lucciola cooks Italian on Lockhart Road.
Staying at The Royal Garden?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Hong Kong, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.