Great Location (but Stinky) Hotel in Hong Kong at 60 West

Ady is in Hong Kong with her friends this weekend, and as I was giving her the list of my favorite places to eat, I realized I haven't blogged at all about our Hong Kong trip several long weekends ago when I went with friends with work over the Manila Day weekend. 

Friends from work while waiting to board at the airport.

We were a big group so we just chose a hotel with a nice location and there were itineraries for three categories: YOLO (You Only Live Once), Lola, and Virgin (First Timers for different things).

We stayed at 60 West Hotel.
It's called 60 West because it's on West Des Voeux Road

The location of the hotel was very convenient, we just took the Airport Express to Hong Kong Station, then it's around a 10 minute or HK$20 cab ride away. The only downside is the general area stinks. West Des Voeox Road is also known as the dried seafood street, so you can tell your near when things start to smell fishy. 

Sheung Wan MRT and the Western Market 15 minutes away on foot.
If you're travelling in a group, it's cheaper and more convenient
to go around by cab.

During the day, as soon as you step out of the hotel, you'll see and SMELL
 rows of Dried Seafood Stores beside each other.

There's a 7-11 right at the corner, so it's very easy to buy microwavable
Dimsum and High Fiber Yakult to eat at the hotel.

The hotel rooms are basic but clean and very spacious. Three of us were sharing a family suite and it was almost like having two bedrooms. 

Upon entering, there's a small kitchenette with a
microwave oven and a fridge.

From the door, you'll see a table to the right.
It can sit four people.

Then to the left is the living room area with a couch and a TV.
Beyond it are curtains that lead to the Masters Bed(room) area.

There's a King Size Bed after the curtains, which you can close for
some semblance of privacy.

On the other side of the room, after the table,
there's a divider that leads to two more beds.

In front of the two beds, they have a lot of closet
space and the normal robes and safe.

There's also a dresser area.

There's one bathroom to share.
It was small compared to the size of the whole place,
but it looked clean.

My roomies Anna and Anelle were ready to
party with the group at 1am (YOLO), while
I took the Lola category and opted to sleep instead.

I opted to sleep so I would be alive for Day 1. Sulit naman because we had a non-stop eating and shopping day. You can read about that here. 

The view from our room wasn't much.

But if you look closely, there are glimpses of the
water, so it's not too bad.

If you're leaving on a later flight, you can leave your luggage at the lobby.

Then you can do your last minute packing in the guest lounge on the
third floor, which is what we did.

For the convenient location, I would willingly stay at 60 West again, even if it stinks. just saying.

60 West Hotel

60-64 Des Voeux Road West, 

Sheung Wan, Hong Kong 

For perspective, our 3-night stay in the family suite was around Php10,000 per person, so our room was around Php10,000 (US$230) per night.