Upper House Hong Kong

We recommend The Upper House to business travellers who want to escape the gilded palaces of Tsim Sha Tsui and to design-conscious couples who prefer calm to ostentation. It's a hotel for the over-40s and up, discreet meetings, tête-à-tête dinners, returns from meetings in Central. Families with children will find the atmosphere too hushed, the clientele remains mostly adult and professional.

The Upper House occupies the top twelve floors of an office tower at Pacific Place, complex opened in 1988 and renovated in 2009. Vertical architecture by André Fu, who designed the hotel like a suspended house: no traditional lobby, just a reception lounge on the 38th with library and fireplace. Natural materials everywhere, European oak, Jura stone, Belgian linen, Italian leather. Rooms from 55 to 140 m², all with floor-to-ceiling windows no balcony (Hong Kong regulations on towers).

Café Gray Deluxe on the 49th floor serves European-Asian fusion cuisine by Gray Kunz (died in 2020, brigade trained by him). Continental breakfast until 11am, brunch at weekends, dinner every evening with harbour view. The adjoining bar offers 200 wine references and sake cocktails. No gourmet room service, but light menu 24/7 (salads, pasta, dim sum). We come above all for the view and hushed ambience, the food is solid without being memorable.

The Upper House stands in Admiralty, business and shopping district between Central and Wan Chai. Pacific Place below the hotel groups three luxury towers (LV, Hermès, Dior), a cinema and a dozen restaurants. Admiralty MTR station three minutes away, connections to Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay, airport. The area buzzes by day, deserted after 9pm, very safe. Victoria Peak 15 minutes by taxi, Star Ferry 10 minutes on foot.