The Upper House

An All-Suite Address Above Pacific Place

The Upper House sits atop Pacific Place in Admiralty, reached by a private lift that opens directly into a 24-metre-long lobby cut through raw stone and timber, designed by Hong Kong architect André Fu in a project that launched his international career. Every room in the hotel is a suite, a format still unusual in a city of compact hotel rooms, and the minimalist interiors favour pale timber, long sightlines and an absence of clutter over conventional five-star ornament. It is less a hotel lobby than a private floor, and the whole property is built around that same sense of elevated remove from the city below.

Why It Works

The all-suite format changes the maths of a stay: there is no entry-level room to settle for, only suites with separate living areas, remote-controlled lighting and curtains, and bathrooms finished with a twin vanity, a walk-in rain shower and a limestone bathtub. Harbour-facing suites look straight down Victoria Harbour from a height few hotels on the island can match. The restraint of the design, pale materials, minimal ornament, lets the view and the proportions do the work rather than gilding or grand gestures, which is precisely what keeps the hotel feeling calm rather than corporate despite sitting above a major shopping mall.

Why This Location

Pacific Place puts the hotel directly above one of Hong Kong Island's main shopping and office complexes in Admiralty, with the MTR station built into the same development, putting Central, Wan Chai and the rest of the island within a few minutes by train. The elevation that gives the suites their harbour views also sets the hotel apart from the street noise below: guests ride up into a different register of the city rather than walking into it from the pavement. It suits travellers who want a central, transit-connected base without feeling like they are staying inside a mall.

Fast Facts

• Prix : €€€€

• Vibe : minimalist, residential, quietly elevated

• Chambres : all-suite, several with harbour views, remote-controlled living areas

• Best For : design-conscious travellers, longer business stays, guests who prefer a residential pace to a resort one

• Our Favorite Thing About the Hotel : the all-suite format, with no standard room category to default into

• Dining : Salisterra (Mediterranean, 49th floor), The Continental (all-day dining, tropical garden terrace)

• Amenities : sixth-floor gym and yoga studio, outdoor garden (The Lawn), in-room spa treatments, in-room check-in

• Attractions : Pacific Place shopping and dining (connected), Admiralty MTR station (connected), Victoria Harbour views

Suites, Not Rooms

The decision to make every room a suite shapes the whole stay rather than just the square footage: guests get a defined living area separate from the bedroom, useful for a video call, a quiet breakfast or simply somewhere to put a suitcase out of sight. The maxi-bar is stocked with complimentary soft drinks and snacks rather than a paid minibar, a small but telling detail about the hotel's residential ambition. Bathrooms carry Bamford products and a limestone bathtub deep enough for an actual soak, not the shallow tub common at this room size elsewhere in the city.

A Quiet Alternative to the Spa Hotel

There is no spa and no pool here, an unusual omission at this price point, and the hotel leans into it rather than apologising for it: treatments come to the room, and a sixth-floor gym and yoga studio sit beside The Lawn, an outdoor garden used for occasional wellness programming. Travellers chasing a resort-style spa day should look elsewhere in the portfolio; this is a hotel built for people who want quiet, well-proportioned space and a short lift ride to dinner, not a full leisure programme layered onto a stay in the city.