# Rosewood Hong Kong
**Rosewood Hong Kong** (香港瑰丽酒店) is a luxury hotel in the Victoria Dockside arts and design district on the [Tsim Sha Tsui](https://www.edgepedia.org/tsim-sha-tsui) waterfront of Kowloon, Hong Kong. Opened in March 2019, it was the first Hong Kong property of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, the brand owned by [New World Development](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-world-development), and it occupies floors of the 65-story Rosewood Tower designed by the architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox with interiors by Tony Chi.[1](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-opens-its-doors-as-a-timeless-monument-to/) • [2](https://www.kpf.com/wp-content/uploads/imported-files/20190325_KPF-Completes-Rosewood-Hong-Kong.pdf)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Opening | Announced for 17 March 2019; the hotel's opening release is dated 18 March 2019[3](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-announces-17-march-2019-opening-date/) • [1](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-opens-its-doors-as-a-timeless-monument-to/) |
| Building | 65-story, 256-meter Rosewood Tower by Kohn Pedersen Fox; the hotel spreads over 43 floors[2](https://www.kpf.com/wp-content/uploads/imported-files/20190325_KPF-Completes-Rosewood-Hong-Kong.pdf) • [4](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/travel-guide/a60569826/rosewood-hong-kong-hotel-review/) |
| Accommodation | 413 rooms and suites, plus 186 Rosewood Residences[5](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-crowned-the-world-s-no-1-hotel-for-the-second-consecutive-yea/) |
| Dining | 11 restaurants and bars; The Legacy House (Cantonese) and CHAAT (contemporary Indian) each hold one MICHELIN Guide star[5](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-crowned-the-world-s-no-1-hotel-for-the-second-consecutive-yea/) • [6](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/faq) |
| Wellness | Asaya, the brand's first urban wellness outpost, operated with the Parisian beauty house Guerlain[1](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-opens-its-doors-as-a-timeless-monument-to/) • [7](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/overview/services) |
| Rankings | No. 2 on The World's 50 Best Hotels in 2023, No. 3 in 2024, and No. 1 in both 2025 and 2026[5](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-crowned-the-world-s-no-1-hotel-for-the-second-consecutive-yea/) |
| Sustainability | LEED Gold certification[8](https://www.kpf.com/project/rosewood-hong-kong) |
## Site and development
The hotel stands on a site with a century of commercial history. In 1910, Holt's Wharf was established there by Swire and the Blue Funnel Line as a freight hub linking Hong Kong to mainland China by rail. Swire sold the site to New World Development in 1971, and the company built the New World Centre, a mixed-use complex completed in phases between 1978 and 1982 that included the city's waterfront promenade, the predecessor of the Avenue of Stars.[9](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366213264_Waterfront_development_and_planning_control_a_case_study_of_Victoria_Dockside_in_Hong_Kong)
By the 2000s the complex had declined, and New World Development redeveloped the site as **Victoria Dockside**, a US$2.6 billion, 3 million square foot art and design district announced in the mid-2010s and fully opened in August 2019 after a ten-year redevelopment. The district includes the K11 MUSEA cultural-retail destination, K11 ATELIER offices, and K11 ARTUS serviced apartments, with Rosewood Hong Kong as its hotel anchor.[10](https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2020/1027/2020102700674.pdf) Kohn Pedersen Fox led the design of the whole district with more than 100 designers and consultants; the Rosewood Tower's stepped, irregular massing expresses its mix of hotel, serviced residences, and boutique office space, lifted on stone piers at its base with floor-to-ceiling glass above.[8](https://www.kpf.com/project/rosewood-hong-kong) • [2](https://www.kpf.com/wp-content/uploads/imported-files/20190325_KPF-Completes-Rosewood-Hong-Kong.pdf)
The opening carried family significance for the owners: Rosewood's chief executive Sonia Cheng chose the former New World Centre site, a harbourfront complex built by her grandfather [Cheng Yu](https://www.edgepedia.org/cheng-yu)-tung, for the brand's debut in its home city.[11](https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/rosewood-hong-kong-review)
## The hotel
Rosewood Hong Kong opened as the 26th international property of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, which the brand described as a defining milestone and its first hotel in Hong Kong, the home city of its owners.[1](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-opens-its-doors-as-a-timeless-monument-to/) • [11](https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/rosewood-hong-kong-review) The property presents itself as a "vertical private estate" on [Victoria Harbour](https://www.edgepedia.org/victoria-harbour), following the brand's A Sense of Place philosophy.[3](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-announces-17-march-2019-opening-date/)
Rooms range from city-view categories to Grand Harbour View rooms, and the largest suite, the three-bedroom Salisbury Penthouse, was listed by the hotel's managing director at HKD 120,000 plus 10 percent per night in 2024.[6](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/faq) • [4](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/travel-guide/a60569826/rosewood-hong-kong-hotel-review/)
## Dining and wellness
The hotel operates 11 restaurants and bars. At opening it presented Holt's Café, a Chinese tea house concept; The Legacy House for refined [Cantonese cuisine](https://www.edgepedia.org/cantonese-cuisine); and DarkSide, a cocktail bar with live jazz named in a nod to Kowloon's older reputation as [Hong Kong Island](https://www.edgepedia.org/hong-kong-island)'s less glamorous neighbor.[3](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-announces-17-march-2019-opening-date/) • [4](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/travel-guide/a60569826/rosewood-hong-kong-hotel-review/) The current lineup also includes CHAAT (contemporary Indian), HENRY, BluHouse (Italian), Butterfly Patisserie, The Butterfly Room for afternoon tea, Bayfare Social (Spanish-inspired), and Marmo Bistro (French). The Legacy House has held one star in the MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau from 2024 through 2026, and CHAAT from 2022 through 2026.[6](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/faq)
Asaya, the brand's wellness concept, made its first urban outpost at the hotel. It operates as Asaya Spa by [Guerlain](https://www.edgepedia.org/guerlain), open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., alongside a 24-hour fitness center, a Rossano Ferretti HairSpa, and an infinity pool.[1](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-opens-its-doors-as-a-timeless-monument-to/) • [6](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/faq) • [7](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/overview/services) The private Manor Club lounge serves club-level guests, and the hotel's event facilities include a 1,000-square-meter Grand Ballroom that can host up to 780 guests.[7](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/overview/services) • [6](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/faq)
## Recognition
Rosewood Hong Kong has placed among the top three of The World's 50 Best Hotels every year since that ranking began: No. 2 in 2023, No. 3 in 2024, and No. 1 in both 2025 and 2026, when it was also named the Best Hotel in Asia.[5](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-crowned-the-world-s-no-1-hotel-for-the-second-consecutive-yea/) The ranking is determined by more than 800 independent voters, including hoteliers, travel journalists, and experienced travelers, with the results independently adjudicated by Deloitte.[12](https://www.wallpaper.com/travel/hotels/the-worlds-50-best-hotels-2026-list) The 2026 list described the hotel as occupying 43 floors of the Rosewood Tower with more than 400 rooms, a 25-meter infinity pool, and two Michelin-starred restaurants.[13](https://moneyweek.com/spending-it/travel-holidays/the-best-hotels-in-the-world)
The hotel's profile has also drawn mixed guest accounts.
## References
1. [Rosewood Hong Kong Opens Its Doors as a Timeless Monument to Residential Luxury, Rosewood Media Hub (18 March 2019)](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-opens-its-doors-as-a-timeless-monument-to/)
2. [Kohn Pedersen Fox Completes Ultra-Luxury Rosewood Hotel in Hong Kong (25 March 2019)](https://www.kpf.com/wp-content/uploads/imported-files/20190325_KPF-Completes-Rosewood-Hong-Kong.pdf)
3. [Rosewood Hong Kong Announces 17 March 2019 Opening Date, Rosewood Media Hub (5 December 2018)](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-announces-17-march-2019-opening-date/)
4. [Best Room At… Rosewood Hong Kong, Town & Country (23 April 2024)](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/travel-guide/a60569826/rosewood-hong-kong-hotel-review/)
5. [Rosewood Hong Kong Crowned the World's No. 1 Hotel for the Second Consecutive Year, Rosewood Media Hub (16 September 2026)](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/global/media-hub/press-releases/rosewood-hong-kong-crowned-the-world-s-no-1-hotel-for-the-second-consecutive-yea/)
6. [FAQ, Rosewood Hong Kong official site](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/faq)
7. [Services, Rosewood Hong Kong official site](https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/overview/services)
8. [Rosewood Hong Kong project page, Kohn Pedersen Fox](https://www.kpf.com/project/rosewood-hong-kong)
9. [Xue, Gu, and Leung. Waterfront development and planning control: a case study of Victoria Dockside in Hong Kong, Urban Design International (2022)](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366213264_Waterfront_development_and_planning_control_a_case_study_of_Victoria_Dockside_in_Hong_Kong)
10. [Victoria Dockside, New World Development FY2020 results announcement](https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2020/1027/2020102700674.pdf)
11. [Rosewood Hong Kong review: First In, CN Traveller (24 June 2019)](https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/rosewood-hong-kong-review)
12. [Who claimed a place in The 50 Best Hotels 2026?, Wallpaper*](https://www.wallpaper.com/travel/hotels/the-worlds-50-best-hotels-2026-list)
13. [The best hotels in the world: Full list of top 50, MoneyWeek](https://moneyweek.com/spending-it/travel-holidays/the-best-hotels-in-the-world)
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