Mini Hotel Central

What. A. Nightmare. BED BUG BEWARE — do not stay here.
I stayed in this hotel, and although well situated I got woke up the next morning with several bites. I didn’t know anything about bed bugs and assumed I’d been bitten by a mosquito. Next night — many more bites. Then it was time to check out and I flew onto a different part of China and stayed in a ‘lap of luxury’ 5* hotel. When I got back home to America and unpacked I found that every night I woke up with red bites on my body. Distressed I decided to do some research online. I soon concluded I had bed bugs. My boyfriend was being bitten too, so we stripped off the bed and saw them in the mattress. We had one hell of an ordeal over the next months. We boiled bedding, put down poison, steam-​cleaned the floor to stop them spreading and breeding in the floorboards, we slept in the living room for a while… we kept washing bedding and clothes daily… we didn’t use our closets for clothes for a year, but instead had to keep our clothes in the living room. It was just hell. We finally got it under control and stopped being bitten. Nightmare. it’s been 18 months so I opened up a bag of clothes I’d had quarantined since it all began (apparently bed bugs die after 9 – 12 months if they have nothing to feed on) and I took out a jacket and wore it. I thought it was safe. I am so upset because it’s 3 days later and my body has gradually become covered in bites again. I have 9 painful ugly bites on one leg alone. I am miserable. I thought all that bed bug nonsense was a distant bad dream. I was wrong. It might be starting all over again. I would pay thousands of dollars for 2 nights in any other hotel than the Mini Hotel — just so I could avoid all this time and misery and money spent in dealing with this nightmare.
And on top of the bedbug situation, I wasn’t even impressed with the hotel anyway. Sure it was affordable but it wasn’t that clean and I had to ask for a towel and when they brought it I realised it was like a tiny hand towel (which I had to make do with to dry myself and dry my long hair), and it had holes in it from wear.
Please. Take my advice. Don’t stay here. If I only had the benefit of my own advice back then…

Great location (though difficult to find, I advise taking a taxi instead of being your own bellman) but it was cheaper booking here than my fave hostel.
The room was sooooo small it would be just comfortable for me– a five foot small asian girl, other than that it’s a squeeze. The bathroom was tiny and barely fit me and I was trying so hard to not touch the walls Cuz God knows what’s been there or just on it. Super humid room with pretty bad circulation, you smell the hanging water in the air. They provide toilet paper, two shower towels, and all over shampoo. The tv is pretty staticy while the water boiler looks scary and the hair dryer tiny. The bed was stiff and the sheets were pretty clean save for the few stains on the pillow case.
There are two long horizontal mirrors that line the wall of the room and complete glass that separates the bathroom from the room so you get a nice view of wink wink.

For the pros:
–Location is great.
–They offer a free 3G phone during your stay which is useful if you’re traveling from another country.
*End of list*
Now the cons:
If it wasn’t for this hotel’s excellent location, I would give it one star. Here are the issues with this hotel:
–Is there no dehumidifier in the entire hotel? The AC had to be set to 14 degrees in order for it not to be incredibly humid in the room! It was the most uncomfortable I have ever been in a «hotel» room.
–Craziest thing of all: The entire bathroom is a glass wall! Which means if you have to go to the toilet, your husband/​wife/​partner will be able to see you. I am very comfortable with my fiancée, but I do not want to be watched sitting on the toilet. Does anyone? Your hotel, must fix this. It is absurd!
–The front desk service was not very good. About half of them were friendly, the other half, just downright rude.
–Lastly, and I understand the name of this hotel and I know this can’t be changed, but the hotel rooms are uncomfortably small. This really shouldn’t be called a hotel.
If I was a single guy with only one suitcase, the room size would be okay (but still uncomfortable). For couples, don’t even try this place. I will not be staying here again. There is no chance I’ll stay here again. I will happily pay more for a better room.
Get dehumidifiers and change the bathrooms! Never experienced a hotel like this anywhere else in the world!

This is a perfect location for those who like to party as it’s within steps from Lan Kwai Fong (and just behind Play/​Dizzi nightclub).
Rooms are very self contained and each have it’s own bathrooms.
A word of warning that the bathroom wall is see-​through just in case you’re staying with another guest (make sure you know them really well!)

I stayed at Mini Hotel in January 2014 for four nights. All I needed was a clean, well located and inexpensive hotel… what most people look for in an accommodation anyway!
I had been warned that room hotels in Hong Kong were match box-​style and the name of the hotel reminded me of that. Nevertheless, it looked pretty much what I needed and booked it. And to my delight, Mini was exactly what I had pictured in my mind: a tiny, yet convenient hotel.
It is located in Ice House Street, in the heart of Central, just a few steps away from Lan Kwai Fong. In spite of its central location, the place is extremely quiet. My room was on the second floor and I couldn’t hear a noise coming from the street, or even from adjacent rooms. The room though, really was a tiny one. As I was traveling on my own, I booked a single room, ensuite, with A/​C, tv, wifi… Once I placed my suitcase inside, I struggled to do the same with myself! I then moved the suitcase underneath the bed and problem sorted. It was neat and clean and the bathroom, at the bedhead, was facing the street. Just be warned that the bathroom glass is see-​through from outside so you may want to pull down the slides!
The service at the counter was helpful and efficient. I had no problem checking in or out. The downside is that they don’t have a dining space, not even for a small breakfast before heading off for the day. They do have a really nice open area with designer furniture but they don’t seem to make any good use of it. Most customers waited by the counter and this area was empty most of the time.
All in all, I highly recommend this place if you are traveling alone, with light luggage and for a few days. If you need to stay in Central or don’t know the city very well, it is the best option I have found so far. The MTR station is 5 minutes walking and so is the tramway. It is also easy to grab a cab at the hotel door. I paid 2520 HKD for my stay.