First off, it is absolutely true that the rooms are TINY at this hotel. But again if you're here to revel in a hotel room, you shouldn't be in Hong Kong.

The service is excellent and friendly, rivalling that of the four or five-star business or luxury hotels in the territory. The staff is extremely knowledgeable--eg, the best local joint for Chinese breakfast (a hole in the wall specializing in congee about five minutes away). They were efficient and unflappable even during the morning rush hour of check-out.

The location is very good. It's not quite as centrally located as everyone would have you believe, meaning it's still about a ten minute walk to the Sheung Wan MTR station, which is the nearest subway. But it's about a five minute walk from the nearest tram line. And having lived in many big cities, I can attest that it is very well positioned for taxis. Even in the rain, it wasn't difficult spotting an empty cab.

But Hollywood Road is just a minute's walk away, and the steady Western gentrification has spread farther west. Which means there is an excellent range of cosy restaurants and bars all along the strip. If you walk east, you eventually hit the antiques shop and gallery nub as well as Lan Kwai Fong (an expat haven for decades).

I stayed in a standard room on one of the executive floors (high up in the building), which was very small. The closet could hold about three suits, but it did come with two fluffy white bathrobes and slippers. (A very nice touch that should be a worldwide hotel standard, not just in East Asia.) The space is efficiently used, ie, the sink was in the main room, sharing the same counter that also functions as a "desk." The bathroom was just the commode and a standing shower---all much nicer than described as thus. It comes pretty well-stocked with shampoo, soap, razor, toothbrush/toothpaste, hairbrush, etc. Everything was immaculately clean.

There's a flat-screen TV with some satellite/cable stations like CNN, BBC, ESPN, etc, and the local HK stations (Cantonese and English language).

The room temperature was perhaps a touch cool as there is no heater. (Just a/c for the summer months.) Be warned, with HK's humidity, the room can get a little moist without the a/c on---even in the winter.

There's Wi-Fi and a LAN connection for Internet, but there is a daily rate. Wi-Fi is free in the lobby.

I did not eat breakfast at the hotel, but there does appear to be that option somewhere.

There is no gym or business centre.

There is a free shuttle bus that runs from Central Park Hotel to its two other sister hotels in Central and also the Hong Kong station of the Airport Express train in the IFC, which is a super-swank shopping mall with a cinema, hotels, restaurants, bars, and one of the best western-comfort food supermarkets in Asia. From the IFC you easily can hit the ferries and get around the Central business district.

All this for a great price, a couple of hundred US dollars below the going rate at hotels with similar quality service (although admittedly bigger rooms and more amenities).