After making reservation quite some time in advance we got the tiniest room with shower (which you have to preheat 15 min in advance to get 2 min of warm water) and toilet two in one (so after you took a shower the whole bathroom (with no warm water for handwashing) was soaking), a tiny bed which fit for kids and barely room to put a suitcase. The AC was so loud you cannot even talk to each other. And it wasn`t even cheap: 66,- Eur per night off-season. After one sleepless night we decided to change to a different place. What a surprise we didn`t even get our money back for the last two nights we didn`t stay there. Very unprofessional. Just around the corner we found a wonderful hotel which didn`t charge much more.
Don`t go there! Real rip-off!

Very clean comfortable accommodation at a very reasonable price. Very convenient location close to Jordon MTR (2 minutes walk) on Nathan Road. Close to the buses to Star Ferry too. Close to Kowloon Park. Plenty of good cheap restaurants and fast food such as McDonalds close by. The staff are very helpful, My month's stay was wonderful and I can't wait to go again. I recommend Thomas Tang's rent a room to anyone looking for safe, comfortable self contained accomodation at a reasonable price in Hong Kong.
Jane Hadley

I stayed in the dormitory here. It's reasonably clean, although it could do with a new lick of paint and the air-con does not work very well. The room was very cramped though. The location is okay but not right in the centre. In general it's okay but pretty overpriced.

What spoiled this place for me was the rudeness and unpleasantness its staff. They seemed to think that they were doing me a favour by letting me stay here and although I didn't ask them for much they made me feel that every request - storing my passport, asking, on a single occasion, for some information, even paying my rent - was a huge chore.

For this reason I can't recommend this place to anyone else as they really made me feel unwelcome here and made this aspect of my holiday pretty unpleasant.

I tried to post this comment two weeks ago, but notice today that it hasn't been posted..let's try again!

I would like to discourage people who want to spend only a few nights in Hong Kong to stay at Rent-A-Room. The Lonely Planet China presents a fantastic review of this place, but I don't understand why. Unless you plan to stay for longer, say a month, this 'hotel' is really far too expensive! They dared to charge us 700 HK dollar per night (about 70 euro), telling us that the month of April is high season. Truly 70 euro for a room in a grey apartment-block is really too much. Our bed was too small for our long legs, the shower and toilet were tiny, it might have been clean, but really not very nice (especially not for this price).
Next day we went looking for another hotel. We ended up at the newly renovated Eaton Hotel (Nathan Road) which charged 720 HK dollars. For only a bit more, we were able to stay in a good hotel with good service, swimming pool, big bed etc!
When we left Rent-a-Room we met a student who told us he pays 3000 HK (about 300 euro) a month for the same room!
So, don't stay at this place, just go to a regular good hotel. Don't always believe the Lonely Planet!!
If you wish to stay longer - say a month or so - than this might be interesting. Though the room is still grey looking and in a dull apartment block with a small bed...
Take care and enjoy Hong Kong and China! It's fantastic!
Joyce
(from Amsterdam, The Netherlands)