Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong

Island Shangri-La opened on 1 March 1991 in a 57-storey tower above Pacific Place, in Admiralty, on the edge of Central in Hong Kong. Designed by the Hong Kong architects Wong & Ouyang, it rises to 213 metres, and it has 544 rooms and suites, with the harbour on one side and the Peak on the other.

Its centrepiece is a painting sixteen floors tall.

The Great Motherland of China

The upper floors of the hotel are arranged around an atrium, and on its inner wall, from the 41st floor to the 56th, hangs The Great Motherland of China, a landscape painted on silk in 250 panels by a team of forty artists from Beijing over six months. It is described as the largest indoor Chinese silk painting in the world, and it is the largest of some 900 works of art in the building, which also counts about 770 chandeliers.

The rooms run from about 41 square metres, facing the Peak, to the Horizon Club floors and the suites over Victoria Harbour.

Petrus at the top

The hotel keeps eight restaurants and bars. At the top, on the 56th floor, Petrus serves contemporary French food in a room the Michelin inspectors compare to a Parisian salon, with one star in the 2026 guide and a cellar of more than 12,000 bottles. Summer Palace is the Cantonese restaurant, Nadaman the Japanese, and Lobster Bar and Grill the hotel's bar and grill. On the eighth floor are the outdoor pool, the spa and the health club.

Island Shangri-La sits above the Pacific Place mall, a short walk from The Upper House, which takes a quieter, smaller view of the same district. Swire Properties, the developer of Pacific Place, holds a share in the hotel.

Sources: Island Shangri-La; Wikipedia; Business Traveller; Michelin Guide.