We absolutely loved the Intercontinental Grand Stanford hotel. We stayed there for five nights on our way back from Italy to Australia. The room was very comfortable, the service superb and we were completely delighted with the view from our harbour view room which kept us entertained at all times with all sorts of ships and boats coming and going.

A number of posters have mentioned the fact that the hotel is a distance away from the main shopping areas of Kowloon and I was doubtful about staying in this area because I thought it may be a bit far from the main action around Nathan Road. Boy did I change my mind once I arrived at the Intercontinental Grand Stanford! It is an easy walk to Nathan Road, about ten minutes, but let me tell you, Nathan Road has become nothing but a haven for touts selling suits, massages, hair salons etc. which really starts to get on your nerves very quickly! It also becomes choked with people towards the later part of the day so the relatively peaceful area around the hotel is a welcome haven. I think it would drive me insane to stay in central Kowloon nowthat I have stayed in East Tsim Sha Tsui. The area in which the Intercontinental Grand Stanford sits is more "local" and peaceful with mostly Hong Kong people going about their business. There is also shopping for everybody in this area as well as reasonably priced restaurants as well as upmarket ones in the Tsim Sha Tsui Centre. The New World Centre is close by as is Sogo Department store. If you want to shop in central Kowloon, the hotel has a free shuttle bus which will drop you there. The Star ferry is a 15 minute walk along the harbour promenade which is really pleasant also.

Overall, I would recommend this hotel to anybody.

Stayed here for two nights en-route to Australia.
Check-in was quick and efficient, with our luggage being delivered to our room a moment or two after us.
Our room was surprisingly large with picture windows giving an excellent view of the harbour.
Although not right in the centre of Kowloon, there are numerous bars and restaurants round the hotel, catering for all budgets.
We didn't have time to take advantage of the hotel facilities, so cannot comment.
Certainly we would stop here again without hesitation.

This is a lovely hotel with probably the best service of any hotel I have encountered. Whilst service standards at top hotels in Hong Kong are legendary, this hotel certainly meets and exceeds those standards.

The hotel is definitely an older hotel with the decor and rooms now looking quite dated, but somehow it has aged gracefully and is not tired. The rooms are a good size for Hong Kong. Breakfast was excellent and as stated above the service was impeccable.

The MTR is a bit of a walk but not too much of a problem and whilst out of the main fray of the Kowloon shopping area we found this an attribute rather than a disadvantage. It is only a short walk to the action (less than 10 minutes anyway). It is really only an issue if it is raining.

For Hong Kong and for this standard of accommodation we found the hotel reasonable value and with top service in a quiter location. We will return.

We stayed at the Grand Stanford Intercontinental for 6 nights during President's week in February. I loved everything about this hotel. It was truly a 5 star hotel at a 4 star price. We paid 1630 HKD/room/night for a rate that included breakfast. We took 2 rooms because we were traveling with our 3 children. I looked into many other hotels before we booked the Grand Stanford and it was literally half the price of the other major chains like the Marriott and the Sheraton and the other Intercontinental. At the Grand Stanford we could have paid 1400 HKD/room/night if we didn't have the breakfast included but I'm so glad we chose to. The buffet breakfast every morning was amazing. The food was so varied and delicious that even after eating it for 6 days in a row we missed the food when we got home! It really filled you up for the day. It is about a 10 minute walk to the Star Ferry and about an 8 minute walk to Nathan Rd but we are good walkers and we walked miles and miles a day so the little bit extra didn't bother us at all. I was really impressed that when we checked in and went up to our rooms they were adjoining as requested and the door was opened between the two. I had emailed the hotel in advance about this and it really showed me that somebody was listening. Also the week we went the pool happened to be closed for maintenance and I spoke with the management about this because my children were really excited about swimming in the rooftop pool. They did their best to make it up to us. They paid for a cab there and back to the sister Intercontinental hotel and we used the pool there. They also bought us dinner for our trouble and I though that was VERY generous of them. We decided to prebook their car from the airport to the hotel for 650 HKD and it was waiting for us when we arrived. That was a nice plus but you can easily take a cab for roughly half the amount. You can't go wrong either way - I thought it was great that the person who met us outside of customs brought bottled water for us - what a nice touch! We booked a 1/2 day city sightseeing tour from Able tours which was the in house tour operator of the hotel. It was a relaxing thing to do on our first day there and pretty reasonable - about 30 USD per person. We were upgraded to a harbor view room because we are Ambassador Club members. The view was amazing! The beds were super comfortable and the bathrooms were marble and very lovely. We loved our visit to Hong Kong and we loved coming back to this wonderful hotel every night to rest our tired feet! I highly recommend the Grand Stanford Intercontinental . Great stay!!!!