Hong Kong • HYA Mei Ho House Youth Hostel King Room Experience

I'm recommending this treasure of a youth hostel we found in Hong Kong! As a Hong Kong drama fan + city walk enthusiast, it's amazing to be able to stay in a 25㎡ king room in Hong Kong, where every inch of land is precious, for an average of 200+ per person!

📍Address: Block 41, Shek Kip Mei Estate, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
🚇Transportation:
✅Tsuen Wan Line: Take the Tsuen Wan Line to Sham Shui Po Station, and walk about 10 minutes from Exit B2 towards Pa Wui Street; or walk about 8–9 minutes from Exit D2.
✅Kwun Tong Line: Take the Kwun Tong Line to Shek Kip Mei Station and walk about 14 minutes from Exit A2 towards Pak Tin Street.

🏠Room overview:
Although Mei Ho House is a youth hostel, it also has separate king rooms, standard rooms, and family rooms. This time we chose the king room. The room is very large and retro, with wooden floors, old-fashioned furniture, and old photos, as if we were back in the old days. It is clean and bright, with clear windows, and you can see the street and mountain views, giving you a sense of peace and quiet. The two-meter king bed is very comfortable to sleep on, and the goose-yellow cotton and linen down quilt is very comfortable!

💡Must-see attractions:
🌟Remember to book a free guided tour of the public housing museum on the first floor! Listening to Uncle speaking Hong Kong-style Mandarin about life in the tenement houses in the 1960s, and seeing the restoration of the barbershop and grocery store scenes from that time is super cool.
🌟Remember to pick up the super-detailed "Neighborhood Walking Guide" at the reception! We followed the map to find Bishop Hill Reservoir, Fu Wing Street Video Store, and Sheng Lung Bakery.
🌟Garden Hill is just downstairs! Climb to the top in 15 minutes to watch the sunset.

🌇Other nearby attractions:
🌟Mei Ho House Life Museum
You can visit it for free on the first floor of the hostel. It restores the public housing life scenes of the 1950s–1970s. From the corridor kitchen and public bathroom to the attic room, the details are so realistic that you can almost hear the hawking of the neighbors. The newly added ten theme exhibition areas, such as "Dai Pai Dong" and "Street Market", also show the price list of 1967, which makes people sigh when comparing the past and the present.

🌟41 Cafe & Store
The retro cafe in the basement of Mei Ho House, with booths and murals restoring the old campus scenes. You must try the Chinese-Western fusion checkered waffles! You can also buy nostalgic items such as Ding Ding Tang and Ludo in the store next door.

🌟JCCAC
It is a 5-minute walk away. It is an art village revitalized from an old factory building, with 140+ studios and galleries hidden in it. There are often free exhibitions in the corridors, and you can also encounter handmade markets or workshops on weekends. You can experience pottery and painting with your baby.

🌟Former Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir
The Roman column ruins-style waterworks monument is super niche but super photogenic! You need to book a guided tour in advance, and you can see this hidden secret place when you climb to the top of Wo Tsai Hill.

🌟Garden Hill
Turn right from the hostel entrance and walk to the top in 15 minutes! Overlooking the old and new buildings of Sham Shui Po at sunset, the night view is even more romantic, like a movie scene!

🌟Sham Shui Po Open-air Market
Fu Wing Street and Nam Cheong Street hide time-honored brands: Kung Wo Beancurd Factory's freshly ground soy milk, Sheng Lung Bakery's chicken biscuits, and Hop Yik Tai Cheong Fun.