Everything you need to know about the No.1 at The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2025.
On 30 October 2025, the hotel world’s glitterati gathered in London for the reveal of The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2025, where Rosewood Hong Kong took the No.1 spot.Located on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, this gleaming glass ‘vertical estate’ occupies 43 floors of the Rosewood Tower, offering vistas that stretch across the city’s iconic harbour and Kowloon Peak.Inside, 413 rooms and suites embody low-key luxury, framed by panoramic, cinematic views. 11 bars and restaurants cover everything from Holt Café’s upmarket spin on the city’s cha chaan tengs to world-class Indian street food at Chaat. Chaat, Rosewood Hong Kong’s award-winning Indian street food restaurant , Come evening, there’s Darkside – a sultry cocktail spot named after Hong Kong’s mainland side, which was ranked No.17 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024 list. Add to that a 25-metre infinity pool, the mind-stilling Asaya Spa by Guerlain, a tapped-in concierge, plus personal butlers for suite guests, and it’s easy to see why this glossy retreat, set among Hong Kong’s dense cityscape, has been named The World’s Best Hotel 2025.
Golden hour across Victoria Harbour at Rosewood Hong Kong
This is the second year in a row that a hotel in Asia has taken the No.1 spot, decided by the votes of more than 800 global experts, from hoteliers and media to seasoned travellers, each of whom is asked to nominate their seven best stays in the past two years.
Rosewood Hong Kong has been circling the top spot since The World’s 50 Best Hotels’ inception, placing No.2 in 2023 and No.3 in 2024. Was the win expected? “No, not at all,” says Angus Pitkethley, director of sales and marketing at Rosewood Hong Kong. “When you look at the list, it’s just incredible to be included. We were very fortunate to be in the top three for the last few years, so to come out as number one is a real surprise and honour.”
Harbour view rooms overlook Hong Kong Island and beyond Inside, 413 rooms and suites embody low-key luxury, framed by panoramic, cinematic views. 11 bars and restaurants cover everything from Holt Café’s upmarket spin on the city’s cha chaan tengs to world-class Indian street food at Chaat.
Chaat, Rosewood Hong Kong’s award-winning Indian street food restaurant
Come evening, there’s Darkside – a sultry cocktail spot named after Hong Kong’s mainland side, which was ranked No.17 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024 list.Add to that a 25-metre infinity pool, the mind-stilling Asaya Spa by Guerlain, a tapped-in concierge, plus personal butlers for suite guests, and it’s easy to see why this glossy retreat, set among Hong Kong’s dense cityscape, has been named The World’s Best Hotel 2025.
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