This Titanic-sized hotel sails straight out of 1930s top-notch luxury. It's popular for its more restrained Plateau floor, where 14 guest rooms come attached to the residential spa. But you may never make it past the lobby, which sends you spinning with granite, gold and grandeur, as sweeping staircases meet dangling balconies and the floor is an onyx black sea. -reviewed by Indagare Travel, Inc.

Twenty-first century Hong Kong with a decent bar/breakfast high in the sky.

In the heart of an up-and-coming Causeway Bay, design rebel Philippe Starck has outfitted each of the Jia's 54 rooms to feel like personalized, funky apartments. Suites come with a fully-equipped kitchen and wine is served to all guests in the intimate lobby in the evenings. Service is savvy and knowledgeable. -reviewed by Indagare Travel, Inc.

Classic romance meets modern bravado in the Peninsula's English country-home-style rooms, beset by touches of chinoiserie, a sparkling Parisian-style lobby, doormen with white gloves and a famous fleet of Rolls-Royce limousines. -reviewed by Indagare Travel, Inc.

Leave it to the Mandarin to make ultra-modern feel like home. The butter-and-chocolate toned rooms in the chain's first boutique hotel look good enough to eat. At the street-facing bar below, business travelers and hipsters mingle over mellow drinks in the evenings. -reviewed by Indagare Travel, Inc.