The old Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong may have been small but, much like the city itself, it punched well above its weight. While the hotel’s unprepossessing entrance was overshadowed by the elite Hong Kong Club building and the Rolls-Royce showroom next door, extraordinarily gracious doormen more than made up for it. The hotel’s Italian restaurant, Toscana, was widely regarded as the best in Asia before the hotel had to close, in January 2008, to make room for yet another office tower.
以前的香港丽思卡尔顿酒店(Ritz-Carlton)也许规模不大,但与香港这座城市一样,丝毫不容小觑。虽说酒店不起眼的入口在精英云集的香港会所大厦( (Hong Kong Club)以及紧挨着的劳斯莱斯陈列室(Rolls-Royce showroom)的陪衬下,显得微不足道,但礼遇有加的门迎大大弥补了上述先天不足。由于得为另一幢写字楼让出地方,酒店不得不于2008年1月结束营业,酒店内的托斯卡纳(Toscana)意大利风味餐厅曾被公认为属亚洲最佳。