Novotel Century Hong Kong: Pre-Cruise Hotel Review

The verdict

Novotel Century is sixteenth on 26, third of five tied, and the road to Kai Tak decides it. Accor offers an airport shuttle at an extra charge, and the price isn't on the page we read.

The hotel has 509 rooms, Le Cafe's international seafood buffet, Pepino for Italian, AK's bar and lounge, a pool and a fitness centre. Wan Chai MTR, exit A1, and Exhibition Centre, exit A3, are a 5-minute walk.

That MTR link doesn't count — because Kai Tak's own page lists no bus from Hong Kong Island. The taxi crosses the harbour: 6.6 road miles, 14 minutes by our routing — plus a toll.

Pets aren't allowed, and a car park is on site with no price. Pick it for the seafood buffet, not the ride.

Book it if

A seafood buffet and a pool appeal
You'll take the hotel's airport shuttle and pay for it
Wan Chai's streets suit you

Look elsewhere if

You want the shuttle priced before you book.
A quick ride to Kai Tak matters.
You're bringing a pet.

Score

26 of 94, scored across the harbour

26No. 16 of 20

Distance to Kai Tak20/30

Walk or ride to the ship0/25

MTR or hotel ride0/20

Free breakfast0/10

The evening before6/9

Twenty for distance (Band C, across the harbour) and 6 for the pool and the restaurants make the 26 — see what the score counts.

The Night Before

A seafood buffet and a pool

The evening

A pool, food or a bar in the building

Le Cafe's international seafood buffet, Pepino for Italian and AK's bar and lounge, with a swimming pool and a fitness centre.

Breakfast

Not stated

Novotel Century’s page doesn’t say whether breakfast is included.

Address

Jaffe Road, Wan Chai

238 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island
Hotel website

Fact Sheet

Accor's page for Novotel Century

Accor's page, in small print. The gaps are the airport shuttle price, the parking price and whether breakfast is included.

Check-in and check-out

Check-in15:00

Check-out12:00

Wi-Fi

Not stated

Breakfast

No word on the page we read

Extra fees

None listed. The 3% accommodation tax still applies.

Pool

A swimming pool and a fitness centre

Parking for your stay

A car park on site — price not stated

Minimum age

—

Novotel Century’s page doesn’t state it.

Pets

Pets aren't allowed, per Accor.

Around the hotel, by its own list

Wan Chai MTR (exit A1)5 minutes on foot
Exhibition Centre MTR (exit A3)5 minutes on foot

Distances as Novotel Century or its brand lists them, kept in its own units.

Eating and drinking in the building

Le CafeInternational seafood buffet
PepinoItalian
AK's bar+loungeOn site

Rooms

509 rooms.

Accessibility

Novotel Century’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms — so call before you book one.

On site

Guest laundryNot stated
GymYes
Pets allowedNo
EV chargingNot stated

To the Ship

Wan Chai to the terminals, harbour in between

This hotelOther ranked hotels, tap one to open itCruise terminalStraight line to the ship, not a routeReal geography: NOAA’s GSHHG shoreline, generalised; the Kai Tak runway reclamation is a rough outline sketched around our pin for the terminal, not surveyed, and piers aren’t drawn. Map pins from the Esri World Geocoder. The two terminal pins are Esri’s points for the terminal names, not berths; the hotel pins are Esri matches for each hotel’s name and address.

Our routing puts the airport about 23.1 road miles from Novotel Century, and Kai Tak about 6.6. A question mark below means a ride you arrange yourself.

Leg 1 · Hong Kong International Airport to the hotel

Hotel shuttle

Accor offers a shuttle to the airport at an additional charge; we didn't read the price.

Hotel shuttle

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

No ride to the ship stated

Novotel Century’s page lists no ride to the ship. Accor offers an airport shuttle at an extra charge, price not read. A taxi to Kai Tak takes about 14 minutes by our routing — with a cross-harbour toll.

Accor prints no cruise distance — and the harbour is between the hotel and the terminals: Kai Tak is 6.6 road miles (10.6 km), 14 minutes, and Ocean Terminal 4.4 (7.1 km), 11 minutes, by our routing.

From HKG, shuttle or not

The airport is about 23.1 road miles from Novotel Century on our routing — roughly 36 minutes with no traffic, about HK$300 (about US$40) on the meter. Accor's shuttle costs extra and we didn't read the price. The airport page compares the train and the taxi.

Leg 1 · By rail and bus

Nothing documented

Accor gives a 5-minute walk to Wan Chai MTR (exit A1) and Exhibition Centre (A3), but Kai Tak's own page lists no bus from Hong Kong Island, so no published route counts.

Kai Tak's own page lists no bus or minibus from this side of town — so from Novotel Century the ride is a taxi, about HK$115 (about US$15).

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

No ride to the ship stated

Sail-morning landing? You don't need Novotel Century. The airport page works through the train and the taxi.

Which terminal

Kai Tak

The harbour sits between Novotel Century and the terminals. On our routing Kai Tak is 6.6 road miles (10.6 km), 14 minutes, and Ocean Terminal 4.4 (7.1 km). Kai Tak's 2026-27 schedule is where the mainstream turnarounds start, and the Hong Kong cruise guide lists who uses which.

Source: kaitakcruiseterminal.com.hk

Distance

~6.6 road mi to Kai Tak, our routing

Source: all.accor.com

To the ship

No shuttle stated

No ship ride is listed. The shuttle Accor offers goes to the airport, at an extra charge. For the ship, book a taxi: about 14 minutes to Kai Tak plus a toll.

Source: all.accor.com

The Ride

Five minutes to the MTR, no bus to Kai Tak

MTR and bus

No MTR link documented

Accor gives a 5-minute walk to Wan Chai MTR (exit A1) and Exhibition Centre (A3) — but Kai Tak's own page lists no bus from Hong Kong Island, so no published route counts.

Source: all.accor.com

What the meter should read

About HK$115 to Kai Tak

Our arithmetic of the tariff effective 14 July 2024: about HK$115 to Kai Tak and HK$85 (about US$11) to Ocean Terminal — before bags, tolls and the cross-harbour toll we haven't counted.

Source: td.gov.hk

Bags

Lockers at both terminals

Bag storage at Novotel Century isn't mentioned. At the terminals, four hours at Kai Tak is HK$12 to HK$24 (about US$2–3) and two hours at Ocean Terminal is from HK$20 (about US$3). Holland America contradicts the Kai Tak listing.

Source: kaitakcruiseterminal.com.hk

Guest parking

Guest parking: price not stated

A car park is on site; the price isn’t stated by Novotel Century.

Source: all.accor.com

A drive to the ship isn't the plan, and a taxi is, not a rental. Hong Kong cruise parking explains the cost, and the hub has the rides.

Sail Morning

Jaffe Road on sail morning

A night in Wan Chai with a buffet downstairs, and a harbour crossing in the morning.

Evening

Buffet at Le Cafe

Le Cafe's international seafood buffet, Pepino for Italian and AK's bar and lounge — with a swimming pool and a fitness centre.

Before bed

Taxi, with the toll in mind

Accor offers an airport shuttle at an extra charge, and lists no ship ride. A taxi to Kai Tak takes about 14 minutes by our routing — with a cross-harbour toll.

Sail morning

Breakfast isn't stated

Novotel Century’s page doesn’t say whether breakfast is included.

Heading out

Across to Kai Tak

Kai Tak is 6.6 road miles (10.6 km) away and Ocean Terminal 4.4 (7.1 km), both across the harbour. Your boarding window sets the hour.

Worth Knowing

The shuttle price and the car park

Worth knowing

509 rooms — check-in 15:00, check-out 12:00.
An airport shuttle is offered at an additional charge — we didn't read the price.
No cruise service is listed.
Hong Kong Island: both terminals are across the harbour.
Check the small print on tax: 3% Hotel Accommodation Tax since 1 January 2025 per the IRD — plus a service charge that is commonly 10%. Novotel Century may print neither.