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The Fleming
Hong Kong · Independent · Near Luxury
The Fleming has filled a narrow 1970s block at 41 Fleming Road since 2006, and in 2017 A Work of Substance rebuilt its 66 rooms around the Star Ferry. Carmine and bottle green run through the house, the lobby teak flips like a ferry bench, and the brass reads as boat hardware. The smallest rooms are 21 square metres, and downstairs Osteria Marzia serves coastal Italian for the Black Sheep group under a double-height ground floor, a short walk from the convention centre.
- 66 rooms
- Opened 2006
- Neighborhood: Wan Chai
- Rooms from 226 sq ft (21 m²)
- Interiors: A Work of Substance
About The Fleming
- John Hui and Jason Cohen had already run the hotel for more than a decade when they hired A Work of Substance, a studio that had never designed a hotel.
- Before the 2006 hotel, the 1970s block had been budget lodging and serviced apartments, close enough to the old waterfront that the ferry became the brief.
- The hotel says an Extra Large room, at 36 square metres, is bigger than the average Hong Kong apartment.
- Entry-level rooms start at 226 sq ft (21 m²).
History
The Fleming opened in 2006 in a 1970s Wan Chai block at 41 Fleming Road that had already been cheap rooms and serviced apartments. Owner John Hui and Jason Cohen kept it full, then in 2017 asked A Work of Substance, led on the project by Maxime Dautresme, to redesign architecture, interiors, and the name's look. The studio had not done a hotel before. The brief was the Star Ferry: carmine and bottle green, teak that flips like ferry seating, brass from nautical hardware. Sixty-six rooms remained. Osteria Marzia, from the Black Sheep group, took the double-height ground floor.
The setting
41 Fleming Road is Wan Chai on the harbour side, a short walk from the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and the ferry piers, off the louder bar streets further inland.
Restaurants and bars
- Osteria Marzia — Restaurant · Coastal Italian
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