Mira Moon

As the name hints, Mira Moon’s look was inspired by an old Chinese fairytale about the Moon Goddess and her Jade Rabbit. The contemporary interpretation is stunning. Interiors are sumptuous and dramatic, yet cheerfully childlike — sort of like Alice in Wonderland meets the Far East — filled with Dutch modernist elements and Chinese storybook imagery, larger-than-life wooden lanterns, fanciful tulip-shaped chairs, walls covered with striking white lacquer or intricate mosaic, motifs of bright peonies and bunnies, a quiet secret garden, staff members outfitted in elegant Chinoiserie. Guest rooms feature polished wooden ceilings, lavish marble bathrooms with stand-alone tubs, and tech-friendly amenities from iPad minis to Nespresso machines.

Like its well-established older sister The Mira Hong Kong, the Mira Moon makes an aesthetic statement that appeals to a particular set of style-conscious business travelers and jet-setters — but here, the scale is smaller, and the aim more specific. The Mira Moon doesn’t have a swimming pool or a spa, nor a grand lobby. The high-design connoisseurs who book a stay here, after all — need it be pointed out? — didn’t come to Hong Kong to swim.