2026 location index
Best Hotels in China
Compare 168 hotels using seven years of Forbes Travel Guide recognition history, weighted toward recent performance.
Ranked for consistency
China hotel rankings
168 hotels
| Property | Score | Destination | Country | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altira Macau | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Banyan Tree Macau | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Bvlgari Hotel Beijing | 5.00 | Beijing | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Encore Macau | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong | 5.00 | Hong Kong | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Four Seasons Hotel Macao | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Grand Lisboa Hotel | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| MGM MACAU | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai | 5.00 | Shanghai | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mandarin Oriental The Landmark, Hong Kong | 5.00 | Hong Kong | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mandarin Oriental Wangfujing, Beijing | 5.00 | Beijing | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong | 5.00 | Hong Kong | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Morpheus | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Nüwa Macau | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Star Tower at Studio City Macau | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Peninsula Beijing | 5.00 | Beijing | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Peninsula Hong Kong | 5.00 | Hong Kong | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Peninsula Shanghai | 5.00 | Shanghai | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Chengdu | 5.00 | Chengdu | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou | 5.00 | Guangzhou | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Macau | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The St. Regis Hong Kong | 5.00 | Hong Kong | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Wynn Macau | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Wynn Palace | 5.00 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Emerald Tower at MGM COTAI | 4.99 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Skylofts at MGM COTAI | 4.99 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| The Grand Suites at Four Seasons | 4.99 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai | 4.97 | Shanghai | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Hotel Okura Macau | 4.97 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Grand Lisboa Palace Macau | 4.96 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Londoner Court | 4.96 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Mandarin Oriental, Shenzhen | 4.96 | Shenzhen | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Paiza Lofts | 4.96 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| THE KARL LAGERFELD | 4.96 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| The Londoner Hotel | 4.96 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Galaxy Hotel Macau | 4.92 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong | 4.83 | Hong Kong | China | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Epic Tower at Studio City Macau | 4.82 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Raffles at Galaxy Macau | 4.82 | Macau | China | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Rosewood Guangzhou | 4.82 | Guangzhou | China | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Capella at Galaxy Macau | 4.61 | Macau | China | 5 | |||||
| Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing | 4.61 | Beijing | China | 5 | |||||
| Paiza Grand | 4.61 | Macau | China | 5 | |||||
| Palazzo Versace Macau | 4.61 | Macau | China | 5 | |||||
| Regent Hong Kong | 4.61 | Hong Kong | China | 5 | |||||
| Capella Shanghai, Jian Ye Li | 4.40 | Shanghai | China | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The St. Regis Macao | 4.40 | Macau | China | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Murray, Hong Kong, a Niccolo Hotel | 4.22 | Hong Kong | China | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Rosewood Hong Kong | 4.20 | Hong Kong | China | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou | 4.07 | Guangzhou | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Mandarin Oriental, Macau | 4.07 | Macau | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Rosewood Beijing | 4.07 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong | 4.07 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Amanyangyun | 4.00 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Bellagio Shanghai | 4.00 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Fairmont Peace Hotel | 4.00 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Four Seasons Hotel Beijing | 4.00 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Grand Hyatt Hong Kong | 4.00 | Hong Kong | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Grand Hyatt Macau | 4.00 | Macau | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Kowloon Shangri-La | 4.00 | Hong Kong | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Mandarin Oriental, Sanya | 4.00 | Sanya | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Niccolo Chengdu | 4.00 | Chengdu | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Park Hyatt Shanghai | 4.00 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Regent Beijing | 4.00 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai | 4.00 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The PuLi Shanghai | 4.00 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing | 4.00 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Sanya EDITION | 4.00 | Sanya | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The St. Regis Chengdu | 4.00 | Chengdu | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Upper House Chengdu | 4.00 | Chengdu | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Upper House Hong Kong | 4.00 | Hong Kong | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Upper House Shanghai | 4.00 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| W Hong Kong | 4.00 | Hong Kong | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Waldorf Astoria Beijing | 4.00 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund | 4.00 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong | 3.99 | Hong Kong | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| The Sukhothai Shanghai | 3.99 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Conrad Macao | 3.98 | Macau | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen | 3.97 | Shenzhen | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Atlantis Sanya | 3.92 | Sanya | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| InterContinental Beijing Sanlitun | 3.90 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Conrad Jiuzhaigou | 3.86 | Jiuzhaigou | China | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Conrad Xiamen | 3.86 | Xiamen | China | 4 | 4 | ||||
| JW Marriott Hotel Changsha | 3.86 | Changsha | China | 4 | 4 | ||||
| The Ritz-Carlton, Haikou | 3.86 | Haikou | China | 4 | 4 | ||||
| The St. Regis Zhuhai | 3.86 | Zhuhai | China | 4 | 4 | ||||
| China World Summit Wing, Beijing, A Shangri-La Hotel | 3.83 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Andaz Macau | 3.69 | Macau | China | 4 | |||||
| Jumeirah Guangzhou | 3.69 | Guangzhou | China | 4 | |||||
| MGM Shanghai West Bund | 3.69 | Shanghai | China | 4 | |||||
| Park Hyatt Changsha | 3.69 | Changsha | China | 4 | |||||
| The Ritz-Carlton, Nanjing | 3.69 | Nanjing | China | 4 | |||||
| The St. Regis Qingdao | 3.69 | Qingdao | China | 4 | |||||
| The St. Regis Shenzhen Bao'an | 3.69 | Shenzhen | China | 4 | |||||
| Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou at West Lake | 3.67 | Hangzhou | China | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Hotel ICON | 3.60 | Hong Kong | China | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Langham, Hong Kong | 3.60 | Hong Kong | China | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Waldorf Astoria Chengdu | 3.40 | Chengdu | China | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Waldorf Astoria Xiamen | 3.29 | Xiamen | China | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Aman Summer Palace | 3.28 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Banyan Tree Hangzhou | 3.28 | Hangzhou | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel | 3.28 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1 Hotel Haitang Bay, Sanya | 3.27 | Sanya | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Amanfayun | 3.25 | Hangzhou | China | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Conrad Beijing | 3.25 | Beijing | China | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Conrad Hong Kong | 3.25 | Hong Kong | China | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Langham Place, Guangzhou | 3.25 | Guangzhou | China | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Langham, Shanghai, Xintiandi | 3.25 | Shanghai | China | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Conrad Tianjin | 3.22 | Tianjin | China | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou | 3.15 | Guangzhou | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial Street | 3.15 | Beijing | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| The St. Regis Beijing | 3.08 | Beijing | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| JW Marriott Hotel Macau | 3.05 | Macau | China | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||
| The Ritz-Carlton Sanya, Yalong Bay | 3.02 | Sanya | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Andaz Xintiandi, Shanghai | 3.00 | Shanghai | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Banyan Tree Sanya | 3.00 | Sanya | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Fairmont Beijing Hotel | 3.00 | Beijing | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Kerry Hotel, Beijing | 3.00 | Beijing | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Kerry Hotel, Pudong, Shanghai | 3.00 | Shanghai | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel | 3.00 | Hong Kong | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Midtown Shangri-La, Hangzhou | 3.00 | Hangzhou | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Park Hyatt Guangzhou | 3.00 | Guangzhou | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Park Hyatt Hangzhou | 3.00 | Hangzhou | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Park Hyatt Sanya Sunny Bay Resort | 3.00 | Sanya | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Rosewood Sanya | 3.00 | Sanya | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou | 3.00 | Guangzhou | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| The Parisian Macao | 3.00 | Macau | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| The Royal Garden Tsim Sha Tsui | 3.00 | Hong Kong | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| The St. Regis Sanya Yalong Bay Resort | 3.00 | Sanya | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| The St. Regis Shanghai Jingan | 3.00 | Shanghai | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| The Venetian Macao | 3.00 | Macau | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| W Guangzhou | 3.00 | Guangzhou | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Conrad Guangzhou | 2.99 | Guangzhou | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| InterContinental Beijing Beichen | 2.98 | Beijing | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| The Langham, Shenzhen | 2.98 | Shenzhen | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| The PuXuan Hotel and Spa | 2.98 | Beijing | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| The St. Regis Shenzhen | 2.98 | Shenzhen | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Conrad Hangzhou | 2.89 | Hangzhou | China | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Four Seasons Hotel Shenzhen | 2.89 | Shenzhen | China | 3 | 3 | ||||
| J Hotel Shanghai Tower | 2.89 | Shanghai | China | 3 | 3 | ||||
| The Ritz-Carlton, Xi'an | 2.89 | Xi’an | China | 3 | 3 | ||||
| The Shanghai EDITION | 2.85 | Shanghai | China | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Alila Shanghai | 2.77 | Shanghai | China | 3 | |||||
| Conrad Urumqi | 2.77 | Urumqi | China | 3 | |||||
| Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou at Hangzhou Centre | 2.77 | Hangzhou | China | 3 | |||||
| Grand Ocean View Hotel Zhuhai | 2.77 | Zhuhai | China | 3 | |||||
| JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong | 2.77 | Hong Kong | China | 3 | |||||
| JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Shanghai Pudong | 2.77 | Shanghai | China | 3 | |||||
| The Ritz-Carlton, Harbin | 2.77 | Harbin | China | 3 | |||||
| The Ritz-Carlton, Suzhou | 2.77 | Suzhou | China | 3 | |||||
| The St. Regis on the Bund, Shanghai | 2.77 | Shanghai | China | 3 | |||||
| Fuchun Resort Hotel Fuyang | 2.71 | Hangzhou | China | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Grand Hyatt Guangzhou | 2.25 | Guangzhou | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| The Opposite House Beijing | 2.25 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Nina Hotel Kowloon East | 1.69 | Hong Kong | China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Wanda Reign on the Bund | 1.16 | Shanghai | China | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Grand Hyatt Shanghai | 0.97 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Park Hyatt Beijing | 0.97 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai | 0.97 | Shanghai | China | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing | 0.97 | Beijing | China | 4 | 4 | ||||
| The Azure Qiantang, A Luxury Collection Hotel | 0.97 | Hangzhou | China | 4 | 4 | ||||
| The Pottinger, Hong Kong | 0.94 | Hong Kong | China | 4 | 3 | ||||
| China World Hotel, Beijing | 0.58 | Beijing | China | 4 | |||||
| Grand Hyatt Beijing | 0.58 | Beijing | China | 4 | |||||
| JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai at Tomorrow Square | 0.58 | Shanghai | China | 4 | |||||
| EAST, Beijing | 0.43 | Beijing | China | 3 | |||||
| MGM Cotai | 0.32 | Macau | China | ||||||
| L'hotel élan | 0.24 | Hong Kong | China |
Our methodology
Recognition that lasts
Hoslog looks across seven years of published designations. Recent recognition carries more influence, while earlier years reveal consistency. When a hotel goes unlisted, its previous recognition gradually fades.
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