Murray House

The Murray House may look a bit odd in Stanley– a classical building jutting out to the sea like a sore thumb– that’s because the building wasn’t here in the first place. The building was used as HQ for the joint forces back in the colonial days and it used to sit at where the Bank of China building in Admiralty is now. Thank god they had the good sense back then but they made the effort to dismantle the building brick by brick and it was put back to together here.
When you go in now you can still imagine what it must have been like walking through the corridors back in the day– the guys must have done a bloody good job when taking it apart because I can’t see major flaws with it now. It is now a 3 level building of wine and dine as well as a museum down on ground floor. The Museum is a maritime museum of Hong Kong though I haven’t gone in there myself to know how good is/isn’t.
Upstairs though is where most people go. There are a number of restaurants, King Ludwig, Wildfire have been here as soon as it opened and they continue to be extremely busy today. You will find that it will take a lot of patience to get a table here but it is certainly worth the wait.
You will see a lot of couples taking their wedding photos here; that’s because there aren’t a lot of classical buildings left in HK and this is a reminder to tell us how important preservation is.