Go Royal Review: SHKP's Hotel Dining Membership, the HK$100 Welcome Coupon, What The Point Points Are Worth and the Gold Fee

Go Royal is the loyalty programme Sun Hung Kai Properties runs for its Royal hotels and their restaurants, joined through the Go Royal app, its WeChat Mini Program or the website. The participating hotels are The Royal Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui, Royal Park Hotel, Royal Plaza Hotel, Royal View Hotel, ALVA HOTEL BY ROYAL and The Royal Garden Kowloon East, together with Shikigiku Japanese Restaurant and Sabatini Ristorante Italiano at ifc mall.

Go Royal is a coalition partner of The Point and shares its points: registering with a Hong Kong, mainland China, Macau or Taiwan mobile number automatically opens and links a The Point account, and points can also be earned and used at designated SHKP malls. Enquiries go to [email protected] or (852) 2827 8636 by phone or WhatsApp (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm, excluding public holidays).

Purple is free and starts on sign-up: 10% off at all participating restaurants, 10% off at the cake shops, at least 5% off selected room rates booked through Go Royal or official hotel channels, and one day pass to the Definition Health Club at Royal Park Hotel. Stays add priority check-in, late check-out to 12 noon (except Royal Park Hotel), a welcome drink (except Royal Park, Royal Plaza and ALVA) and free local calls.

Gold costs HK$1,388 a year, bought under "My Account" in the app or at any participating hotel; it lasts one year and reverts to Purple if not renewed. Discounts rise to 20% off the all-day-dining buffets and 15% off other restaurants at The Royal Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon East; 20% off at Royal Park, Royal Plaza and Royal View; 15% off at The Royal Garden's Fine Foods Shop and 20% off at Royal Delights (R+); at least 8% off selected room rates; plus dining vouchers and birthday benefits valued at over HK$2,500.

Register successfully as a Go Royal Purple member with a mobile number and your first login brings a HK$100 welcome dining coupon and 500 welcome points; the points apply only to members linked to The Point. The welcome offer is given once per member, and Go Royal decides eligibility.

Download the app through this site's link and enter fVoEyz (case-sensitive) in the invite-code field when registering. The app's invite page states that an invited new member receives 500 extra points, for 1,000 in total, and a further HK$50 dining coupon on later upgrading to Gold. The invitation arrangement is not part of the public terms; the app's invite page controls.

fVoEyz is this site's invite code.

The welcome coupon works for dine-in at any participating restaurant and not at the cake shops; the bill must reach HK$200 after any other discount and including the service charge on the original price. Because it is dine-in only, takeaway does not qualify either.

For example, dinner for two with a menu price of HK$400 drops to HK$360 after the Purple 10% discount; assuming a 10% service charge of HK$40 on the original price, the total is HK$400, well over the HK$200 threshold. With the coupon you pay HK$300, which earns about 300 points (about HK$1.20 in Point Dollar) when paid by e-payment. Spending HK$200 only to use the coupon makes no sense if you had no plan to dine; the coupon's validity is shown in the app.

Members linked to The Point earn 1 point per HK$1 of qualifying spending at participating hotels and restaurants (dine-in and takeaway), provided they show the digital membership card and pay personally by e-payment; points arrive within two days. Points double automatically in your birthday month, with a cap of 30,000 extra points a year. Gift vouchers, amounts paid in Point Dollar, cancellation and no-show fees, taxes, and spending through third-party platforms such as foodpanda and OpenRice or online travel agencies such as Expedia and Booking.com do not count.

250 points convert to HK$1 in Point Dollar, so each HK$1 spent returns about HK$0.004 (0.4%), or about 0.8% in your birthday month. The 1,000 welcome and invite points are worth about HK$4, and conversion starts at 2,500 points (HK$10), which means about HK$1,500 more qualifying spending. Points are settled every half-year: those earned from 1 April to 30 September expire on 30 September of the following year, and those earned from 1 October to 31 March expire on 31 March of the following year.

At the till, generate a QR code in the app with your payment PIN (valid for 120 seconds) to convert Point Dollar on the spot, with no advance redemption; it can pay for dine-in, takeaway, wine, hampers, festive food and qualifying events, and for buying or renewing Gold in person at a hotel. Point Dollar is applied after discounts and cash coupons, and the portion paid in Point Dollar earns no points.

Point Dollar cannot be used for rewards, the eShop, buying Gold online, room charges and anything charged to the room, deposits, valet parking or third-party delivery. Hotel rewards deduct points immediately and cannot be changed or cancelled; room rewards must be booked with the hotel at least 48 hours before arrival, and a no-show counts as used.

Gold includes ten HK$100 dining coupons (usable at participating restaurants, cake shops or for takeaway, up to five at a time) and one HK$500 coupon (dine-in with a minimum of HK$1,800, one per table, not valid at the all-day-dining restaurants, Shikigiku, Sabatini or Fine Foods Lounge at The Royal Garden Kowloon East). Together they total HK$1,500, which covers the fee with HK$112 to spare if every coupon is used. There is also a free buffet lunch or designated set lunch in or around your birthday month (at least two guests), a 1 lb birthday cake and 15 single-item discount vouchers.

The discount gap counts too: at Royal Park, Royal Plaza and Royal View, Gold's 20% off saves HK$100 more than Purple's 10% on every HK$1,000 of menu price; at The Royal Garden's non-buffet restaurants it saves HK$50 more. Gold clearly pays only for members who spend several thousand dollars a year at participating restaurants and use up the vouchers; the HK$500 coupon also has blackout dates, so read its terms before booking.

Members must be individuals aged 18 or over. Hong Kong, mainland China, Macau and Taiwan mobile numbers verify by SMS, while other regions verify by email, but email registrations cannot earn points and receive member discounts only. Virtual phone numbers are not accepted, and each number or email may hold one account.

The registered mobile number or email cannot be changed; to switch, you must delete the account and register again, and the points in the linked The Point account are cancelled and cannot be transferred. Points cannot be sold, cashed or transferred, and abuse can end the membership. Go Royal may change the programme and terms at any time; the terms were last updated on 14 October 2026.

As of 24 October 2026, the Go Royal by SHKP app is rated 4.4 on the App Store in Hong Kong (about 2,000 ratings) and 3.9 on Google Play (154 ratings), with more than 100,000 downloads.

Written reviews are few: positive comments mostly say the app is easy to use, while negative ones centre on an awkward online ordering flow and frequent updates. The latest version adds overseas registration, a payment PIN, one-time-password login and in-app Gold upgrades and renewals.

Suits: people who dine at Royal hotel restaurants now and then, pay by e-payment and can use the HK$100 coupon on a dinner they had already planned; those who spend several thousand dollars a year at participating restaurants and will use up the vouchers may consider Gold.

Pass: people who rarely visit these hotels and restaurants; anyone expecting meaningful rewards from points (about 0.4%); those who book rooms mainly through online travel agencies; and holders of only an overseas phone number who want to earn points but cannot link The Point.