8 of the best new restaurants and bars in Hong Kong in February 2024, for Wagyu beef, Chiu Chow food, affordable sushi and more
- There is no better time to try a new restaurant or three than the Lunar New Year holiday, when life is all about festive feasting and eating until you burst
- A new bar has panoramic views of Victoria Harbour, a Thai restaurant serves classics with a Chinese twist and a former private chef opens a restaurant
The Lunar New Year holiday starts on February 10, which means the festive feasting begins – and there is no better occasion to add a few new restaurants to your wish list.
Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui neighbourhood in Kowloon is getting busy, with a new open-fire cooking concept, a rare spirits bar and a Thai restaurant opening. Look out too for a freshly opened coconut-themed cafe that will delight those who love Southeast Asian flavours.
1. Charcoal Bar
The menu features items such as steaks, charcoal grilled eel, jumbo tiger prawn grilled over lychee wood, grilled oysters and uni toast. Desserts include classics such as charred pineapple.
Shop OT G62, G/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui
2. Mokone
Heading the kitchen at newly opened Chinese restaurant Mokone in The Olympian Hong Kong is Lui Yip, formerly a private chef for a Hong Kong tycoon.