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Best restaurants in Hong Kong

Best restaurants in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has one of the world's highest density of restaurants, with more than 15,000 eateries operating around the city, ranging from private kitchens to Michelin-starred dining rooms.
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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Bar Sepia is a new listening bar in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 19-21

Even the most delicious meals, such as this one at La Terrace at Louise, can occasionally be marred by rude or entitled guests, Hong Kong’s F&B professionals share. Photo: Nicholas Wong Sixteen Photography

Word on the StrEAT: the F&B scene’s pet peeves about customers

LPM’s menu for Father’s Day. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong food guide for Father’s Day weekend, June 19-21

Legend has it that zongzi’s origins go back more than two millennia. Photo: Handout

Exploring the regional varieties of zongzi for Dragon Boat Festival

Sugar King’s Daiquiri El Cáscara is something of an ode to the origins of the Daiquiri, and of the bar itself. Photo: Handout

Drink in Focus: Daiquiri El Cáscara at Sugar King

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From huge steaks and chocolate cigars to the chance to win a suit worth HK$8,800 for your dad, celebrate Father’s Day in style this year.

The highlight of the Father’s Day feast at 1862 Bar de Tapas y Vino is a charcoal-grilled 1kg Tomahawk steak. The restaurant is one of seven places we recommend for Father’s Day in Hong Kong. Photo: 1862 Bar de Tapas y Vino
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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for June 12-14

Fill your weekend with a citywide steak feast, a new brunch at Tiffany Blue Box Café, and a decadent Peninsula buffet.

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15 new Hong Kong restaurants to try in June 2026, from pizza to ramen

New openings include a Neapolitan pizzeria, a Tokyo ramen chain’s outpost, an Argentinian steakhouse and a modern Chinese dessert bar.

The mortadella and pistachio pizza at Fugazzi Pizzeria Napoletana, a new Neapolitan pizzeria in Kai Tak. Check out this and our other new Hong Kong restaurant recommendations in June 2026. Photo: Fugazzi Pizzeria Napoletana
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Where to go for ‘real’ Italian, ‘funky’ Japanese in Hong Kong? This CEO knows

Pak-man Lee of Hong Kong design shop Nuovo shares where he enjoys Japanese bites, real Italian dishes and Thai food on the beach.

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The Hong Kong chefs serving up East-West fusion food without the stigma

We meet three Hong Kong restaurant pioneers who are elevating the maligned food trend by serving French and Nordic dishes with Asian accents.

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A food critic’s top Hong Kong restaurants for sushi, Cantonese and Chiu Chow

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Ho Ho Chak, which means “delicious” in the Teochew dialect, is a popular Chiu Chow restaurant in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district.
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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 22-25

Fill your public holiday weekend with Roganic’s new tasting menu, Chinesology’s history-inspired banquet and Shake Shack’s Southern US BBQ flavours.

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Dish in Focus: Pasta mista at Dieci

At Dieci, chef Paolo Olivieri turns a peasant dish from Italy into an elevated favourite, mixing fusilli, casarecce, broken spaghetti and more.

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Japanese, Korean, Chinese: a guitarist-restaurateur’s top Hong Kong eats

Joey Pui, executive manager of Pak Loh Chiu Chow Restaurant and guitarist for Zarahn, reveals his picks for lunch and drinks in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong’s Big JJ Seafood Hotpot gets fancy in new Central location

Founder Peter Pang talks about how he is not following any traditional formulas as he pushes his brand beyond its expected target customers.

Peter Pang at Big JJ Seafood Hotpot at its new location at Landmark Prince’s in Central, Hong Kong. The original venue’s neon sign (pictured) now lives on the ceiling of the new location. Photo: Edmond So
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Craving a culinary adventure this weekend? Indulge in a 20-inch banh mi, a Shanghai-Huaiyang brunch, an award-winning pizza and a rare French feast.

Jean-Pierre restaurant in Hong Kong has a two-night collaboration with Sydney’s Porcine. Photo: Handout
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New openings include a steakhouse with an Asian-inspired twist, a modern Indian chophouse and a creative omakase spot.

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The best restaurants and bars in Hong Kong, Macau and the GBA, revealed

SCMP’s 100 Top Tables Guide 2026 – its biggest ever – awarded winners in the Greater Bay Area and celebrates the region’s vibrant F&B scene.

Pictures from 100 Top Tables 2026 award event/ceremony at The Murray. Photo: SCMP / Jocelyn Tam
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Abalone and fish maw noodles from Coloane Pier Ribbon Soup Shop in Macau, one of Sammy Wu’s favourite restaurants in the city. Photo: Instagram/joyfoodie_hk
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Saicho afternoon tea at Tiffin, and a Chocolatier x Saicho takeaway gift box, at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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The 2026 edition saw a strong showing from Chinese restaurants in the top 10, with representatives from Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau.

Representatives of the restaurants ranked by Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2026 on stage at the presentation in Hong Kong’s Kerry Hotel on March 25. Hong Kong’s The Chairman was crowned the new No 1 while Wing took the No 2 spot. Photo: Charmaine Mok
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