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What to do in Hong Kong

What to do in Hong Kong

Your ultimate guide to what’s on in Hong Kong, including insider tips, weekend round-ups, curated guides, plus unique happenings across the city.

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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory

100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory

Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword. Here’s how Hong Kong’s fine dining is improving its green policies: from Amber at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental and Michelin-starred Mono to Vicky Lau’s Mora, Roganic and the Marriott group. Photo: Ting Lung Heen

How Hong Kong’s fine dining scene is getting greener – at last

22 Nov 2023 - 6:13PM

The staff of Socio at the the 100 Top Tables Tables 2025 Unveiling Ceremony and Awards. Photo: Jordan Chan

Celebrating 100 Top Tables’ top restaurants and bars in Hong Kong and Macau

20 Mar 2025 - 6:15AM

Bar Leone co-founder Lorenzo Antinori. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Why neighbourhood bars in Hong Kong are gaining popularity

27 Mar 2025 - 8:30AM

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Mason Thames (left) and Nico Parker in a still from How to Train Your Dragon. Photo; Handout

American cinema

Review | How to Train Your Dragon: middling live-action makeover

A vivacious cast lifts this live-action remake of DreamWorks fantasy cartoon about Vikings battling dragons, but the film is much too long.

9 Jun 2025 - 2:00PMvideocam

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, June 8-14

9 Jun 2025 - 7:00AM

He called them motherboards. Hong Kong show of artist’s printing plates

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5 global musical stars performing in Greater Bay Area in July 2025

Hong Kong music lovers are in for a treat in July with concerts from Macau to Jiangmen featuring the likes of Kenny G and Richard Clayderman.

9 Jun 2025 - 12:29PM

American pop sensation Charlie Puth will bring his “Something New II” tour to Shenzhen in July. And he is not the only international musical star performing next month in the Greater Bay Area. Photo: AP

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend June 6-8

From the ultimate celebration of cocktails to ballet, Thai massage and a Lane Crawford pop-up, our picks for your Hong Kong weekend.

6 Jun 2025 - 10:00AMvideocam

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Valley of the Shadow of Death: Anthony Wong is a pastor in doubt

Young man who raped pastor’s daughter, leading to her death, ends up at his church. Will he avenge her or forgive him? Film ducks the issue.

4 Jun 2025 - 5:45PMvideocam

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Sex and relationships

Hong Kong Pride Month events in June, from drag shows to rooftop parties

Venues including Eaton HK, the Hyatt Centric Victoria Harbour and Casa Dao are doing their bit to celebrate Hong Kong’s LGBTQ community.

4 Jun 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Yihao from Shanghai-based drag collective Queerest will perform at Eaton HK on June 28, 2025 and will share how drag culture has grown in China. Photo: The Eaton

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 6-8

From fresh takes on classic sips at C108 to can’t-miss guest shifts at Bar Leone and The Aubrey, here’s where to drink this Friday to Sunday.

4 Jun 2025 - 5:00PM

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for June 5-7

Experience a live tuna-cutting ceremony at Nobu, check out new Kennedy Town restaurant Voon, and celebrate World Oceans Day with sustainable seafood.

4 Jun 2025 - 3:00PM

Food and Drinks

Where a congee lover in Hong Kong eats food that tastes of home

Architect Wong Kam-sing talks about villages he visits for home-grown coffee and Hakka cuisine, and his go-to restaurants in urban Hong Kong.

5 Jun 2025 - 8:34AM

Congee at Sang Kee Congee Shop. Photo: Intsagram/eathealthytime

Food and Drinks

Buzziest new openings in Hong Kong, from Japanese-Korean fusion to craft beer

Slurp noodles at The Bridge at Hong Kong International Airport, grab a pint at Goose Island Taproom or an on-tap cocktail from Bar Oasis, and enjoy Japanese-Korean fusion cuisine at Yoruchu.

4 Jun 2025 - 7:00AM

Yorucho merges Japanese and Korean culinary traditions with Western flair. Photo: Yorucho

American cinema

15 of the best female assassin movies as John Wick spin-off Ballerina lands

From Black Widow and Kill Bill to Red Sparrow, Hero and La Femme Nikita, these films showcase some of cinema’s most deadly femmes fatales.

3 Jun 2025 - 5:54PMvideocam

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Giselle by Hong Kong Ballet a lavish spectacle, and company’s dancers shine

Guest artists Marianela Nuñez and Matthew Ball were excellent in the leading roles, with the HKB cast also impressing when their turn came.

9 Jun 2025 - 5:22PM

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, June 1-7

Savour Korean cuisine at HANU’s pop-up, explore Hong Kong in qipaos, view artworks at Villepin, and sip unique cocktails at 25:00 speakeasy.

2 Jun 2025 - 8:00AM

The tram experience includes qipao rental from Yan Shang Kee. Photo: courtesy Lanson Place

Make of it what you will, artist On Kawara’s work on show in Hong Kong

Lists. Paintings of random dates. Telegrams that say the same thing. Explore Japan-born conceptual artist’s oeuvre at Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun.

1 Jun 2025 - 1:15PM

Dec 23, 1978, a painting On Kawara created in Hong Kong. Photo: Kitmin Lee

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Redemption at Orchard

The Hong Kong bar’s take on the negroni uses prune brandy to accent notes of strawberry, chocolate and hazelnut.

30 May 2025 - 5:00PM

Meditation and how to find balance

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend May 31-June 1

From a celebration of artisan Korean liquors to Wes Anderson’s latest film The Phoenician Scheme, our picks for your Hong Kong weekend.

30 May 2025 - 4:13PMvideocam

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Food and Drinks

15 new Hong Kong restaurants and bars to try in June 2025

Discover exciting new places to eat and drink in Hong Kong, offering everything from Sichuan and Hunan food to laksa and 24-hour dim sum.

30 May 2025 - 11:21AM

Dishes at Chengdu Restaurant will bring an authentic taste of Sichuan. Photo: Chengdu Restaurant

Greater Bay Area

5 Greater Bay Area shows and concerts in June 2025 to catch

Theatre groups from Broadway and the UK, Russia’s oldest orchestra and home-grown dance productions will be on stage in Guangdong next month.

30 May 2025 - 9:50AM

American cinema

Review | Karate Kid: Legends with Jackie Chan and Ben Wang disappoints

Jackie Chan shows he still has it, Ben Wang makes a charming lead, but despite Ralph Macchio’s return the Miyagi-LaRusso dynamic is missing.

29 May 2025 - 3:46PMvideocam

Food and Drinks

What’s your ideal Hong Kong food day? Australian’s starts with dim sum

Chinese-Australian Nicholas Wong shares his favourite places in Hong Kong to eat Cantonese, Xinjiang and Korean food.

29 May 2025 - 2:14PM

Dim sum baskets at Lin Heung Tea House in Hong Kong’s Central district. Photo: Instagram/bettyshanghai

Hong Kong artist Doris Ng on vulnerability and living with disability

Painter and performance artist Doris Ng Toi-yee discusses creating icebreaker moments, intense dreams and living with ADHD.

29 May 2025 - 5:00AM

Hong Kong artist Toi-Yee Doris Ng is staging a performance at M+’s Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival next weekend. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 30 – June 1

Bid farewell to Stockton, enjoy the Hong Kong Whisky Festival, and celebrate The Savory Project’s anniversary with Native’s unique cocktails.

28 May 2025 - 6:45PM

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, May 25 – June 1

From Hygge’s cosy vibes and Tabià‘s Italian charm, to Fenty Beauty’s pop-up and Net-Work’s premium co-working space.

28 May 2025 - 12:45PM

Asian cinema: Chinese films

Review | We Girls: toe-curlingly moralistic Chinese crime drama of women ex-convicts

Zhao Liying and Lan Xiya lead a mostly female cast in director Feng Xiaogang’s story of two ex-cons trying to get their lives back on track.

28 May 2025 - 12:45PMvideocam

Zhao Liying (left) and Lan Xiya in a still from We Girls (category IIB; Mandarin), directed by Feng Xiaogang.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 30 – June 1

Enjoy Yat Tung Heen’s zongzi, try Ruen’s new hawker-style menu, and indulge in a 7-course Black Pearl Tasting Menu at Celestial Court.

29 May 2025 - 5:14PM

Ruen in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui East has unveiled a new menu inspired by the buzzing hawker dishes of Bangkok. Photo: Handout

Review | Hong Kong artist Ho Sin-tung’s new show about love and friendship

In ‘Lucid Ruin’, Ho Sin-tung expresses her disenchantment with romantic relationships and appreciation for the power of friendship.

26 May 2025 - 5:15PM

She used to run away from things. Now she teaches how not to

Procrastination is a coping mechanism to avoid a task we’re uncomfortable with. Hong Kong life coach Sonia Samtani shows ways to overcome it.

26 May 2025 - 1:47PM

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