香港Hong Kong

Classic HK institution. Yakitori, sake, neon. Still the vibe.

Order: KFC (Korean Fried Cauliflower) + chicken oyster skewer

Modern Cantonese in a subterranean room. Best char siu in the city.

Order: Applewood-roasted Iberico char siu · Peking duck (order 48h ahead)

Spicy Sichuan in a dressy, transportive room.

Order: Dan dan noodles, mapo tofu

Amazing modern Chinese. Loud, fun, consistently great.

Order: Wagyu short rib · roast goose

Cantonese with two Michelin stars, wrapped in a gallery. Dress up.

David Tang's legendary private club. A must for a proper HK dinner.

New French spot with great vibes.

Can't go wrong. Night brunch is all-you-can-drink sake — go for that.

Order: Night brunch Sat/Sun · sake flight

You know what you're getting. Always delivers. Anchor of the Kowloon-side night combo.

New. Same building as Peridot — do them back-to-back.

Classic French, South-of-France vibes. A safe bet that's never boring.

Dim sum lunch in a beautiful colonial-era room inside Tai Kwun. Pair with a walk around the former prison courtyards after.

Order: Dim sum lunch

Thai lunch. Walk-in, quite local, authentic, no frills.

Order: Beef noodles · wagyu pad see ew

Anglo-Indian mess hall at the Peak. Do it as lunch after the Peak Circle Walk — the view from your table is the whole city.

Pizza at The Pulse. The easy beach-day lunch before Coconuts at sunset.

Sunset spot on the south side. Thai-leaning menu, toes-in-the-sand energy — go for drinks and stay through dinner.

Mediterranean on the Lamma waterfront — Chef Richard Solnik's Greek/Lebanese-leaning menu. The Western alternative to Lamma's seafood institutions, with a sunset terrace.

Order: Smoked labneh · grilled octopus · flank steak from the charcoal grill

Open-air village restaurant, Thai-leaning with some Chinese. The post-Dragon's Back reward — cheap, spicy, unpretentious.

Order: Larb gai · prawn-fish-springroll combo

Classic cha chaan teng breakfast. You're here for HK-style French toast, steamed milk pudding, and silk-stocking milk tea — and the abrupt waiters. Queue moves fast.

Order: HK French toast · steamed milk pudding · milk tea

Old-school Korean BBQ. The one that's been there forever.

May Chow's tiny Taiwanese-inspired bao spot. Fried chicken bao, pork belly bao — quick bite that's become a SoHo institution.

Order: Truffle mushroom bao · pork belly bao · milk ice cream bao

Same owner as Yardbird. Newer sister spot, same attention to detail.

Super cool, must check out. Same building as Akira Back — pair them back-to-back.

Voted best bar in the world recently. Italian aperitivo vibes.

Awesome rooftop and views. Great first-night spot for visitors.

Rooftop at The Murray. Dressy, civilized, incredible city panorama.

Rooftop with the HK Island skyline directly in front of you. Daniel Boulud's terrace — pair with dinner downstairs.

Experimental cocktails — weird, precise, worth ordering blind from the menu.

Japanese-inspired cocktail bar. Precise, quiet, beautifully dressed.

Speakeasy. Tucked-away, great list, low lighting.

Hard to get in but phenomenal when you do.

Classic hotel bar at the Shangri-La. Old-money, live jazz, martinis executed exactly. Good before or after dinner in the same building.

The HK power-lunch and banker-drink institution. Silver tankards, leather, no nonsense. A time capsule in the best way.

Natural wine bar on Hollywood Road. Grab a glass and head out to the Peel Street steps — it's the SoHo evening move.

Rosewood's jewel-box jazz bar on the Kowloon side. Low-lit, serious cocktail program. Cap off the Kowloon night here.

Not one bar — a street. Spill out, bar-hop, meet people. Loud and fun.

Craft beer bar with a great happy hour. Low-key, neighborhood-y.

Record bar a half-block off Peel Street. Vinyl, negronis, late-night pivots.

Sister bar to Bar Leone. Hard to get into — but if you can, go.

If you're going out late in Central, this is a default stop.

LKF institution. Still runs, still busy, still the classic HK club night.

Newer addition to the Central club rotation. Dressy crowd.

Friday night party only — it's a Japanese restaurant the rest of the week.

Disco and funk, actual dancing. The place to end up if the night is working.

Best egg tarts in HK. Sourdough-everything alongside them, but the egg tart is the play.

Order: Sourdough egg tart

Specialty coffee + pastries. Small, design-y, one of the reliable Sheung Wan morning stops.

Sheung Wan neighborhood café. Great filter coffee, laptop-friendly without being a co-working vibe.

All-day café and wine bar combo on Peel Street. Strong espresso in the morning, natural wine by evening — same space, both times.

Tucked-away specialty coffee shop in Sheung Wan. Small, focused, good beans.

Southside coffee with a sea view. Worth the detour if you're already down at Repulse Bay.

Kowloon side, which means you get the Hong Kong skyline as your view.

Boutique, ultra-luxe, André Fu design. A cult favorite.

Boutique and luxe without the Upper House price tag. Popinjays on the roof.

Apartment-style design hotel by Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel. Three suites per floor, floor-to-ceiling windows, quiet. A 3-min walk to Sheung Wan MTR.

All-suite serviced residence — one apartment per floor, private lift lobby. Same developer as 99 Bonham. Better for 3+ night stays (monthly leases).

Drinks on a traditional red-sail junk boat in the harbor. Go at sunset or dusk — the skyline lights come on mid-cruise. Touristy in the best way.

HK$5 to cross the harbour on a 100-year-old green-and-white ferry. The cheapest HK skyline view you can buy.

Take the Peak Tram up at dusk for the city-skyline postcard view, then do the 3.5km Peak Circle Walk (Lugard Road → Harlech Road) for the actual best views. The Sky Terrace at the top of the Peak Tower is skippable.

Best hike on the island. Ridge walk with ocean views, ends at Big Wave Bay or Shek O village.

Wednesday nights, 6:30–9:30pm. Watch horses, gamble a little, drink a lot.

Former Central Police Station and prison, now a cultural center. Free to wander — galleries, courtyards, bars. Madame Fu is upstairs.

Herzog & de Meuron's giant contemporary art museum on the harbour. Two floors of a serious permanent collection plus rotating shows — the rainy-day move.

The waterfront lawn and promenade in the West Kowloon Cultural District. Wide open grass, sculpture walks, and the best low-angle view of HK Island across the harbour.

The Kowloon harbor promenade. Walk it at night — the whole HK Island skyline lights up at 8pm for Symphony of Lights.

Charter a boat for the afternoon. Loop the south side — swim stops, beach bars, dreamy.

Ferry from Central Pier 4 to Yung Shue Wan (25 min). Walk across to Sok Kwu Wan for classic waterfront seafood, or stay on the Yung Shue Wan side for Terracotta. Ferry back, done.

Secluded beach in Tai Long Wan. Take a boat from Sai Kung Pier (book round trip) — it's the HK beach day you didn't think existed.

The iconic HK night market. Open-air stalls, fortune tellers, clay-pot rice, loud. Tourist-coded but the real-deal HK you came for.

The 1847 Taoist temple tucked between Sheung Wan and SoHo. Thick incense coils hanging from the ceiling — the most photogenic quiet moment on Hollywood Road.

The curated retail floor tucked inside the 1924 Pedder Building. The old-HK version of shopping — colonial bones, tight corridors, a few carefully picked boutiques.

Former Police Married Quarters, now a design hub. The best place to shop local HK designers across fashion, ceramics, and home.

HK lifestyle concept store. Homeware, tees, prints with a tongue-in-cheek HK identity. Best gift shop in the city.

Adrian Cheng's art-meets-retail mall. Better design than a mall has any right to be. Pair with Avenue of Stars and a drink at DarkSide.

Members' club with a rooftop pool, restaurant, screening room, and work space. No bedrooms — this is the club, not a hotel. Bring a member, or get sponsored in.

The Elevator Goods HK HQ and members club — a coworking space for DTC founders and e-commerce operators. 2,000+ sq ft with an event space for 40–50, plus in-house experts on product, supply chain, and media buying.