Hong Kong is the world's great Cantonese dining city, from dim sum halls to hotel dining rooms with three stars. Its chefs are also reinventing old Chinese ingredients, and two local restaurants now top Asia's 50 Best.
Hong Kong at a glance
What to eat
Dim sum (har gow, siu mai, cheung fun); Roast meats: char siu, roast goose; Wonton noodle soup; Pineapple bun, egg tarts, cha chaan teng culture; Street food: curry fish balls, egg waffles, clay pot rice.
When to go
Best: September–November. Also good: March–May and December. Hardest: June–August.
Top tables
Forum, Michelin 3★ (2026); T'ang Court, Michelin 3★ (2026); Caprice, Michelin 3★ (2026); Amber, Michelin 3★ (2026). This guide lists 14 award-winning restaurants in all.
Where locals eat
Local favorites off the prestige lists include Hop Yik Tai, Kung Wo Tofu Factory, Block 18 Doggie's Noodle and Sing Heung Yuen.
Markets
Bowrington Road Market, Kowloon City Market and Tai Po Hui Market.
14 award-winning2 critic-reviewed4 local favorites1 hot right now3 markets6 walking tour stops10 chef's picks5 sandwich shops10 romantic dinners5 breakfast spots10 new openings25 dish spots
Food walking tour: Sham Shui Po, bowl by bowl: a Hong Kong morning4.0 hours on foot, 6 stops, in eating order. Add the whole tour to your trip, then give it a day.
Hong Kong's picks pair the city's top Cantonese rooms and Michelin-starred roast goose with cheap Sham Shui Po counters, Central noodle stalls and a Sai Ying Pun claypot rice kitchen. Several of the cheapest places here carry Michelin recognition in 2026.
The well-known five
The Chairman
Central
Michelin 1★ (2026); Asia's 50 Best #1 (2026)Cantonese$$$
Order: Steamed crab with Huadiao wine and chicken fat over Chen Cun rice noodles
Named No. 1 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 and holder of one Michelin star. The cooking leans on southern Chinese ingredients and the season.
Best for: celebration dinner · Reserve: Book ahead; online booking only on certain days, with set menus emailed in advance, or call +852 2555 2202 · Hours: Daily 12:00-15:00 and 18:00-23:00
3F, The Wellington, 198 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong
Order: Pineapple pork buns with barbecued pork and pine nuts, fish maw casserole, and the baked whole abalone puff with diced chicken
The Four Seasons' Cantonese dining room, with a Michelin 2026 listing on the hotel's own awards page. It is the place for a polished dim sum lunch.
Best for: dim sum lunch splurge · Reserve: Book ahead via the Four Seasons site or +852 3196 8882 · Hours: Lunch Mon-Fri 12:00-14:30, weekends and holidays 11:30-15:00; dinner daily, last seating 20:30
4/F, Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong (street address not on source)
Order: Roast goose, a quarter or a drumstick over lai fun noodles in clear broth; char siu and roast pork belly are also recommended
A family roast-meat shop founded in 1957 and on Stanley Street since 2011, now with one Michelin star. The goose is marinated, put through more than twenty prep steps and chargrilled.
Best for: fast roast goose lunch · Reserve: walk-in (phone +852 2524 3882); cash only · Hours: Daily 10:00-20:30
GF, Conwell House, 34-38 Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong
A tofu maker since 1893, run today by Renee So, who left finance in 2013 to take over from her father. Production starts at 2am and everything is made on site.
Best for: breakfast or afternoon tofu pudding · Reserve: walk-in; call +852 2386 6871 to book · Hours: Daily 07:00-21:00
Order: Beef tomato noodles, and the condensed milk toast
A roadside stall serving tomato soup noodles, and a 2026 write-up rates the beef version above the egg version. Open from early morning until about 3:30pm.
Best for: cheap breakfast · Reserve: walk-in · Hours: Early morning to about 15:30; closed days not stated
2 Mee Lun Street, Central, Hong Kong
Worth confirming: hours and that it is still open.
New places change fast. “Provisional” means a guide or directory lists it as new but we have not confirmed the opening date. Check hours and book ahead before you go.
Memorable breakfasts in Hong Kong
The top pick here; the rest are on their own page.
Australia Dairy Company
Jordan
Order: Scrambled eggs on toast and milk tea
Fast-paced cha chaan teng theatre and famously soft eggs.
Picks come from romantic-dinner lists on booking and review sites. Confirm dinner service, menus and availability before you book.
Food walking tour
Sham Shui Po, bowl by bowl: a Hong Kong morning
Rice rolls, a wet market, wonton noodles, dim sum, egg tarts and tofu pudding in Kowloon's cheapest food district.
Start 9:00 at Sham Shui Po MTR station (Tsuen Wan line), then walk to Kweilin StreetTime 4.0 hoursDistance about 2.4 kmBest days Monday to Saturday. Lau Sum Kee is closed Sundays; everything else is listed as open daily.
Sham Shui Po packs several Michelin-recognised cheap eats into a few blocks around Kweilin, Pei Ho and Fuk Wing streets. The route starts with rice rolls made to order, wanders a municipal wet market, then moves through wonton noodles, dim sum, an egg tart and tofu pudding.
↓ 3 min · 175 m on foot (approx.): Continue along Kweilin Street from Hop Yik Tai; the market building is a block or so away.
2
Pei Ho Street Market and Cooked Food Centre
Market Sham Shui Po
Order: Walk the ground-floor produce and fish stalls. Upstairs the cooked food centre has Cantonese, Thai and Vietnamese kitchens; only snack here, since lunch is coming.
A municipal wet market with a communal cooked food centre on the second floor. It shows you the ingredients behind the dishes you are eating today.
Around 9:35 · 40 min
333 Ki Lung Street / Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
Hours: Daily 6:00-20:00 per Wanderlog. Worth confirming.
Pacing: Share each dish between two or three people. If you are full by Tim Ho Wan, order two items and skip the egg tart; tofu pudding is light enough to finish with.
Plan B: If it rains, spend more time upstairs at the Pei Ho Street cooked food centre. On a Sunday swap Lau Sum Kee for Block 18 Doggie's Noodle in Sham Shui Po (address not confirmed, worth checking hours).
Avoid: Avoid the 12:00-13:30 lunch rush at Tim Ho Wan if you can, and Sundays because of Lau Sum Kee.
Bring: Cash in Hong Kong dollars (small stalls), tissues, and an appetite you pace. Wear shoes you can stand in; most of these places are counters and shared tables.
Skip it if: Skip it if you want roast meats or white-tablecloth Cantonese; this is counters, shared tables and cash.
Ends at: Kung Wo Beancurd Factory, Pei Ho Street, a short walk from Sham Shui Po MTR.
Walking times and distances are approximate, and opening hours change: confirm before you go.
Hot right now in Hong Kong
What people are lining up for and posting about this month. Entries expire after about four months unless they are reported again.
Hot nowReported Sep 2026
Abebe Bakery
Tsim Sha Tsui
The thing: Cream-filled doughnuts and cream buns with a chewy rice-cake centre
The Jeju-born doughnut specialist opened its first Hong Kong shop in September with a free-doughnut weekend, and stock is reported to sell out early.
Crazes move fast. “Just spotted” means one report so far, and most entries rest on a single source: confirm hours and expect a wait.
The Hong Kong food map
Every place in this guide, pinned. Tap a pin to see what to order, then add it to your trip.
Open the full Hong Kong food map: every place on our lists too (pizza, ice cream, romantic, where locals and the famous eat, cooking classes), searchable by dish.
· 23 of 25 dish places are pinned; the rest appear in the lists below. Pins are placed by address or name and can be a little off; always confirm in your maps app.
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Tell us what you like and we will line up the places on this page into a day-by-day plan. Only places from this guide, never anything else.
What to eat in Hong Kong, and where
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Dim sum
har gow, siu mai and char siu bao with tea
The 5 best places to eat it in Hong Kong
1
Tim Ho Wan
Sham Shui Po · $
Order: Baked char siu buns, siu mai, beef balls
Top-tier dim sum at low prices from a former Lung King Heen chef.
Seen in edition.cnn.com · worth confirming hours before you go
2
Lei Garden
Mong Kok · $$$
Order: Plain cheung fun, siu yuk siu mai, har gau
Michelin-level quality in a relaxed room.
Seen in edition.cnn.com · worth confirming hours before you go
3
Lin Heung Kui
Central · $$
Order: Liver siu mai, Chinese sausage rolls
Old-school carts and a noisy hall with hard-to-find classics.
Seen in edition.cnn.com · worth confirming hours before you go
4
San Hing
Kennedy Town · $
Order: Lau sa bao, quail egg siu mai
Opens at 3 a.m. with a lively crowd and very low prices.
Seen in edition.cnn.com · worth confirming hours before you go
5
Fook Lam Moon
Hong Kong · $$$
Order: Har gau, lau sa bao
Polished service and a praised custard bun.
Seen in edition.cnn.com · worth confirming hours before you go
Roast goose
lacquered, Cantonese-style
The 5 best places to eat it in Hong Kong
1
Yat Lok
Central · $$
Order: Roast goose drumstick with rice noodles
Michelin-starred and a Bourdain favorite; the drumstick is the order.
Lonely Planet (March 2025): late Sept-early Nov best for sightseeing (mild, lower humidity, but highest hotel/flight prices); Nov-early Dec strong (20-28C; typhoon season can run into November); Mar-early May second-best (shoulder); Jan-Feb best for Lunar New Year but hotel prices can double or triple and many restaurants close the first days; Jun-Aug 'avoid' (hot, sticky, showery; most major typhoons Jul-Sep). Cheapest: mid-May-early Sept and after the Lunar New Year rush. Month numbers are our mapping of the prose; Dec and Jan-Feb placement is our interpretation (Jan-Feb deliberately left out of peak/shoulder because of LNY closures and price spikes).
In season
Cheung Chau buns (Bun Festival)Apr–May
Zongzi and five-bean congee (Tuen Ng / Dragon Boat)May–Jun
Mooncakes (Mid-Autumn)Sep–Oct
Hairy crab
Snake soup
Hot pot (daa bin lou)
Poon choiJan–Feb
Food events
Lunar New YearFebLate Jan-mid Feb (LP); 2027 date not retrieved (gov.hk 2027 holiday page returned no data)
Cheung Chau Bun FestivalMay
Mid-Autumn FestivalSepSeptember, may run into early October (LP)
Hong Kong Wine & Dine FestivalOct29 Oct-1 Nov 2026 at Central Harbourfront and Tamar Park; admission HK$40 (concession HK$20), tasting tokens HK$25; passes HK$558 Grand Wine / HK$258...
Hong Kong Gourmet MonthNovRuns throughout November 2026; participating restaurants and offers 'announced later' (same HKTB release)
Closures to plan around
Lunar New Year: LP says many restaurants close for the first days of the holiday and crowds/closures peak then; hotel prices double or triple. Exact 2027 dates and per-restaurant closure days not sourced
Set lunches may be unavailable on Sundays/holidays or cost more on weekends (Frommer's, undated)
Weekly closing days for dim sum parlours, markets and cha chaan tengs not sourced - check each venue. TableJourney's HK festival and market pages could not be retrieved
Meal costs and tipping (HKD)
Casual: street snack 10-35; dim sum basket 30-60, dim sum meal 120-200 pp; wonton noodle soup 38-60; cha chaan teng set with drink 50-90; clay pot rice 65-95
Mid-range: mid-range restaurant 150-300 pp excluding alcohol; roast goose at famous spots 120-180
Tasting menus from: fine dining 800-1,500 pp with wine
Tipping: About 10% service charge often added at mid-range/upscale restaurants (check receipt); locals rarely tip on top; none expected at cha chaan tengs (Travel With Hello); Frommer's also says 10% service charge, no tax
From published guides and tourism boards. Months are our mapping of how guides describe the seasons; 2027 event dates are expected, not confirmed. Prices come from single sources of varying age, so treat them as a rough guide. Compare cities by month
The best of Hong Kong, by category
The top pick in each, then every place on its own page with what to get and a map.
Locally loved places that are not on the big prestige lists.
street food
Hop Yik Tai
Sham Shui Po · $
Order: Fresh steamed cheung fun with sweet, sesame and soy sauces
A cash-only counter at 121 Kweilin Street that opens early and draws queues for rice noodle rolls made daily. It is in the 2026 Michelin Guide Hong Kong, and Time Out also recommends it.
A retro tofu specialist at 118 Pei Ho Street where most items cost under HK$20. Michelin Bib Gourmand (2026), and Time Out praises its old-school soybean flavor.
Order: Tomato soup noodles with toppings, egg and beef toastie, butter and honey lemon bun
A classic roadside dai pai dong style stall known for tomato noodle soup and breakfast-style toasts. Time Out lists it in its best dai pai dong guide and has its own page. Single-site corroboration.
Awards come from the guides named on each listing (Michelin Hong Kong & Macau 2026; Asia's 50 Best 2026). Researched October 25, 2026. Restaurants change; confirm hours, reservations and current stars before you go. Some addresses, phone numbers and websites come from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), so call ahead to confirm. Local favorites are editorial picks, not rankings.
