Guidebook for Hong Kong

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Guidebook for Hong Kong

Food Scene

Chinese Sunday brunch at its best! Traditional dim sum restaurant filled with Chinese families and served the old-fashioned way: carts full of yummie surprises come by and you just take your pick!
46 Des Voeux Rd W
46 Des Voeux Road West
Chinese Sunday brunch at its best! Traditional dim sum restaurant filled with Chinese families and served the old-fashioned way: carts full of yummie surprises come by and you just take your pick!
Cha chaan teng (HK tea restaurant) famous for its pork chop rice. Also has the most delicious iced lemon tea! Tends to get quite busy during lunch time so be prepared to wait a little, it's worth it.
200 Hollywood Rd
200 Hollywood Road
Cha chaan teng (HK tea restaurant) famous for its pork chop rice. Also has the most delicious iced lemon tea! Tends to get quite busy during lunch time so be prepared to wait a little, it's worth it.
They have no coffee, but all sorts of tea and amazing fresh scones in this charming little cafe with a terrace (!) in a wonderful upcoming neighbourhood filled with quaint little shops and galleries.
18 Tai Ping Shan St
18 Tai Ping Shan Street
They have no coffee, but all sorts of tea and amazing fresh scones in this charming little cafe with a terrace (!) in a wonderful upcoming neighbourhood filled with quaint little shops and galleries.
When you are fed up with the Cantonese cuisine just go to Taco Chaca and enjoy the delicious monster nachos!
1 Second St
1 Second Street
When you are fed up with the Cantonese cuisine just go to Taco Chaca and enjoy the delicious monster nachos!
Very nice cafe located in a dead end street at the top of the PoHo area. Serves great European style food as well. Make sure to check out Po's Atelier, an amazing bakery, next door.
72 Po Hing Fong
72 Po Hing Fong
Very nice cafe located in a dead end street at the top of the PoHo area. Serves great European style food as well. Make sure to check out Po's Atelier, an amazing bakery, next door.
Take away sushi!
280 Queen's Rd W
280 Queen's Road West
Take away sushi!
Even better take away sushi!
346 Queen's Road Central
346 Queen's Road West
Even better take away sushi!
Delicious pizza and pasta
9 locals recommend
208 Hollywood Rd
208 Hollywood Road
9 locals recommend
Delicious pizza and pasta
Great food and drinks
226 Hollywood Rd
226 Hollywood Road
Great food and drinks
Serving wonderful dim sum all day long. Try the steamed rice rolls with crispy spring rolls inside, they are amazing!
88 Jervois St
Serving wonderful dim sum all day long. Try the steamed rice rolls with crispy spring rolls inside, they are amazing!
Most amazing Vietnamese food in Hong Kong. They don't take reservations so be prepared to queue!
88 Wellington St
88 Wellington Street
Most amazing Vietnamese food in Hong Kong. They don't take reservations so be prepared to queue!
Famous claypot restaurant. Try the one with beef and egg, so yum!!
263 Queen's Rd W
263 Queen's Road West
Famous claypot restaurant. Try the one with beef and egg, so yum!!
Charming little Viennese coffee place with some tables outside. A bit hard to find, just take the Pound Lane stairs up from Hollywood Road.
Tai On Terrace
Tai On Terrace
Charming little Viennese coffee place with some tables outside. A bit hard to find, just take the Pound Lane stairs up from Hollywood Road.
Asian style BBQ, with a huge choice of food on skewers (scallops, beef wrapped enoki mushrooms, squid, etc.) roasted for you on the spot.
133 Third St
133 Third Street
Asian style BBQ, with a huge choice of food on skewers (scallops, beef wrapped enoki mushrooms, squid, etc.) roasted for you on the spot.
Dessert restaurant with both Asian and Western (from Chinese sweet soups to Tiramisu) desserts.
150 Third St
150 Third Street
Dessert restaurant with both Asian and Western (from Chinese sweet soups to Tiramisu) desserts.
Casual French restaurant, nice set lunch menu for HK$88.
5 Wa Ln
5 Wa Lane
Casual French restaurant, nice set lunch menu for HK$88.
Delicious dim sum. Very small, authentic place. No English menu but if you know the names of your favorites there is no problem.
11 Pok Fu Lam Rd
11 Pok Fu Lam Road
Delicious dim sum. Very small, authentic place. No English menu but if you know the names of your favorites there is no problem.
Very good ramen (especially the grilled cod fish) and salmon head.
269 Queen's Rd W
Very good ramen (especially the grilled cod fish) and salmon head.
Great spicy sichuan food
11 First St
11 First Street
Great spicy sichuan food

Arts & Culture

One of Hong Kong's oldest and most interesting non-profit art spaces.
4 Po Yan St
4 Po Yan Street
One of Hong Kong's oldest and most interesting non-profit art spaces.
Contemporary art gallery
23 Po Tuck St
Po Tuck Street
Contemporary art gallery
Comtemporary art gallery
57 Hollywood Rd
57 Hollywood Road
Comtemporary art gallery
Contemporary Art Gallery
222 Hollywood Rd
222 Hollywood Road
Contemporary Art Gallery

Essentials

Basic supermarket
115 Queen's Rd W
115 Queen's Road West
Basic supermarket
Big indoor market with all kinds of fresh fish, meat and veggies.
43 Centre St
43 Centre Street
Big indoor market with all kinds of fresh fish, meat and veggies.

Sightseeing

Cute little park where children play and the elderly practice tai chi.
Hollywood Road Park
Cute little park where children play and the elderly practice tai chi.
Street filled with little shops and stalls selling antiques and kitschy souvenirs.
34 locals recommend
Upper Lascar Row
Upper Lascar Row
34 locals recommend
Street filled with little shops and stalls selling antiques and kitschy souvenirs.
Walking up the Peak is a wonderful way to start your day. The trail is only 3km long and it will take about an hour to get to the Peak while enjoying great views over the city and Lamma Island.
Kotewall Road Bus Terminus station
Walking up the Peak is a wonderful way to start your day. The trail is only 3km long and it will take about an hour to get to the Peak while enjoying great views over the city and Lamma Island.
Not much to see but this is the spot where the British landed in 1841 to take possession of Hong Kong. Due to decades of land reclamation it is no longer situated at the waterfront.
Possession Street
Possession Street
Not much to see but this is the spot where the British landed in 1841 to take possession of Hong Kong. Due to decades of land reclamation it is no longer situated at the waterfront.

Shopping

Great shop selling men's shoes, watches and amazing leather goods, designed by the two Swedish guys who opened the shop.
15 Square St
15 Square Street
Great shop selling men's shoes, watches and amazing leather goods, designed by the two Swedish guys who opened the shop.
Little shop selling all kinds of cute items, mainly from local designers.
43 Square St
43 Square Street
Little shop selling all kinds of cute items, mainly from local designers.
Design shop
50 Tung St
50 Tung Street
Design shop