59 of the Best Restaurants in Hong Kong

Hong Kong eats better than cities ten times its size. The 2026 Michelin Guide lists 219 restaurants here, and that is only the thin top layer of a scene that runs from cha chaan teng counters to Cantonese banquet halls to a Japanese sector that would carry a city on its own. The city after dark is when most of these rooms fill. This guide lists 59 of the best restaurants in Hong Kong, grouped by cuisine: Chinese, Japanese, seafood, steakhouses, Thai, French and Italian. Each entry carries an address, so you can get from this page to a table. None carries a phone number: four of the numbers this page used to list rang a hotel switchboard that has not existed since 2020, which is a fair guide to how well a 2019 number ages here. Hong Kong’s restaurant scene turns over hard, and rooms that were full in 2019 have since been gutted, renamed or moved. Every entry below was re-checked in October 2026 against a current source, and the rooms we could not confirm were dropped rather than left in. If you find an entry that is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

How to find the best restaurants in Hong Kong

District decides more here than anything on a menu, and after district it is whether you booked.

Central, SoHo and Sheung Wan hold the fine dining, the wine bars and most of the imported chefs. Wan Chai and Causeway Bay are where Cantonese seafood, hotpot and Thai are strongest, and where the bill drops. Tsim Sha Tsui is hotel territory, which is why so many entries below carry a hotel name; the harbor view is priced into the meal. Kowloon City is Hong Kong’s Thai quarter, down to the grocers. Sai Kung, out east, is where people go for a whole fish. On a Hong Kong day tour, the district you finish in usually decides dinner, so pick the restaurant after the route rather than before.

The 2026 Michelin Guide gives seven Hong Kong restaurants three stars: T’ang Court, Amber, Caprice, Forum, Ta Vie, Sushi Shikon and 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana. Two of those, Amber and Caprice, are French, and Ta Vie cooks innovative food on French technique; all three have their own section below. Another thirteen hold two stars, including Lung King Heen at the Four Seasons, Tin Lung Heen at the Ritz-Carlton and Lai Ching Heen at the Regent. Those rooms want booking weeks out, and most of them want a jacket.

The other end of the scale is where the city actually distinguishes itself. Dim sum parlors, siu mei counters with roast goose hanging in the window, claypot rice in winter, and noodle shops that seat you at a stranger’s table take no bookings at all. You turn up, point, eat and leave. That culinary range, from a queue on the pavement to a tasting menu in the clouds, is the whole argument for eating your way across Hong Kong rather than picking one restaurant and staying put.

The best Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong

Cantonese cooking is the home cuisine here, and it covers more ground than any single meal suggests: morning dim sum, roast meats over rice, seafood steamed with ginger and scallion, and formal banquet cooking in hotel dining rooms. Eight of the rooms below hold Michelin stars in the 2026 guide. Here are 19 of the best Chinese restaurants in the city.

#1: Man Wah

Cantonese fine dining high in the Mandarin Oriental, Central, with one Michelin star in the 2026 guide. Tablecloths, a harbor view, and a bill that matches both. Address: 5 Connaught Road Central

#2: Tin Lung Heen

Cantonese on the 102nd floor of the Ritz-Carlton in Kowloon. Two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide, so book well ahead. Address: 102/F, The Ritz-Carlton, International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West

#3: Lai Ching Heen

The Regent’s Cantonese room, renamed from Yan Toh Heen when the hotel reopened in 2023. Two Michelin stars, tables on the harborfront. Address: Regent Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#4: Dynasty

Cantonese in the Renaissance Harbour View at Wan Chai, beside the convention center. Harbor views and banquet-scale round tables, which is why it turns up on so many China itineraries. Address: 3/F, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

#5: One Harbour Road

A two-floor Cantonese room in the Grand Hyatt, Wan Chai, built to look like a 1930s Hong Kong mansion. Address: 7-8/F, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

#6: The Chairman

Danny Yip’s Cantonese kitchen, one Michelin star, best known for crab steamed in aged Shaoxing wine with flat rice noodles. It left Kau U Fong in 2022 for a smaller room on Wellington Street. Address: 3/F, The Wellington, 198 Wellington Street, Central

#7: Din Tai Fung (Yee Wo Street)

The Taiwanese soup dumpling chain’s Causeway Bay branch, at street level. Queues at lunch, turnover fast enough that they move. Address: Shop G3-G11, G/F, 68 Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay

#8: The Cafe

The all-day international buffet in the Sheraton, Tsim Sha Tsui. Breakfast through dinner, no ceremony. Address: 2/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#9: Celestial Court Chinese Restaurant

Cantonese in the Sheraton, Tsim Sha Tsui. Dim sum at lunch, set banquets in the evening. Address: 2/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#10: Ho Lee Fook

Black Sheep’s Cantonese kitchen in SoHo, run by executive chef ArChan Chan. Dark, loud, and built around the wok. Address: 3-5 Elgin Street, SoHo, Central

#11: JW Cafe

The buffet restaurant in the JW Marriott at Pacific Place, Admiralty. Convenient rather than characterful. Address: 5/F, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway

#12: Lung King Heen

Cantonese in the Four Seasons, Central, holding two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide. Formal service, dim sum worth the lunch booking. Address: Podium 4, Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, 8 Finance Street, Central

#13: China Club

A private members’ club in the old Bank of China Building, done out as 1930s Shanghai with a serious Chinese art collection. You need a member to get you in. Address: 13-14/F, Old Bank of China Building, Bank Street, Central

#14: Din Tai Fung (Silvercord)

The Tsim Sha Tsui branch of the same chain, upstairs in the Silvercord mall on Canton Road. Xiao long bao, noodles, and a ticket system. Address: Shop 306, 3/F, Silvercord, 30 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#15: Islamic Centre Canteen

Halal dim sum on the fifth floor of the Wan Chai mosque complex. Chicken and fish siu mai in place of pork, curries, no decor, and one of the more interesting lunches in the district. Address: 5/F, Masjid Ammar and Osman Ramju Sadick Islamic Centre, 40 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai

#16: Above and Beyond

Cantonese on the 28th floor of Hotel ICON in Tsim Sha Tsui East. Recommended by the Michelin Guide rather than starred, which is roughly where the price sits too. Address: Level 28, Hotel ICON, 17 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East

#17: T’ang Court

Cantonese in The Langham, Tsim Sha Tsui, and one of the steadiest kitchens in the city: three Michelin stars for an eleventh consecutive year in the 2026 guide. Address: 1-2/F, The Langham, 8 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#18: Ying Jee Club

Cantonese across two floors of the Nexxus Building in Central, with two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide. Dim sum at lunch, a tasting menu at night. Address: Shop G05, 107-108, G/F and 1/F, Nexxus Building, 41 Connaught Road Central

#19: Rùn

Chef Hung Chi-kwong’s Cantonese room in the St. Regis, Wan Chai, and one of the thirteen two-star restaurants in the 2026 guide. Address: The St. Regis Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Drive, Wan Chai

The best Japanese restaurants in Hong Kong

Japanese food is not a niche cuisine in Hong Kong, it is a second one. The city supports everything from ramen counters with a queue on the pavement to omakase rooms with a months-long waiting list, plus the hybrids a port city produces, Japanese-Peruvian among them. Here are eight to start with.

#1: Unkai Japanese Restaurant

The Japanese restaurant in the Sheraton, Tsim Sha Tsui: sushi, teppanyaki, and set lunches aimed at the office trade. Address: 3/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#2: Zuma

Contemporary izakaya cooking across two floors of the Landmark in Central, with a terrace. Sit at the robata counter if you can. Address: Levels 5-6, Landmark Atrium, 15 Queen’s Road Central

#3: Aqua

Two kitchens, one Italian and one Japanese, sharing a single room on the 17th floor of H Zentre in Tsim Sha Tsui since leaving its old home at 1 Peking Road. Sashimi and robata on one side, pasta on the other, the harbor out of the window. Address: 17/F, H Zentre, 15 Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#4: Nobu Hong Kong

Nobu Matsuhisa’s Japanese-Peruvian cooking, back in Hong Kong at the Regent after the hotel’s rebuild. Black cod, yellowtail, and the menu you already know. Address: Regent Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#5: Takagi Yakitori

Charcoal-grilled skewers in Tsim Sha Tsui, with the chicken broken down and cooked part by part. Counter seats, so book. Address: G/F, 13-15 Minden Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui

#6: Butao Ramen

Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen on Wellington Street, Central. A capped number of bowls a day, a queue at peak hours, and you are out in twenty minutes once you sit. Address: G/F, Fortuna Building, 69 Wellington Street, Central

#7: Sushi Shikon

Edomae sushi at a counter inside the Landmark Mandarin Oriental, and one of the seven three-star restaurants in the 2026 Michelin Guide. Omakase only, and you book a long way out. Address: 7/F, The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, 15 Queen’s Road Central

#8: Tokio Joe

Sushi and Japanese standards in Lan Kwai Fong since 1995, useful when the rest of the street is drinking. Address: G/F, 16 Lan Kwai Fong, Central

Where to eat seafood in Hong Kong

Like most of the coastal cities in China, Hong Kong eats a great deal of fish, and per head it is among the heaviest seafood-eating places in the world. That shows up at both ends: live tanks in wet markets and neighborhood Cantonese restaurants, and imported oysters in hotel dining rooms. Eight of the better places to eat it are below.

#1: The Market

The buffet at Hotel ICON in Tsim Sha Tsui East. The seafood counter carries most of the room’s reputation. Address: Level 2, Hotel ICON, 17 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East

#2: Lobster Bar & Grill

Seafood and live music in the Island Shangri-La at Pacific Place. Lobster, unsurprisingly, and a long bar to eat it at. Address: Level 6, Island Shangri-La, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central

#3: Oyster and Wine Bar

Oysters by the dozen and a harbor view from the 18th floor of the Sheraton, Tsim Sha Tsui. Address: 18/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#4: Harbourside

The Regent’s harborfront buffet in Tsim Sha Tsui, Asian and Western side by side, and heavy on seafood. Address: Regent Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#5: Cafe 103

All-day dining on the 103rd floor of the Ritz-Carlton in Kowloon. Seafood platters, afternoon tea, and cloud when the weather closes in. Address: 103/F, The Ritz-Carlton, International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West

#6: Forum

Yeung Koon Yat’s Cantonese house in Causeway Bay, open since 1977 and holding three Michelin stars in the 2026 guide. The Ah Yat braised abalone is what people come for. Address: 1/F, Sino Plaza, 255-257 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay

#7: Fish Bar

Poolside seafood at the JW Marriott, Pacific Place. Casual by hotel standards, and outdoors when the weather allows. Address: Level 7, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway

#8: Bubba Gump Shrimp Co

The American shrimp chain, up at the Peak Tower. Family-shaped, view-driven, and exactly what it says on the sign. The Peak is on almost every visitor’s first day, so this is where a lot of them end up eating by default. Address: Shop 304-305, Level 3, The Peak Tower, 128 Peak Road, The Peak

The best steakhouses in Hong Kong

Hong Kong imports beef from Japan, Australia, the United States and Argentina, and there is a steakhouse here for each of those traditions. Some are hotel grill rooms, one is a butcher shop that started cooking, and two cook in the Argentine style over open fire. Nine worth booking.

#1: Feather and Bone (Sai Ying Pun)

A butcher shop with a bistro attached. Pick a cut from the counter and they cook it for you at the table behind. Address: Shop 1, G/F, Bohemian House, 321 Des Voeux Road West, Sai Ying Pun

#2: The Steak House

The Regent’s steakhouse in Tsim Sha Tsui: charcoal-grilled wagyu, Hanwoo and 160-day grain-fed Angus, plus a salad bar that regulars plan the meal around. Address: Regent Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#3: Tango Argentinian Steakhouse

An Argentine grill on Wyndham Street, Central. Parrilla, chimichurri, and a malbec list. Address: 1/F, Carfield Building, 77 Wyndham Street, Central

#4: The Grill Room

A charcoal grill room in The Humphreys, Tsim Sha Tsui, a street back from the shopping, and a set lunch that is the value play. Address: 2/F, The Humphreys, 6-6A Humphrey’s Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui

#5: Grand Hyatt Steakhouse

The Grand Hyatt’s steakhouse in Wan Chai, on the mezzanine off the main lobby. Dry-aged beef and a dark room. Address: Mezzanine Level, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

#6: Wooloomooloo Steakhouse

Steak on the 31st floor of The Hennessy in Wan Chai, from a group that has been grilling in Hong Kong for twenty years. Address: 31/F, The Hennessy, 256 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai

#7: Morton’s - The Steakhouse

The Chicago chain’s Hong Kong room, on the fourth floor of the Sheraton in Tsim Sha Tsui. Big cuts, American portions. Address: 4/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

#8: Buenos Aires Polo Club

Argentine steak in LKF Tower, Central, dressed as a 1970s club room. Good for a table of eight. Address: 7/F, LKF Tower, 33 Wyndham Street, Central

#9: Beefbar Hong Kong

The Monaco group’s beef restaurant, in Club Lusitano on Ice House Street in Central, with one Michelin star in the 2026 guide. Street food cuts alongside the expensive ones. Address: 2/F, Club Lusitano, 16 Ice House Street, Central

Where to eat Thai food in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Thai cooking is better than most visitors expect, because there is a real Thai community behind it. Kowloon City is the center of it, complete with grocers and temples, and the rest of the city has picked up everything from Isaan grills to Bangkok boat noodles. This section is short on purpose: of the sixteen Thai rooms this page used to list, these four are the ones we could confirm are still trading.

#1: Samsen

Boat noodles and Thai street cooking on Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai, and a Bib Gourmand pick in the Michelin Guide. Small room, long queue, and worth both. Address: G/F, 68 Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai

#2: Chachawan

Isaan cooking from Thailand’s northeast, on Hollywood Road: som tam, larb, and chili heat that is not dialed down for anyone. Address: 206 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan

#3: Chili Club

Old-school Thai upstairs on Lockhart Road, Wan Chai. Plain room, hot food, no concessions. Address: 1/F, 88 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai

#4: Spices

Thai, Indian, Vietnamese and Indonesian cooking at The Repulse Bay, open since 1987, with garden seating and the sea beyond it. A beach lunch rather than a city dinner. Address: The Repulse Bay, 109 Repulse Bay Road, Repulse Bay

The best French and innovative restaurants in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s French dining runs at a level most European capitals would envy: two of the city’s seven three-star rooms in the 2026 Michelin Guide are French, and a third builds its own style on French technique. All three are in Central, all three want booking weeks out, and all three serve set menus only. Three rooms, no filler.

#1: Amber

Richard Ekkebus’s dining room in the Landmark Mandarin Oriental, three Michelin stars in the 2026 guide. He cooks without dairy and builds the set menus around produce such as aka uni, Ping Yuen chicken and blue lobster. Address: 7/F, The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, 15 Queen’s Road Central

#2: Caprice

The Four Seasons’ French room, three Michelin stars in the 2026 guide, with chef Guillaume Galliot at the stove, a harbor view through the glass and a serious cheese selection. Prix-fixe menus only, dinner only. Address: 6/F, Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, 8 Finance Street, Central

#3: Ta Vie

Hideaki Sato’s tasting menu in The Pottinger hotel, three Michelin stars in the 2026 guide: French technique, Japanese restraint, and a menu that turns with the seasons. House sourdough and cultured butter, and an Asian-leaning wine and sake list. Address: 2/F, The Pottinger, 21 Stanley Street, Central

The best Italian restaurants in Hong Kong

Italian is the western cuisine Hong Kong takes most seriously, and it stretches from a three-star tasting menu in Central to Neapolitan pizza in Wan Chai. The hotel dining rooms tend toward northern Italian and a harbor view; the independents tend toward pasta and a wine list. Eight of them, three with Michelin stars.

#1: Tosca di Angelo

Italian on the 102nd floor of the Ritz-Carlton in Kowloon, with one Michelin star in the 2026 guide. Open kitchen, long wine list, and the altitude you are paying for. Address: 102/F, The Ritz-Carlton, International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West

#2: 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana

Umberto Bombana’s dining room in Alexandra House, Central, with three Michelin stars in the 2026 guide. White truffle in season, and a booking made weeks ahead. Address: Shop 202, Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Central

#3: Octavium

Bombana’s second Central room, run since 2023 by head chef Giuseppe de Vuono and holding two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide. Six- or eight-course tasting menus that change with the season. Address: 8/F, One Chinachem Central, 22 Des Voeux Road Central

#4: Grissini

Italian on the second floor of the Grand Hyatt, Wan Chai, behind floor-to-ceiling windows onto the harbor. Address: 2/F, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

#5: Angelini

The Kowloon Shangri-La’s Italian room in Tsim Sha Tsui East. Harbor-facing, and more relaxed than the address suggests. Address: Mezzanine Level, Kowloon Shangri-La, 64 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East

#6: Motorino

Neapolitan pizza from Black Sheep, on Shelley Street in Central. There is a second branch on Ship Street in Wan Chai. Address: G/F, 14 Shelley Street, Central (also 15 Ship Street, Wan Chai)

#7: Mistral

Rustic Italian in the InterContinental Grand Stanford, Tsim Sha Tsui East, and deliberately so. Address: B2 Level, InterContinental Grand Stanford, 70 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East

#8: Pici Pasta Bar Wanchai

Fresh pasta and a deliberately short menu in St Francis Yard, Wan Chai. It is one of nine Pici branches across the city. Address: G/F, 16 St Francis Yard, Wan Chai

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