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- % Arabica Multiple locations, Hong Kong
Kenneth Shoji's Japanese chain reached Hong Kong in 2017 with flagship cafés at the Star Ferry Terminal and the IFC Mall. Each pours single-origin espresso under the brand's line, 'See the World Through Coffee.' store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Kee Wah Bakery Hong Kong / Hong Kong
Kee Wah Bakery traces its founding to 1938, when Wong Yip Wing opened a small grocery store on Shanghai Street in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ying Kee Tea House Hong Kong / China
Ying Kee Tea House was founded in 1881 by Chen Chao Ying in Guangzhou, more than a century before Hong Kong became its home. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- LockCha Tea House Hong Kong Park, Admiralty & Tai Kwun, Central
LockCha has sourced small-batch Chinese teas from remote growing regions since 2003 at its Hong Kong Park flagship, adding a Tai Kwun location in 2018. Both pair loose-leaf pu-erh and oolong with an all-vegetarian dim sum menu, recognized among the world's best vegetarian restaurants. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Central-Mid-Levels Escalator Central to Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island
The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system — 800 meters of moving walkways connecting Central to the Mid-Levels, passing through SoHo, with restaurants, bars, and shops at every exit. store page → · open in the atlas → - Graham Street Market Central, Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong's oldest street market — operating since the 1800s, this steep street market sells fresh produce, meat, and seafood. The most atmospheric market in Central. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hong Kong Incense Company Hong Kong / Hong Kong
Hong Kong Incense Company grew from founder Aaron Tang's search for a fragrance he encountered at Chi Lin Nunnery in 2007. It now describes itself as the city's last remaining traditional high-grade incense factory, hand-producing sticks, cones, and coils. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance Tai Hang, Hong Kong Island (annual, Mid-Autumn Festival)
A 67-meter dragon of fire — a tradition since 1880 where a 67-meter dragon covered in thousands of incense sticks is danced through the narrow streets of Tai Hang for three nights. store page → · open in the atlas → - Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Hong Kong's fruit trading hub — a historic Edwardian market building where fruit wholesalers trade from midnight to dawn. The most atmospheric market in Hong Kong after dark. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Ascot Chang Hong Kong / Online
Hong Kong shirtmaker since 1953, cutting shirts to go under a well-cut suit. Bespoke, including the one-piece collar, in Hong Kong, New York and Manila. store page → · open in the atlas → - Audio Evidence Central / Hong Kong
Audio Evidence is a Hong Kong hi-fi dealer based in Central, run by Jonathan Midgley. The range centers on a by-appointment home-setting audition with a small, deliberately curated brand roster, with production associated with Hong Kong. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bakehouse Multiple locations, Hong Kong
Grégoire Michaud's sourdough — founded by the former Four Seasons pastry chef, Bakehouse is known for sourdough egg tarts, croissants, and artisan bread. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bird Market Yuen Po Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Yuen Po Street Bird Garden opened in March 1997 to replace the demolished Hong Lok Street 'Bird Street,' housing roughly 69 shops selling songbirds and cages across 32,000 square feet. Elderly keepers still gather each morning, airing their own birds. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bowrington Road Market Wan Chai / Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Bowrington Road Market is a Food and Environmental Hygiene Department wet market at 21 Bowrington Road, on the site of Wan Chai's old 'goose neck' canal. Stalls sell fresh produce and dried seafood, with a Cantonese cooked food centre upstairs. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cat Street (Upper Lascar Row) Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island
Antiques and curios — a street market selling Mao memorabilia, jade, antique watches, vintage posters, and curiosities. The name comes from the thieves ('rats') who sold their goods to ('cats'). store page → · open in the atlas → - Causeway Bay Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong's shopping and dining heart — one of the most densely populated areas on earth, with Times Square, Sogo department store, the tram terminus, and some of the best restaurants in the city. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chinese Medicine Shops (Sheung Wan) Sheung Wan / Western District, Hong Kong
The traditional medicine quarter — Sheung Wan's streets are lined with shops selling dried seafood, ginseng, bird's nest, shark fin, and traditional Chinese medicine ingredients. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chungking Mansions Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
The world in one building — a labyrinth of guesthouses, curry restaurants, money changers, and shops run by communities from South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cookie Vission Central, Hong Kong Island
Cookie Vission bakes 150-gram New York-style cookies fresh daily from its Tai Hang shop, with flavors from Nutella to matcha chocolate and Portuguese egg tart. A related Central shop, Vission Bakery, sells the same line on Staunton Street. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cupping Room Coffee Roasters Hong Kong / Hong Kong
Cupping Room Coffee Roasters opened in 2011, early enough to count among the pioneers of Hong Kong's specialty coffee scene before the city had much of one. store page → · open in the atlas → - Flower Market Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Hong Kong's wholesale flower market — a street of flower shops selling orchids, roses, bonsai, and exotic blooms. The colors and fragrances are intoxicating, especially in the early morning. store page → · open in the atlas → - Fook Ming Tong Tea Shop IFC Central, Harbour City TST, multiple HK locations
Founded in Hong Kong in 1987, Fook Ming Tong blends green, white, oolong, black, dark and floral teas under its own tea masters at shops in ifc mall, Harbour City, Sogo and the airport, pairing them with Yixing and Jingdezhen teaware and tea-tasting appointments. store page → · open in the atlas → - G.O.D. (Goods of Desire) Founded in Ap Lei Chau; multiple HK locations
G.O.D. was founded in 1996 by designer Douglas Young in a small Ap Lei Chau boutique and built its identity on turning everyday Hong Kong iconography, from housing-estate tiles to Cantonese slang and neon signage, into homeware, stationery and clothing. The brand has stayed independently Hong Kong-owned even as it expanded into a multi-location retailer. store page → · open in the atlas → - Goldfish Market Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
This is a run of specialist aquarium and pet shops along Tung Choi Street, not one merchant door. Tanks display goldfish and tropical species, while neighbouring counters sell feed, pumps, plants and other aquarium supplies. store page → · open in the atlas → - Harbour City Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Hong Kong's largest mall — 700-plus shops across four zones on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, looking out over Victoria Harbour. Ocean Terminal docks cruise ships alongside the luxury floors. store page → · open in the atlas → - IFC Mall Central, Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong's luxury mall — four levels of international luxury brands, the Apple Store, a cinema, and rooftop dining with harbour views. Connected to the Airport Express and Four Seasons Hotel. store page → · open in the atlas → - Jardine's Crescent Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island
Causeway Bay's bargain street — a narrow street market of clothing, accessories, and discount goods in the heart of Causeway Bay. The cheapest shopping in one of Hong Kong's most expensive districts. store page → · open in the atlas → - Joyce Beauty Multiple
Hong Kong luxury beauty retail concept under the JOYCE group (founded by Joyce Ma in 1970/71); JOYCE Beauty operates 10+ store locations across Greater China alongside JOYCE's multi-brand fashion boutiques, selling skincare, cosmetics and fragrance. store page → · open in the atlas → - K.S. Sze & Sons By appointment, Central
K.S. Sze & Sons has designed fine jewelry in Hong Kong since 1923, working jade alongside diamonds, pearls and colored gemstones into bespoke and estate pieces for a by-appointment clientele. The house has collaborated with names like Buccellati and Fabergé while keeping its own century-old workshop for one-off commissions. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kee Heung Chun (KHC t-house) Belcher's Street, Kennedy Town
Founded in 1938 by a Mr. Lam from Chaozhou, Kee Heung Chun is now run by the third generation from Kennedy Town. It stocks 100+ loose-leaf teas, including aged pu-erh and Phoenix oolong, and supplies Hong Kong's five-star hotels. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kennedy Town Cooked Food Market Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island
Hawker stalls under one roof — a cooked food market with multiple stalls serving everything from claypot rice to seafood to noodles. value dining in Kennedy Town. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ladies' Market Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tung Choi Street's shopping stretch — a kilometer of stalls selling clothing, accessories, souvenirs, and toys at bargain prices. The most popular tourist market in Hong Kong, open daily. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lee Gardens Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island
Causeway Bay's luxury zone — a cluster of high-end malls (Lee Garden One, Two, Three) housing luxury brands, fine dining, and lifestyle shops. The most upscale shopping in Causeway Bay. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lee Tung Avenue Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island
Wan Chai's gentrified street — a pedestrian street of restaurants, cafés, and lifestyle shops in a preserved 1950s setting. The most pleasant walking street on Hong Kong Island. store page → · open in the atlas → - Little Thailand Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Thai food in Hong Kong — a concentration of Thai restaurants, grocery stores, and shops in Kowloon City, serving authentic Thai cuisine to the local Thai community. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mong Kok Computer Centre Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
A multi-storey building in Mong Kok packed with shops selling computers, accessories, cameras and gadgets, at prices worth comparing. store page → · open in the atlas → - NOC Coffee Co. Multiple locations, Hong Kong
NOC brands itself "coffee meets design." The Hong Kong roaster serves in-house-roasted espresso and pour-over inside deliberately minimalist, design-forward spaces, including its Graham Street original. store page → · open in the atlas → - On Kee Dry Seafood Cleverly Street, Sheung Wan (Dried Seafood Street area)
On Kee grew from a small Sheung Wan seafood stall opened in the early 1970s into one of Hong Kong's largest dried seafood retailers, stocking more than 700 items including some 150 grades of dried abalone. Its canned and boxed abalone lines hold a leading market share in the city, sold alongside dried scallops, fish maw and ginseng. store page → · open in the atlas → - PMQ (Police Married Quarters) Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island
Creative hub in a historic site — a former police married quarters converted into a center for design, art, and creativity, with shops, studios, exhibitions, and workshops. store page → · open in the atlas → - Po Lin Monastery Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Major Buddhist monastery on Lantau founded in 1906 and home to the Tian Tan Buddha, with vegetarian restaurants serving Buddhist cuisine alongside the religious complex. Food is part of the visitor experience, but the monastery remains primarily a religious and cultural destination rather than a conventional retail merchant. store page → · open in the atlas → - Raja Fashions Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Raja Fashions was founded in 1957 by a tailor who emigrated from northern India to Kowloon and is now run by the fourth generation of the same family. The shop stocks more than 20,000 fabric options for made-to-order suits and dresses, fitted over consultations regulars often repeat across decades. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sam's Tailor Burlington Arcade, Tsim Sha Tsui
Sam's Tailor has cut bespoke suits, shirts and formalwear from its Tsim Sha Tsui shop since 1957 and is now run by the third generation of the founding family. Its client list of diplomats, film stars and royals has made the shop one of the most photographed tailoring counters in Hong Kong, though fittings remain unhurried and old-fashioned. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sino Centre Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Otaku paradise — a shopping center dedicated to anime, manga, figurines, and Japanese pop culture. The go-to destination for Hong Kong's anime and gaming community. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tai Cheong Bakery (泰昌餅家) Central, Hong Kong / Hong Kong
The Central bakery credited with inventing the cookie-crust egg tart. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Armoury Hong Kong / New York / Online
Hong Kong's menswear mecca — stocks 100Hands and other one-piece collar specialists. Also offers its own label shirts with one-piece collar construction. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Coffee Academics Multiple locations, Hong Kong
Hong Kong's pioneering specialty roaster, opened in Causeway Bay in November 2012 by Jennifer W.F. Liu. Ranked Hong Kong's top specialty coffee brand by Frost & Sullivan in 2017. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Peak Galleria Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Island
Shopping with a view — a shopping and dining complex at Victoria Peak with restaurants, shops, and a rooftop terrace with panoramic harbour views. The free alternative to the Sky Terrace. store page → · open in the atlas → - Vission Bakery Central, Hong Kong Island
Korean-French pastry fusion in Central, combining Korean flavors with French pastry techniques in butter pastries and other baked goods. store page → · open in the atlas → - W.W. Chan & Sons Tailor Central, Queen's Road Central
W.W. Chan traces its cutting technique to the Shanghainese Red Gang tailors who relocated to Hong Kong mid-century, blending English suit construction with Chinese hand-finishing since 1952. Padding, canvassing and buttonholes are still done by hand on a single straight machine per garment. store page → · open in the atlas → - Wan Chai Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island
Old and new Hong Kong — a district of contrast: traditional markets, the Convention Centre, the nightlife of Lockhart Road, historic Blue House, and some of local restaurants. store page → · open in the atlas → - Wan Chai Market Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island
Wan Chai Market has traded from The Zenith, across the road from its original 1937 Streamline Moderne building, since relocating there in September 2008. Stalls sell fresh seafood, meat and produce, with a cooked food centre upstairs. store page → · open in the atlas → - Wing Wah Cake Shop Founding branch in Yuen Long, multiple HK locations
Wing Wah opened as a Yuen Long tea house and bakery in 1950, launching its defining white lotus seed paste mooncake in 1963 as the first to use vegetable oil instead of lard. It now runs 50-plus outlets making mooncakes, wedding cakes and preserved sausage. store page → · open in the atlas → - Yue Wo Hop Kee (裕和合記) Sai Ying Pun / Hong Kong
Cantonese lap mei — wind-dried sausage, liver sausage, cured pork belly and cured duck — used to be made by roughly twenty workshop-backed shops across Hong Kong; rising costs pushed most of that production out of the city over the following decades, leaving only a handful of shops that still cure on their own premises. store page → · open in the atlas →