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Best restaurants in Hong Kong
Counters, dining rooms and neighbourhood favourites, chosen for the way they actually eat — not for how loudly they market.
KEY2 Pick
Cantonese Fine Dining • $$$$
Lung King Heen
The Four Seasons Hong Kong dining room that became the first Chinese restaurant in the world to earn three Michelin stars.
Best for: Special Occasion
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Dim Sum • $
Tim Ho Wan
The Michelin-starred dim sum chain that started as a single Mong Kok shop, still famous for its baked BBQ pork buns.
Best for: Budget Eats
KEY2 Pick
Cantonese Fine Dining • $$$$
Tin Lung Heen
The Ritz-Carlton's 102nd-floor Cantonese room, with dim sum and roast meats above the clouds over Kowloon.
Best for: Special Occasion
Beef Brisket Noodles • $
Kau Kee Restaurant
A Central noodle shop famous for beef brisket in curry sauce, with queues that outlast the lunch rush.
Best for: Budget Eats
Dim Sum • $
Lin Heung Tea House
An old-school trolley-service dim sum hall in Sheung Wan running in largely unchanged form since 1928.
Best for: Casual Dinner
Cantonese • $$$
The Chairman
A Michelin-starred Sheung Wan restaurant sourcing from its own farm and fishing boats for seasonal Cantonese cooking.
Best for: Date Night
Wonton Noodles • $
Tsim Chai Kee Noodle
A Central wonton noodle shop with a single-minded menu, run alongside its cross-street rival Mak's for decades.
Best for: Budget Eats
Roast Meats • $
Yat Lok Restaurant
A Central roast goose shop with a single Michelin star, serving crisp-skinned goose over rice from a tiny storefront.
Best for: Budget Eats
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