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 Hong Kong - Tsim sha Tsui - TSTPart of a well-known international chain, this restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and, particularly, in pizzas with a variety of 'unusual' toppings...
Dan Ryan's serves American cuisine at its best.
The menu warns you : 'we serve American size portions' and they are serious about it... Large portions of juicy, delicious, cholesterol rich American food...
Of America's restaurant chains, Ruth's Chris of Louisiana is considered as one of the most exclusive... Classic, yet pleasant and homey, with a menu that features some of the best steaks you can get in Hong Kong...
Other than its beautiful 'Aussie-outback décor', which includes plenty of wood and Aborigine artifacts on the walls, I'm not sure how 'authentic Australian' this restaurant is... However, authentic or not, Outback steakhouse serves good food in a nice environment...
Named after Australia's most famous outlaw, this great Jazz bar and restaurant serves large portions of delicious American and international food at reasonable price... There are some fantastic jazz nights here...
798 is a fantastic New York style bistro and one of Tsim Sha Tsui's best eating places... Generous portions of bountiful salads, pastas, risotto, pizzas, seafood and meat dishes... all are delicious...
This upscale seafood-buffet is the Hong Kong outlet of a well known US restaurants chain. Scrumptious seafood dishes, alongside Sushi specialties, salads and desserts...
This small and simple eatery specializes in Singaporean and Malaysian food and, as its name denotes, Satays are the main fare.
This food-court outlet serves fantastic Japanese style fried dishes: Oysters, Shrimps, Pork chops, vegetarian sets and the likes...
This rather simple eatery serves excellent Pekinese dishes at a very affordable price: Noodles, dumplings and other fare... all delicious
Part of an extremely popular chain, this shop serves lovely, refreshing Chinese style desserts... like 'Mango & sago pudding', 'Stewed harsmar with red dates & lotus seeds' and 'Bird's Nest on sago with pomelo & mixed fruits'...
This well-known institution has been serving some fabulous congees, noodles and dumplings for the last 40 years or so.
This lovely restaurant serves some of the best noodle dishes around Yau ma Tei. Shrimp wonton noodles is the signature dish...
This in one of Hong Kong's best and most popular places for genuine Chinese herbal tea.
Balalaika is a famous Hong Kong institution and probably the only place in the city where you can get authentic Russian food and Vodkas. It is well known for its "Siberian Vodka room" where dozens of high-quality vodkas are kept in -20°C
Delaney's operates a few good Irish pubs around Hong Kong, including the famous Dublin Jack in LKF...
For a wonderful, romantic evening, try Aqua Spirit.
This trendy, modernly designed bar is located on the 30th floor and offers magnificent views of the harbor and the skyscrapers of Hong Kong Island.
A great place for a night out... Great selection of wines and spirits, good food (mostly Mediterranean) at reasonable prices, good music and party atmosphere...
This is one of Knutsford Terrace's most popular bars... It has been there for the last ten years and still manages to keep its popularity.
Occupying the top floors of the luxurious Peninsula hotel, this ultra stylish resto-bar features one of Hong Kong's most sensational dining experiences and an excellent spot to see and to be seen...
This restaurant is one of Tsim sha Tsui's best places for seafood.
Located on trendy Knutsford terrace, the restaurant has a decent outdoors dinning area where you can relax and watch the world goes by...
La Tasca is a small, bistro style, resto-pub that serves lovely Spanish food.
This lovely restaurant has been around for decades, serving delicious home style German and Austrian food, together with some good beers and wines.
Biergarten is a lovely German resto-pub that serves good, down to earth western food, together with a variety of cold German beers.
This is an excellent and prized Cantonese restaurant, unknown to many visitors but extremely popular anong locals. The chef's combines traditional Cantonese cuisine with his own innovations and the results are simply superb...
This fabulous Cantonese restaurant is located at the Holiday Inn hotel.
Among the signature dishes you can find: Peking Duck, Drunken shrimps flambé, Stewed spare ribs in oyster sauce and an assortment of superb dim-sum dishes...
Those of you who have sweet tooth would love this restaurant, that specializes in Cantonese desserts and goodies (especially sweet soups)...
This excellent Cantonese restaurant is known mostly for its wide range of delicious soups. Other than the soups, they also serve a variety of scrumptious Cantonese dishes.
This chain of restaurants is extremely popular among local Hong Kongers and many of them would even go to the extend of ranking it as the best Cantonese cuisine in the territory.
This extremely popular restaurant serves great Chinese hotpot at a very reasonable price.
Named as one of the world's best hotel-restaurants by several international magazines, this marvelous award-winning restaurant serves world-class Cantonese cuisine in a swanky environment.
Eating at a Shangri-la restaurant is always a sensational dinning experience and Shang Palace is no exception.
The food is remarkably splendid and the chef prepares a wide variety of traditional Cantonese fare, combined his own innovations.
Lei Garden is one of the best Chinese restaurant chains in Hong Kong.
This excellent, award winning restaurant, serves Cantonese cuisine at its best, with special focus on seafood.
For delicious Taiwanese food, try Din Tai Fung. This excellent restaurant, the Hong Kong outlet of an internationally known Taipei based restaurant, specializes in steamed buns, dumplings and noodle dishes.
Hu Tong serves fabulous northern Chinese cuisine in an elegant and aesthetic setting.
This excellent restaurant was found in Beijing and it specializes in Huaiyang cuisine, from the region surrounding the lower reaches of the Huai and Yangtze Rivers.
This old fashioned restaurant has been serving excellent Chinese food for God knows how many years...
This restaurant serves fusion of Shanghai, Beijing and Szechwan cuisines. Wide variety and delicious food.
Café Zambra offers a wide selection of good quality coffees, as well as pastries, sandwiches and light meals. Ambience is pretty nice and there is an open balcony.
The lobby of the classic Peninsula hotel is one of Hong Kong's most highly valued meeting places... Elegant colonial design and an impressive selection of quality teas and coffees and excellent pastries and snacks...
Located at the lobby of the sumptuous Royal garden, this lovely delicatessen & patisserie serves a good range of scrumptious sandwiches, salads, cold cuts, Quiches, pastries, cakes and desserts.
Domie is a well-known Tsim sha Tsui institution, selling a wide choice of freshly baked pastries and breads, as well as a variety of lovely cakes.
This well-known culinary institution serves familiar international specialties in an elegant and refined environment...
Spoon boasts one of Hong Kong's (and Asia's) most desired dining experiences... owned and inspired by the world's most awarded chef, Alain Ducasse, it specializes in contemporary French and international cuisines...
Located at the classic Peninsula Hotel, Chesa is a well known culinary institution, serving superb Swiss and central European cuisine in a pleasant environment.
This lovely Café-style restaurant serves contemporary cuisine at its best.
Dap specializes in classic European cuisine with a modern touch... Atmosphere is pleasant and relaxed and service is very good... Works well for a quiet business lunch, as much as for a romantic dinner.
The splendid Bostonian serves outstanding seafood and grill dishes in a charming environment... Relaxed and pleasant atmosphere makes it a good choice for either a romantic dinner, or to celebrate a special occasion...
The Swiss Chalet is a very nice restaurant with pleasant atmosphere and friendly service. Designed as a Swiss cabin with plenty of wood and Swiss paraphernalia on the walls...
Delicatessen Corner resembles a Bavarian "delicatessen" and serves German and European cuisine.
Tiffany serves lovely international cuisine in a nice environment.
This small restaurant specializes in western/international cuisine. It's not too fancy but the ambience is nice and you can enjoy a delicious meal and a beer at a good price...
Pink Salmon serves a wide variety of scrumptious western fare in a nice environment... Salads, Pastas, Seafood and meat dishes, complemented by some nice desserts...
This popular café-style restaurant serves modern-fusion cuisine, with emphasize on natural and healthy ingredients.
The splendid Harbour Grill serves superb grills and continental specialties in a very pleasant environment...
Located within the classic Peninsula hotel, this superb restaurant is considered as one of Hong Kong's best.
Trendy and chic Mai Nouveau serves excellent Thai cuisine with a contemporary touch...
Located within the bustling Chungking Mansion, this small restaurant serves scrumptious, authentic Indian food.
Gaylord is a landmark in Hong Kong's culinary scene. This well known restaurant has been serving outstanding Indian food for the last more than thirty years and its popularity among the city's Indian community is perhaps, the best sign that the food here is authentic and up to standards.
While Surya might not be as known as some other Indian restaurants around, this "almost hidden" restaurant is just as good as the others... if not better...
This restaurant serves some excellent Nepalese favorites, with emphasize on vegetarian dishes and curries.
Located at the sumptuous Royal Garden, This is the Hong Kong outlet of one of Rome's best known restaurants...
The cuisine is "traditional Roman" and the extensive menu boasts a good selection of authentic Italian favorites, alongside the chef's own creations...
This well-established restaurant is located in trendy Knutsford terrace... It boasts two 'alfresco' areas: An open balcony in the front and a small garden, at the back.
The good old Taverna has been serving splendid Italian cuisine in a romantic ambience for more than thirty years... It's a quiet place with lovely Italian country-style décor, good service and pleasant, romantic atmosphere
Papa Razzi serves some of the best pizzas in Hong Kong in a lovely surroundings, with a secluded outdoor "terrazza" where you can enjoy alfresco dinning in a quiet environment, away from the hustle and bustle...
This excellent Italian restaurant specializes in thin and crispy pizzas, as well as home-made pasta and risotto dishes... Other than the food, you can enjoy some lovely views of the harbor and Hong Kong Island...
This extremely popular Japanese restaurant gets packed during dinner so you should make a point to get there before 7 pm or else... you'll have to join the queue...
As the name suggests: Sushi, Sashimi and their likes are the main fare...
This restaurant serves some of the best Ramen in Hong Kong... They bring their top quality ingredients directly from Japan and the results are very good.
Kenjo is probably one of Hong Kong's best Japanese restaurants.
Cozy and comfortable ambience complements the top-class dinning experience, consisting mainly of the freshest and most delicious Sushi and Sashimi.
This lovely restaurant specializes in Tonkatsu : a type of Japanese schnitzel that consists of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet... They also serve a variety of other fried Japanese dishes, mostly seafood...
This restaurant serves superb, authentic Japanese cuisine that stretches far beyond the boundaries of Sushi and Sashimi...
Doraya serves excellent Japanese cuisine, with specific emphasize on fresh Blue-fin Tuna. As a matter of fact, their blue-fin Tuna and rice dishes are really world-class...
Sushi Toku serves outstandingly fresh Sushi and Sashimi in a very pleasant environment.
Located at the Kimberley Hotel, this excellent restaurant is very popular among Japanese diners, which is already a good sign...
For a lovely dinning experience of Japanese-style grill, you should consider Akita.
Elegant, stylish design, nice atmosphere, good service and a wide selection of delicious grilled foods, prepared either on Teppanyaki or Robatayaki.
This great Korean restaurant has two outlets in Hong Kong.
It boasts a pleasant, relaxed atmosphere and excellent cuisine that features most of Korea's delicacies, including the famous BBQ dishes...
Sorabol is one of the best Korean restaurants in Hong Kong, specializing mainly in Korean BBQ dishes
'Sue' is a small, home style restaurant that serves authentic Korean food in a cozy, homey environment.
Located along trendy Knutsford Terrace, this fantastic restaurant serves hearty portions of authentic Korean food in a lovely environment.
Pleasant ambience, excellent service and a well-stocked bar contribute their share to the superb dinning experience.
Ebeneezer's is one of the best places to eat a Kebab in Hong Kong. The small outlets have no special design or ambience but they are clean, nice and serve excellent food at a reasonable price, day and night...
This rather simple restaurant serves good selection of scrumptious Turkish kebabs, alongside some other Turkish delicacies (such as their own Turkish pizza).
This is the Hong Kong branch of one of China's most prestigious and famous restaurants... The original restaurant opened its doors, in Beijing, in 1864 and has been serving its "imperial style" delicacies to kings, presidents, business tycoons and other rich and famous...
Established almost forty years ago, Spring Deer is one of Hong Kong's best and most popular Chinese restaurants.
Tai Fung Lau has been serving excellent Peking style hotpot for the last forty years or so...
Décor is quite simple but nice, ambience is OK and the food is simply great... Proper, authentic charcoal hotpot dinner with lamb, sliced beef and more...
This old fashioned restaurant serves fantastic, traditional Pekingese cuisine.... as expected, Peking Duck is the signature dish.
Macau is one of the only restaurant chains in Hong Kong that specializes in Macanese (Macau-style) cuisine.
The restaurant does not have special décor or romantic atmosphere but the food is very good and the menu is diverse enough for everyone to find something he likes... If you are not planning to actually visit Macau, you may want to consider it...
Wu Kong is a famous, award-winning Shanghainese restaurant.
Recommended dishes include: Pigeon with wine sauce, Prawn balls with chili garlic sauce, Steamed Shanghai baby pork dumplings and Barbecued Peking duck...
Panash serves generous portions of tasty western fare at a reasonable price.
Nice ambience, lovely food and good coffee make this place a good alternative for Harbour city shoppers who are looking for a decent place to eat.
Big John is a small, cheerfully decorated coffeeshop that serves some good Western and Chinese food, and café-fare at very reasonable prices...
Golden Bull has been serving fabulous Vietnamese cuisine, with French influence, for the last 25 years... It boasts a classic-elegant design that features Vietnamese-French colonial style and a nice, relaxed atmosphere...
This lovely Thai restaurant spoils its customers with beautiful views of the Western Harbor and the China-Ferry Pier. Romantic sunsets can also be admired from here and there is an open area where you can dine alfresco.
This splendid restaurant specializes in authentic Vietnamese cuisine.
Their signature dishes include: Sugar cane prawns, North Vietnam fried crab, Curry duck vermicelli, Sour beef fillet pot and others...
As its name denotes, this splendid restaurant serves some excellent Indonesian cuisine.
Nice décor, fairly pleasant ambience and an extensive menu that features a good selection of Indonesian favorites, including Gado Gado salad, Nasi goreng, Bami goreng, Satay and more....
This lovely poolside restaurant specializes in Thai cuisine with a modern touch, alongside some traditional Chinese favorites.
Beautiful, elegant setting with light wood parquet and crisp white tablecloths, great harbor views, pleasant ambience and good service are complementing the fabulous dinning experience
This trendy resto-bar is the Hong Kong outlet of a popular Australian chain... The menu presents a decent selection of scrumptious steaks and grilled meats, as well as a variety of lovely seafood appetizers, fresh salads and pastas.
This prized restaurant is a great place for authentic, spicy Szechwan food.
The restaurant's most popular signature dish is the Dan Dan Meen (Handmade Sichuan-style Noodles).
With outlets all over Hong Kong, Canada's well known burger-restaurant-chain is among the only places where you can get a fairly decent burger without digging too deep into your pocket...
Located in Tsim sha Tsui's Langham Hotel, Main Street Deli is like a slice of the "Big Apple" in the middle of Hong Kong...
Walking into this traditional Hong Kong café is just like traveling back in time... This culinary institution has changed very little (if at all) since it first opened its doors, almost sixty years ago... Even the old cash till is still there...
Fook Lam Moon is another Hong Kong culinary legend.
Using top quality ingredients is what this restaurant is best known for and, indeed, their "unique dishes" are considered among the best in Hong Kong... Especially the Shark's fin and the Abalone...
Although its décor is not as glitzy as that of some other upscale restaurants, good-old Tin Heung Lau is certainly one of Hong Kong's most sought after restaurants, and one of the best places in town to try the unique Hangzhou Cuisine.
Strategically located at the swanky InterContinental, Yan Toh Heen serves some of the best Cantonese cuisine in Hong Kong, in an elegant and refined setting that matches in with the fabulous food.
Good old Tak Yu is probably one of Hong Kong's oldest existing restaurants... It first opened its doors sometime in the 1920s and after almost 100 years of operation, it's still alive and kicking...
If you want to splurge on one of Hong Kong's best buffets, go to Harbourside !
Strategically located at the glitzy Intercontinental, right on Victoria Harbour's edge, this restaurant features a winning combination of fantastic food (quality, selection and presentation), gorgeous views and ultra-pleasant ambience.
Ippei-an serves a wide choice of Ramen favorites that are just as homey and authentic, as if they were prepared by a Japanese grandma...
The Hong Kong offshoots of this well known British Pizza-restaurants-chain serve decent pizza and some other Italian fare, in fairly nice surroundings and at relatively affordable prices.
Located in Tsim sha Tsui's Renaissance Kowloon Hotel, Dynasty serves the top of the top of Cantonese cuisine in a soothing environment.
This eatery serves some of the best dim sums and dumplings on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong, in a bright and modern environment and at very moderate prices.
This is one of the Hong Kong's best Szechuan restaurants... Certainly on the Kowloon side of the city.
Tao Heung Super 88 serves delicious traditional Chinese food in a modern surroundings, and although it is a chain of restaurants, the food is consistently good, and the ambience is quite nice
The Lobby Lounge at ritzy InterContinental Hong Kong is a truly feast for the eyes! Few are the places in Hong Kong that provide such a splendorous panoramic view over Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong's skyline.
This iconic Cha Chaan Teng (Hong Kong style teahouse-café) has made a name for itself for serving some of the best scrambled eggs and French toast in Hong Kong, if not in the whole of southern China...
Imagine a restaurant where the chairs are actually toilets, and brownish stews and hotpots are served to the table in bidet looking dishes... Sounds appetizing? Apparently some people think it does... at least as a one off 'gimmick' experience...
Despite of its location, in notorious Chunking Mansions, Everest Club is actually a fairly pleasant restaurant, serving some truly scrumptious Indian fare...
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