On your visit to Hong Kong, you cannot forget to book yourself time for a flavourful lunch or dinner at a Cantonese restaurant.

Here is our guide for the top Cantonese and Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong you need to check out on your trip for inexpensive bites of savoury meat and fish, or fine-dining meals to savour the best of dim sum and more.

Yat Lok Restaurant

Yat Lok restaurant is one of Hong Kong’s top eateries specialising in roast goose and duck meat, Cantonese-style noodles, congee, and rice dishes. The char siu (roasted pork shoulder) is tender and best to order with slippery noodles. We recommend the soy-marinated chicken dishes for non-pork eaters.

Location: Yat Lok Restaurant, G/F 34-38 Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong

Contact details: +852 2524 3882

Crystal Jade

Crystal Jade is a Singaporean-founded chain of Chinese restaurants focussing on Cantonese dim sum favourites, alongside Chinese la mian noodles, Taiwanese xiao long bao dumplings and Shanghai-style dishes. With branch stores across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories, each restaurant has nice seating, and you can book in advance.

Location:Crystal Jade, click here to see all branches

Contact details: +852 2295 3811

YUM CHA

Yum Cha serves traditional dim sum and Cantonese cuisine with a contemporary twist in this famous Instagram spot. Munch into these tasty and visually cute presentations of dim sum classics in the classy restaurant. We suggest you order the little bao bun shaped like pigs and cows, with bouncy cheeks that ooze with hot custard and red bean sauce.

Location:YUM CHA, Nan Fung Tower, 2/F, Nan Fung Place, 173 Des Voeux Road Central, Central. Hong Kong

Contact details: +852 3708 8081

Tim Ho Wan

Created in 2009, Tim Ho Wan is Hong Kong’s most international dim sum chain, known as the “world’s cheapest Michelin-star restaurant” and for its scrumptious Cantonese baos, rice dishes, and dim sum bites across six stores in Hong Kong. Get a flavour for how sweet, salty and great dim sum can be at Tim Ho Wan.

Location: Tim Ho Wan, click here to see all branches

Contact details: +852 9547 2392

Tai Ping Koon

With four locations dotted across Hong Kong, Tai Ping Koon has been serving Western-inspired recipes with Chinese ingredients for more than 160 years, making it one of the oldest restaurants in the world. Order local Hong Kong specials like Swiss Wings, Boiled Corned Ox-Tongue, Oven-baked Pigeon, and Baked Portuguese Style Chicken with Rice.

Location: Tai Ping Koon, click here to see all branches

Contact details: +852 2332 7644

Ser Wong Fun

Operating for 120 years, Ser Wong Fun serves soul-warming and hearty Cantonese dishes in the cosy SoHo location. The Cantonese restaurant specialises in its five-snake soup, Chinese preserved meat sausages and double boiled soup. Be sure to check it out for historic recipes.

Location: Ser Wong Fun, 30 Cochrane Street, Central, Hong Kong

Contact details: +852 3579 5954

Mott 32

Hidden in a luxury venue near the business district of Central, Mott 32 elevates traditional Cantonese cuisine and dim sum plates to a luxury standard. The finest ingredients imported from China and Hong Kong are used to bring new modern recipes for honouring the historic Cantonese plates, with Beijing and Szechuanese influences.

Location: Mott 32, Standard Chartered Bank Building, 4-4A Des Voeux Road Central, Central, Hong Kong

Contact details: +852 2885 8688

Duddell’s

The cultural and social hotspot of Duddell’s is where dim sum and traditional Cantonese cuisine meets fine-dining, arts, and creative happenings. The one Michelin-star restaurant in Central is best known for its signature dishes, including the Beijing duck, crispy chicken slices, and the enviable weekend dim sum free-flow brunch with cocktails and tipples to boot.

Location:Duddell’s, 3/F, 1 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong

Contact details: +852 2525 9191

Hutong

Positioned at the edge of Tsim Sha Tsui with a powerful view of the Hong Kong Island skyline, Hutong is world-renowned for serving the best Chinese and Cantonese food in the world, gathering inspirations from Sichuanese and Shandongese cuisine.

Location:Hutong, 18/F, H Zentre, 15 Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Contact details: +852 3428 8342

Man Wah

Michelin-starred Man Wah has been a landmark of culinary excellence since 1968, boasting spectacular views of Hong Kong’s renowned city skyline and Victoria Harbour from its 25th floor location.

This renowned dining space features exquisite Cantonese fare and an array of refined classics, as well as overlooked culinary gems and forgotten delicacies. Time-honoured Cantonese cuisine is celebrated in Man Wah, creating a truly remarkable dining experience.

Location: Man Wah, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong

Contact details: +852 2825 4003

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