https://www.scmp.com/rss/521853/feed The latest news and top stories on Metropol Restaurant. A leading entity in the Food & Beverage and Hospitality sector, Hong Kong-based Metropol Restaurant specialises in traditional dim sum with its iconic trolley service. Located in Admiralty, it has served a broad market of locals and tourists for 35 years. Renowned for its authentic atmosphere and large capacity, Metropol is one of the last establishments to uphold this unique dining tradition. Its business focus has been on preserving... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Lam Ka-sing Lam Ka-sing Hong Kong’s traditional Chinese dining landscape is undergoing a structural overhaul, with a leading restaurant operator pivoting to experiential dining and smaller footprints amid a wave of closures and residents heading across the border for shopping and dining. Traditional dim sum and Chinese restaurants have been closing across the city, including three Star Seafood Restaurant branches in districts such as Wong Tai Sin, and the 35-year-old Metropol Restaurant in Admiralty. Martin Lee, chief... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3348310/hong-kong-restaurateurs-revamp-traditional-dining-closures-reshape-industry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3348310/hong-kong-restaurateurs-revamp-traditional-dining-closures-reshape-industry?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:30:21 +0000 Fiona Sun Fiona Sun A Chinese restaurant serving Hakka cuisine for more than six decades in Hong Kong has managed to avoid shutting down after working out a solution with its landlord before the venue’s pending closure. Chui King Lau restaurant in Wan Chai revealed the news on its social media account on Wednesday, expressing its gratitude to patrons. “Since announcing our closure a month ago, we have received heartfelt greetings, warm encouragement and strong support from diners from all over the world,” it... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3330857/hong-kong-restaurant-defies-odds-stays-open-after-working-out-deal-landlord?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3330857/hong-kong-restaurant-defies-odds-stays-open-after-working-out-deal-landlord?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Oct 2025 05:50:03 +0000 Billy Potts Billy Potts A grainy image comes into focus. Shaky interlacing lines coalesce into the vigorous movements of a lion dance. A time stamp reads “1990.8.19”, but the clang of cymbals and drums through the tinny output of the camcorder are as clear as if recorded yesterday. “That’s our opening day,” explains Mamoru Hayashi, who ran the Metropol Restaurant with his family until September 27, when it closed its doors for the final time. Hong Kong’s post-pandemic reality has ended many long-established eateries,... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3329241/hong-kongs-metropol-dim-sum-restaurant-may-be-dead-its-neon-sign-will-live?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3329241/hong-kongs-metropol-dim-sum-restaurant-may-be-dead-its-neon-sign-will-live?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 22:15:08 +0000 Gavin Yeung Gavin Yeung Opened in 1990, Metropol Restaurant finally closed on September 27. But beyond the wok stoves going cold and the dim sum trolleys coming to a stop, the role of the 1,200-seat restaurant as a repository for the memories and relationships of its 60-plus employees – many of them who had dedicated decades of their lives to their jobs – had also definitively ceased. Before the lights were turned off for the last time, some of them spoke to PostMag about their favourite moments over the years. Eleanor... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/food-drink/article/3327954/metropols-last-days-inimitable-hong-kong-dim-sum-restaurants-staff-tell-their-stories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/food-drink/article/3327954/metropols-last-days-inimitable-hong-kong-dim-sum-restaurants-staff-tell-their-stories?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:45:08 +0000 Cat Nelson Cat Nelson It’s a twisted truth that it’s always when a venue’s closing that everyone suddenly remembers how much they loved it. On September 27, the Metropol Restaurant shut its doors after 35 years, and the public reaction has been, unsurprisingly, intense. Our cover feature this issue joins the crowd. Over several visits in its final weeks, photographer Jocelyn Tam captured the Admiralty restaurant’s slow wind-down. Her images convey, as associate editor Gavin Yeung writes in his intro, “a relic of Hong... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3327771/week-postmag-macaus-revitalised-kam-pek-market-and-farewell-metropol-restaurant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3327771/week-postmag-macaus-revitalised-kam-pek-market-and-farewell-metropol-restaurant?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Oct 2025 04:45:07 +0000 Gavin Yeung Gavin Yeung On a recent September lunchtime visit, the Metropol Restaurant was heaving with hordes of hungry office workers, jostling for space among newspaper-toting elderly diners. It seemed as if every high-rise inhabitant in Admiralty had descended upon the 35-year-old restaurant to say farewell, with September 27 marking its last day of business, after serving dim sum to untold millions over the decades. The Metropol’s closure leaves a gaping hole; it was one of only a handful of restaurants still... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/food-drink/article/3327728/end-era-hong-kong-iconic-dim-sum-restaurant-metropols-farewell-photos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/food-drink/article/3327728/end-era-hong-kong-iconic-dim-sum-restaurant-metropols-farewell-photos?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Oct 2025 04:45:07 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China is ‘nanoseconds behind’ US in chips, says Nvidia’s Jensen Huang 2. Dim sum trolleys go silent as Hong Kong’s Metropol Restaurant closes after 35 years 3. Iran recalls envoys to UK, France, Germany after China-backed UN proposal fails 4. Japan man saves US$440,000 by not using air con,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3327198/chinese-chips-nanoseconds-behind-us-iran-recalls-envoys-5-weekend-reads-you-missed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3327198/chinese-chips-nanoseconds-behind-us-iran-recalls-envoys-5-weekend-reads-you-missed?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Sep 2025 05:30:06 +0000 Lo Hoi-ying Lo Hoi-ying Customers have lamented the “end of an era” as Hong Kong’s Metropol Restaurant marked its final day of operation after decades of serving handmade dim sum on trolleys, with the venue set to become a teaching facility under a local university. Dozens of diners stayed until the end of lunch service on Saturday afternoon to bid their goodbyes to the Admiralty restaurant. Many regular customers shook the hands of staff, saying on their way out: “Thank you for your hard work all these years.” Diners... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3327102/dim-sum-trolleys-go-silent-hong-kongs-metropol-restaurant-closes-after-35-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3327102/dim-sum-trolleys-go-silent-hong-kongs-metropol-restaurant-closes-after-35-years?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Sep 2025 11:16:36 +0000 Charmaine Mok Charmaine Mok For Mamoru Hayashi, the closure of Metropol – the Cantonese restaurant his family has run for the past 35 years in Hong Kong’s Admiralty area – on September 27 is not something he views with sadness. Unlike many recent restaurant closures – often lacking notice or completely unannounced – the sunsetting of Metropol was sealed months prior, in July, with news of the venue being acquired by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) for HK$354.4 million (US$45 million). It is the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3326806/how-hong-kong-dim-sum-restaurant-metropol-kept-cantonese-food-tradition-going-35-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3326806/how-hong-kong-dim-sum-restaurant-metropol-kept-cantonese-food-tradition-going-35-years?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:15:08 +0000 Ambrose Li,Willa Wu,Jiang Chuqin Ambrose Li,Willa Wu,Jiang Chuqin Hong Kong’s restaurant sector is in crisis, with a wave of closures, shrinking margins and residents lured by cheaper options locally and across the border. In the first of a two-part series, the Post looks at the industry’s troubles and whether it can reinvent itself. Hong Kong’s Metropol Restaurant has been bustling like the good old days in recent weeks as diners seek a last taste of favourites such as “har gow” and “siu mai” before its dim sum trolleys trundle away and it closes for good in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3322421/there-any-way-back-hong-kongs-crisis-hit-restaurant-sector?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3322421/there-any-way-back-hong-kongs-crisis-hit-restaurant-sector?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:30:11 +0000 Andrew Sun Andrew Sun Several friends and I attended yet another living memorial last week. We’ve been to quite a few of these farewells lately. This time, it was one last hurrah at the Metropol Restaurant in Hong Kong’s Admiralty district. Sorry if I make it sound sullen and morbid, but that’s how it’s been for numerous hospitality establishments. Metropol is just one of the latest to announce their sorry fate. After 35 years, they will shuffle off their mortal coil in September to make way for an education... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3321674/how-classic-hong-kong-dim-sum-restaurant-metropol-authentic-snapshot-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3321674/how-classic-hong-kong-dim-sum-restaurant-metropol-authentic-snapshot-city?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:15:07 +0000 Fiona Sun Fiona Sun About 50 workers, including five imported staff from mainland China, are seeking to recover more than HK$7 million (US$892,000) in unpaid wages and other payments following another restaurant closing amid a string of shutdowns in Hong Kong’s catering industry, a union has said. Chiu Kwun-chung, head of the Eating Establishment Employees General Union’s labour rights committee, said the group was notified on Friday morning that Glorious Seafood Restaurant at Cheung Sha Wan Plaza had closed... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3320444/about-50-workers-hong-kong-owed-more-hk7-million-another-eatery-closes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3320444/about-50-workers-hong-kong-owed-more-hk7-million-another-eatery-closes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:08:08 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Dim sum trolleys that entice customers with tempting dishes used to be a familiar sight in Hong Kong. They are one of the city’s best-known traditions. But as tastes and dining habits change, the number of restaurants using the iconic carts is dwindling. They are on the verge of becoming extinct. The closure of the Metropol restaurant in September, after 35 years, will therefore be keenly felt. The traditional eatery at Admiralty’s United Centre prided itself on the warm and efficient service... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3317890/hong-kongs-dim-sum-trolleys-are-tradition-worth-preserving?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3317890/hong-kongs-dim-sum-trolleys-are-tradition-worth-preserving?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:45:09 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Apparently impatient Trump slaps 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea US President Donald Trump, apparently impatient with the slow progress of negotiations, slapped 25 per cent unilateral tariffs on Japan and South Korea and equal or... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3317626/trumps-new-tariffs-hong-kong-bomb-scare-over-british-cannon-barrel-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3317626/trumps-new-tariffs-hong-kong-bomb-scare-over-british-cannon-barrel-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:36:56 +0000 Sammy Heung,Edith Lin Sammy Heung,Edith Lin A restaurant known for serving dim sum from traditional trolleys will close at the end of September after the venue was acquired by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) for HK$354.4 million (US$45 million). In a reply to the Post, HKUST confirmed on Tuesday that it recently reached an agreement to purchase a property at United Centre in Admiralty for teaching purposes. Records showed the location was the fourth floor, which had been occupied by Metropol Restaurant for more... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3317315/hong-kongs-metropol-restaurant-known-dim-sum-trolleys-will-close-september?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3317315/hong-kongs-metropol-restaurant-known-dim-sum-trolleys-will-close-september?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 03:56:03 +0000