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What to do in Hong Kong

What to do in Hong Kong

Your ultimate guide to what’s on in Hong Kong, including insider tips, weekend round-ups, curated guides, plus unique happenings across the city.

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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory

100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory

Enjoy a classic Christmas turkey at Regent Hong Kong this festive season. Photo: Handout

Where to enjoy Christmas dinner in Hong Kong this festive season

25 Nov 2025 - 6:00PM

Arm Coffee in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, serves a delicious brunch. Photo: Handout

Seaside and sunshine: Sai Kung offers fertile grounds for independent cafes

2 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Zoku’s sukiyaki cheese fondue in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 12-14

10 Dec 2025 - 12:45PM

The World’s 50 Best Bars awards ceremony was held at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong this year. Photo: Dickson Lee

Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s F&B gurus on the highs and lows of 2025

11 Dec 2025 - 12:45PM

Raiza Carrera (centre) takes over Dead Poets in Hong Kong as part of their second birthday celebrations. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 12-14

10 Dec 2025 - 5:45PM

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The Aqua terrace offers panoramic views of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Photo: courtesy Aqua

Your Perfect Week

Your cheat sheet for what to do in Hong Kong from December 13-19

Enjoy food and drinks overlooking Victoria Harbour at Tosca di Angelo and Aqua, or hunt for a present at China Hong Kong City’s Christmas market.

13 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM

What to do in Hong Kong this Christmas, from feasts to circus acts

12 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Fashion shopping in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 12-14

12 Dec 2025 - 10:49AMvideocam

How a washing machine inspired Hong Kong’s most magical Christmas lights

One of the city’s most prolific festive light designers recalls his career spent illuminating the Hong Kong skyline.

11 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Christmas lights on Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong, in 1981. Photo: SCMP Archives

Food and Drinks

Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s F&B gurus on the highs and lows of 2025

Bar Leone’s Lorenzo Antinori, Mius’ Shelley Tai, Tate Dining Room’s Vicky Lau and more share their experiences – beyond the World’s 50 Best Bars.

11 Dec 2025 - 12:45PM

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 12-14

Sample champagne and caviar at New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel, celebrate Dead Poets’ second birthday, and drink wild sour craft beer at Blue Supreme.

10 Dec 2025 - 5:45PM

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Food and Drinks

Dim sum, pig’s tripe, Ningbo cuisine: food entrepreneur’s Hong Kong picks

Foodie Gerry Ma is no cook, but he knows where to find great Chinese cuisine in Hong Kong and chefs who exhibit excellent technique.

10 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM

Crispy chicken at Yong Fu. Photo: Yong Fu

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 12-14

Enjoy alfresco fondue at Zoku’s The Terrace, a festive set dinner by Ask for Alonzo, and a one-day-only Christmas charity brunch by Ando.

10 Dec 2025 - 12:45PM

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

‘We have this gift’: Hong Kong film shows healing power of city’s nature

Never Too Late shows how four Hongkongers found balance and freedom in the city’s natural spaces and why people should cherish its beauty.

8 Dec 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Hong Kong’s hottest new openings, from a quiet coffee shop to Yunnan cuisine

Jija by Vicky Lau brings Yunnan province flavours to Tsim Sha Tsui, minimalist cafe Moonary serves espresso-based drinks and matcha lattes, and Carmela offers a Mediterranean touch.

6 Dec 2025 - 6:15AM

Dishes at Jija by Vicky Lau focus on Yunnan’s robust flavours and famed produce. Photo: courtesy Jija by Vicky Lau

Why you should take up swimming after your retirement

Swimming takes pressure off joints, builds muscle strength and cardiovascular health, boosts mental health, and can improve your social life.

5 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM

When compared with other low-impact activities like walking or cycling, swimming is a safer exercise for people who struggle with balance, works more muscle groups, and is something you can do all year round, one expert says. Photo: Shutterstock

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Under Current: Aaron Kwok, Francis Ng seek justice in fun but silly thriller

This Hong Kong tale of greed and corruption is a watchable portrait of greed and corruption, but it is also thoroughly detached from reality.

5 Dec 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Local businesses are supporting Tai Po fire relief. Here’s how to help

Book a seven-course charity dinner or join a vintage and second-hand clothing swap, with all proceeds going to the Red Cross, and much more.

8 Dec 2025 - 5:12PM

5 things to do in Hong Kong and ways to help this weekend, December 5-7

Whether heading to a bar that gives proceeds to Tai Po fire victims or donating essentials, there are various ways you can help this weekend.

5 Dec 2025 - 10:54AM

As the focus shifts to rehousing those affected by the Tai Po fire, Hong Kong Charity Crossroads Foundation is asking for donations of essential items, which can be dropped off at its warehouse in Tuen Mun. Photo: Instagram/crossroadsglobalvillage

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Bancha & Chestnut Alexander at Madara

A creamy, earthy, tea-infused twist on the classic brandy Alexander, this cocktail evokes Hong Kong’s famous winter chestnut carts.

4 Dec 2025 - 12:49PM

Bancha & Chestnut Alexander, at Hong Kong’s Madara cocktail bar. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Food and Drinks

‘Yummiest’ seafood, ‘scrumptious’ Indian: Tabla founder’s Hong Kong faves

Tania Mohan reveals her favourite restaurants in the city, from spicy Sichuan and char siu rice in Central to seafood on Po Toi Island.

3 Dec 2025 - 6:15PM

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 5-7

Kick off December with the return of après ski-themed event Chalet des Alpes, a Christmas Nutcracker afternoon tea at The Ritz-Carlton, and Italian specials at Trattoria Felino.

3 Dec 2025 - 5:55PM

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Eileen Chang exhibition in Hong Kong reveals the woman behind the icon

Photos, letters, manuscripts and even furniture at the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature preserve Chang’s legacy 30 years after her death.

3 Dec 2025 - 5:11PM

Photos of Eileen Chang are seen at “Beyond Distance: Half a Lifelong Friendship of Eileen Chang, Stephen Soong and Mae Fong Soong”, the inaugural exhibition at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University’s Museum of Modern Chinese Literature. Photo: Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 5-7

Molecular mixology OG Quinary launches a menu that takes cues from local flavours, speakeasy 001 – now at Tai Kwun – celebrates 15 years, and we say goodbye to Foxglove.

3 Dec 2025 - 1:00PM

Food and Drinks

Seaside and sunshine: Sai Kung offers fertile grounds for independent cafes

Sai Kung’s sleepy seaside vibe has made it a popular spot for independently run cafes serving up good coffee and a dose of community.

2 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Road to Vendetta: Jeffrey Ngai plays an assassin in his first lead role

A John Wick-inspired action thriller co-produced by Hong Kong and Japan, Road to Vendetta is a textbook case of style over substance.

2 Dec 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Jeffrey Ngai in a still from Road to Vendetta (category IIB; Cantonese, Japanese, English, Mandarin), directed by Njo Kui-ying. Sara Minami co-stars.

Desert palettes with holographic projections at Maison&Objet Intérieurs

A Beijing courtyard home with a Parisian lens, New Delhi meets European geometry – here’s what you’ll see at the design fair’s second edition.

2 Dec 2025 - 12:45PM

Hubert Le Gall and Alfred Lam’s design project. Photo: courtesy Maison&Objet

‘Endless supply’ of sweets among works at new Hong Kong exhibition

Cuban-American visual artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres, who died in 1996, created ephemeral artworks that constantly change, echoing life.

3 Dec 2025 - 10:38AM

Food and Drinks

5 new Hong Kong coffee shops to snuggle down at in December 2025

From a soothing space with books and cake to a Korean-style cafe and new branches of popular hang-outs, these cafes offer coffee and comfort.

1 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

Food and Drinks

Why Hong Kong’s cooked food centres are so beloved and great ones to visit

Serving cheap and cheerful food with a dab of nostalgia, cooked food centres embody old Hong Kong and play a key role in the city’s identity.

30 Nov 2025 - 7:15AM

Diners eat at the Bowrington Road Market and Cooked Food Centre in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on November 25, 2025. We look at how cooked food centres became important culinary institutions and recommend some to check out. Photo: Edmond So

Who to watch at Clockenflap 2025

Hong Kong’s favourite music spectacular is back from December 5 to 7 – here are our highlights to pencil into your festival diary.

30 Nov 2025 - 6:00AM

Crowds gather on day two of Clockenflap 2024 at Central Harbourfront Event Space. The music festival returns from December 5-7 this year. Photo: Eugene Lee

Why this Aids charity’s Hong Kong art show smells of resilience

Aids Concern’s ‘Emanate’ exhibition features art and fragrances created by people affected by HIV and Aids that tell their stories.

29 Nov 2025 - 5:15PM

He paints like he’s making jazz: Spencer Sweeney’s exhibition in Hong Kong

Sweeney says he improvises like a jazz musician, waiting for the figures on canvas to ‘start evolving and personalities to emerge’.

2 Dec 2025 - 12:18PM

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