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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
Uzun Carsi, a traditional market district in Antakya, capital of Hatay, where many stalls sell spices and other ingredients used in regional recipes. Photo: Shutterstock

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The staff of Socio at the the 100 Top Tables Tables 2025 Unveiling Ceremony and Awards. Photo: Jordan Chan

Celebrating 100 Top Tables’ top restaurants and bars in Hong Kong and Macau

Ezra Star, who takes a more “culinary” approach to creating drinks at Mostly Harmless in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

How Mostly Harmless is reinventing cocktail culture with its non-alcoholic drinks

Bar Leone co-founder Lorenzo Antinori. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

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Bar Leone’s Lorenzo Antinori on the secret to his latest Asia’s 50 Best win

‘Nothing changed but everything changed,’ says the Bar Leone co-founder, now a 2-time winner of the awards.

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Drink in Focus: Ritual Fizz at the St Regis Bar Hong Kong

This riff on the Ramos Gin Fizz, invented in New Orleans in 1888, cuts down the supposed 12-15 minute shaking time – but doesn’t do away with the drama.

Ritual Fizz from St Regis Bar Hong Kong’s new menu, Tickets to Ride on Trains & Trams. Photos: Handout
American cinema

Review | Smurfs: Rihanna can’t save subpar return of the beloved blue creatures

Filled with obnoxious pop music and references that kids likely won’t get, Chris Miller’s animated film will leave viewers feeling blue.

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New Openings

Hong Kong’s latest openings, from dai pai dong classics to pistachio-themed desserts

Get a taste of wok hei at Peng Leng Jeng, a gin at The Pottinger hotel, a quiet drink at Bar Mind, or a sweet treat at Grindie.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 18-20

Pick up delicate desserts at The Mira hotel, indulge in a buffet feast at JW Marriott, and try BluHouse’s newly refreshed à la carte menu.

Savour Italian fare by the waterfront at BluHouse, located in Rosewood Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why Zhang Ziyi waited years to play a husband killer in She’s Got No Name

Zhang talks about leading Peter Chan’s crime drama about an abused wife in 1940s Shanghai and why she ‘wanted to kill’ the director.

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Always chasing good food, Terrence Tang, Asia head of wine and spirits at Bonhams, reveals his favourite restaurants and bars in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong society

Crowds flock to Hong Kong Book Fair for art, animation and food culture

With the theme ‘Food Culture, Food Living’, event features 770 exhibitors and opens alongside Sports and Leisure Expo and World of Snacks fair.

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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 17-19

Lobster Bar hosts 3 guests from Seoul back to back, Yakoboku stops by Gossip in Central, and a Sydney sensation drops in on Avoca.

Lobster Bar in Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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How this artist finds sci-fi inspiration in bamboo scaffolding

Best known for coming-of-age comic Gleem, Freddy Carrasco is now putting on his first Hong Kong exhibition, ‘Return to Nothing’, at WKM Gallery in Wong Chuk Hang.

Art

Why this Hong Kong artist turns TCM items into fascinating works of art

Currently showing at Blindspot Gallery, So Wing-po transforms traditional Chinese medicine items into installations, sculptures and videos.

Hong Kong artist So Wing-po sits with her artwork Polyglot: Mulberry (2023) at her solo exhibition at Blindspot Gallery in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong, on June 28, 2025. Photo: Edmond So
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Hong Kong bar power couple’s cocktail joint serves the ‘flavour of memory’

Partners in life and business, Birs Wong and Jo Lo went from winning awards to opening Bar Mind, a stripped-down spot dedicated to nostalgia.

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Your Perfect Week

What to do in Hong Kong this month

Experience opera at a Michelin-starred restaurant, view cartoons by Joan Cornellà, enjoy tapas at Pica Pica and savour an American Southern cocktail at Ella.

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Hong Kong Book Fair turns 35 with more than 600 events

The 35th edition of the annual week-long expo encourages visitors to add the worlds of food and future tech to their literary menus.

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5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend July 11-13

Our picks for this weekend include a plethora of Korean goodies from fashion to music, a super film, a Hyrox taster and lots of bar events.

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Fashion

How ‘Made in Hong Kong’ is a badge of pride at artisanal craft shop Oelili

At Oelili in Sai Kung’s Old Town, Hebe Law sells handcrafted items such as bags, lamps, ceramics and cards made by Hong Kong-based artists.

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The best guest shifts in Hong Kong and Macau, ahead of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025

As Macau gears up for the prestigious awards ceremony, guest shifts abound in the sister SARs – including an ambitious eight-hands event at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong.

Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Dream Animals: The Movie – biscuit-inspired Japanese animation is great fun

This cute animated film could have simply been an advertisement for the snacks it’s based on, but instead delivers thoughtful family-friendly fun.

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American cinema

Every Superman movie ranked, including James Gunn’s new take

From the Christopher Reeve films to the Bryan Singer and Zack Snyder eras to the 2025 reboot, we rank all the Man of Steel movies.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 10-11

Lorenzo Antinori and Simone Caporale open Montana, Yardley Brothers launch Solera, and TokyoLima has new cocktails.

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Best pineapple buns, cha chaan teng in Hong Kong for illustrator Kitty Wong

Award-winning illustrator Kitty Wong reveals where she heads for baked goods, street-food-style eating, fancy dining and more in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s annual anime fair to double venue size to cut waiting times for fans

Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong CEO says fair has ‘gradually developed into a mega-event, receiving attention from Hong Kong people and the industry’.

The event will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 25 to 29. Photo: Nora Tam
Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Desert of Namibia: Yuumi Kawai superb in compelling Gen Z Japanese drama

Yuumi Kawai plays an explosive young woman in this film directed by Yoko Yamanaka that looks at independence and assertive femininity.

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Yuumi Kawai in a still from Desert of Namibia (category IIB, Japanese), directed by Yoko Yamanaka.
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 11-13

Eat tteokbokki at Young Dabang, try Hu Taiqing’s Sichuan Rouge, and celebrate Bastille Day at Black Sheep’s La Vache!

Art

How 20th-century Hong Kong and Guangdong art stood out from rest of China

A new exhibition at M+ features over 200 works by Cantonese artists as the Hong Kong-based museum addresses the region’s lineage and history.

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