The coffee trend in Hong Kong is starting to catch up, and there are quite a number of independently owned cafes that are hip and trendy. During my recent trip, I had the chance to visit many of them, and here’s a list of cafes and coffee places in Hong Kong that are worth checking out.
I hope that this list will be useful to you when you are visiting the city. And if you have more places to add to the list, please leave a comment and let us know.
Cafe Corridor
Cafe Corridor by Coffee Assembly Roastery is strategically located opposite Times Square in Causeway Bay. They serve food like all day breakfast (HKS$65), sandwiches (HK$45), and French toast (HK$45), but what regulars come back for is the excellent coffee. It is a spot where executives meet clients over coffee, or visitors taking a break in between shopping.
G/F, 26A Russel Street
Causeway Bay
Tel: +852 2892 2927
Mon to Thu: 8.30am – 11pm
Fri: 8.30am – 12 midnight
Sat: 12pm – 12 midnight
Sun: 12pm – 11pm
Nearest Station: Causeway Bay
C’est La B
C’est La B is opened by the folks who are behind Ms B Cakery, and it currently has three outlets at Tai Hang, Pacific Place and Harbour City. The name is inspired by the French phrase “C’est la vie (such is life)” and it is a charming and intimate cake shop which offers a delectable range of whimsical-looking desserts.
G111, G/F, Harbour City
17 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: +852 3102 2838
Daily: 9am – 11pm
Nearest Station: Tsim Sha Tsim
Classified
Launched in 2006, Classified is a European-style neighbourhood cafe that focuses on homemade artisanal food, gourmet coffee, cheese and handmade bread. For such a stylish concept, we were actually surprised that the decent-tasting dishes are so pleasantly affordable. There are currently nine outlets in different neighbourhoods like Stanley, to Tai Hang and Wan Chai.
108 Hollywood Road, SOHO, Sheung Wan
Tel: +852 2525 3454
Daily: 8am – 12 Midnight
Nearest Station: Sheung Wan
Library Cafe
Within a corner of Lane Crawford at HarbourCity Shopping Mall is Library Cafe, a stylish coffee place (opened by the same owners behind Yardbird yakitori bar) which serves simple and well-executed comfort food like sandwiches and salad. Try the Tuna Melt (HKD78), and during tea time, they have a cake set for HKD70.
G/F, Lane Crawford
3 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Daily: 10am – 10pm
Nearest MTR: Tsim Sha Tsui
Mana Cafe
Another cafe that you should visit in Central is Mana. It focuses on vegan, organic, and gluten freefood. Go for the organic oven-baked flatbreads (HKD50) which are wheatmeal or gluten free. There are also hearty vegetarian main courses like Tofu Burger (HKD65), and Mezze Platter (HKD100), a box of hummus, olives, salad and flatbread.
92 Wellington Street
Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2851 1611
Mon to Fri: 8am – 10pm
Nearest MTR: Central
The Coffee Academics
The Coffee Academics is a chic and modern venue where coffee lovers and professionals gather to share their knowledge about the beverage. Any coffee geek would love to spend a day here.
G/F, 38 Yiu Wa Street
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2156 0313
Mon to Thu: 10am – 11pm
Fri & Sat: 10am – 2pm
Sun: 12 noon – 9pm
Nearest MTR: Causeway Bay
Simplylife
If you are at International Finance Centre (IFC), drop by Simplylife and grab a quick bite. The bakery cafe offers sandwiches, salads, soups, and pizza.
Shop 1081, Level 1, ifc mall
1 Harbour View Street, Central.
Tel: +852 2234 7356
Daily: 8am – 10pm
Nearest MTR: Hong Kong
Whenever we hear about a new café, it is more often than not a coffee speciality house. Yet, Teakha at Sheung Wan chose a different path which offers the world an impressive range of organic tea like Masala Chai, Thai iced tea, Jasmine Blossoms, and Hoji au Lait, and Forest Black Tea.
This tea specialist is housed in a little shophouse on a quiet alley off Tai Ping Shan Street, which is slowly becoming one of the hippest streets in Hong Kong lined with cafes, galleries, studios and lifestyle boutiques.
Shop B, 18 Tai Ping Shan Road
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2858 9185
Wed to Sun: 11am – 7pm
Nearest MTR: Sheung Wan
Via Tokyo
Located on Leighton Road at Causeway Bay, Via Tokyo is a dessert cafe which specialises in traditional Japanese sweets. It’s definitely a nice change from the usual Chinese desserts that you will find in Hong Kong.
Shop no 1A-1B, G/F Leishun Court
106-126 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay
Tel: +852 2895 1116
Mon to Thu, & Sun: 9.30am – 10.30pm
Fri, Sat & PH: 9.30am – 11pm
Nearest Station: Causeway Bay
18 Grams
18 Grams is a espresso café with fresh, locally-roasted coffee beans. The outlet at Causeway Bay is a tiny and cosy shop with a few tables, while the new location at Mongkok, has a bigger kitchen to serve a wider selection of food like breakfast, pasta and salads.
Unit C, G/F, 15 Cannon St
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2893 8988
Nearest MTR: Causeway Bay
B04, 56 Dundas Street, Gala Place Basement
Mong Kok, Kowloon
Tel: +852 2770 1339
Nearest MTR: Mong Kok
Hello
What cafe is pictured in the first picture at the top?
Thanks so much
Hayley
Hi Hayley! The first pic is the Coffee Academics in Causeway Bay… great place for a cuppa… there is also a Food Academics above the cafe under the same group… worth a try…
FULL/half cafe at TST is worthy of trying too.