This becomes my new love when I saw 30+ import and local craft beer on taps. Combined with the…read moremagical combination of well prepared southern chicken, it certainly made the dinning experience among the best. I enjoy going there when it is less busy, such as I the afternoon. During that time, you might get a taster before finalizing the selection. I can't really go wrong with serving beers when the service provided is outstanding. All I have to say is that the beers is fresh, cold and with great varieties. The chicken comes hot and moist. Crispy and perfectly seasoned with cajun style. Ask for spices as that really spiced it up. I personally really missed the Popeye chicken brand when I used to live in Canada. However, given a long search for good deep fried chicken in Hong Kong; tried many Korean chicken places and the popeye in HK airport, none of them is comparable. Yet the Round House has something way better than Popeye. Luckily, the Korean hype in Hong Kong is attracting the crowds to the Korean fried chicken. Now this local gem would be serving people truly appreciate the lovely married combination of Beers and Chicken.

This place is absolutely worthy in Hong Kong. 24 taps, and a little variety. I hate IPAs, and as…read moreusual, that category is well covered. But they have stouts, and imperial stouts. Definitely recommend the 'shadows of the mind' farmhouse dark, I think it's from carbon brews (which the list as an HK brewery). It's great. I only drink dark, so this category I know. The imperial Is a little too sweet for me.

I was pleased to discover the casual Back Alley after a friend suggested it as a central meeting…read morepoint for a quick drink. On Amoy Street between Johnston Road and Queen's Road East, it's one of those great matchstick-thin Hong Kong bars where you'd miss it if you blink while walking by. But, those who don't blink are rewarded with a low-key bar with solid draft beers and reasonable prices. The bar was full but not crowded at 6:30pm on a Wednesday, which made for a pleasant happy hour scene. Although the four or five taps poured out the Hong Kong standards (Asahi, Kronenbourg and the like), I was pleased to see inclusion of Rising Sun Pale Ale, a Japanese craft beer. Hopefully that spells good things for the rest of the beer list, which I did not have a chance to check out -- though I take it as an excellent sign! The service was friendly and efficient, which is just the ticket for an after-work drink, and varying happy hour specials also seem to be on offer. My visit was definitely enjoyable but unfortunately short, so I am looking forward to another visit where I have more time check out what else this fun little bar has to offer.

Decent drinks, if rather uninspired. Staff seemed annoyed we were there at 2pm. Hipster esque…read moreatmosphere, tucked away on a side street. Parrot on the bar was a nice touch

Good selection of beers with clear descriptions, staff is attentive and friendly, interior is big…read moreand open.

If you don't have a lot of time in Hong Kong and want to try as many local craft beers as possible,…read moreyou can't go wrong coming to HK Island Taphouse. Opened only this past December, It boasts itself as Hong Kong's biggest tap house with 40 taps: and all 40 pouring local brews, plus more selections in bottles. You can just sit there and sample around Hong Kong, from Lamma Island to Kowloon Bay. As many of HK's micro and nanobreweries are too small to have taproom, not to mention retail distribution, this place does the breweries and consumers a great service by bringing so many beers to one location. The taproom is very spacious, and they have a large menu listing today's beer selection, along with a food menu featuring chicken wings and other snacks. Beers are offered in two sizes, 300ml and 400 ml, and if you can't pick just one, go for the flight, six for HK$160. The staff is happy to offer advice, such as what's limited release and likely to run out soon, as well as giving you a sample if you really are undecided. This place is slightly off the tourist map, but just very slightly, on MTR it's at the Tin Hau station, which is one measly stop after the very popular Causeway Bay. Exit at A2, turn left, then turn right at the end of street, and then just a few minutes walk and you'll see the taphouse under the bridge on your right.

Cosy, chill and hip bar, secretly tucked away bar on Peel Street. Specializes in Craft beer but has…read morea pretty decent selection of cocktails and recently, whiskey. Great place to come for a chat with friends on weekday nights, and gets pretty happening come weekends, so come earlier. The drinks are cheap, they have $50 drink deals Mon- Weds and the crowd is pretty fun and friendly. Good go-to place for pre-drinks or the actual party when your crew all arrives.

We needed a place to chill while waiting for a table at nearby Ho Lee Fook and Bobby's was the…read moreperfect spot. It doesn't take itself seriously (I mean, their craft beer list on the wall includes a height chart that has both world leaders and dictators' heights) and the bartender that evening knew how to chat us up and keep us off our phones. Cocktails are strong and they all cost $100HK, which makes everything easy peasy lemon squeezy. Since our table became available 50 minutes earlier than expected, we were unfortunately forced to down our drinks quickly so we could get our spot. What a way to get a buzz ASAP! Next time, we'll stay a little longer and perhaps try their beer selection!

A cute little bar with a selection of about 10 craft beers. Some are their own brews, some are…read moreguest tap from other Hong Kong microbreweries and maybe other imports. There are more options in bottles. I really love how the place has two sides opening up to the streets, with no French window or door. A variety of tables and chairs provide comfortable lounging. Great to just sit there, watch all the hustle bustle outside while you slowly, quietly sip a beer. Or use their fast wifi to catch up on life. I don't like dingy dark pubs so this is great. I can sit here all day, except for my ambitious travel itinerary. My own grip is that the beer is rather pricey. A glass is about US$10, and a flight like US$23. I get it beer in Hong Kong is expensive compare to the U.S., and this is Central, but "ouch" says my wallet. I can recommend this place though, if you want to try some local beers.

I had travelled to HK a couple of years back and was slightly disappointed to find there weren't…read morethat many bars doing craft beer. However, fast forward to 2016 and now Hongkongers seem to be completely spoiled for choice (and I'm very jealous)!!! Craft Brew & Co was probably my favourite of the many craft beer bars we visited. As you'd expect with this type of bar its located in the hip and popular So-Ho area. You're gonna find plenty of bars selling bog standard lager around here, but not Craft Brew. These guys really stand out with their rather aggressive marketing of, "Craft not Crap" and you won't find any boring beers in here. To be honest these guys had some outstanding beer on when I was in. I was drinking their very own Kung Fu Lager and Summer Ale as I'd never seen them in the UK. Both were great examples of a modern, hoppy beer. They were super cold and refreshing, not cheap, (as you would expect) but totally worth it in my opinion. With its simple wooden tables and decoration, this is definitely like a craft beer bar you'd get in Europe. The music was pretty hit and miss (I mean Take That, really??) but it kinda made for a fun night. The staff in Craft Brew were really great and allowed me to sample several different beers before finding the ones I was after. This is a top destination for beer lovers, if I lived in HK I'd be in here a lot!

This is one of those bars I accidentally discovered as I was wandering around, namely because it…read moreisn't located where most of the bars are located. Basically it is a craft beer bar, which was pretty cool, though sadly when I was here a number of beers weren't available. However the service was pretty cool, and the beers were pretty nice as well. Oh, and like most of the pubs, there is only one size, and that is a pint.

Hoppy Junction is a small and cozy place near Wan Chai subway station on the Hongkong island. I…read morefound some interesting beers on tap and in the refrigerator. The bartender was knowledgeable about beers. I was looking for a particular craft brown ale and was told that the bottles were returned because they sensed off taste. I appreciate their attitude toward beer quality.

I'll be back here for sure. The beer selection was pretty good and I had some delicious beers- at…read moreleast for someone who is used US West Coast beer. I had some mozzarella sticks and a burger. Both were awesome, though the burger was kind of hard to eat since it was delivered it a very tall-walled basket. Easy to get to from MTR, easy to order in English.

Yeah, I have to say I love these places. They have an awesome selection of tap beers, and I've…read morefound a few tucked around Hong Kong. Okay, we do have them in Melbourne, but they are much easier to get to in Hong Kong, but that is because the city is much more compact. Okay, the prices are pretty high, but I've become to expect this from Hong Kong pubs. Oh, and this has a beer called Lovecraft.

I asked the bar staff at several craft beer bars about good bottle stores in Hong Kong, and a…read morecouple of them recommended this place. The store is on the 4th floor of a building by the street. I found that they had an excellent collection of local craft beers and a good coverage of beers from around the world. They also sell home brewing equipment and different malts and hops; this is serious craft beer store! The staff was courteous and knowledgeable. She recommended an IPA, Si L Dan, which was a collaboration between their staff and a local brewery.

Considering the abysmal state of craft brews in Hong Kong, places like HK Brewcraft become all the…read moremore important in contributing to the drinking culture of the city. I learned only of this place thanks to Yelp and was fortunate enough to attend an event or two at their location in Central. It all starts with education. They've got the documentation, training, and high quality inventory to help make any homebrewer's dream a reality. They've brought in actual brewery masters before to help train folks on their palate (which I could always use work on) and get them started with their home brew kits. The staff is knowledgeable and above all, passionate. They are also homebrewers as well, with some of them happily leading on sessions on their methods of homebrewing. From novices to seasoned home brewmasters, they've got the right tools in place to help people achieve the results they're looking for in duplicating certain craft beer profiles. And they've somehow managed to make it all work, even with a small interior and tough to notice location. A great team goes a long way and I can't wait to see what they have in store next. One very minor request: More Oregon Beer!

Marketed as a trendy, Belgian restaurant, this place definitely takes you out of the usual Chinese…read morefeel of Hong Kong. My coworkers and I have a tradition of coming here to spend our hard earned money on pricy food. On one occasion I simply ordered an appetizer: I tried steak tartare for the first time here, and became a fan. Being the opportunistic people that we are however, our main draw to this place are its daily special discounts. My first time dining here was on Wagyu Wednesday, an awesome discount for getting the Wagyu burger on a Wednesday. Mussels Monday (all-you-can-eat mussels of different flavors, on a Monday) is my most recent Frites endeavor. Be careful with mussels, especially if they're all-you-can-eat. In my childhood I had read about the dangers of eating bad mussels (mussels that don't open after cooking), but I mostly ignored them this time around and faced the repercussions the next day. It wasn't too bad for me, but I am taking a break from mussels for a bit. The Laksa Mussels were notably delicious. My coworker and I were particularly interested in the unlimited steak offer they had for the weekend, named "Strip Night". We wanted to challenge ourselves to getting our money's worth of meat, and possibly risked developing heart disease in the process, but in the end it was well worth the experience. As with any all-you-can-eat situation, the more food that we had already eaten, the less active the service staff were in trying to help us, i.e. they often stopped looking in our general direction, pretending to not see us. I understand their tactics: I am also always looking to save money, which is why I came to their all-you-can-eat deal nights. I still got what I wanted, as there is no time limit per se (except during the period of time in Hong Kong when dining-in was banned after 6PM). The steaks were delicious, and I was able to experiment with eating different cooking temperatures of steak. No more well done steaks for me!

Ever since Hong Kong's colonial days, Western foods have had their dominant presence in the food…read morescenes in the financial and tourist districts, such as the Central District, Wanchai, Causeway Bay and Tsim Tsa Tsui (TST). They cater to locals and tourists, as well as the constantly growing expat population. So I was not one bit surprised when I saw a Belgian restaurant in the food section of Causeway Centre, across from the Wanchai Ferry Pier and next to the Sun Hung Kai Financial Building. It's a somewhat trendy place with an European ambience, and upon entering, I found that the language spoken by the receptionists and servers was English and not Chinese. (For those of you who have never been to HK or China, this means that your wallet will be emptied but your stomach will not be full.) Set lunches with their at best mediocre selections run about USD30, which is pretty steep even in the expensive financial districts in HK. If you want to order a la carte, items are around USD 30 - 40, although steak frites will set you back about $50. Bear in mind that this is not upscale as in Morton's or Ruth Chris. This is more like a Yard House kind of place. SCHNITZEL AND FRITES: It's a popular European dish which is a thin pork cutlet that is tenderized, coated with bread crumbs and deep fried. The bread crumb coating ewas light and crispy; the meat was tender, flavorful and yummy. The frites (fries in English) were less impressive though. There were literally numerous Belgian Fries stalls, carts, and kiosks wherever we went when we were in Brussels and we loved Belgian fries. The most distinct difference is that the potatoes are not soft and starchy, and they are fried twice. Sorry... but the fries here tasted nowhere near those in the streets of Brussels. THE GOOD WIFE SAUSAGE: It was an interesting looking sausage that was in the form of a coil. Although I've tried various sausages in Brussels, I never had the opportunity to taste this particular variation. It looked and tasted like a "Boudin" sausage which is typically made with pork and is lighter in color. I liked the texture and its taste; and if you are an European sausage fan, you'll probably like this. The gravy was tasty with a strong aroma of onion, but I was hoping for a rich gravy with an authentic Flemish dark beer flavor. The mash was good, but nothing to write home about, especially at these prices.

Cool bar in HK with live music. Drinks are tasty and the crowd was cool. Would definitely come…read moreback when I'm back in HK

For the longest time, the place was listed as closed and I swore it was open after passing by from…read moretime to time during my burger exploits (ahem: https://www.yelp.com/biz/burger-joys-香港). One night I noticed it was open and completely dead but the Filipino cover band was jamming hard and there were signs for happy hour plastered all along the outside. Music and discounted drink prices are an easy way to sucker me in. But what I got was so much more. Maybe more than I would've asked for. You see, Amazonia isn't just any bar, but one of the many Filipino girly bars within the seedy Wanchai scene. I only realized this after noticing that while bopping my head to some Aerosmith / Journey covers that I was the only dude sitting alone and then after 8pm, a swarm of pinays came in and with that a steady crowd of middle aged white guys came creeping in. It's a scene that's been played out throughout Asian bars throughout the Southeast, but I was staring at it right in the face. From a bystander's point of view, the place is big enough to merit all sorts of gatherings. There is a legitimate stage for serious band action and lots of comfy seats that create a loungey presence much more so than a dive bar one. Colors here are primarily red and black, which perfectly mimics any sort of red light district vibe. The bartenders enjoyed my company. My drinks stayed at regular prices where I noticed a slight uptick for some of the other patrons looking to buy gals everything from beer to mildly potent cocktails, emphasis on the mild. Amazonia stays open late every night, just beware of the calm before the storm which tends to occur right around 7-8pm. Come for the drinks and stay for the music. Beyond that, everything else is suspect.