Friendly, attentive staff, very clean modern Chinese decor and outstanding two course Peking Duck…read moredinner! Best meal of our ten day trip to Hong Kong and a superb choice for our last night here. Perfectly prepared, crispy skinned, well rendered duck. You will love it. Make sure to do the second course!

This is what I came to HK for. Roast duck over rice was crispy and sauces were out this world. Even…read morethe steamed veggies were done well. Would fight the crowds to come here again.

This is my favorite dim sum restaurant in Hong Kong. It's not too bougie, and it also has a wide…read morerange of dishes to choose from. The staff was also very accommodating to a Gweilo like me. The lady who kept serving us tea asked me why I don't eat more and I told her in broken Canto "waiting for fish, where is it." She responded with "if you're nice it will swim to you." Needless to say, the whole night she and I had a fun banter that entertained the whole restaurant. I'm pretty sure I was making a fool of myself, as a self-deprecating white dude often does to gain acceptance, but I enjoyed my experience and came back the next morning for dim sum Food: 5 Decor: 4 Service: totally

The Golden Leaf is a famous former Michelin starred restaurant at the Conrad. Key word here is…read moreformer. I went for dinner and as I was solo, I opted for their prix fixe set menu- the "premium" set. In my opinion, the food was lacking in taste and quality despite the high price. Maybe I should have ordered individual dishes, but even their signature baked crab dish was too creamy and salty. Service was also lacking in my mind. The waiters seemed unenthusiastic and often would place the next dish without a word or a simple phrase like "dessert" without any additional comments or explanation... and often had a tense or unfriendly expression. It was also difficult to get their attention as they were often times hard to locate. Yes this is Hong Kong, but this is not a cha chaan teng, and i guess I expected a bit more quality in service and food from a former michelin starred restaurant.

This had to be one of my favorite dining experiences while in HK. It also happened to be located…read moreright in my hotel The Conrad. The service here was top notch the best we had while visiting. I am so glad we had an opportunity to dine here. I do recommend you make a reservation. We tried to dine there again on our last day but everything was booked. They were able to fit us at 11:45 and even allowed us to order the Peking duck with no advanced notice. You must do so 24 goes in advance. Unfortunately the time did not work well for us so we cancelled the last minute reservation. We had their crispy half chicken the best I had while in HK. I ordered this dish everywhere! The Golden Leaf's was crispiest and the skin looked like glass! While the chicken was still very juicy! The mixed fried rice delicious! Our waiter was very sweet as they were almost closing getting ready for dinner dining offered us some more rice they had. I was too full but my fiancée was very happy to accept some more. I highly recommend this place even if you aren't staying at the Conrad give this place a try it will be worth it!

This street is famous for having 3 restaurants, all super cheap, that once held Michelin Stars! Yat…read moreLok is a go-to for me and the last time I was in HK 3 years ago the time I was able to come the line was way too long and went all the way to the elevators. This time it was hot, humid, and rainy around 11:20 am and our party of 4 was able to get a table easily though it was crowded again once we were finished. This place is so famous we saw people come straight from the airport with all their luggage! Portions are very good and probably too small for most people but I loved the size. Goose and Soy Sauce Chicken: They are most known for their roast goose which has a complex and layered seasoning different than other HK roast duck/goose places. This is my go to dish, this time it tasted great but my portion of goose was super small and I split it with a friend to not get too full so it was even smaller. We also ordered the same dish with noodles and roast pork with soy chicken, both the people who had this never had Yat Lok before and totally cleared their plates, don't forget to mix each bite with some of the oil scorched green onions!

Cash only! They literally has a Auntie sitting by the door ready to take your cash!…read more Yat Lok is a family owned business located in Central, Hong Kong specialized in roast geese and Cantonese roasted/bbq meats. It's held a one Michelin star consecutively for 11 years!!! This was on my top list of places to go. Obviously, we got the roast geese. It wasn't as good as I had expected because I think we got the fatty leg section. Don't get me wrong, the glistening roast geese was delicious! I just wish it wasn't as fatty. We got the quarter size because we want to try other dishes. Crispy roast pork + Char Siu (Barbecue Pork) was on point! The roast pork skin is crispy and tasty. Char Siu is savory and sweet with smoky flavor. The vegetables was simply prepared but so good. It helps break up the greasy food. White rice and noodles for carb. This was a hearty meal. It is on the expensive side compare to other casual Cantonese bbq meats spot.

If you live on an mostly isolated island, you better bet you get the best of everything there…read more Thankfully, you certainly have Kum Po (金寶) as your go-to local Chinese restaurant. First of all, reserve a table. This seems like on the far side of the Ap Lei Chau island, away from South Horizons and Lei Tung Estate. But boy, it was packed here. They have an upper floor too, which was where we had our seats. I liked it up there, cozier and less hectic. We ordered a lot of the usuals. Shrimps (no pic sorry!), roasted baby pigeons (乳鴿), scallops (扇貝), deep fried salt and pepper squid (椒鹽鮮魷), abalones (鮑魚), etc. Baby pigeons were you-would-give-it-a-pass good, but the shellfishes and molluscs were amazing. You'd wonder if they caught them fresh at Aberdeen. Well, not really if you consider the quality of the water here, but they were certainly very freshly raised and caught locally. And the one single greatest thing - no corkage charge! We bought our own white wines there, as local restaurants never serve up to standard wines (nor good for food-pairing). Over all, very satisfactory experience. Staff warned us the kitchen was busy that night, but the food was served really quickly. Almost too quick that we *wanted* to linger and chitchat a bit longer!

Hong Kong Cafes with a noodle focus almost always end up being my preferred places to chow down…read more Chui Hing (潮興魚蛋粉) is combines no nonsense service with killer food, along with affordable pricing and 24 hour availability to boot. The pretense is non-existent and locals (including myself!) seem to love it here. So like many noodle spots in HK, this place is fairly small. No big tables for 5+ but quite a few small'ish round tables that are good for solo eats or the invaluable food companion. The aroma coming from the semi-open kitchen should be enough inspiration for folks to know what they want upon arrival, but just in case they have the menus outlined along the wall. An easy way to start? Try a wonton and beef brisket with your choice of noodles. The wontons are somewhat pillowy in texture and full of flavor while the beef brisket is braised well while maintaining a perfectly chewy bite. The noodle variety is good, with egg / rice noodles winning over the crowd though I feel the e-fu noodles take the cake. Lastly, do not sleep on the beef tendon. It's practically butter when done right. Chui Hing does fancy itself as a HK style cafe, so other dishes like congee, fried fish skin, fried rice, may appear on the menu, focus on what to stack in your bowl instead. The staff is really helpful and welcoming.

Pretty good wonton noodle soup and milk tea. They're open 24/7 and very close to many local hotels…read more I only got takeout, but noticed great air conditioning inside. The prices are also very reasonable. I bought beef ball and wonton, wonton noodle soup. I didn't ask to have the noodles separate, but they still retained a good amount of chew by the time I got back up top the hotel. You can pay a little extra anywhere to ask them pack separate. The wontons are ok, beef balls are good, noodles are good, soup okay. The milk tea wasn't very strong but has a nice authentic back flavor. Everything was ready in under 5 minutes. Very good for takeout!

Not sure why this restaurant is so hyped up when it's really so mid. The restaurant is in a dank…read morebasement that is absolutely freezing and everyone kept their jackets on. The bathroom was also super weird, narrow and awkward and so dark that you can't see anything. Of the 2 stalls only one of them had toilet paper in a little roll that wasn't even properly attached to the toilet paper holder. The overall vibe is loud, "club-like," and kind of ratchet, there was a table quite far away from us but the customers were so clearly drunk and loud that the entire restaurant could hear them. We haven't even gotten to the food-- which was below average all around. We had pre-ordered the typhoon crab in advance and it was very expensive, was so over-seasoned, and the crab was not fresh at all. The bbq roast pork (char siu) was okay but incredibly oily and we couldn't finish it. The only passable entree was the fish, but even that was just a steamed fish and nothing to write home about. The service was okay, nothing spectacular but polite enough. The other nice thing was that we got these cute little mah jong desserts and I liked that the outside wall of the restaurant was decorated in mah jong pieces. But overall, this restaurant was my least favorite during our Hong Kong trip and it's just overhyped.

Ho Lee Fook is a Cantonese fusion Michelin starred restaurant in Central. The place looks nice,…read morebut a bit gaudy. The bathrooms are cramped and kind of awkward. Service is friendly and relatively efficient. But for this price point and the coveted Michelin star, I would expect more. The food quality is so-so. The chicken wings were tender but lacking in depth of flavor. Just salt and a ton of chili peppers. The char shu roasted pork was ok. It wasn't as greasy as others but it was also a bit dry. It was really no better than any other roasted pork we found at random restaurants all over HK. The crispy cheong fan noodles were a bit greasy but flavorful and different. Let's talk about pricing. We went on a Sunday night and we booked early so we did not have a minimum spend. But it seems any bookings now have an 800HKD/pp minimum. They slap a 10% service charge on everything and they basically require you to buy an 88HKD bottle of water. Sorry, they're just not that good.

Prices are up but otherwise, it hasn't changed much. Highish end dim sum by the Maxim restaurant…read moregroup. No surprises.

Very fancy dim sum restaurant right next to the harbor where you can even catch glimpses of the…read moreferris wheel. Service was excellent and all of the dim sum that we ordered was delicious but the prices are way too expensive. We ended up spending ~$35 USD per person, which is absolutely unheard of for dim sum! It's basically an extra premium for the upscale environment and the views. We arrived shortly after 9am on a Sunday and there was no wait for a table. The entrance is kind of hard to find since it's not on the main street. You have to meander through a small yard first before arriving at the entrance to City Hall.