Best restaurants in Hong Kong 2026: 15 tables worth booking

The best restaurants in Hong Kong in 2026 come down to 15 tables, from the number one in Asia to a roast goose lunch at HK$179, all taken from the Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau 2026 and Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026. If you can only book one, make it The Chairman for Cantonese cooking at its sharpest, or Wing if you want the harder reservation.

Hong Kong ended the March 2026 award season with a record 77 Michelin-starred restaurants, seven of them with three stars, and with the top two places in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, announced in the city for the first time on 25 March. The Michelin selection also lists 70 Bib Gourmand addresses in Hong Kong, where three courses cost less than HK$400.

What the best restaurants in Hong Kong share is a tolerance for contradiction: a tasting menu on the 29th floor and a roast goose shop that has been going since 1957 sit in the same square mile. For the dishes themselves, start with our guide to what to eat in Hong Kong; for one of the newest rooms, read about the Canton Library on the 29th floor of One Peking. Prices are in Hong Kong dollars where a recent menu or guide gives one, and in Michelin's price bands ($ to $$$$) where it does not.

Hong Kong's top two restaurants share a Wellington Street address; a starred goose lunch costs under HK$200.

The Chairman, Central

The Chairman took first place in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026, its second time at the top after 2021. Danny Yip founded it and Kwok Keung Tung runs the kitchen at 3/F, The Wellington, 198 Wellington Street, where it has been since 2022. Michelin gives it one star.

The dish to order is steamed flowery crab with aged Shaoxing wine and chicken oil over flat rice noodles, followed by the camphor-wood-smoked goose. Michelin's price band is $$$, and the Guide notes that bookings open only on certain days, with the set menu emailed in advance.

Wing, Central

Vicky Cheng opened Wing in 2021 on the 29th floor of The Wellington, 198 Wellington Street, below his other restaurant, Vea. It came second in Asia's 50 Best 2026, one place up on 2025, with a tasting menu that reworks the eight great Chinese cuisines with French technique.

Tasting menus have been listed between HK$1,980 and HK$2,980 per person, and Michelin puts it in its top band, $$$$. Online bookings open at midnight, 28 days ahead, and go fast.

Caprice, Central

Guillaume Galliot's French kitchen on the sixth floor of the Four Seasons, 8 Finance Street, kept its three Michelin stars for an eighth year in a row in 2026 and came 35th in Asia's 50 Best. The room looks over Victoria Harbour; king crab with caviar and a deep list of Sauternes are the house signatures.

Service is prix-fixe only, in Michelin's $$$$ band, and the restaurant is closed on Monday. The senior sommelier, Floriane Hureau, won the Michelin Sommelier Award in 2026, so take the pairing.

Amber, Central

Richard Ekkebus's French restaurant holds three Michelin stars and a Green Star, one of four Hong Kong restaurants with the sustainability award in 2026. It sits on the seventh floor of Mandarin Oriental The Landmark, which reopened on 1 June 2026 after a refit.

The tasting menu was last listed at HK$2,058 for six courses and HK$2,888 for eight. Ask about the Cellar Immersion, a tasting held inside the wine cellar, if the dining room is full.

8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana, Central

Umberto Bombana's Italian restaurant, at Shop 202, Landmark Alexandra, 18 Chater Road, has held three Michelin stars since 2012 and calls itself the first Italian restaurant outside Italy to reach that level. The cooking leans on white truffle in season, plus abalone carpaccio, black truffle risotto and blue lobster.

It serves lunch from 12:00 and dinner from 18:30, Monday to Saturday, and is closed on Sunday. The dress code is smart casual, with no shorts, vests or sandals.

T'ang Court, Tsim Sha Tsui

On the first and second floors of The Langham, 8 Peking Road, T'ang Court is the three-star Cantonese room on the Kowloon side. Michelin singles out the double-boiled soups, above all silkie chicken with dried scallop and abalone, plus the Peking duck and the baked stuffed crab shell.

The price band is $$$, and Michelin recommends it for groups round a big table. Book directly with the restaurant.

Forum, Causeway Bay

Forum was founded in 1977 and made Yeung Koon-yat famous as the abalone king; his Ah Yat braised abalone is the dish the city copies. It keeps three Michelin stars at 1/F, Sino Plaza, 255-257 Gloucester Road, with Adam Wong as executive chef.

Besides the abalone, Time Out lists claypot-stewed abalone in superior broth, braised oxtail and crispy fried chicken. Michelin price band $$$$; open daily for lunch and dinner, and bookable by phone or on the restaurant's website.

Lung King Heen, Central

The dim sum counter among the stars: Chan Yan Tak's Cantonese kitchen on the fourth floor of the Four Seasons, 8 Finance Street, holds two Michelin stars and has been in the Guide since 2009. Lunch is dim sum with harbour views, and the double-boiled soups are the other reason to come.

Michelin price band $$$. Weekday lunch starts at 12:00 and weekend dim sum at 11:30. To try the genre at home first, see our char siu bao recipe from Andrew Wong.

Duddell's, Central

One Michelin star for a Cantonese kitchen that doubles as an art space, on the third floor of 1 Duddell Street. The roast chicken has hot oil ladled over its skin more than 300 times, and the shrimp shreds with conpoy, egg and bean sprouts carry the wok hei.

Michelin listed a lunch set at HK$468 in December 2025, one of the cheaper stars in Central. The street is busy with new openings, including Il Presidente on Duddell Street.

Neighborhood, Central

David Lai cooks seafood-heavy European food at 61-63 Hollywood Road; the entrance is in Man Hing Lane, off Peel Street. It came 24th in Asia's 50 Best 2026, has no website and no social media, and still books out weeks ahead.

Salt-baked chicken rice with morels and giblets is the signature. Large platters must be ordered in advance, and you may bring your own wine for a corkage fee. Michelin price band $$; open Monday to Saturday from 18:00, and booked by phone.

Estro, Central

Antimo Maria Merone cooks modern Neapolitan on the second floor of 1 Duddell Street, with six- or eight-course menus, one Michelin star and 32nd place in Asia's 50 Best 2026. The cellar holds more than 1,000 bottles, mostly Italian.

Michelin price band $$$$. It opens Tuesday to Saturday and is closed on Sunday and Monday; the chef's table can be booked.

Mono, Central

Ricardo Chaneton, formerly head chef at Mirazur, opened Mono in 2020 on the fifth floor of 18 On Lan Street. It seats 30 at a counter and placed 46th in Asia's 50 Best 2026 with a tasting menu built on his Italian and Venezuelan background.

The 21-ingredient mole and the Danish langoustine with cacao are the dishes people write about, and the meal ends with a chocolate dessert course. Book ahead for the counter.

Yat Lok, Central

A roast goose shop with a Michelin star. Yat Lok was founded in 1957 and has been at G/F, Conwell House, 34-38 Stanley Street since 2011. The goose follows a secret marinade and more than 20 preparation steps, and the lai fun noodles come in goose fat.

Michelin lists a goose drumstick on rice at HK$179 in its December 2025 lunch guide. Open daily from 10:00 to 20:30, and cash only: cards are not accepted. Expect to share a table.

Lai's Kitchen, Wan Chai

A Bib Gourmand since 2026 and a tribute to the dai pai dong, the open-air food stalls that once lined the city's streets. It opened in October 2025 at 1/F, Harvard Commercial Building, 105-111 Thomson Road, and cooks on the wok and in claypots.

Order the three-treasure claypot rice, with pork sausage, goose liver sausage and salted pork belly, cooked in Wuchang rice and house-rendered lard. Bib Gourmand means three courses for under HK$400. Open daily, 12:00 to 16:00 and 17:00 to 01:30.

Dragon's Den, Wong Tai Sin

Classic Cantonese cooking and dim sum in Wong Tai Sin, new to the Bib Gourmand in 2026. It revives a former Bib Gourmand address at Shop S02, 2/F, Tin Ma Court Commercial Centre, 55 Chuk Yuen Road, with hand-painted dragons on the walls.

The signature is pearwood-smoked pigeon, dry-aged for five days before it is smoked. It is closed on Tuesday; weekends start at 10:00.

Questions about the best restaurants in Hong Kong

Which restaurant in Hong Kong has the most Michelin stars? None stands alone. Seven Hong Kong restaurants hold three stars in the 2026 guide: 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana, Amber, Caprice, Forum, Sushi Shikon, Ta Vie and T'ang Court. Five of them are in this list; Sushi Shikon and Ta Vie fall outside the 15.

Which is the best restaurant in Hong Kong right now? By the 2026 rankings, The Chairman: it is number one in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, with Wing second. Among the best restaurants in Hong Kong for cooking that is not Chinese, the highest-placed in the same list are Neighborhood (24th), Estro (32nd) and Caprice (35th).

Where can I eat well in Hong Kong for less than HK$400? Lai's Kitchen and Dragon's Den, both new Bib Gourmand entries, keep three courses under that mark. Yat Lok sells a starred goose drumstick on rice for HK$179, and the Duddell's lunch set was HK$468 in December 2025.

How far ahead should I book? It depends on the room. Wing opens its calendar at midnight, 28 days ahead; The Chairman takes bookings only on certain days; Neighborhood has no website, so you phone. The cheaper addresses on this list mostly take walk-ins.

How we chose

We started from the Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau 2026, unveiled on 19 March, and the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list of 25 March, then balanced high cooking with Cantonese classics, dim sum, roast goose and two Bib Gourmand tables. Stars and ranks are the 2026 editions; where we quote a price in HK$ it comes from a recent menu or guide, and the rest use Michelin's bands.

Every address was checked against a 2026 source on 6 October 2026, because Hong Kong closes restaurants as fast as it opens them. We update the list when a restaurant opens, closes or changes its stars.