Hong Kong
Hong Kong is an exciting city, where people enjoy life to the max. Its vivacious, brash, modern, traditional, innovative, stimulating.
GREAT FOR
Shopping, Nightlife, Food, Temples
WHEN TO GO
Hong Kong’s weather is subtropical, with summers notoriously hot and humid. The best time to visit is from October to February when the weather is generally sunny and warm with clear blue skies, clean air, good visibility and low humidity.
The Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong’s New Club Floor and Japanese Restolounge Are the Places to Be in Town
You can find us in the club: sipping Ruinart and eating robata in Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong’s slick new additions.
This Immersive VR Experience Will Make You Feel Like You’re in Hong Kong
360 Hong Kong Moments will transport you right to the heart of the bustling metropolis.
Review: The Hari Hong Kong
Meet the whimsical new Hong Kong hotel making waves with its great style and hard-to-book tables in an unexpected location.
Asia’s 50 Best Got More Woke with the Essence of Asia Restaurant List 2021
Street-food stalls, mom-and-pop shops, plant-based menus and community activists. We can’t eat in fancy restaurants every night—and this new list proves why we don’t want to, either.
5 Eco Bathroom Amenities You Definitely Want to Steal
From handmade locally to organic vegan, these green hotel toiletries come in recyclable or repurposed packages that’ll look great in your Dopp kit. Stealing has never felt so good.
6 Plant-Powered Recipes from Hong Kong’s Top Kitchens
We asked chefs to share their delicious vegetarian recipes for you to make at home.
7 of the Most Scrumptious Plant-Based Meals in Hong Kong
These Hong Kong restaurants are tempting our tummies with delicious new veggie menus. Consider this your kale to action.
Drink Green: These Are the Most Sustainable Bars in Southeast Asia
These bars reduce, reuse and recycle, plus replant the rainforest on the path to delicious drinks. Here are a few lessons in eco-mixology, complete with climate-conscious cocktail recipes.
These Are the Top 500 Hotels in the World
The T+L 500 are the world’s best hotels in 2021, as voted by T+L’s discerning readers.
This Hong Kong hotel is offering quarantine rooms for HK$1 a night
In a country with perhaps the world’s strictest quarantine—21 nights—one hotel has pledged disadvantaged returnees rooms for just 13 US cents per night.
8 of Asia’s Most ‘Bling Empire’ Valentine’s Days
We know travel restrictions mean you probably can’t avail of any of these offers. But here’s a bit of Valentine’s voyeurism into some of Asia’s most extravagant romantic experiences.
Lucky 7 Valentine’s Dinners to Help You Get Lucky
If home is where the heart is, these restaurants around our region really set ours aflutter. Here are 7 of our favorite fine-dining spots that deliver Valentine’s Day to your door.
How to Lunar New Year in the Time of Covid
The Year of the Ox starts February 12. Here’s a look at the celebration plans, Covid regulations and best restaurants for new year’s dinner in Hong Kong, Saigon, Singapore and Taipei.
On the Hunt for Southeast Asia’s Best Peking Duck
In the run-up to Lunar New Year, we fete everyone’s favorite Chinese imperial dish. These are the tastiest Peking ducks in Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok.
T+L Hometown Hit List: Hong Kong
We asked our writers for their favorite places to travel domestically. Here, Kee Foong tells us where to go in Hong Kong.
These are the most luxurious quarantines in Southeast Asia
Governments around the region got you locked in? With Michelin meals, multimedia escapes and even leopard-spotting excursions, these hotels will (almost) leave you wishing that quarantine would never end.
3 of the Best Bloody Mary Recipes in Asia
January 1 isn’t just New Year’s Day; it’s Bloody Mary Day. We’re here to help you nurse that massive hangover from last night — or, let’s be honest, all of last year.
Foreplay: Our 5 favorite golf courses in Southeast Asia
St. Andrews this is not, but plenty of dedicated pros have managed to coax some stunning, challenging championship courses out of our tropical environs. These five are way above par (or should we say under?).
These Are Our Favorite Pizzas in Hong Kong #TLAsiaPizzaWeek
We’re kicking off this new five-day holiday we just made up with our five favorite pizzas in Hong Kong.
These Trips to Nowhere Are More Than Flights of Fancy
From mile-high dating games to temple flybys, airlines are pooh-poohing Covid border closures with plane tickets that go roundtrip in a single flight.
These Are the Most Expensive Cities to Live in During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Three cities are tied in the number one spot. Can you guess what they are?
Toast to International Gin & Tonic Day with These 3 Recipes From A Few of Our Fave Bartenders
Everyone knows gin-and-tonic is good for you. But have you ever considered what a truly global invention it is?
Add These 5 New Restaurants to Your Hong Kong Eating List
Hong Kong’s best new restaurants serve up the world on a plate.
Plan a Staycation in Hong Kong or Phuket with These Exclusive T+L Reader Deals
This is the year of the staycation, so make the most of it with a special readers’ deal in your own backyard.
4 Fancy Dim Sum Spots in Hong Kong That We Love
Hong Kong’s top tables keep us hungry for more with their ever-changing takes on beloved Cantonese fare.
A Country-By-Country Guide to Coronavirus Recovery in Asia
Here’s when and where you might be able to travel again in Asia.
You’ll Want To Book These Places For Your Next Business Trip
All work and no play is no way to do business travel. Mix up your next corporate trip with rooftop cocktails, sightseeing or soaking up the sun.
These are the Most Absurdly Delicious Dishes We’ve Eaten Recently
Quarantining has the T+L staff daydreaming of many things (social interaction?) but especially these dishes.
It isn’t All Bad if You’re Stuck in Southeast Asia Because of COVID-19
It’s a surprisingly splendid time to travel domestically.
These Bartender-Recommended Regional Spirits are the Souvenirs You Should Actually Be Taking Home
Rojak gin? Fancy Thai rum? Bring these bottles home instead of the elephant print pants.
Our Favorite New(ish) Bar Openings
From a funky wine spot in Hong Kong to a bar inspired by Indian heritage in Singapore, these are the new spots where you’ll probably find us drinking these days.
Getting a new and memorable view of dynamic Hong Kong
This electric city—with its beloved mix of good eats, commerce, history, culture and nature—has been centered on the sea for centuries. Hyatt Centric Victoria Harbour Hong Kong offers an easy access, upscale stay where there are seriously no bad views.
Three New Purveyors of Vedic-Inspired Healing
Three new purveyors of wellness have sprouted up around the region with their own modernized takes on ancient health and beauty wisdom.
Rosewood Hong Kong
Opened in March 2019, this showstopper has staked its claim as the crown jewel of arts-and-design district Victoria Dockside.
The St. Regis Hong Kong
Designer André Fu has worked his magic once again at The St. Regis Hong Kong, weaving the brand’s familiar trademarks— Art-Deco touches, a Prohibition era–styled bar— into a new design template set to serve as the archetype for future properties.
Where to go 2020
Twenty places to visit this year, including the majestic Hunza Valley, Bangkok for those with an appetite, and a new-look Kyoto.
Menus as Magnets at St. Regis Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, a city that loves to eat, you’re measured by the quality of your menus. Rather than rest on its pedigreed laurels, the new St. Regis debuts with two ambitious restaurants that already boast guest-books full of regulars.
3 Reasons to Travel in August
T+L’s monthly selection of trip-worthy places, experiences and events.
An Eating Tour in Hong Kong With a Food Writer and Her Michelin Three Starred Chef Husband
Where do food writer Juliana Loh and her head chef husband, Guillaume Galliot, of the Michelin three-starred Caprice at the Four Seasons, dine out in Hong Kong? From cheap eats to high-end, the foodie couple serves us some of their favorites in the city.
6 Craft Breweries in Asia Worth Checking Out
Asia’s craft suds scene keeps getting better. Craig Sauers checks in with six exciting breweries using local flavors and ingredients to push beer boundaries.
Young Master
If Hong Kong’s craft beer is finally getting the global attention it deserves, thank Rohit Dugar. His brewery Young Master has continually pushed the boundaries since opening five years ago. Now, the brand hosts an international beer festival and boasts a huge barrel-aging program that produces some wild creations.
A revitalized cotton mill in Hong Kong turns textiles into tech-styles
New arts and heritage project The Mills has transformed the neighborhood’s old textile factories into a center of boutique shops, dining spots and exhibition spaces worth a detour.
Hong Kong’s Fine-Dining Vegetarian Scene Offers Food for Thought
Hong Kong may love its meat, but these fine-dining chefs are planting the seeds to a green revolution, making high-end vegetarian and vegan menus that offer food for thought.
Kerry Hotel
Another sleek showpiece by starchitect Andre Fu, Kerry Hotel offers iconic views of Victoria Harbour. It boasts the largest hotel meeting, event and catering facilities in the city.
The Upper House
It’s no small feat that the Upper House has managed to stay cutting-edge despite turning 10 this year. Little wonder, really, considering how the Andre-Fu–designed hotel continues to tick all the boxes for design acolytes.
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
Swish hotels often aren’t the most welcoming places for their smallest guests, but Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong defies convention by rolling out the red carpet for families.
These 6 Design Hotels Are Millennial-Approved
Low-budget, high-design, next-gen hotels have begun to sweep Asia, an on-trend fit for digital nomads, flashpackers and aesthetes alike.
These Are Our Favorite Business Hotels Around Asia
Traveling on the job doesn’t have to be boxy and boring. These upscale hotels do the hard work for you, leaving more time to enjoy your surroundings.
8 Creative Hotels For Digital Nomads
With designer digs and creative spaces, a new crop of hotels is making it easier than ever to ditch the nine-to-five and embrace the digital nomad lifestyle.
A Conversation With 3 Of Asia’s Green Gamechangers
It’s not easy being green, but these three eco-innovators across Asia are reshaping their industries one upcycled garment or zero-waste restaurant at a time. Dianna Hubbell talks to the visionaries about building a brighter, more sustainable future.
4 Asian Craft Beers You Need to Try Now
Catching the spirit of collaboration, Asian breweries are teaming up with bold beer hounds, artisanal chocolatiers, coffee roasters, and more to produce some serious suds.
Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
With its prime location on Hong Kong Island overlooking passing ships in Victoria Harbour, this elegant grande dame offers guests easy access to everything the SAR has to offer.
Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong
Call it King Kong. The tallest building in Hong Kong and the fourth tallest in the world—designed by Kohn Pederson Fox Associates—is also the site of the highest hotel: the Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong.
W Hong Kong
W Hong Kong, located in hipster hub Kowloon, deftly mixes whimsy with a darker, more urban sensibility—a yin-yang approach to design that’s true to the brand’s fixation on appearances.