The Best New Restaurants In Hong Kong: May, 2024

Looking for some dining inspiration? Here are the best new restaurants in Hong Kong to check out this May…

If you’re tired of eating at the same places each time you go out — we’ve got all the newest restaurants and recently opened eateries to make a stop at. This is our ultimate guide to the best new restaurants in Hong Kong, packed full of the latest bites our city has to offer. From all-you-can-eat sukiyaki spots to American BBQ joints and exciting pop-ups, here are the restaurants we’re heading to this May.

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The Best New Restaurants In Hong Kong: May, 2024

Big Pink

This new Sheung Wan spot has people salivating over its short and sweet menu focusing on classic American barbecue fare. The spotlight has to go on the 12-hour smoked American brisket, while the baby back ribs (available as a rack or deboned and stuffed into a “ribwich”) and smoked turkey are solid supporting players.

Opening hours: Tuesday to Thursday and Sunday, 12pm to 9pm; Friday and Saturday, 12pm to 10pm

Big Pink, 32 Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, www.instagram.com/bigpinkbbq

Sukiyaki Nakagawa

Joining the ranks of Teppanyaki Mihara GOTEN and Takumi Mixology Salon on the fourth floor of Causeway Bay’s CUBUS is a new upscale Kansai-style sukiyaki concept by Pong Group. To our delight, seasoned Chef Kazuyuki Itagaki has recently relocated from Japan to bring us exceptional multi-course omakase menus starring three premium Wagyu varieties. We are equally excited over the delectable dipping sauces featuring prized Kosawari Tamago eggs from Hyogo Prefecture.

Opening hours: Daily, 12pm to 2:30pm and 6pm to 11pm

Sukiyaki Nakagawa, Shop B, 3/F, CUBUS, 1 Hoi Ping Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, 5394 3688, www.facebook.com/sukiyaki.nakagawa

Banh Mi Niem

Fancy bite of banh mi? There’s a new takeaway shop in Wan Chai that imports its cold cuts, marinated pork skewers, pork floss and pâté from Vietnam daily to stuff into fresh crusty baguettes. With Vietnam-native Kiki Phung running the store, consider this your new spot to pick up some authentic banh mi as well as cold vermicelli bowls and Vietnamese-style coffee.

Opening hours: Daily, 12pm to 6pm

Banh Mi Niem, 247-249 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, 9899 1247, www.instagram.com/banhminem.hk

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Nikusa

Can’t get enough sukiyaki this month? Neither can we! This new premium all-you-can-eat sukiyaki restaurant in Causeway Bay will have you sated. Here you can savour an unlimited quantity of high-quality Miyagi-ken Sendai-shi A5 Wagyu in traditional Kanto sukiyaki style, with a special house sukiyaki sauce created by Japanese Michelin-starred chef Teruhiko Nagamoto. Pricing starts at an incredible $228 per person for 90-minutes of dining, and better yet, you can opt to pay more to add on unlimited sushi.

Opening hours: Daily, 12pm to 11pm

Nikusa, 8/F, Soundwill Plaza II Midtown, 1-29, Tang Lung Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, 3996 9844, www.instagram.com/nikusahk

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Hikiniku To Come

Coming this month to ifc mall is popular Japanese hamburger steak chain Hikiniku To Come. Here, fresh beef is minced and shaped on-site into perfectly plump patties that get thrown on the charcoal grill a la minute – pair them with a bowl of steaming white rice fresh from a Hagama clay pot, a raw egg, a variety of housemade relishes and you’re set! Note that the restaurant employs a ticket-based reservation system, similar to its posts in Japan, which means you’ll have to pick up a same-day ticket from the restaurant for a seat at lunch or dinner.

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 11am to 10pm

Hikiniku To Come, Shop 4011, 4/F, ifc mall, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong, www.instagram.com/hikiniku.to.come_hongkong

Ministry Of Crab Pop-Up At Ozone

Make your way up to the world’s highest bar for a finger-licking good time! Sri Lanka’s famed Ministry of Crab is making its Hong Kong debut this month, with a limited-time pop-up that offers a mouth-watering menu featuring mud crab and freshwater prawn flown in from Sri Lanka. The five-course dinner includes Crab Liver Pate, Avocado Crab Salad, Garlic Chili Prawn, Pepper Crab, Coconut Crème Brûlée.

When: Friday, 3 May to Sunday, 19 May, 6pm to 10pm
Where: Ozone, 118/F, The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
How much: $1,588 per person for five-course menu, add $788 for wine pairing – book here

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New Restaurant Openings You Might Have Missed

Sophia Loren House

Wan Chai’s four-storey heritage building Woo Cheong Pawn House has been taken over by the first international outpost of legendary Italian actress Sophia Loren’s burgeoning restaurant empire. The themed restaurant takes its cue from 1960s and 1970s Italy and the era of Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. Sophia Loren House comprises four dining concepts: a street-level Neapolitan pizzeria, an Italian seafood restaurant on the first floor, a retro 1970s-themed dance floor on the third floor, and a cocktail bar on the rooftop.

Sophia Loren House, Woo Cheong Pawn House, 62 Johnston Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, 3594 6199, www.sophialorenhouse.com

Prince and the Peacock

In latest Black Sheep news, the restaurant group has opened an opulent new Indian restaurant inspired by the royal houses of India’s princely states called Prince and the Peacock. This comes as a part of its three-phase project to revitalise Tai Kwun’s century-old The Magistracy. After the successful opening of Magistracy Dining Room and Botanical Garden, this concept will be helmed by New Punjab Club’s Chef Palash Mitra, who is set to deliver elevated expressions of regional Indian dishes spanning multiple eras of the country’s history.

Opening hours: Monday to Wednesday, 6pm to 11pm; Thursday to Saturday, 6pm to 12am

Prince and the Peacock, Central Magistracy Tai Kwun, 1 Arbuthnot Road, Central, Hong Kong, www.instagram.com/princeandthepeacock

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Sonny’s

If you were lucky enough, you would’ve scored a $1 slice and $10 beer on the day of Sonny’s grand opening. Join the queue outside this hot new Singapore import on Hollywood Road, which serves up as-authentic-as-it-gets-here New York-style pizza (available to purchase in slices and 12-inch or 16-inch pies), hotdogs, soft-serve ice cream by local creamery Milk, and Black Kite Brewery beer on tap.

Opening hours: Sunday to Wednesday, 1pm to 10pm; Thursday, 1pm to 1am; Friday and Saturday, 1pm to 2am

Sonny’s, 68 Hollywood Road, Soho, Central, Hong Kong, 9755 0355, www.instagram.com/sonnys.hk

Jimmy’s Kitchen Reopens

After 92 years serving the HK public and closing its doors in 2020, the iconic Jimmy’s Kitchen has reopened on Pedder Street. The new space is primed for the return of the restaurant’s famously long lunches and sociable evenings, seating up to 160 diners across a casual dining lounge, cocktail bar, crudo bar, main dining rooms and a cosy private dining room. Busy in the open kitchen is Hong Kong-born Executive Chef Russell Doctrove, who has revived iconic dishes like Jimmy’s Chicken Madras, Chicken Supreme Kiev and Signature Baked Alaska, while adding a handful of more modern and lighter dishes to the menu.

Opening hours: Daily, 12pm to 3pm and 6pm to 11pm

Jimmy’s Kitchen, M/F, Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong, 2526 5293, www.facebook.com/jimmyskitchenhk