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What to do in Hong Kong

What to do in Hong Kong
Your ultimate guide to what’s on in Hong Kong, including insider tips, weekend round-ups, curated guides, plus unique happenings across the city.
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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Socio’s collaboration with Avallen yields three drinks, all called the Apple, but with different flavour profiles. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 4-6

Shenzhen, as seen from MO Bar at the Mandarin Oriental Shenzhen. Photo: Handout

Inside Shenzhen’s evolving culinary scene

The Bamboo is one of Bar Anima’s signature cocktails. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Drink in Focus: Bamboo at Bar Anima

Scallop Pie Tee & Crab Bao at Whey. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for June 5-7

Uluwatu’s dining scene has grown well beyond beachside warungs to encompass some of Bali’s most exciting restaurants. Photos: Artisan; Masonry; Papi Sapi

Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat in Uluwatu, Bali

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Emily Blunt as meteorologist Margaret Fairchild (left) and Josh O’Connor as cybersecurity expert Dr Daniel Kellner in a still from Disclosure Day (category IIA), directed by Steven Spielberg. Colin Firth co-stars.
American cinema

Review | Disclosure Day: Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller is a flawed but fun ride

Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colin Firth, Disclosure Day starts well and features exciting set pieces, but the final act blows it.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | The Furious: an instant classic if you like gory, bone-crunching violence

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Art

At 92, British artist Frank Bowling is still trying to make the best painting ever

Food and Drinks

Hong Kong’s pizza scene heats up with 2 new world-class pizzerias

Two of the world’s best pizza restaurants are opening Hong Kong branches, heating up competition in the city’s already bustling pizza scene.

Chef Vincenzo Capuano’s eponymous brand of pizza restaurants opened its first Hong Kong outpost in May, in Wan Chai.
Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Bamboo at Bar Anima

The bar’s signature cocktail, a classic reimagined with dry sherry, vermouth and bitters, also highlights the evolution of Hong Kong mixology.

Explore Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, June 5-7

Bring your dog or cat to an upgraded indoor pet playground, experience Shakespeare with a twist, watch a new hit horror film and more.

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Hong Kong

It’s back – revived TEDxHongKong challenges assumptions and reframes beliefs

Creative director Daniella Lopez explains how the June 20 event – the first TEDxHongKong since 2017 – will address globally relevant issues.

Daniella Lopez is the licence holder and creative director of TEDxHongKong. The 2026 event, to be held on June 20, is titled “Adjust Focus: Look Again”. Photo: TEDxHongKong
Hong Kong culture

Spin city: how Beyblades have turned Hong Kong into a battleground

More than 25 years after they were first created, Beyblades are back and better than ever. And this time it’s not just the kids – adults are playing, too.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 4-6

Socio collaborates with Avallen on apple-themed cocktails, Beefbar hosts Macau’s Two Moons, and K11 Musea throws a party to conclude its Sky Bar.

Food and Drinks

Where to go for amazing steak and seafood in Hong Kong? Food influencer reveals

Jen Balisi, founder of modern Filipino restaurant Barkada in Hong Kong, gives her top picks for steak, noodles, pasta and more in the city.

Jen Balisi is a food influencer and the founder of Filipino restaurant Barkada in Hong Kong. She reveals her top places to eat in Hong Kong and beyond. Photo: Jen Balisi
American cinema

The rise of liminal space horror movies like Backrooms and Exit 8

Box-office hit Backrooms highlights a growing obsession with eerie liminal spaces like hallways, alleyways and empty shopping centres.

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Renate Reinsve in a still from Backrooms.
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for June 5-7

Fill your weekend with celebratory anniversary menus at Belon and Whey, plus a citywide burger showdown from Feather & Bone.

American cinema

Review | Masters of the Universe: He-Man returns in a glorious nostalgia trip

Nicholas Galitzine stars as He-Man beside Idris Elba, Jared Leto and Camila Mendes in a film that shows the 1980s hero still has the power.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Update | Superb first half let down by second in Hong Kong Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty

Strong dancing was marred by a rushed and confused second-half narrative in HKB’s production of Vladimir Malakhov’s The Sleeping Beauty.

Ye Feifei performs as Princess Aurora and Davi Ramos as Prince Desire in the premiere of Vladimir Malakhov’s Sleeping Beauty by Hong Kong Ballet at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on May 29, 2026. Photo: Tony Luk
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stars on bringing the musical to Hong Kong

The Broadway musical’s lead actors Daniel Plimpton and Oliver Wong talk about adapting Roald Dahl’s story to the stage ahead of its Hong Kong debut in November.

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A scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the musical. The long-running production that has enjoyed success on London’s West End and Broadway will debut in Hong Kong on November 4, 2026.
Food and Drinks

5 new cafes and coffee shops to try in Hong Kong in June 2026

From Blue Bottle Coffee’s new branch and Sang Roastery’s airport outpost to a newcomer in Sham Shui Po, here are 5 cafes to stay cool at.

Hong Kong

Video | Hong Kong Comic Con makes its debut

Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Lloyd are part of the celebrity line-up at Hong Kong’s first event, which takes place May 29-31.

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Food and Drinks

15 new Hong Kong restaurants to try in June 2026, from pizza to ramen

New openings include a Neapolitan pizzeria, a Tokyo ramen chain’s outpost, an Argentinian steakhouse and a modern Chinese dessert bar.

The mortadella and pistachio pizza at Fugazzi Pizzeria Napoletana, a new Neapolitan pizzeria in Kai Tak. Check out this and our other new Hong Kong restaurant recommendations in June 2026. Photo: Fugazzi Pizzeria Napoletana
Art

Hong Kong Gen Z artists show rebellious youthful aesthetic at ‘Free Radicals’

Recent art graduates Bethany Man, Elizabeth Li and Aidan Ng confront the anxieties of adulthood in the Goethe Gallery exhibition.

Food and Drinks

Dish in Focus: Pâté en croûte i caille at Terrace Boulud

Terrace Boulud’s Aurélie Altemaire turns a Lyonnais pâté en croûte into a 4-day exercise that rewards time, precision and a chef’s instinct for balance.

Explore Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, May 29-31

See Mads Mikkelsen and other stars at Hong Kong Comic Con 2026, indulge in a two-day wellness retreat, watch top cabaret shows and more.

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Hong Kong Comic Con 2026 will take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai from May 29 to 31. Photo: Hong Kong Comic Con 2026
American cinema

Review | Backrooms: A24’s liminal space horror is a stunning, disorienting debut

A bold horror tale directed by YouTube creator Kane Parsons, Backrooms was inspired by the popular Portal video games.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor in a still from Backrooms (category IIB), directed by Kane Parsons. Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass co-star.
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 29-31

Escape the heat at new steakhouse Don Pedro, enjoy an Italian brunch at LucAle, or indulge in a leisurely afternoon tea at The Butterfly Room.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 29-31

Tipples to tease your tongue, from Bar Tincture’s bespoke cocktails to Jean-Pierre’s French bistro flair and Monkey Shoulder’s ode to whisky.

On Our Radar

Inaugural Hong Kong Comic Con unites global fandoms with star-studded line-up

Hong Kong Comic Con 2026 brings celebrities, geeks and cosplayers together in a pop culture extravaganza mixing Stranger Things, Harry Potter, Star Wars and local gems.

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An attendee poses for photos with Godzilla during Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, on July 26, 2025. Photo: AFP
Asian cinema: Chinese films

Review | Unexpected Courage: Rene Liu’s mid-40s career woman risks life over pregnancy

Rene Liu stars as a woman whose successful career is put on hold when she continues a risky pregnancy in this poorly conceived drama.

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Rene Liu (right) as relentless career woman Le-fu and Hsueh Shih-ling, her boyfriend 12 years her junior, in a still from Unexpected Courage (category IIA, Mandarin), directed by Shawn Yu.
New Openings

Hong Kong’s hottest new openings, from Manteigaria to Avalon

Discover Hong Kong’s latest dining gems: Vincenzo Capuano’s award-winning pizzas, Manteigaria’s authentic Portuguese egg tarts, Parkside@Nina CWB’s international fusion dishes and Avalon’s all-day comfort classics.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Shakespeare festival offers fresh takes on the Bard’s classics

The nine Shakespeare adaptations include a Cantonese version of Othello starring TVB actress Mandy Wong and a story of Hamlet’s Ophelia.

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