12 Best food courts and food halls in Hong Kong

Soul Guide is an all new dai pai dong-themed restaurant located in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui. This restaurant’s English name is a homophone for the Cantonese phrase ‘street sweeping’, which describes the action of eating from various street food vendors. While this new restaurant has a vibrant interior with fluorescent light fixtures and colourful furniture, Soul Guide has a down-to-earth atmosphere that’s casual and approachable, which is key to the dai pai dong dining experience. Soul Guide’s menu offers a large range of dai pai dong classics, such as typhoon-shelter style stir-fried crab, Chaozhou-style marinated mix platter, deep fried crispy pork knuckle, and more. To order dishes, diners can either browse around the restaurant’s counters to see what piques their interest, call a staff member to order from their table, or scan the provided QR codes to look through Soul Guide’s menu at their own pace. 

Carnival by Food Fiesta is a food court that hosts various Asian vendors under one roof. Some of their vendors include popular croissant chain il Forno del Mignon, Michelin-recommended Thai noodle specialist Baan Phadthai, and affordable sushi and omakase sets from Sushi Taka. This food court also has Hong Kong's first cha chaan teng that has collaborated with Japanese instant noodle brand Demae Iccho to offer hearty bowls of noodles paired with satay beef, luncheon meat, and even vegan meat options.

KIN Food Halls is Quarry Bay’s exciting dining destination that offers hundreds of dishes from famous restaurants throughout Asia. Flaunting 300 seats across the venue, KIN is a foodie’s paradise that leaves you spoilt for choices. They curate dishes into a ‘food playlist’ concept where diners can experience all types of food and cuisine. Order your favourite dishes from restaurants like Yardbird, Miss Lee,  Dam:a, and Sake Central or experience KIN-exclusive dishes like the Thai chicken pizza from Emmer or the lobster bisque laksa from Chef Studio by Eddy.  

Park Aura is a multi-storey Ginza-style dining mall which features a Food Loft on the ground and first floor and a Feast Market on the second floor. With a total of 14 food and beverage outlets at the Food Loft, diners can indulge in a variety of local and international cuisine, including sinfully delicious Korean hotdogs from Arirang Hot Dog, Italian coffee and cakes from Caffé Kenon, a range of spicy Chinese dishes from Tak Lei Sauerkraut Fish, and much more. The Feast Market, which sits on the second floor, is where foodies of all sorts can pick up everything from local artisan ice cream and organic ingredients to quality frozen meats flown in straight from Japan. And to fully complete your food journey, Park Aura also has rental space available on the 22nd floor where all sorts of food events, pop-ups and happenings take place.

Opened in June 2020, Basehall is a stylish food hall located in the basement of Jardine House. Featuring outlets from some of Hong Kong's best and most exciting eateries, including Smoke & Barrel, Co Thanh, Return of Lemak, and Bengal Brothers, among others. There are also two features for those who are partial to a drink: Pub 1842 by Young Master, and BaseHall Bar. The sleek and thoughtfully lit space also doubles as an event space come evenings, with concerts and DJ sets that go on into the wee hours.

BaseHall has opened a new sister venue in Jardine House, which houses 12 independent food and beverage concepts under one roof, including venues like Mashi no Mashi, Both Street, Moyo, Porker, as well as On Lee Noodle Shop, Kamcentre Roast Goose, and many more. Aside from food kiosks and counter tables, BaseHall 2 also includes a dedicated event space in partnership with Test Kitchen Hong Kong, a 14-seat chef's counter Japanese restaurant with a hidden speakeasy-style concept, as well as a supermarket set to open in June 2023.

Graham St Food Hall offers comfort food from around the world with five vendors including Smoke & Barrels, Basque-style burnt cheesecake bakery La Viña, Detroit-style pizza makers Motown, Spanish chocolatier Casa Cacao, and Japanese hamburger steak concept Hambāgā at the venue. Collectively, the vendors also have a wide variety of drinks that include coffee, tea, and soft drinks, as well as beer, Champagne and American bourbon.

Spanning a whopping 8,000sq ft space inside Provident Square at North Point, Wor The Food is arguably one of the most exciting food courts in which your camera truly deserves to eat first. Decked out in artsy Turkish decor on one side, and pastel-coloured fixtures on the other – we're talking flower walls and tiles, neon lights, whimsical decor, and even a rainbow tunnel – Wor The Food is home to eight different restaurants offering Japanese, Korean, Thai, Singaporean and Malaysian, and Sichuan cuisine, as well as outlets with vegetarian offerings and desserts. It's a feast for your eyes and your tummy.

Food Opera at Citygate brings together nine distinctive food stalls from across Asia, offering everything from authentic local flavours to Southeast Asian, Japanese, and Korean choices. Must-try outlets at Food Opera include Tin Hau Station Beef Brisket, most well known for their humble-yet-delicious beef brisket; classic dim sum joint Yu Ming Hin; and Thai Chiu, which has previously been recommended by Michelin for seven years in a row. What's more, the food court's distinctive design takes inspiration from old Hong Kong before adding a modern twist with features such as bamboo scaffolding, vintage signs, and more.

Eaton HK’s Foodhall is a cultural complex that blends together dining with creativity and was inspired in part by founder, Katherine Lo’s fond childhood memories in Hong Kong – from the Jordan noodle shop she recalls visiting with her mother, to family outings with her father at local nostalgic diners, and Wong Kar Wai’s 1990’s films.

Going beyond the offerings of a typical Hong Kong food market, Eaton HK’s Food Hall is a destination for quality local and international cuisine – ranging from congee to handcraft beers, and beyond – and foster a sense of community through an on-site radio station and robust cultural programming that explores important social issues while making an impact on the local community. 

K11 Musea's food playground comes with a load of choices, making it a regular stomping ground for every foodie in town. The food offerings consist of restaurants such as Azores Express, Bot Noodle, Eggwing, Ichisawa Ramen, as well as G Bar, which pairs seafood dishes and Italian cuisines with a selection of craft beer, cocktails, and desserts. 

A first of its kind, Dockyard is the city's first food court to be located inside a hotel. Inspired by the area's past identity as a dockyard, the food court's industrial aesthetics, wooden and metallic furnishing, couple with nautical themed decor, all add up to make your dining experience one of the most unique. Taking you around the world with different food outlets – from freshly prepared salads and Korean rice bowls to flavourful Indian curries and cha chaan teng staples – there's something for every palate.