The best healthy restaurants in Hong Kong

Asaya Kitchen at Rosewood Hong Kong offers a medley of Mediterranean pescatarian dishes, created by culinary director Fabian Altabert who focused on ingredients sourced from local farms, fisheries and food producers. Highlights from their menu include Palamos red prawn linguini, poached lobster served with celeriac remoulade and juniper coulis, blue fin tuna carpaccio, Spanish sea bass with sea urchin emulsion, and plenty more.

Proving that plant-based eating is anything but boring, Veda plates up vibrant, flavour-forward creations that will taste as good as it is good for you. Think refreshing watermelon salads, momo dumplings filled with spinach and ricotta and served with tangy tomato chutney, spiced mushroom curry and aloo gobi. The restaurant also offers an artisanal list of coffees, wines, and cocktails to go with its green menu. They open for breakfast too, so you can start the day right. 

The food at Locofama is made with organic produce from local farms, allowing the restaurant to hit both healthy eating and sustainability marks easily. The menu offers options for all kinds of diets and diners, from vegan, dairy-free, nut-free, and pescetarian dishes, to gluten-free pasta options that are suitable for the paleo diet, and an assortment of carb-free options too. Highlights include the Cajun tiger prawn with roasted veggies and cumin chickpeas bowl, coconut organic chicken with cauliflower and quinoa, pan-fried wild-caught salmon, and much more.

Centred around the traditional Hawaiian dish of poke, which generally consists of raw fish that’s been cut into cubes and then marinated in a whole host of sauces and flavours, Pololi opened in 2014 and has offered exactly that to the people of Hong Kong since. All you have to do is choose from rice, salad or a half-and-half base, and then order the protein which ranges from tuna to salmon and even tofu. The sauces rotate but, popular poke bowl choices include the traditional spicy and wasabi mayo.

Miss Lee is a Chinese restaurant offering a playful menu featuring vegan, dairy-free, and egg-free dishes for vegetarians, vegans, and flexitarians alike. Their menu is varied, so you can enjoy dishes such as the Smoky Quartz skewers – made of king mushroom, shiitake and asparagus, Golden Flowers with cauliflower and braised mushroom glazed in salted egg yolk, and a hearty vegetable stew served with brown rice wrapped inside a lotus leaf. Miss Lee also has a takeaway counter which offers grab-and-go options along with handcrafted smoothies.

Treehouse is a plant-based restaurant built on the premise that dining should be sustainable, ethical, modern, and fast. This fast-casual venue serves up fresh food in an eco-friendly and thoughtfully constructed space. They also offer gluten-free and raw items, and can even cater to a variety of allergies. The unprocessed menu features bowls, wraps, burgers, and salads, that can be washed down with your choice of cold-pressed juices, cold brew coffee, smoothies, kombucha, wine, and craft beer.

Offering freshly-made sandwiches and salads in Sheung Wan, Knead is the perfect place to grab something healthy while you're on the go. You can build your own sandwich with various bread, including a gluten-free option, be it toasted or not, and have it with your choice of spread and toppings. Similarly, salads can be built with different greens and pulses for a base, dressings, and of course, a whole host of nutritious and tasty toppings.