Best Restaurants for Brunch in Hong Kong (2026)
Brunch · Hong Kong · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Brunch in Hong Kong runs on two tracks that rarely meet: the free-flow hotel spread that turns the weekend into an event, and the local breakfast counter that has fed the city for decades. The six below are ranked across both registers for the weekend table. At the top sits the grand room — Henry at Rosewood, a harbour-side grill where the free-flow brunch is the booking to plan around. Below it sit the rooms that win on character and value: a Jordan cha chaan teng famous for its scrambled eggs, a Sham Shui Po dim sum house, a rooftop Italian, a Sheung Wan cafe and a Kennedy Town coffee room. The ranking weights kitchen quality, the setting, weekend value and how the floor turns a busy service. The hotel tables fill fast, so the weekend booking is the one to lock early.
The ranking
1. Henry — Hotel grill · Tsim Sha Tsui
5/F Rosewood Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road · Free-flow brunch from around HK$288 · Mario Carbone grill room; weekend bubbles
The free-flow weekend brunch at Rosewood; Hong Kong's grandest table. Book it well ahead for an occasion.
Henry is the New York-style grill room on the fifth floor of Rosewood Hong Kong in Tsim Sha Tsui, and its weekend brunch is the most coveted in the city. Served Saturday and Sunday from midday, the format is a free-flow one — a la carte grill plates and shared classics built around unlimited Prosecco, with a Champagne tier for those who want it — set in a polished room a few steps from the Victoria Dockside harbour front. The cooking is genuinely good rather than a buffet afterthought, but the room and the Rosewood setting are why this sits at number one. It is the booking for a celebration or a slow Sunday meant to feel like an event; tables open on the first of each month and go quickly, so reserve well ahead because Henry's brunch is one of the hardest in town.
2. Australia Dairy Company — Cha chaan teng · Jordan
47–49 Parkes Street, Jordan · Set breakfast around HK$40–60 · Cantonese breakfast institution; silky scrambled eggs and milk tea
The classic Jordan breakfast counter; the city's best-value morning. Walk in early and eat fast.
Australia Dairy Company on Parkes Street in Jordan is the cha chaan teng that has defined the Hong Kong breakfast since the 1970s, and it earns its place as the city's most authentic and best-value weekend morning. The set breakfast is the order — macaroni soup, scrambled eggs that are famously silk-soft, buttered toast and a strong milk tea — delivered with the brisk, no-ceremony efficiency the room is known for. The steamed milk pudding is the dessert to finish on. It is cash-only, takes no reservations and runs a queue most weekends, but the turnover is fast and the wait short; come for the eggs, the milk tea and the proper local ritual rather than the comfort, and arrive before the mid-morning crowd builds. The kitchen is closed on Thursdays, so plan the weekend visit around it.
3. Popinjays — Rooftop Italian · Central
Top of The Murray, 22 Cotton Tree Drive, Central · Weekend brunch with optional free-flow · Rooftop Italian seafood; skyline view
The rooftop Italian brunch above Central; the best weekend view on this list. Book the terrace.
Popinjays sits on the roof of The Murray, the Niccolo hotel in a converted 1960s government tower on Cotton Tree Drive, and its weekend brunch is the view booking on this list. The kitchen runs an Italian seafood register — crudo, pasta and grilled fish — and the weekend brunch comes with an optional free-flow Prosecco or Champagne add-on, served across a rooftop room and terrace with one of the best skyline outlooks in Central. It earns its spot as the high-floor alternative to Henry's harbour grill: a smaller, Italian-leaning weekend table where the rooftop setting does much of the work and the cooking holds its own. Reserve the terrace ahead in good weather, because the outdoor seats are the ones to want and they fill first on a clear Hong Kong weekend.
4. Tim Ho Wan — Dim sum · Sham Shui Po
Sham Shui Po branch, Kowloon · Dim sum around HK$120–180 a head · Michelin-listed dim sum; baked barbecue-pork buns
The famous budget dim sum house; the Cantonese brunch pick. Walk in for the baked buns.
Tim Ho Wan's Sham Shui Po branch is the dim sum house that made its name as one of the most affordable Michelin-listed kitchens anywhere, and it earns its place as the proper Cantonese brunch on this list. The order is the dim sum spread — the signature baked barbecue-pork buns with their sweet, crackly tops, prawn dumplings, steamed beef balls and a rotating cart of classics — priced low enough that a filling weekend brunch lands well under what the hotel rooms charge. The setting is plain and the turnover fast, so this is a brunch you come to for the cooking, not the ceiling. It takes walk-ups rather than reservations and runs busy on a weekend morning, but the brisk service keeps the wait short; check the current Michelin Guide listing for the branch before treating it as starred, as the status shifts year to year.
5. Classified — European cafe · Sheung Wan
Sheung Wan and other branches · Brunch plates around HK$120–180 · All-day European cafe; sourdough tartines and baked eggs
The reliable Sheung Wan cafe brunch; the casual all-day pick. Walk in for a sourdough morning.
Classified is the European-style cafe that has anchored the Sheung Wan and Central cafe belt for years, and it earns its place as the casual all-day brunch on this list — the room you drop into without a hotel booking. The weekend order runs sourdough tartines, a halloumi breakfast plate, baked frittata and good coffee, with the cheese-and-wine pedigree the small chain is known for if the morning runs long. It is a relaxed, neighbourhood-scale brunch rather than a destination kitchen, served in a bright cafe format that takes walk-ups easily and reservations for a group. Come for an unhurried Western breakfast in the middle of the cafe district rather than for a single chef's point of view; confirm the current Sheung Wan branch address before setting out, as the chain moves sites from time to time.
6. Winstons Coffee — Coffee cafe · Kennedy Town
Kennedy Town, Western District · Plates and coffee around HK$60–130 · Specialty-coffee cafe; toasties and a waterfront-district vibe
The Kennedy Town coffee room for a laid-back morning; the neighbourhood pick. Walk in and linger.
Winstons Coffee anchors the Kennedy Town breakfast scene at the western end of the island, and it earns its place as the neighbourhood coffee-room brunch on this list — the no-plan morning with a properly pulled espresso. The format is a specialty-coffee cafe that runs cheese toasties, muffins and wraps for a casual weekend plate, set in the relaxed waterfront-district pace that makes Kennedy Town one of the city's easier mornings to spend. It is known later in the day for craft beer, but the brunch register is coffee-and-a-plate rather than a full kitchen, so this is the choice for a slow start over a flat white rather than an eggs-and-pancakes spread. It takes walk-ups, sits a relaxed room and rarely turns one away on a quieter morning; come for the coffee and the pace, not for ceremony.
Avoid for brunch
Lin Heung Tea House (old Wellington Street, Central) — closed. The historic Central branch on Wellington Street has shut; do not send a weekend brunch there. The brand survives at a Sheung Wan address and a 24-hour Kimberley Road branch in Tsim Sha Tsui, so for old-school cart dim sum head to those, or take the budget brunch to Tim Ho Wan in Sham Shui Po.
Hotel ballroom buffet brunches generally — across the city. Many “best brunch” lists in Hong Kong are dominated by large free-flow ballroom buffets built around volume and bubbles rather than a kitchen with a point of view. They suit a big-group blowout, but a brunch-seeker after real cooking is better served by Henry's grill or the dim sum and cha chaan teng rooms above.
Aqua and the high-end dinner rooms — Tsim Sha Tsui. The famous skyline dinner destinations are evening rooms, and where they run a weekend brunch it is a buffet add-on rather than a brunch-culture meal. Save them for a dinner with the harbour lights and keep the weekend brunch table at Henry or Popinjays, which are built for the daytime register.
Reservation strategy for a Hong Kong brunch
The hotel rooms are the advance bookings. Henry at Rosewood releases its weekend brunch tables on the first of each month and they go fast, so a celebration or a visiting group should reserve as far ahead as possible; Popinjays at The Murray takes weekend reservations too, and the rooftop terrace is the seat worth securing early in good weather.
The local rooms reward the clock over the booking. Australia Dairy Company in Jordan and Tim Ho Wan in Sham Shui Po take walk-ups rather than reservations and run a queue on a weekend morning, but the fast turnover keeps the wait short — arrive before the mid-morning crowd and the table is there. Remember Australia Dairy is cash-only and shut on Thursdays.
The cafes are the no-plan options. Classified in Sheung Wan and Winstons in Kennedy Town take walk-ups easily and hold a relaxed all-day table, so they are the move for an unhurried Western breakfast without a reservation. For a group that wants bubbles and a view, plan around Henry or Popinjays instead.
Frequently asked
What is the best brunch restaurant in Hong Kong?
Henry at Rosewood Hong Kong in Tsim Sha Tsui. The free-flow weekend brunch is served Saturday and Sunday from midday in a New York-style grill room a few steps from the harbour, with shared classics and unlimited Prosecco. It is the grandest brunch table in the city, so book well ahead.
Where is the best-value brunch in Hong Kong?
Australia Dairy Company in Jordan and Tim Ho Wan in Sham Shui Po. The Jordan cha chaan teng does a classic set breakfast — silky scrambled eggs, toast and milk tea — for a few dozen dollars, and Tim Ho Wan's dim sum runs well under the hotel rooms. Both take walk-ups.
Where can I get a free-flow brunch in Hong Kong?
Henry at Rosewood and Popinjays at The Murray both run weekend brunches with a free-flow add-on. Henry pairs its grill plates with unlimited Prosecco and an optional Champagne tier, while Popinjays offers the same on a rooftop Italian menu with a skyline view. Reserve both ahead, especially Henry.
Where can I get brunch in Hong Kong without a reservation?
Australia Dairy Company in Jordan, Tim Ho Wan in Sham Shui Po, Classified in Sheung Wan and Winstons in Kennedy Town all take walk-ups. The first two run a fast-moving queue, while the two cafes hold a relaxed all-day table that rarely turns one away on a quieter morning.
How much does brunch cost in Hong Kong?
A cha chaan teng set breakfast runs roughly HK$40–60 and a dim sum brunch around HK$120–180 a head, while the free-flow hotel brunches at Henry start near HK$288 and climb with the Champagne tier. Hong Kong rewards the local rooms for value and charges a premium for the bubbles and the view.
Where should I go for a special-occasion brunch in Hong Kong?
Henry at Rosewood for the harbour-side grill and free-flow bubbles, or Popinjays at The Murray for a rooftop Italian table with a skyline view. Both serve a proper weekend brunch and take reservations, so book ahead — Henry especially fills fast when tables open on the first of the month.
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