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Best Restaurants Open Late in Hong Kong 2026
Open late · Hong Kong · 5 tables ranked · Updated May 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published May 30, 2026 · Updated May 30, 2026
The 42-day apple-wood Peking duck at Mott 32 is still being carved at half past eleven, which in Hong Kong makes it a rarity. This is an early-dining city: most of its great kitchens take a last booking before half past nine and are dark by eleven. After that the field narrows fast, to a handful of hotel izakayas, a few late Chinese kitchens and the no-reservations rooms that run on energy rather than ceremony. The places that seat you at eleven or later are a specific kind of room, loud, social and built for a second wind. These are the Hong Kong restaurants worth a late table in 2026, ranked, every one of them still cooking past eleven.
1.Mott 32
Forty-two-day apple-wood Peking duck served to midnight under Standard Chartered. Book it for the late-night banquet.
Mott 32 serves until midnight from its basement in the Standard Chartered Bank Building on Des Voeux Road in Central, one of the few serious Chinese kitchens in town still seating that late. Group executive chef Lee Man-sing's 42-day apple-wood-roasted Peking duck is the dish to order, carved tableside, with the soft quail eggs and Iberico char siu holding up after eleven too. Mains start around HK$600 a head and climb with the duck, which must be pre-ordered. Open since 2014 and a regular on Tatler's dining lists, the dim, loud room suits a group rolling in after drinks. Pre-order the duck when you book and take the last seating.
Book the last seating; pre-order the Peking duck.
2.The Aubrey
Asia's 50 Best Bars izakaya twenty-five floors up at the Mandarin Oriental, open past one. Go for skewers and a nightcap.
The Aubrey runs late on the 25th floor of the Mandarin Oriental over Victoria Harbour, an eccentric Japanese izakaya and cocktail bar that placed tenth on Asia's 50 Best Bars in 2024. The kitchen, led by chef Yukihito Tomiyama, sends out robatayaki skewers, sashimi and wagyu well past midnight while the bar mixes some of the most ambitious drinks in the city. Expect roughly HK$1,400 to HK$3,200 a head depending on how the sake and cocktails add up. It is a room for a long, late, well-lubricated evening rather than a quiet dinner. Walk in for a bar seat early in the week, book a table for weekends, and let the bartender steer.
Walk in for a bar seat midweek; book tables on weekends.
3.Yardbird
Matt Abergel's binchotan yakitori and Korean fried cauliflower, grilling late on Wing Lok Street. Try it after the theatre.
Yardbird grills yakitori over binchotan until late on Wing Lok Street in Sheung Wan, the modern izakaya Matt Abergel and Lindsay Jang opened in 2011 and moved to its current room in 2018. The KFC, Korean fried cauliflower, and the chicken meatball with tare and egg yolk are the must-orders among more than twenty skewers that run beak to tail. A full meal lands around HK$450 a head with drinks. Half the room is held for walk-ins and the kitchen keeps firing late, so it works as a post-theatre or after-work stop. Arrive before eight to beat the queue, sit at the counter, and order the rarer offal cuts before they sell out.
Walk in; sit at the counter and order the offal early.
4.Chôm Chôm
Black Sheep's no-booking Vietnamese stoop in SoHo, bia hoi and bun cha past midnight on Fridays. Pencil it in for a late one.
Chôm Chôm keeps its corner of Peel Street in SoHo buzzing until 12:30am on Fridays and Saturdays, a no-reservations Vietnamese bia hoi bar from Black Sheep Restaurants that first opened in 2012. The bun cha, grilled pork with herbs and noodles, and the wok-fried clams with garlic are the dishes to anchor a late session, washed down with fresh draught bia hoi. A meal runs around HK$300 a head. The energy is loud, young and street-side, the opposite of a hushed dinner, which is the point after eleven. Turn up rather than call, expect to wait for a table on weekends, and grab a stool at the bar if the room is full.
Turn up and walk in; grab a bar stool if it is full.
5.Carbone
New York-Italian theatre and spicy rigatoni vodka in LKF Tower, kitchen running to 11:30. Reserve it for a late date.
Carbone fires its kitchen to 11:30pm from the ninth floor of LKF Tower on Wyndham Street in Central, the Hong Kong edition of the New York-Italian theatre piece run by Black Sheep Restaurants with Major Food Group. The spicy rigatoni vodka and the veal parmesan are the signatures, delivered with tableside flourish by waiters in burgundy tuxedos. Expect upwards of HK$800 a head before the wine list does its damage. Since opening in 2021 it has been one of Central's hardest late dinner tables, loud and theatrical and built for a celebration. Book ahead for the last seating, order the rigatoni and the parm to share, and let the captain run the show.
Book the last seating; share the rigatoni and the parm.
Avoid for a late table
Closes earlier than you think
8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana. Umberto Bombana's three-star Italian in Central is one of the best meals in the city, but the kitchen takes a last dinner booking well before ten and the room empties early. It is a destination dinner, not a late one. Book it at seven, not eleven.
Ho Lee Fook. The SoHo basement is a brilliant dinner, but the kitchen closes at eleven and the last seating lands earlier, so do not arrive at half past ten expecting to order. For a true late table, walk up the hill to a room that keeps firing past midnight.
Booking a late table in Hong Kong
Late tables split into two camps. The hotel rooms, the Aubrey above all, take bookings and hold their kitchens open, so reserve a table and simply ask for a late slot. The no-reservations rooms, Yardbird and Chôm Chôm, run on walk-ins, so the move is to turn up late, after the first wave clears around ten, when a counter seat often opens. Mott 32 and Carbone both book and seat late; ask for the last slot when you reserve, and pre-order the duck at Mott 32.
Hong Kong's late scene clusters in Central, Sheung Wan and SoHo, all within a short walk or a one-stop hop on the MTR before it stops around one, after which taxis are easy. If you are building a night around a late dinner, start with drinks in Lan Kwai Fong or on Peel Street and let the kitchen come to you. The same rooms that run late also tend to suit groups and walk-ins, so see our Hong Kong walk-in ranking and the worldwide ranking of late-night restaurants, or plan the wider evening with the Hong Kong dining guide.
Frequently asked
What restaurants are open late in Hong Kong?
Mott 32 is the best late kitchen, serving its 42-day Peking duck until midnight from a basement on Des Voeux Road in Central. The Aubrey izakaya at the Mandarin Oriental runs past one, Chôm Chôm in SoHo to 12:30am on weekends, and Yardbird in Sheung Wan keeps grilling late. Carbone in LKF Tower fires its kitchen to 11:30pm. All five seat past eleven.
Where can I eat after midnight in Hong Kong?
After midnight, head to the bars-with-kitchens rather than the restaurants. The Aubrey at the Mandarin Oriental serves its izakaya menu past one, and Chôm Chôm on Peel Street runs to 12:30am on Fridays and Saturdays. Beyond them, SoHo and Lan Kwai Fong keep noodle shops and cha chaan teng open into the small hours. For a sit-down kitchen, the Aubrey is the most reliable.
Is Hong Kong good for late-night dining?
Hong Kong is better for late drinking than late dining. It is an early-dining city where most serious kitchens take a last booking before half past nine, so the genuinely late options are a short list of hotel izakayas, late Chinese kitchens and no-reservations rooms. Plan around the five on this list, and treat anything past midnight as a bar-with-kitchen rather than a full dinner.
Does Mott 32 serve late?
Yes. Mott 32 in Central serves until midnight, which makes it one of the few serious Chinese kitchens in Hong Kong still seating that late. Order the 42-day apple-wood Peking duck, which must be pre-ordered when you book, and take the last seating. Mains start around HK$600 a head and the room runs loud and dim, well suited to a group arriving after drinks.
Which late-night restaurants in Hong Kong take walk-ins?
Yardbird in Sheung Wan and Chôm Chôm in SoHo are the late rooms built for walk-ins, since neither takes full reservations. Turn up after the first wave clears around ten and a counter or bar seat often opens. The Aubrey at the Mandarin Oriental also seats walk-ins at the bar midweek. For more no-reservation options, see our Hong Kong walk-in ranking.
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