Best Burgers in Hong Kong: District Guide

The best burgers in Hong Kong are concentrated on Hong Kong Island, in Central, Soho and Sheung Wan, with more in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, and across the harbour in Tsim Sha Tsui. Further west on the island, Sai Ying Pun and Kennedy Town have grown into neighbourhood dining streets of their own.

Hong Kong’s local answer to the burger comes from the cha chaan teng, the tea restaurants that adapted Western dishes to Cantonese taste in the decades after the Second World War. Their menus run from macaroni soup and pineapple buns to the pork chop bun, a marinated pork chop in a crusty roll, best eaten with a cup of Hong Kong-style milk tea. Space shapes how the city eats: restaurants are often small, tables are shared and lunch is quick. A burger in Central competes for the same tight lunch hour as a bowl of wonton noodles.

Burgers in Hong Kong: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Central, Soho, Sheung Wan, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui, Sai Ying Pun and Kennedy Town.
• Local style: the cha chaan teng pork chop bun.
• Drink pairing: Hong Kong-style milk tea, brewed strong and made with evaporated milk.
• Currency: Hong Kong dollar (HKD).
• Getting around: the MTR, the Island Line trams and the Star Ferry between Central and Tsim Sha Tsui, all payable with an Octopus card.

Every guide we publish on Hong Kong is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. Macau and other cities each have a page in our burger restaurants section.