Which Hong Kong cafés stay open after midnight?

FLM, at 237 Queen's Road Central in Sheung Wan, is open until 01:00 from Monday to Saturday. In Mong Kok, Sweet Tooth serves until midnight every day, and Cobohouse by 2am on South Lane in Kennedy Town closes at midnight. Few Hong Kong restaurants run 24 hours, but many open or stay open from about 21:00 for siu yeh, the late-night meal.

What is siu yeh, the late-night meal in Hong Kong?

Siu yeh (宵夜) is a late-night snack or meal eaten after dinner, usually between 21:00 and 06:00. Many Hong Kong restaurants open or stay open from about 21:00 to serve it. Dessert is the part that changes with fashion: red bean soup and mango pudding are traditional, while French pastries and artisanal ice pops are newer choices.

How late are the cafés at Kai Tak Mall in Hong Kong open?

Most cafés in Kai Tak Mall, at 38 Shing Kai Road in Kowloon City, close at 22:00. Grove in Mall 3 opens at 08:00, while JOMO, LOCOGINGER and Herbaceous Teas in Mall 2 open at 10:00. On event nights hours run later: by August 2025 nearly 30 percent of the mall's more than 70 dining outlets had extended to midnight.

Cafés Open Late in Hong Kong: Dessert, Siu Yeh and Kai Tak

Hong Kong has a fourth meal. Siu yeh (宵夜, the late-night snack) comes after dinner, usually between 21:00 and 06:00, and many restaurants open or stay open from about 21:00 to serve it, although few run 24 hours.¹ Dessert is the one part of it that follows fashion: red bean soup and mango pudding are the traditional orders, French pastries and artisanal ice pops the newer ones.¹

That habit shapes which cafés stay open. Tong sui (糖水, "sugar water"), the sweet soups such as red bean and sweet almond, are sold in shops that mostly date from the postwar years.² Among cafés, the late ones lean to sweets and tea as much as coffee. Mong Kok and Kowloon City have the most cafés open past 22:00, with Causeway Bay third; elsewhere on the Island they are scattered from Kennedy Town to Central.

Local tip: For coffee after 23:00, FLM on Queen's Road Central in Sheung Wan serves until 01:00 from Monday to Saturday; on the Kowloon side, Sweet Tooth in Mong Kok closes at midnight.

Where these cafés are: Mong Kok & Yau Ma Tei (8), Kowloon City & Kai Tak (6), Causeway Bay, Tai Hang & Tin Hau (4), Sheung Wan (2), Tsim Sha Tsui & Jordan (2), Sham Shui Po (1), Kennedy Town & Sai Ying Pun (1), Central, Soho & Lan Kwai Fong (1).

At a glance

25Cafés listed

25With opening hours

07:00Earliest opening

01:00Latest closing

Opens earliest: 華星冰室 Christy's Café, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–23:00).

Closes latest: FLM (cafe queen), until 01:00 (Mon–Sat 12:00–01:00).

Most listed streets: 廣華街 Kwong Wa Street (3), 希雲街 Haven Street (2).

Most common features: wi-fi (12%), bakery café (12%), bubble tea (12%).

Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei after 22:00

Mong Kok's late cups come from bing sutts, dessert cafés and small tea bars rather than espresso bars. Christy's Café (華星冰室) on Sai Yeung Choi Street South keeps a 07:00 start and a 23:00 finish every day, and Sweet Tooth opens at 14:30 and serves until midnight. 雞蛋屋, at 577 Nathan Road, runs 12:00–22:00 from Tuesday to Sunday.

A cluster of 22:00 closers sits a few blocks apart: Moontone on Portland Street, FooDo on Tung Choi Street, 茶芝味 on Kwong Wa Street and 楓 Kaede, which opens at 10:00. Coffee Lowa (龍華軒) on Dundas Street closes at the same hour. In September 2023 the government's Night Vibes Hong Kong campaign named the Temple Street night market, in Yau Ma Tei, as one of the places it wanted to liven up after dark.³

Kai Tak Mall: the 22:00 cluster in Kowloon City

Most of Kowloon City's late cafés are inside Kai Tak Mall at 38 Shing Kai Road, next to the sports park. Grove, in Mall 3, has the longest day there, 08:00–22:00. In Mall 2, JOMO, 本地薑物 LOCOGINGER and the tea bar 良茶隅 Herbaceous Teas all open 10:00–22:00, as does 南洋屋 Pineseas; 啊一檸檬茶 The One Lemon Tea, also on Shing Kai Road, starts an hour later.

Event nights run later still. By August 2025 the mall had more than 70 dining outlets, and nearly 30 percent of them had extended their hours to midnight for crowds leaving the stadium.⁵

Hong Kong Island: Haven Street to Queen's Road Central

On the Island the latest cup is in Sheung Wan: FLM, at 237 Queen's Road Central, opens at noon and closes at 01:00 from Monday to Saturday. Higher up the hill, SP_CE on Po Hing Fong serves until 22:00 daily. In Kennedy Town, Cobohouse by 2am on South Lane splits its weekday hours into lunch and 18:00 to midnight, and opens straight through from noon at weekends.

Causeway Bay's late cafés sit within a few streets of each other. Life Dessert at 14 Haven Street opens at 14:00 and closes at 23:00; Sleepless, a few doors along, finishes at 22:00. 咖啡弄 Coffee Alley on Pennington Street runs noon to 23:00, the same hours as its Kowloon branch on Hankow Road in Tsim Sha Tsui. Cafe Corridor on Russell Street stays open to 23:00 on Saturdays. In Central, The Diner on Arbuthnot Road closes at 22:30.

Late cafés open late in the day, too

About half of the late cafés open at noon or later. Life Dessert and Coffee Lowa start at 14:00, while FLM, both Coffee Alley branches and 廿三廿四 Two Three Four on Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po open at 12:00; Two Three Four stays to 22:00 from Friday to Sunday. For a full day, REACTION Coffee Roasters on Mody Road serves 08:00–22:00, and The Diner on Arbuthnot Road opens at 07:30.

The night economy has had official help. Night Vibes Hong Kong ran from the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2023 into early 2024; about 80 malls put on night events, some staying open until 23:00, and the MTR gave one free ride for every five taken after 22:30, up to four per passenger.⁴³

Open late cafés in Hong Kong

At a glance

FLM (cafe queen)

FooDo

Grove

Life Dessert

Moontone

REACTION Coffee Roasters

Sleepless

SP_CE

咖啡弄 Coffee Alley

咖啡弄 Coffee Alley

廿三廿四 Two Three Four

茶芝味

雞蛋屋

龍華軒 Coffee Lowa

Cafe Corridor

Cobohouse by 2am

JOMO

Sweet Tooth

The Diner

南洋屋 Pineseas

啊一檸檬茶 The One Lemon Tea

本地薑物 LOCOGINGER

楓 Kaede

良茶隅 Herbaceous Teas

華星冰室 Christy's Café

Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei after 22:00

Kai Tak Mall: the 22:00 cluster in Kowloon City

Hong Kong Island: Haven Street to Queen's Road Central

Late cafés open late in the day, too

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Open late in Hong Kong: questions

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