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Cafés in Causeway Bay, Tai Hang & Tin Hau

Dessert cafés on Haven Street, milk pudding on Lockhart Road and the tea stalls of Tai Hang.

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Causeway Bay has been Hong Kong Island's main shopping district since the 1970s; the Japanese department store Daimaru opened on Great George Street in 1960, and the area's retail rents ranked as the world's highest for about a decade after overtaking Fifth Avenue in 2012.1 The Tin Hau Temple and the typhoon shelter are reminders that it began as a fishing settlement.1

Tai Hang, southeast of the shopping streets, was a Hakka village of farmers and fishermen in 1880 and is now a dining neighborhood.2 Coffee here leans to dessert and late afternoons: milk pudding on Lockhart Road, dessert cafés on Haven Street and a tea stall in Tai Hang that has poured milk tea since the 1950s.3

Local tip: For milk tea before the malls open, walk to Bing Kee on Shepherd Street in Tai Hang, which opened at 07:00 in 2023; Cafe Corridor on Russell Street is the area's other early start, at 08:00 on weekdays.

At a glance

99Cafés listed
9With opening hours
08:00Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Cafe Corridor, from 08:00 (Mon–Fri 08:00–22:00 · Sat 10:00–23:00 · Sun 10:00–22:00).
  • Closes latest: Life Dessert, until 23:00 (Daily 14:00–23:00).
  • Most listed streets: 富明街 Foo Ming Street (2), 希雲街 Haven Street (2), Cannon St (2).
  • Most common features: specialty (7%), open late (4%), wi-fi (3%).

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Coffee chains in Causeway Bay, Tai Hang & Tin Hau

Getting around Causeway Bay and Tin Hau

Causeway Bay station on the MTR Island line sits in the area once called East Point; the original Causeway Bay was nearer today's Tin Hau station, one stop east.1 Victoria Park was laid out on the reclaimed remains of the bay in the 1950s.1 On the waterfront, Jardine Matheson still fires the Noonday Gun at 12:00 every day.1

Tai Hang and the fire dragon

Tai Hang's fire dragon dance has been held every year since 1880, apart from the Japanese occupation, the 1967 disturbances and the Covid-19 pandemic.2 It was already a national intangible cultural heritage item when it was included in Hong Kong's first Representative List in 2017.4 Wun Sha Street and the Fire Dragon Trail run over a former covered nullah, and Lin Fa Temple dates from 1863.2

Bing Kee (炳記茶檔), a tin-roofed tea stall beside 5 Shepherd Street, opened in the 1950s and is known for pork chop noodles and its milk tea, which cost HK$16 hot and HK$17 iced in 2023, when it opened Tuesday to Sunday 07:00–15:30.3 In 2005 Tai Hang still had two of Hong Kong's 28 licensed dai pai dong.6 Fineprint has a branch on Wun Sha Street.

Milk pudding, dessert cafés and late hours

港澳義順牛奶公司 Yee Shun Dairy Company, at 506 Lockhart Road, came from Macau, where it is known as Leitaria I Son.5 Its double-skin steamed milk pudding (雙皮奶) is made with buffalo milk from the company's own farms in China, and cost HK$36 in 2018.5

Haven Street keeps the latest hours in the area: Life Dessert at No. 14 opens daily 14:00–23:00, and Sleepless at Nos. 22 and 24 runs 12:00–22:00 on weekdays and from 11:00 at weekends. 咖啡弄 Coffee Alley, at 9–11 Pennington Street, has Wi-Fi and stays open daily 12:00–23:00.

Brunch streets and the Foo Ming Street pair

Few cafés here open early; most start around noon. Cafe Corridor, at 24–26 Russell Street, is the exception, opening at 08:00 on weekdays and staying open to 22:00 (23:00 on Saturdays). Cotton Lane Cafe, at 14 Min Fat Street, has outdoor tables and Wi-Fi and opens Tuesday to Sunday 09:00–18:30.

On Foo Ming Street, Coholic and Y.M. Cafe share 2–6 Foo Ming Street with almost identical noon-to-21:30 hours; Coholic closes on Mondays and Y.M. Cafe on Wednesdays. Toward Tin Hau, 第二人生 t2P is at 100 Hing Fat Street, closed Mondays, and 茶詠春 Farmer's Brew, a tea bar, is at 168 Electric Road, open daily 12:00–20:00.

Sources

  1. Causeway Bay, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Tai Hang, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. 【奶茶推介】香港十大茶餐廳港式奶茶, Yahoo Food Hong Kong (updated October 30, 2023), accessed October 2026
  4. First Representative List of Hong Kong intangible cultural heritage announced, news.gov.hk (August 14, 2017), accessed October 2026
  5. Yee Shun Milk Company 義順牛奶公司, Daniel Food Diary (April 7, 2018), accessed October 2026
  6. Dai pai dong, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Causeway Bay, Tai Hang & Tin Hau cafés: questions

What is the Tai Hang fire dragon dance in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong?

The fire dragon dance in Tai Hang, beside Causeway Bay, has been held every year since 1880, when Tai Hang was a Hakka village, except during the Japanese occupation, the 1967 disturbances and the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a national intangible cultural heritage item and was included in Hong Kong's first Representative List in 2017.

Where can you eat double-skin milk pudding in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong?

Yee Shun Dairy Company (港澳義順牛奶公司) at 506 Lockhart Road in Causeway Bay serves double-skin steamed milk pudding, 雙皮奶. The shop came from Macau, where it is called Leitaria I Son, and makes the pudding with buffalo milk from its own farms in China. A bowl cost HK$36 in 2018.

Which Causeway Bay cafés in Hong Kong stay open late?

In Causeway Bay, Life Dessert at 14 Haven Street opens daily until 23:00, and Coffee Alley at 9–11 Pennington Street also closes at 23:00. Sleepless on Haven Street and Cafe Corridor on Russell Street stay open until 22:00, with Cafe Corridor open until 23:00 on Saturdays.

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