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Cafés in Kowloon City & Kai Tak

A 1932 medicine shop turned café, Nam Kok Road espresso and the new Kai Tak Mall.

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Kowloon City is often called Hong Kong's Little Thailand for its Thai restaurants and shops; in 2016 about a third of the city's Thai residents lived here.1 For decades it sat under the approach to Kai Tak airport, where pilots crossed Victoria Harbour and Kowloon City at low altitude before a sharp right turn to the runway, and strict height limits kept buildings low.21

Kai Tak closed on 6 July 1998.2 A cruise terminal opened on the tip of the old runway in June 2013, and Kai Tak Sports Park, with its 50,000-seat stadium, opened on 1 March 2025.23 Coffee follows both halves: old shophouse streets around Nga Tsin Wai Road and Nam Kok Road, and a cluster of cafés in Kai Tak Mall on Shing Kai Road.

Local tip: Make Kowloon City a breakfast stop: 樂園's milk tea on the third floor of the municipal services building started at 07:15 on weekdays in 2023, and Tai Wo Tang on Nga Tsin Long Road opens at 08:00.

At a glance

71Cafés listed
12With opening hours
08:00Earliest opening
22:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Grove, from 08:00 (Daily 08:00–22:00).
  • Most listed streets: 南角道 Nam Kok Road (3), 馬頭圍道 Ma Tau Wai Road (2), 衙前塱道 Nga Tsin Long Road (2).
  • Most common features: open late (8%), bubble tea (4%), outdoor seating (3%).

初緣 FIRST GLANCE

  • M2-107A, Kai Tak Mall 2, 38 承啟道 Shing Kai Road
  • Daily 10:00–20:00
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Getting there on the Tuen Ma line

Sung Wong Toi station on the MTR Tuen Ma line serves Kowloon City.1 The sports park at 38–39 Shing Kai Road has its own stops, Kai Tak and Sung Wong Toi, with Kai Tak's exit D at the park entrance.3 Kai Tak Mall shares the 38 Shing Kai Road address.

Nga Tsin Long Road and Nam Kok Road

大和堂 Tai Wo Tang, at 24 Nga Tsin Long Road, opened in 1932 as a traditional Chinese medicine shop and closed in 2017; a year later it reopened as a café.5 It serves Cantonese-style Western food in the old clinic building and opens daily 08:00–18:00.4 Rings Coffee is a few doors away at 8 Nga Tsin Long Road, and 順興餐廳 Shun Hing Restaurant at 56–58 Nga Tsin Wai Road.

Nam Kok Road has three cafés within a short block: 南角 Nan Kok at No. 3, Blossom at No. 45 and Café Gabbana at No. 62. Day and Night Cafe, which serves brunch, is at 5 Kiang Hsi Street.

Milk tea in the municipal services building

The Kowloon City market is where local chefs and home cooks shop for fresh and dried food.5 Upstairs, in the cooked food centre on the third floor of the Kowloon City Municipal Services Building, 樂園 is known for strong milk tea and for a milk tea version of red bean ice; in 2023 a hot milk tea cost HK$20, an iced one HK$22, and it opened weekdays 07:15–15:45.6

In nearby San Po Kong, 金寶冰廳 Kam Bo Café opened in 1978, when the airport next door and the factory district kept it busy; it blends three teas for its milk tea, which cost HK$16 hot in 2023.6

Kai Tak Mall and the later cafés

Most cafés in Kai Tak Mall keep long hours. Grove, in Mall 3, opens daily 08:00–22:00. In Mall 2, JOMO, 本地薑物 LOCOGINGER and the tea bar 良茶隅 Herbaceous Teas run 10:00–22:00, as does 南洋屋 Pineseas; 初緣 FIRST GLANCE closes at 20:00. 啊一檸檬茶 The One Lemon Tea, also on Shing Kai Road, serves 11:00–22:00.

Rim Coffee at 63 Ma Tau Wai Road has outdoor seats and opens daily 11:00–20:00. PHI Coffee & Pancake stays open until 22:00 and Sonia Coffee until 21:00.

Sources

  1. Kowloon City, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Kai Tak Airport, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Kai Tak Sports Park, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. 九龍城好去處推介, Tatler Asia (August 5, 2021), accessed October 2026
  5. 香港九龍城 街市、老酒家、中藥鋪咖啡館 懷舊美食巡禮, World Journal (June 2, 2026), accessed October 2026
  6. 【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
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Kowloon City & Kai Tak cafés: questions

What is Tai Wo Tang café in Kowloon City, Hong Kong?

Tai Wo Tang (大和堂), at 24 Nga Tsin Long Road in Kowloon City, opened in 1932 as a traditional Chinese medicine shop and closed in 2017. The next year it reopened as a café serving Cantonese-style Western food in the former clinic. It opens daily from 08:00 to 18:00.

When did Kai Tak airport in Kowloon City, Hong Kong, close?

Kai Tak airport closed on 6 July 1998, when Hong Kong's new airport opened. Planes had approached low over Victoria Harbour and Kowloon City, which kept building heights there strictly limited. The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal opened on the former runway in June 2013, and Kai Tak Sports Park, with a 50,000-seat stadium, opened on 1 March 2025.

How do you get to Kai Tak Mall in Kowloon City, Hong Kong, by MTR?

Kai Tak Mall is at 38 Shing Kai Road, the same address as Kai Tak Sports Park. Take the MTR Tuen Ma line to Kai Tak station, whose exit D leads to the park entrance, or to Sung Wong Toi station. Several cafés in the mall, including Grove, JOMO and LOCOGINGER, stay open until 22:00.

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