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Cafés in Mong Kok & Yau Ma Tei

Bing sutts open to 23:00, dessert cafés open to midnight and the film café at Broadway Cinematheque.

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Mong Kok's Chinese name, 旺角, is read as "prosperous corner" or "crowded corner", and both fit: at about 130,000 people per square kilometer, Guinness World Records has called it the busiest district in the world.1 Yau Ma Tei, to the south, was a bay where Tanka fishing families gathered before Kowloon was ceded to Britain in 1860, and Shanghai Street was its main road before Nathan Road replaced it.2

Coffee here keeps late hours. The bing sutts and cha chaan tengs on Mong Kok's shopping streets serve into the evening, dessert cafés stay open past 22:00, and a few specialty bars sit on quieter streets near Reclamation Street and Tai Nan Street. Yau Ma Tei adds a café beside an art-house cinema.3

Local tip: Start early at Kam Wah Café on Bute Street, which opened at 06:30 in 2023, then walk to the Goldfish Market on Tung Choi Street just north of it and south to the Ladies' Market, which opens at noon; Christy's Café on Sai Yeung Choi Street South serves until 23:00 for the way back.

At a glance

141Cafés listed
12With opening hours
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  • Opens earliest: 華星冰室 Christy's Café, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–23:00).
  • Closes latest: Sweet Tooth, until 00:00 (Daily 14:30–00:00).
  • Most listed streets: 廣華街 Kwong Wa Street (3), 荔枝角道 Lai Chi Kok Road (2), 彌敦道 Nathan Road (2).
  • Most common features: open late (6%), specialty (4%), air-con (1%).

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Getting around Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei

Prince Edward, Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei stations are on the Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong lines, and Mong Kok East is on the East Rail line.12 Mong Kok's street markets each have a specialty: the Ladies' Market on Tung Choi Street sells clothes and cosmetics daily from noon to midnight, Fa Yuen Street is Sneakers Street, the Goldfish Market fills Tung Choi Street north of Bute Street, and Flower Market Road ends at the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden.1

Bing sutts and cha chaan tengs

華星冰室 Capital Café opened in Wan Chai in 2010 as a salute to the Capital Artists record label, which a founder had worked for, and reached Mong Kok in March 2012; it is known for scrambled eggs and milk tea.5 Its Mong Kok shop, 華星冰室 Christy's Café at 107 Sai Yeung Choi Street South, opens daily 07:00–23:00.

Kam Wah Café (金華冰廳), at 47 Bute Street in Prince Edward, opened in 1973 and is known for its pineapple bun with butter; in 2023 it opened 06:30–23:30 and charged HK$18 for a hot milk tea.6 At 113 Sai Yee Street, 茶王冰室 sold a HK$88 milk tea in 2023, brewed by Chan Tsz-ping, a 2016 winner of an international milk tea competition.6 Mong Kok's other bing sutts include 囍運冰室 Hee Wan Cafe at 1–3 Yin Chong Street, and Sun Kwong Nan Cafe is on Shanghai Street.

Yau Ma Tei: Public Square Street and Reclamation Street

Broadway Cinematheque opened on 20 November 1996 in the Prosperous Garden housing estate at 3 Public Square Street, with Kubrick, a bookshop for film books, and a café beside it.3 Kubrick opens daily 11:30–21:00. The Tin Hau Temple on the same street was built in 1876, and the nearby jade market has about 400 registered stallholders.2

The Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market, founded in 1913 at 202 Reclamation Street, has been a Grade II historic building since 2009, and its busiest hours are 04:00 to 06:00.4 Islet Coffee Lab, a specialty bar, is a few blocks north at 102–104 Reclamation Street, and 骨子裡 at 32B Shantung Street opens daily 10:00–18:30.

Dessert cafés and coffee after 22:00

Late coffee is easy to find in Mong Kok. Sweet Tooth runs 14:30 to midnight daily. 龍華軒 Coffee Lowa, at 36 Dundas Street, opens 14:00–22:00, and Moontone, at 440 Portland Street, FooDo, at 1A–1L Tung Choi Street, and 茶芝味, at 1 Kwong Wa Street, all serve until 22:00. Portland Street itself is a red-light street lined with shops and restaurants.1

My Little Coffee Roastery serves specialty coffee at 120 Tai Nan Street; Halfway Coffee is at 4 Soares Avenue, and Buff 不苦 at 5A Maple Street.

Sources

  1. Mong Kok, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Yau Ma Tei, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Broadway Cinematheque, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  5. Capital Cafe, Wikipedia, 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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FAQ

Mong Kok & Yau Ma Tei cafés: questions

Where can you find a bing sutt in Mong Kok, Hong Kong?

Kam Wah Café at 47 Bute Street in Prince Edward opened in 1973 and is known for pineapple buns with butter; in 2023 it opened from 06:30 to 23:30. 華星冰室 Christy's Café, a Capital Café shop, is at 107 Sai Yeung Choi Street South, open daily 07:00–23:00 and known for scrambled eggs and milk tea.

What is the Kubrick café in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong?

Kubrick is the bookshop and café at Broadway Cinematheque, which opened in November 1996 in the Prosperous Garden estate at 3 Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei. The shop specializes in books about film, with a café beside it, and opens daily from 11:30 to 21:00. The 1876 Tin Hau Temple is on the same street.

Which Mong Kok cafés in Hong Kong are open after 22:00?

In Mong Kok, Sweet Tooth stays open until midnight daily, and Christy's Café on Sai Yeung Choi Street South until 23:00. Coffee Lowa on Dundas Street, Moontone on Portland Street, FooDo on Tung Choi Street and 茶芝味 on Kwong Wa Street close at 22:00. In 2023 Kam Wah Café on Bute Street served until 23:30.

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