The best new cafes and coffee shops to visit in Hong Kong

Grab a coffee with your four-legged friend out at Bogu, Tai Hang’s latest opening. This pet-friendly venue is a cafe and a pet groomer all in one, so customers are more than welcome to hang out with their furry friends, or relax as their fur baby gets spruced up. When it comes to food offerings, Bogu provides diners with plates such as toast loaded with toppings like garlic prawn or avocado and salmon; or hearty all-day breakfast dishes like pasta in tomato and potato soup with grilled chicken thighs. For desserts, Bogu sells chubby macarons or, as they like to call them, fatcarons. Available in three flavours – black sesame, milk cap with raspberry sauce, and peanut butter with condensed milk – these fatcarons are decorated to look like adorable puppies.

If April Coffee Lab's brick-red facade doesn't catch your attention, then the large curved window by their entrance definitely will. Aside from letting in plenty of natural sunlight, April's uniquely designed window also allows Sai Ying Pun pedestrians to look into the barista station. Customers here can sip on classic coffees, or try one of April's unique beverages like espresso shots poured over fizzy fruit juices. As for food, customers can enjoy light bites like Greek yoghurt fruit cups, cookies, banana bread, as well as savoury bagels with cream cheese or bacon-scallion infused cream cheese. 

Check out cafe-bar The Double on your next visit to Taikoo Place. Customers can choose to grab a seat by the cafe’s barista station, or chill out by the cafe’s floor-to-ceiling windows. During the day, The Double offers lunch combos that come with a soup and salad of your choice, main dish options like lasagna or butter chicken curry, as well as a daily dessert or coffee. If you’re in the mood for tipples, try The Double’s signature tea and coffee cocktails, such as their Robust Negroni infused with roasted coffee beans, or the Taikoo Breakfast which includes cold-brewed Earl Grey.

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Head to Staunton Street to find Solebrew, a brand new cafe-bar spread over two floors. This cool and trendy venue is co-founded by Lokman of popular Cantopop boy band Mirror, and uses streetwear culture and sneakers as the inspiration behind their concept. Step into Solebrew to find a cosy dining space, a VIP-exclusive area called The Vault in the cafe’s basement, as well as their impressive display which shows off 100 pairs of rare and collectible sneakers.

During the day, customers can enjoy specialty coffees and light bites from Solebrew’s menu like bagels, yoghurt cups, or ice cream. Once the clock strikes 5pm, Solebrew’s baristas offer creative cocktails behind their bars. Customers can sip on creations like the smoked tea and whisky-based Smokin’ Jazzman, or Blue Soul, the bar’s signature cocktail which features a homemade chrysanthemum syrup. 

With an all-white façade and a bright yellow door, Mrs. H’s Coffee House isn’t hard to spot on Hollywood Road. This British-inspired cafe offers artisanal coffees and scrumptious pastries like butter croissants, pain au chocolat, ham and cheese lattices, and their holy chocolate chip cookie. This quaint cafe also presents a hidden speakeasy called The Holywell’s, located behind their venue. Customers can enjoy a selection of mains, digestifs, and dessert cocktails and mocktails, all of which are inspired by classic British dishes. Find more details about The Holywell’s official opening on their Instagram page.

Venture to Kwun Tong to find Times Coffee, a cafe with a classroom-inspired interior that’s tucked away in an unassuming industrial building. The cafe’s menu spans from light brunch bites such as taro and pork floss-topped toast with Taiwanese sausage and eggs, or smoked salmon and avocado toast with scrambled eggs, to pumpkin risotto with whole grilled eel, and mentaiko pasta with crab. If you’ve got a sweet tooth, be sure to leave room to dig into the cafe’s mountain-high bowls of shaved ice that come in flavours like brown sugar and taro, matcha and mochi with red beans, and caramel pudding with strawberries. Alternatively, Times Coffee also offers delectable parfaits in flavours like mango with grapefruit, matcha and red bean, and strawberry that are sure to hit the spot.