The ultimate guide to Hong Kong Airport restaurants

In need of a caffeine dose? American coffee chain Blue Bottle Coffee has opened its first-ever pop-up kiosk inside Hong Kong International Airport’s departure hall. The pop-up not only stands out for its unique shape based on vintage K67 Kiosk stands, but also for its eye-catching blue facade. Aside from serving all sorts of coffee, there’s also a selected range of pastries created in collaboration with local patisserie Miam Bakery, as well as other sweet treats like single origin dark chocolate bars, yokan (Japanese red bean jelly) sets, and Hong Kong-exclusive palmier gift boxes.

As a Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant, Duddell’s not only serves delectable dishes that satisfy your cravings for local food, but it also offers to tantalise busy travellers by making its premium cuisine more approachable within a casual setting. Find an extensive menu of freshly made dim sum, barbecued meats, and classic Cantonese dishes served in bento boxes. Wash your meal down with classic Hong Kong beverages like milk tea or yuen yeung, or opt for cold-pressed juices and bottled beers. 

Drop into cocktail bar Intervals for a casual drink while you watch planes cruise along the tarmac from the Sky Bridge. The bar’s concept is inspired by the fluidity of time, and its menu revolves around miniature cocktail flights that take from 15 to 45 minutes to finish, along with full-sized cocktails if you plan to stay for longer. Intervals also offers a selected range of dishes depending on your appetite, from light bar bites and tapas to hearty burgers and pasta, among others.

Gordon Ramsay Plane Food To Go is an exclusive reimagining of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s Plane Food restaurant at London Heathrow. Offering a range of British-style comfort food in a grab-and-go format, this place is excellent for a quick and delightful refreshment. In addition to options like sandwiches, this kiosk also provides indulgent dishes like lobster thermidor mac and cheese, and irresistibly juicy short rib burgers.

While it’s difficult to compete with the stranglehold that the Mak family has with its wonton noodle shops all over town, Chee Kei does a good job cooking up excellent wonton noodles all its own. Famous for serving high-quality ‘sai yung’ – a miniature bowl with only a few wontons and a mouthful of noodles – Chee Kei also serves congee, fried rice, noodles, and various Chinese sweet soups to end your meal with.

Curb your hunger at the latest McDonald’s location next to Gate 11 at the Departure Level. Here, you can dig into the fast food chain’s classic bites while admiring a sweeping view of the tarmac from the floor-to-ceiling windows. The venue is open 24 hours, so you can stuff your face no matter how early or late it is.

This super popular confectioner’s airport branch is its fifth opening in Hong Kong. Nothing screams jet-setter than indulging in a variety of cakes before heading to your gate. You can also pre-order the confectioner’s frozen mille crêpes cakes ahead of time and take them home on your flight. Each frozen cake is individually sealed, comes with insulation bags, and an appropriate amount of dry ice to keep your cakes fresh even after your flight.

Sushi Taka, the sister venue of Tokyo’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant Sushi Saito, whips up a wide range of high-quality sushi and sashimi. Every ingredient used at the restaurant is meticulously selected, such as jet-fresh seafood imported from Japan daily, and premium sushi rice, which are sure to provide diners with an unforgettable sushi experience before they take off.

Seating up to 120 people, the airport outlet of this popular burger chain offers meat lovers from around the world the chance to chow down on signature gourmet burgers and creations exclusive to Hong Kong International Airport, such as the char siu burger, Hong Kong Breakfast Toastie – an HK-style breakfast dish with macaroni, cheese, and béchamel slathered between crispy thick-cut toast – and a delicious milk tea crème brûlée.

Caviar House & Prunier is one of the world’s leading premium food brands with products like caviar from Bordeaux and the famous Balik smoked salmon of the Swiss Alps. Here, not only can you buy souvenirs, but you can also sample fresh oysters with top-quality caviar and other equally decadent food. It doesn’t hurt that they have a stunning 180-degree view of the airfield outside.

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