Where to eat alone in Hong Kong

Question

Hi, I'm going to Hong Kong next week for work, will be staying on the island, when I have been before I usually end up strolling around, getting confused and eating in the hotel, can anyone recommend a good place where a person on their own can sit and have a good meal. thanks,

Answer 1

Any restaurent in the street or food court in shopping mall

Answer 2

Traditional HK Cafe along any streets or road provide a good list of food menu for your choice.... Go in anyone and ask for Beef Hor-Fan, it's stir fried (dry) of Hor-Fan and Beef with bean sprout & spring onions with dark soy sauce, and fiece fire below the wok!

Answer 3

Kool going to hong kong huh. Well i been there. but u say on a island? Umm well i don't think i have benn on da island be4. But maybe if u like fast foods theres Mcdonalds or 7Elven or circle k lol. hmm but i dunno about by them selves lol. but hope u have a good trip!

Answer 4

A uniquely Hong Kong-style eatery starting to make waves elsewhere in Asia is the cha chaan teng (茶餐廳), literally "tea cafe", but offering fusion fast food that happily mixes Western and Eastern fare: innovations include noodles with Spam, stir-fried spaghetti and baked rice with cheese. Usually a wide selection of drinks is also available, almost always including the popular tea-and-coffee mix yuenyeung (鴛鴦), and perhaps more oddities (to the Western palate) like boiled Coke with ginger or iced coffee with lemon. Orders are usually recorded on a chit at your table and you pay at the cashier as you leave.

Cooked food centres (Dai Pai Dong 大牌檔) provide economic solutions to diners, and they are popular with local citizens. There are many cooked food centres in various districts. The cooked food centre in Sha Kok Estate, Sha Tin is easily accessible by KCR. It is adjacent to Sha Tin Wai Railway Station. It is highly recommended to tourists, as this is where you will find true Hong Kong cuisine and experience a local's way of life.

Barbecue (BBQ) is a popular local pastime. Many areas feature free public barbecue pits where everybody roasts their own food, usually with barbeque forks. It's not just sausages and burgers - the locals enjoy trying a variety of food at BBQ, such as fish, beef meatballs, pork meatballs, chicken wings, and so on. A good spot is the southern part of HK Island. Every beach is equipped with many free BBQ spots. Just stop by a store, buy meat, drinks and BBQ equipment. The best spots are Shek’O (under the trees at the left hand side of the beach) and Big Wave Bay.

Wet markets are still prevalent. Freshness is a key ingredient to all Chinese food, so frozen meat and vegetables are frowned upon, and most markets display freshly butchered beef and pork (with entrails), live fish in markets, and more exotic shellfish, frogs, turtles and snails. Maids who cook for their employers usually go to the market everyday to buy fresh ingredients, just like the restaurants.

Supermarkets include Wellcome, Park N Shop, CRC Shop. Speciality markets catering to Western tastes include CitySuper and Great. 24 hour convenience stores 7-Eleven and Circle K can be found anywhere.

Answer 5

There are lots of fast food chains there like burger joints, MacDonald's is actually a fixture that you can find easily. Other fast food joints there are Pizza Hut and KFC. If you don't like fast food you can try Yoshinoya, a Japanese style restaurant that serves good hot meals. It's not fine dining but a step up from burger joints. There are also lots of other restaurants there that aren't necessarily fine dining but serve hot meals quick. If you'll be staying in Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon or Central in Hong Kong Island then don't be afraid to eat at the restaurants along the main roads (not alleyways) since their menus will be more likely to have English translations and have staff that speak good enough English.

Answer 6

If your staying on the Island you should feel comfortable eating alone anywhere but i understand your anxiety being in a foreign land etc.

If your over in central take a stroll around Lan Kwai Fong or SOHO district, 3 or 4 streets of casual dining from all over the world. If your hotel is over in WanChai the bars all do some good food, Delaneys on Luard Road is a good place to grab a bite and a beer and watch the street, or head upstairs to Kublais for a mongolian mixed grill, just round the corner in Lockhart road you might fancy watching the street while tucking into some Mexican or Thai...the choices are really endless and you will be welcomed alone or with guest.

If your over at Admiralty then head up to Dan Ryans American Bar and Grill on the 2nd floor, a popular hangout for homesick yanks and great food.

An awful shame if you dont get a chance to sample some of the food on offer in this great city, a good idea is to speak to the concierge at your hotel, he will know all the best places and will even write the directions down in cantonese to give to your taxi driver.

If you want more specific details drop me a private message with the name of your hotel and what sort of food you like and i'll tell you what is close by, good and ideal for people eating alone.

Answer 7

you should try eating the street food in mong kwok. Its awesome.

You should walk towards lady street and flower street. There you'll find some of the best street food such as curry fish balls, squid, smelly tofu and egg tarts. And you'll find some of the best cafes on that street as well. They have some of the best foods of hong kong like wonton noodles.  

Answer 8

Go you tube and key in hong Kong street food,  here is one of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CoSYqhNU...

I went to hk 3 yrs ago and i would like to go again.