Kowloon City has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years. Lauded for its Thai and Chiuchow restaurants, where many Hong Kongers with Thai and southern Chinese ancestry live and operate eateries, the neighbourhood has a grand energy to it.
For the best Thai restaurants, cha chaan tengs, dessert shops, Chinese eateries, and places that buck normality with unique concepts, Kowloon City is the place to eat when eager for something new in our rolodex of dining options.
The best restaurants in Kowloon City
1. Islam Food Since 1950
Anyone that has queued for a table at Islam Food Since 1950 can attest that their pan fried beef buns (HKD50, 2pcs) are some of the best in the city. They ooze beefy juice and will have you salivating at the mere sight of them. With a completely halal menu, they serve up boisterous plates made for sharing. We recommend ordering their stir fried mutton slice with leek (HKD92), curry beef brisket (HKD92), samosa (HKD45, 5pcs), and deep fried prawn with mashed salted egg yolk (HKD148) for the best of Islam Food.
Islam Food Since 1950, G/F, 1 Lung Kong Road, Kowloon City, 2382 1882
2. Siamsiri Thai Food
Siamsiri Thai Food, with its barebones interior, brings a rawness to the Kowloon City restaurant scene. Their menu features all the classics – satay Thai style skewers (HKD13), Thai style fried morning glory (HKD47), green papaya salad (HKD37), and pad thai (HKD45) – and serves its food with affordable prices and with a Cantonese-adjacent style. Go for their BBQ items, you will leave pleasantfully full and happy.
Siamsiri Thai Food, G/F, 18 South Wall Road, Kowloon City, 9349 5377
3. Thai Chang House
Thai Chang House is a fan-favourite restaurant for Kowloon City and Thai food lovers for its affordable prices and simple fare. The food served doesn’t buck any trends, just the warm classics that everyone loves. Among signatures like the tom yum soup with shrimps (HKD87) and green curry with pork, beef, or chicken (HKD83, dishes like the deep fried Nile tilapia (HKD153) and claypot pepper clams with glass noodles (HKD168) brings a Hong Kong touch to the restaurant.
Thai Chang House, G/F, 48 South Wall Road, Kowloon City, 8101 3396
4. Luen Fat Restaurant
Famed for its fluffy eggs with bread (HKD20), akin to Australia Dairy Company, Luen Fat Restaurant leads the pack in Kowloon City for its robust cha chaan teng menu. Of course, one can expect top milk tea (HKD24), plus macaroni with ham (HKD38) and French toast (HKD30). As always, order quickly and eat quickly because this is a very popular spot.
Luen Fat Restaurant, Shop 1, G/F, 2-4 Hau Wong Road, Kowloon City, 2718 8832
5. Thonglor
Now opening a neighbouring shop next door to their original location, Thonglor embodies a real grungy Bangkok street vibe at their restaurants. Go if you want to enjoy fish sauce-powered and salty dishes, plus add a few drinks on the side to celebrate the occasion. For the table, order the khao soi (HKD128), chicken satay (HKD68, six pcs), pad see ew wagyu (HKD108), and their finger-licking and salty-sweet mango sticky rice (HKD68).
Thonglor, G/F, 17-19 Lung Kong Road, Kowloon City, 2382 4855
6. Golden Hall Dessert
Golden Hall Dessert rightfully earned the Best Dessert Award at the Foodie Forks 2025. This dessert powerhouse has its main base in Kowloon City, with other locations scattered around Kowloon. We recommend their mango ice cream soup (HKD42) and longan coconut ice dessert (HKD42) for a palate cleanser following your salty main meal.
Golden Hall Dessert, G/F, 9 South Wall Road, Kowloon City
7. Golden Thai BBQ
If you like satay and barbecued meats, this is the place to visit in Kowloon City for a beautiful marriage of the two. Golden Thai BBQ brings the smoke and juice to all of their meaty sticks, with the BBQ chicken (HKD15), BBQ chicken beef (HKD15), fish cake (HKD15), and BBQ garlic bread (HKD38) for salty flavours. You can order other main dishes, but why bother when their satay selection is just that good!
Golden Thai BBQ, Shop C, G/F, Prince Mansion, 386A-B Prince Edward Road West, Kowloon City, 2383 8273
8. Tai Wo Tang Cafe
Opening in 2018, Tai Wo Tang Cafe brings Kowloon City good brunch plates and coffee inside an almost-untouched interior of the former traditional Chinese medicine that opened in 1932. Ogle at the old prescription cabinets lining the walls and the nearly 100-year-old architecture style. For food, pair up your caffeine with the Nippon thick-cut bacon & scrambled eggs on sourdough (HKD98), avocado toast two ways (HKD88), and Tai To Tang char siu rice (HKD158).
Tai Wo Tang Cafe, G/F, 24 Nga Tsin Long Road, Kowloon City, 2623 2006
