It’s been a banner year for the city’s restaurants and bars. Not only did Hong Kong host the World’s 50 Best Bars for the first time (Macau having hosted Asia’s 50 Best Bars earlier in the year as well), 2025 also marked the first time that an Asian bar earned the top spot with Bar Leone taking home the honour.
But it wasn’t all good news. There were high-profile closures, from Sushiyoshi to Castellana to Stockton, and a pervading sense that the city’s F&B is still adjusting to new realities post-Covid-19.
Now, with 2025 nearly in the rear-view mirror, we speak to several of the scenes’ movers and shakers about their pits and peaks of the past 12 months.
