Hong Kong is called a shopper’s paradise for its quality, wide variety of handmade products, fashion, and jewellery to be found in just about any corner of the city.
As a top financial hub in Asia, it is also famed for the shopping malls that tower over every major district, acting as hotspots of retail, premium food and beverage, and community activities.
Especially for someone visiting Hong Kong, use our guide to help you make the most out of crawling Hong Kong’s best shopping malls.
Hong Kong Island
Cityplaza — Tai Koo
Cityplaza is the largest shopping mall on Hong Kong Island, located in Tai Koo Shing and directly connected to Tai Koo MTR Station. Spanning six levels, it offers a wide variety of shopping and dining options, including IKEA, eslite spectrum, APITA department store, UNIQLO, and MUJI.
A major highlight is the popular Cityplaza Ice Palace, a full-sized indoor ice rink perfect for skating and family fun. The mall also features the modern MOViE MOViE Cityplaza cinema, screening the latest blockbusters and art-house films.
📍 Location: 18 Taikoo Shing Road, Taikoo Shing
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Tai Koo Station and head out from Exit D2 or Exit E1.
Fashion Walk — Causeway Bay
Fashion Walk is a stylish retail district in Causeway Bay. The indoor mall carries Charles & Keith, Le Labo and multiple international brands, while the open-air pedestrian streets within the neighbourhood filled with selected shops, international brands, hip restaurants and cafés.
The outdoor area is anchored by Fashion Walk Food Street and bordered by Kingston, Paterson, and Cleveland Streets, perfect for a little stop for brunch or coffee after hitting the Fashion Walk stores.
📍 Location: Kingston Street, Paterson Street, Cleveland Street (outdoor) and Great George Street (indoor), Causeway Bay
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Causeway Bay station and go out from Exit E.
Hysan Place — Causeway Bay
Hysan Place, part of the prestigious Lee Gardens precinct, is a 17-floor shopping mall in the heart of Causeway Bay. It houses nearly 120 international brands, including a spacious two-level Apple Store, a three-floor Eslite bookstore, and department store I.T. occupying an entire floor.
Many of the malls in Hong Kong are vertical shopping centres to make up for the lack of horizontal space, but Hysan Place is one of the places where this is felt most obviously, with a set of express escalators carrying you up to the 17th floor food court in around five minutes.
📍 Location: 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Causeway Bay station and go out from Exit F2.
IFC Mall — Central
The Hong Kong International Finance Centre (IFC) is made up of two luxury commercial buildings: One IFC and Two IFC, which house the headquarters of prestigious organisations, including the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and British newspaper Financial Times.
At the bottom of the towers lies one of Hong Kong’s premium shopping destinations, IFC mall, with four levels of luxury retailers, a Lane Crawford, cinema, Apple’s Hong Kong flagship store, and more. A city of convenience indeed, IFC has direct access to the airport via a 25-minute train ride and an in-town check-in service where travellers can check in their luggage just below the mall.
The IFC skyscrapers, which are a distinctive feature of Hong Kong’s skyline, famously featured in The Dark Knight and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — The Cradle of Life.
📍 Location: 8 Finance Street, Central
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Hong Kong station and go out from Exit F, E, or A.
LANDMARK — Central
LANDMARK is the shopping mall for those looking for one place to shop the core international luxury brands. Landmark Atrium on 15 Queen’s Road Central is occupied by mostly high-end brands, restaurants and cafés. The Christmas display on the ground floor during the holiday season is not to be missed!
It’s actually part of the LANDMARK family of shopping centres, which includes Landmark Chater (8 Connaught Road Central), Landmark Alexandra (18 Chater Road), and Landmark Prince’s (10 Chater Road). Altogether, the F&B establishments in LANDMARK hold a total of 17 Michelin stars and 1 Green star.
📍 Location: 15 Queen’s Road Central, Central
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Central station and head out from Exit G.
Lee Gardens — Causeway Bay
Lee Gardens is a prestigious shopping and lifestyle precinct in the heart of Causeway Bay, comprising Lee Garden One to Six, Lee Theatre Plaza, Hysan Place, and Leighton Centre. Lee Garden One to Six offers a tree-lined oasis with an unrivalled selection of international designer boutiques and acclaimed restaurants.
Lee Garden One completed a major facade refurbishment in 2024, featuring a striking new design and a two-story rooftop extension with new F&B spaces. The entire precinct continues to undergo pedestrian-friendly revitalization, including covered walkways and elevated footbridges.
Lee Garden Two is popular with families, featuring a 7,500 sq ft indoor playground, Playdot, on the 18th floor, along with international brands for kids’ clothes, toys, and more.
📍 Location: 33 Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Causeway Bay station and go out from Exit F1 or Exit F2.
Pacific Place — Admiralty
Pacific Place has more than 160 shops, a cinema, and a department store spread out over four floors, with notable retailers like COS, Zara and Chanel, as well as upscale F&B like Butter, Dim Sum Library, and yè shanghai. The Great Food Hall on the LG1/F is home to a premium supermarket and some casual pick-up-and-go eateries.
Three five-star hotels, The Upper House, Island Shangri-La, and JW Marriott are located right over Pacific Place, with Conrad Hong Kong just steps away within the complex.
The mall is also ground zero for the city’s most popular Santa meet-and-greet sessions, which is generally booked out weeks before Christmas, so keep an eye on their socials for fun events all year round.
📍 Location: 88 Queensway, Admiralty
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Admiralty station and go out from Exit F.
Times Square — Causeway Bay
Since it opened in 1994, Times Square has become the beating heart of Causeway Bay. The mall is home to luxury department store Lane Crawford, city’super, and Emperor Cinema.
It houses over 230 world-renowned brands, thoughtfully categorized by floor. For example, luxury and high fashion on the lower floors, electronics on the 7th and 8th floors, and kids and sports on the 9th floor. For dining outlets, they are centralized on the 10th to 13th floors.
The shopping mall offers a good mix of brands across moderate to high price points, including accessible favourites such as Zara, Adidas, American Eagle, and Log-On.
📍 Location: 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Causeway Bay station and go out from Exit A.
The Southside — Wong Chuk Hang
Connected to Wong Chuk Hang MTR Station, this shopping mall spans 510,000 square feet across five storeys. It is the largest mall on the southern side of Hong Kong Island and is explicitly pet-friendly.
The architecture draws inspiration from the natural beauty and sweeping coastline of southern Hong Kong Island, reflected in design elements such as flowing curves and waves.
Here, you’ll find brands like Adidas, Skechers, and UNIQLO, along with a sprawling city’super, bakeries such as Kee Wah and La Création, and restaurants like the Vietnamese-focused Brass Spoon and the Japanese favourite Nana’s Green Tea.
📍 Location: 11 Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Wong Chuk Hang station and go out from Exit B.
Kowloon
Airside — Kai Tak
Opened in 2023, Airside holds historical significance as it is built on the site of the former Kai Tak Airport. Housed within a 47-storey mixed-use complex, the mall spans 700,000 square feet and features a 900-seat MCL cinema.
This pet-friendly shopping mall welcomes pets in multiple designated indoor and outdoor areas, including the beautiful rooftop sky garden on the 6th floor, an ideal spot for views and pet walking.
It offers a wide range of international retail and family-friendly options, including the world’s largest flagship store of the popular Japanese general store 3Coins.
📍 Location: 2 Concorde Road, Kai Tak, Kowloon
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Kai Tak station and go out from Exit C.
D2 Place — Lai Chi Kok
D2 Place was one of the very first shopping malls in Hong Kong to welcome pet owners. Housed in two revitalized industrial buildings, this unique complex spans approximately 100,000 square feet and is Hong Kong’s first major industrial-to-lifestyle conversion project.
Unlike typical malls, D2 Place focuses exclusively on independent brands, local designers, and artisanal shops. It is famous for its regular Weekend Markets and rooftop garden. The mall is directly connected to Lai Chi Kok MTR Station.
📍 Location: D2 Place ONE: 9 Cheung Yee Street; D2 Place TWO: 15 Cheung Shun Street
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Lai Chi Kok Station and head out from Exit D2.
Elements — West Kowloon
Elements is a high-end shopping mall connected to Kowloon Station and High Speed Rail West Kowloon Terminus.
The mall is sectioned into five zones with design inspired by the five Chinese elements: wood, water, fire, metal, and earth. Besides the shopping, the shopping centre has a skating rink and the largest cinema in Hong Kong with 1,600 seats total.
Elements also connects to the International Commerce Centre, the tallest building in Hong Kong, which houses the Sky100 observation deck and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. It is further linked by a footbridge to the West Kowloon Cultural District, home to the M+ Museum, Hong Kong Palace Museum, scenic parks, and a wide variety of cultural events and exhibitions.
📍 Location: 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Kowloon station and go out from Exit C1 or D1.
Festival Walk — Kowloon Tong
Festival Walk is a seven-storey shopping centre with a cinema and skating rink. Multiple restaurants and the food have a view down into the ice rink, ‘The Glacier’, on the UG/F.
The mall is primarily occupied by mid-range brands plus the flagship store of Agnes B. Other shops of note include Apple, Toys’R’Us, Marks & Spencer, and a Taste supermarket.
It’s linked to the City University of Hong Kong via a walkway, making the mall popular among university students. During Christmastime, their famous Christmas tree that is as tall as nearly four storeys is erected.
📍 Location: 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Kowloon Tong station and go out from Exit C, G2, or H.
Harbour City — Tsim Sha Tsui
The Ocean Terminal section of Harbour City was originally the first shopping mall in Hong Kong when it opened in 1966. It now spans 2,000,000 square feet, making it the biggest shopping mall in the city.
The gigantic complex — complete with myriad shopping options and an observatory deck that juts out into Victoria Harbour — even doubles as a cruise ship terminal, and is home to over 700 shops, 50 restaurants, 3 hotels, and an art gallery.
With its incredible number of retailers (primarily upscale brands) and its proximity to the Star Ferry Pier, it’s a wildly popular mall for mainland and international tourists.
📍 Location: 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Tsim Sha Tsui station and walk 10-15 minutes or take the ferry from Central or Wan Chai to Star Ferry Pier and walk three minutes.
K11 Musea — Tsim Sha Tsui
Located on Victoria Dockside along the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade, near the Hong Kong Museum of Art and Hong Kong Cultural Centre, K11 Musea is an innovative blend of retail and cultural experiences. At its core, it is a beautiful and artistic shopping centre.
The interiors resemble a futuristic art museum, featuring organic shapes, interactive art installations that double as rest areas, and abundant greenery.
It houses international and up-and-coming local fashion brands, independent coffeehouses and restaurants, as well as one of Hong Kong’s most popular themed attractions — the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre.
📍 Location: Victoria Dockside,18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to East Tsim Sha Tsui station and go out from Exit J.
Langham Place — Mong Kok
Langham Place was the tallest building on the Kowloon Peninsula when it was completed in 2004, and quickly become the landmark of the area. It most notably features a 148-feet escalator, the longest escalator in a shopping mall in the city.
There are 15 levels of shops, with a healthy combination of international fashion houses, boutiques, and sportswear brands, as well as a plethora of food and beverage on B2/F, the 4/F food court, 9/F, and the uppermost floor. There’s also a cinema on the 8/F.
📍 Location: 8 Argyle Street, Mong Kok
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Mong Kok station and go out from Exit C3 or E1.
MegaBox — Kowloon Bay
Designed by American architecture firm JERDE, this box-shaped mall in lucky red has become a bit of an icon in eastern Kowloon.
With a size of 1.1 million square feet spanning 19 floors, Megabox houses the largest IKEA branch in Hong Kong, as well as clothing and homeware stores, cinemas, AEON department store, and the biggest ice skating rink in the whole city at 26 x 57 metres.
Although not located as near the MTR as most of the malls on this list, it can be reached with a free shuttle bus from Kowloon Bay MTR station.
📍 Location: 38 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Kowloon Bay station and go out from Exit A. Take the escalators to the Podium level, turn left at Circle K, and keep walking straight until you see an escalator going down into the bus terminal. Look for signs for the Megabox Shuttle Bus.
MOKO — Mong Kok
MOKO is the main shopping mall in eastern Mong Kok. Situated just five minutes from the Flower Market, the shopping centre houses six floors of boutique shops and brands like Initial, G2000, and UNIQLO.
There’s also a cinema, Japanese supermarket YATA, as well as a connecting five-star hotel, Royal Plaza Hotel. Besides being conveniently connected to Mong Kok East MTR station, there’s a bus terminal right outside the mall.
📍 Location: 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Mong Kok East station and go out from Exit D.
New Territories
Citygate Outlets — Tung Chung
Citygate Outlets is Hong Kong’s first and largest factory outlet mall, connected to Tung Chung MTR station. Spanning approximately 800,000 square feet across five storeys, it offers year-round discounts of 30% to 90% on over 150 international brands.
Shoppers can find major outlet stores from Nike, Adidas, Puma, New Balance, Armani, Burberry, Coach, and Michael Kors, along with more than 40 dining options. The mall also features a 600-seat cinema and “The Square” — a spacious outdoor piazza with one of Asia’s largest kinetic fountains..
📍 Location: 20 Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Tung Chung station and go out from Exit C.
New Town Plaza — Sha Tin
One of the busiest malls in Hong Kong is New Town Plaza. As the landmark of the area, it sits directly above the Sha Tin MTR Station and a massive bus terminus. The nine-storey shopping centre in Sha Tin has around 350 shops spread throughout its two phases, featuring a mix of mid-range and upscale brands including Calvin Klein, Apple, and Zara.
There are also many beauty and athletic apparel brands. The biggest draws are Snoopy’s World, a Snoopy-themed outdoor theme park, and the expansive 35,000 square feet dinosaur playground, both free to enter.
📍 Location: 18 Sha Tin Centre Street, Sha Tin
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Sha Tin station and go out from Exit A3.
PopCorn — Tseung Kwan O
PopCorn is owned by the MTR Corporation, which makes it conveniently connected to Tseung Kwan O MTR Station. As the main mall in Tseung Kwan O, its 345,000 square feet of retail space covers fashion, makeup, household products, dining, electronics, health, and more.
The mall also features a 622-seat cinema and Namco, a popular Japanese gaming centre. It opens directly onto Tong Ming Street Park, with beautifully landscaped lawns and plenty of open space for picnicking.
📍 Location: 9 Tong Yin Street, Tseung Kwan O
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Tseung Kwan O station and go out from Exit C.
The Mills — Tsuen Wan
The Mills is a landmark heritage revitalization project in Tsuen Wan, transforming a former 1950s cotton textile factory into one of Hong Kong’s most unique lifestyle and cultural hubs.
Preserving its industrial charm with exposed concrete, original beams, and natural skylights, The Mills blends retail, art, and innovation across three main pillars: The Mills Shopfloor (independent shops and artisan boutiques), CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile) with rotating exhibitions, and The Mills Fabrica (creative incubator).
It is highly pet-friendly and easily accessible via covered footbridges from Tsuen Wan MTR stations.
📍 Location: 45 Pak Tin Par St, Tsuen Wan
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Tsuen Wan station and walk 15-20 minutes from Exit A3.
YOHO — Yuen Long
YOHO Phase I houses mostly mid-range fashion brands and luxury beauty brands, as well as a ton of jewellery stores, while Phase II has more local boutiques and sports apparel brands.
A cinema, YATA, and 50,000 square feet outdoor green space called ‘Midtown Garden’ are notable features of YOHO, which are also located in Phase I.
The mall is connected to two housing estates that sit over it: YOHO Midtown and YOHO Town. In 2024, two new malls were added to this Yuen Long retail hub — YOHO Mix and YOHO Plus, the first with speciality restaurants, and arts and culture spots, and the second with salons and essential stores to cater to the needs of residents in the area.
📍 Location: 8-9 Long Yat Road, Yuen Long
☎️ Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook
🚶 How to get there: Take the MTR to Yuen Long station and go out from Exit K (YOHO Mall I) or Exit F (YOHO Mall II).
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