11 new Hong Kong restaurants and bars in February 2026, from Japanese udon to Korean pizza

The Year of the Horse begins in February, and how better to enjoy the Lunar New Year period than by checking out some of Hong Kong’s new restaurants?Toni Au of Écriture fame has opened a French restaurant in Causeway Bay shaped by Asian flavours. Meanwhile, in Wan Chai, the new sister restaurant to Sheung Wan’s Babette delivers relaxed French brasserie classics.The city’s first matcha cafe with its own in-store stone mill arrives in Sai Ying Pun, while Gough Street in Central welcomes a wine bar from acclaimed sommelier Mason Ng and a traditional Kansai-style oden izakaya.

A new branch of a Korean-Italian pizza chain arrives in Times Square, a borscht restaurant opens in Fo Tan, and a classic vinyl bar concept comes to Lan Kwai Fong.

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1. ÉbaucheA chicken liver dish at Ébauche. Photo: Ébauche

The tasting menu at this modern French restaurant in Causeway Bay is shaped by Asian flavours.