Best restaurants in Sai Kung

Sai Kung is a seafood restaurant haven, but European restaurants have popped up in many locations, including Turtle by the Sea. With stunning views of the waterfront, Turtle by the Sea is part restaurant and bar, part café.

From the restaurant menu, you’ll find an assortment of small bites (garlic fries with truffle mayo, chicken quesadilla, blue mussels), pasta (spaghetti carbonara, fettucine with truffle mushroom, king prawn arrabiata with hand-twisted pasta), pizza (margarita, pepperoni, tom yum goong seafood), and mains (beer-battered fish and chips, Wagyu beef foie gras burger, Provençal rack of lamb).

If you’re looking for brunch items such as eggs Benedict, smashed avocado tartine, fluffy pancakes, or a soft-shell crab croissant, paired with a coffee or a fresh smoothie, head to the café half of the venue.

Turtle by the Sea, Sai Kung Waterfront, Sai Kung

The OG Little Cove Espresso café is located right here in Sai Kung. It’s the place to go for an expert coffee fix (and a wild chocolate beetroot latte, if you’re feeling adventurous), but also for some delicious, filling food. The all-day menu includes viennoiseries and breads, some exquisite breakfast bowls with a quinoa, granola, or chia base, and some fruity smoothie bowls, as well as a wide selection of brunch items.

At lunchtime, you can also order main courses, including the likes of halloumi salad, beef ragu pappardelle, and Middle Eastern lamb. Little Cove Espresso is also where you’ll find sticky toffee loaf, brownies, banana bread, a pistachio chocolate cake, cheesecake, carrot cake, and almond and coconut cake—yum!

Little Cove Espresso, Shop 1 & 2, Sai Kung Town Villa Block A, Siu Yat Building Block A, Sai Kung Hoi Pong Square, Sai Kung

Located in Three Fathoms Cove, on the outskirts of Sai Kung town, One-ThirtyOne welcomes guests into its three-storey house and beautiful garden for a fine-dining experience. Founded in 2000, the scenic venue is often privatised for weddings.

A lover of good food, owner Kim Chung built the contemporary European menu around local produce and in-season ingredients. As seasonality dictates, the menu is regularly rotated, but in the past, it has featured pan-seared Hokkaido scallop with fregula and lemongrass emulsion, duck ravioli with shimeji mushroom and parsley, and white cod fish with miso sauce and Japanese young ginger stick. Call the restaurant for the latest menu and to secure a reservation!

One-ThirtyOne is secluded and not as easily accessible as other restaurants in Sai Kung town, which is why you should plan ahead to enjoy the unique experience it offers.

One-ThirtyOne, 131 Tseung Tau Village, Shap Sze Heung, Sai Kung | (+852) 2791 2684

Sumi Yakitori offers a laidback izakaya experience. It’s a no-fuss, welcoming barbecue restaurant for all things skewers, and a wide range of seasoned meats, seafood, and vegetables can be grilled on the charcoal à la carte. It also serves a set lunch menu, inclusive of appetisers, soup, and a choice of miso short rib udon, teriyaki hanamidori chicken don, pan-fried pork belly don, unagi don, grilled mackerel don, cold udon, or cold soba.

Sumi Yakitori, 51 See Cheung Street, Sai Kung

Opened in 2006, this unassuming, traditional restaurant was founded on the idea of serving good food in a homely environment. With nearly 20 years of experience under its belt, Village serves Indian and Malaysian food, ranging from laksa to chaat, tandoori, and curry. We recommend ordering the roasted fish in banana leaf with roti and cucumber raita on the side.

Located on a quiet street, approximately 10 minutes from the pier on foot, Village doesn’t enjoy the views of or a close proximity to the waterfront, but it prides itself on providing attentive hospitality. Many who have visited Village will go as far as to say it serves the best Indian food in Hong Kong.

Village Indian and Malaysian Restaurant, 1E, Po Tung Road, Yau Ma Po Street, Sai Kung

Of the 79 restaurants awarded with various Michelin stars in Hong Kong, one is located in Sai Kung! Loaf On, honoured with one Michelin star since 2010, is a seafood restaurant—the Sai Kung speciality. If you’ve ever been to the Sai Kung waterfront in the morning, chances are, you’ve seen locals purchase their fish and crustaceans from the small boats operating as a floating fish market. In true Sai Kung style, you can bring your own freshly bought seafood to Loaf On, where the chefs will cook it for you.

Alternatively, you can pick your favourite seafood from the newly added aquarium, and order directly from the à la carte menu. Feast on steamed abalone with aged tangerine peel, slow-cooked scallops in rice soup, braised sea snails in spicy wine, fried mantis shrimps, stir-fried lobster with soya sauce, or stewed pork belly in Hakka style, among other local dishes. Call the restaurant a few days in advance to make a booking if you’d like to try the pre-order-only items.

Loaf On, See Cheung Street, Sai Kung | (+852) 2792 9966