Your ultimate guide to PMQ, Hong Kong’s centre for local artisan culture

At Rcube, it’s all about making time count rather than counting the time. Join their DIY clock concrete & resin workshop ($550) to handcraft a clock using a unique double-layer technique, where you learn to combine concrete with resin flow art to create a trendy and one-of-a-kind household accessory. At the end of the two-hour workshop, you’ll walk away with one DIY clock and two coasters. Find out more information about how to sign up for the workshop here.

Rcube, Shop H408, 4/F, Block B, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central

Now that it’s winter in Hong Kong, you’re likely to be sipping on endless hot beverages, in which case, a coaster will always come in handy—either for yourself or for a loved one. 513 Paint Shop offers a coaster painting workshop ($150), which lasts for an hour and a half and allows you to customise your cork coasters using colours from their stunning paint collection! Find out more information about how to sign up for the workshop here.

513 Paint Shop, Shop H513, 5/F, Block A, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central

Bamboa is Asia’s first bamboo speciality brand. It produces beautiful high-quality home and lifestyle products using sustainable bamboo from the forests of Southeast Asia. It’s an environmentally-conscious brand that even uses sustainable packaging (how awesome!). The products range from bamboo bedsheets to bamboo face masks and eco-friendly bathroom essentials.

Bamboa Home, Shop S304, 3/F, Block A, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central | (+852) 2291 0285

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Founder Eunice Cheung is a well-established interior architect and her brand 513 Paint Shop offers colours in every shade and tone imaginable. With a focus on sustainable living, this boutique paint shop specialises in environmentally safe paints. Whether you’re choosing from the signature 513 Paint Collection or going rustic with chalk wall paint, 513 Paint Shop will have the perfect colour just for you. The paints are so vibrant, too—they’re not your average tones and are all so satisfying to browse through!

513 Paint Shop, Shop S513, 5/F, Block A, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central | (+852) 2155 2282

Our skin is our largest organ, so without a doubt, it deserves a lot of love, care, and attention. Bathe to Basics produces skin-friendly products that prioritise healing and rejuvenation, focusing on ingredients that moisturise, refresh, and gently clean our skin. The carefully developed formulas are optimised to feel light on sensitive skin. Their products range from face wash, cleansing foam, shampoo, aroma diffusers, and more, and they also offer refill stations for their basics line to cut down on packaging.

Bathe to Basics, Shop S403, 4/F, Block A, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central | (+852) 2858 8135

Most of us know about the problems of fast fashion, but living in Hong Kong, we’re just bombarded with such brands. Tove & Libra is here to change just that, with its streamlined and sustainable clothing line that saves the planet whilst keeping you stylish. The soft materials are heaven for sensitive skin! We get to look and feel our best with their thoughtfully produced dresses, jumpsuits, cardigans, and trousers.

Tove & Libra, Shop S306, 3/F, Block A, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central | (+852) 9662 9923

If you were a leprechaun, then you’ve travelled to the end of the rainbow and found your pot of gold! The array of colours in this shop are all so captivating as the shop itself adorns a minimalistic look. Cilocala means “from white” in Japanese—the sneakers and rucksacks in this shop all started from white, and product quality is focused to the tee. These bright neon tones are worth coming out of your comfort and are bound to capture all the attention.

Cilocala, Shop S412, 4/F, Block A, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central | (+852) 2116 0897

This Michelin-starred French restaurant brings fine-dining to PMQ. Though this restaurant is high-end, it still emanates homely feelings thanks to the warm tones and comfortable seating. Your stomach is in for a feast, with dishes like the Mediterranean octopus salad with confit tomato & pesto ($208) for starters to look forward to, artisan French cheese collection ($358) to perfectly pair with wine, and roasted Hong Kong yellow chicken with Niigata rice & salad ($958) to have for mains.

Louise, G/F, JPC, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central | (+852) 2866 0300

Eat good, feel good—Famaland mostly uses local produce and natural ingredients to curate its healthy Chinese dishes and soups. Famaland’s recipes are vetted by professional Chinese doctors, so you know you’re getting the real deal for your health. Dishes here are cooked without additives or MSG, and the names of the dishes are already a giveaway as to how healthy the food is! There’s the detox soup ($98), traditional Shanghai pan-fried pork buns with organic Danish pork ($68), Grandma’s organic mapo tofu ($98), and spicy Sichuan mala fried rice ($128). Lunch sets cost $108 per person.

Famaland, Shop G09–G14, G/F, Block A, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central | (+852) 2858 8238

Hongkongers love Japanese culture and food, and there’s no doubting that we love sake. Aside from being a sake heaven, Sake Central also collaborates with specialised brand displays and handmade Japanese glassware and ceramics. Concentrating in sake, it’s no surprise to see their menu offering a huge range of labels where you can opt for a glass, a tokkuri, or a bottle. For bites, there’s oyster ($268), Hokkaido scallops ($88), the sardine udon ($128), and spicy chicken sando in doubanjiang sauce ($88).

Sake Central, Shop S109–S113, 1/F, Block A, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central | (+852) 2656 6552

Have yourselves a pizza party! At Gustaci, diners can expect authentic Neapolitan culinary delights, presented by executive chef Angelo D’Ambrosio. Gustaci makes full use of Chef Angelo’s pizzaiolo background to perfect their naturally leavened dough before baking it to perfection in their Moretti Forni electric deck oven. Highlights from the pizza menu include classics such as the margherita ($130) and the marinara ($100); specialities like the gattò ($135) with mozzarella, potato croquettes, and salami; vegetarian options such as the funghi cardoncelli ($145) with pickled mushrooms, mozzarella cheese, and yellow cherry tomatoes; and specialities like the tartufo nero ($380), a decadent pie of mozzarella, Parmesan, and black winter truffle.

Gustaci, Shop HG01-05, Block B, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central | (+852) 2981 1418