A quieter week in volume, but not in ambition. The city's newest arrivals run from an eight-seat counter serving some of the rarest beef in Japan to a London bakery making its first move into Asia, plus a grill pop-up with a hard end date, a coffee roaster stretching its legs in Central and a small Korean-inspired café out west. Here is our verified hit-list of what has just opened — and what is worth crossing town for.
1. Tanaka — Central
Hong Kong is now one of the very few places in Asia where you can eat a Matsusaka beef omakase. Tanaka (田中 TANAKA) has taken a first-floor room in DL Tower on Wellington Street and fitted it with just eight counter seats. Behind them stands chef Satoru Tanaka — "Boss" to his team — a third-generation member of a Gifu beef family who opened his first restaurant at 25 and now runs some 20 meat-focused restaurants in Japan, with a Michelin Guide listing and a place at number 27 on the world's 101 Best Steak Restaurants list.
The sourcing is the point. Tanaka buys whole animals and uses only champion-grade female Matsusaka cattle that have never calved and have been raised beyond 50 months — a standard fewer than three producers in all of Japan can meet, and of which exportable volumes are tiny. The opening tasting menu runs to 12 courses, moving from a tomato jelly opener through abalone-liver sōmen, seared Matsusaka beef and a Matsusaka steak, with palate-resetting oddities such as lotus-root consommé and lemon granita dropped in between the beef courses. The room, by designer Yasumichi Morita, borrows details from Japanese shrines and temples and runs them through his signature retro-future lens.
Tanaka (田中 TANAKA)
Eight seats, one seating, and beef you will struggle to find anywhere else in the region — reserve well ahead. More Japanese rooms worth booking in our guide to Hong Kong's best Japanese restaurants.
2. Santa Nata — Central
The egg-tart arms race gains a London contender. Santa Nata, founded in London in 2019 by Francisco Oliveira, has opened on Lyndhurst Terrace — its first shop in Asia, and a sibling to five stores in the British capital plus outposts in Oxford, the Middle East and Istanbul. The pastéis de nata are made with custom-built equipment to get the shell properly flaky and crisp, with a light custard carrying lemon and cinnamon.
Pricing is refreshingly sane for the neighbourhood: pastéis de nata are HK$14 each, sold in boxes of two, four and eight, alongside pão de deus (HK$25), a desiccated-coconut brioche bun, and a Santa Nata croissant-brioche (HK$25). More than a dozen coffee drinks are on offer to go with them. Batches are baked through the day rather than stacked in a static display, so timing your visit matters.
Santa Nata
A London bakery's Asian debut, five minutes from the Mid-Levels Escalator — go when a batch is coming out of the oven.
3. Marrow — Wan Chai
A steakhouse with a stopwatch on it. Marrow has landed at Lee Tung Avenue as a limited-time grill concept, taking the steakhouse template and sharpening its edges. Chef Chris Ma's menu opens with Sichuan beef tartare and Typhoon Shelter roasted bone marrow, moves through lesser-known cuts on the grill, and makes room for looser mains such as blue crab rigatoni before finishing on a short list of nostalgic desserts.
The important detail: it runs until 31 August 2026. If it appeals, treat it as a summer booking rather than something to get round to.
Marrow
A sharper, more contemporary read on the grill — and a hard closing date. If you prefer your steak permanent, see our guide to Hong Kong's best steakhouses.
4. Brentwood Coffee Roaster — Central
Cochrane Street gets a chestnut-toned coffee anchor. Brentwood Coffee Roaster has opened its fourth Hong Kong location, and this one spans two floors — a considerably bigger canvas than the brand's earlier rooms. The draw is home-roasted beans, including the fruity Maytime blend, poured as hand-drip, piccolos, and specialty hojicha and chai lattes, backed by baked goods and a short list of brunch staples.
It also stays open later than most of the neighbourhood's coffee bars, shutting at 7pm — useful in a district where the good machines tend to go quiet by mid-afternoon.
Brentwood Coffee Roaster
Two floors of home-roasted coffee under the escalator — and open late enough to matter. Central's other new arrival on this front is Roasters at Alexandra House.
5. Gettin 859597 — Kennedy Town
The west side keeps quietly building its café bench. Gettin 859597 is a new Korean-inspired café on Davis Street in Kennedy Town, a few doors from the neighbourhood's established coffee names. It is a small, low-key room rather than a statement opening — but Kennedy Town's café scene has been one of the more reliable sources of good coffee on Hong Kong Island, and this is its newest entry.
Gettin 859597
Small, new and worth a detour if you are already west of Sai Ying Pun. Prices had not been published at the time of writing.
This week's openings at a glance
| Venue | Area | Type | Price guide | Nearest MTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanaka (田中 TANAKA) | Central | Matsusaka beef omakase | HK$3,500 menu | Central |
| Santa Nata | Central (Soho) | Portuguese bakery | HK$14–25 | Central |
| Marrow | Wan Chai | Grill pop-up (to 31 Aug) | Not published | Wan Chai |
| Brentwood Coffee Roaster | Central | Specialty coffee café | Café pricing | Central |
| Gettin 859597 | Kennedy Town | Korean-inspired café | Not published | Kennedy Town |
Details verified against SCMP, Foodie, Tatler Asia, Esquire Hong Kong and each venue's own channels. Opening hours can settle in the weeks after launch — confirm before you go.
Where to find more openings
This hit-list is the fast version; the deep dives live elsewhere on the site. For the full month's intake, see our running list of new restaurant openings in Hong Kong, and catch up on last week's openings — Mala Mia, Ninetta, Yakiniku Yama Oku and more — if you missed them. To go deeper on any neighbourhood, our Hong Kong venue directory covers hundreds of restaurants, bars and cafés with new arrivals added all the time.
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