The neighbourhoods

Hong Kong Island / Wan Chai

銅鑼灣

Causeway Bay.

Look beyond the shopping bags.

Between the big shopfronts are coffee bars with very different personalities. Keep it tiny and bean-focused on Hysan Avenue, or settle in at Urban’s current Cleveland Street address.

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Project C’s narrow concrete coffee bar, grinders and a customer by the Hysan Avenue entrance.
Project C’s narrow concrete coffee bar, grinders and a customer by the Hysan Avenue entrance. · Photo: 何宗昇 / 鏡週刊 Mirror Media Archive photograph · source published October 2024.
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The focused little coffee bar

Project C

Project C’s narrow concrete coffee bar, grinders and a customer by the Hysan Avenue entrance.
Project C’s narrow concrete coffee bar, grinders and a customer by the Hysan Avenue entrance.Archive photograph · source published October 2024.Photo: 何宗昇 / 鏡週刊 Mirror Media

A circular serving window and a bean-focused menu make this an appealing short stop. Tatler highlights its filter, espresso and cold-brew selection, with tasting information accompanying the coffee.

OUR ORDER

A filter coffee; read the tasting notes as it cools.

G/F, 29 Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay

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Coffee with a longer lunch

Urban Coffee Roaster

Copper walls, leather chairs and black metal dividers at Urban Coffee Roaster on Cleveland Street.
Copper walls, leather chairs and black metal dividers at Urban Coffee Roaster on Cleveland Street.Photograph date not supplied.Photo: Urban Coffee Roaster

The current official address is Cleveland Street. A useful alternative to the area’s compact counters when you want food alongside a specialty coffee menu.

OUR ORDER

Choose from the current coffee and food menus.

6 Cleveland Street, Causeway Bay

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A small pause off the shopping streets

Artista Perfetto · Causeway Bay

Two photographs show Artista Perfetto’s Causeway Bay storefront and coffee beside its window.
Two photographs show Artista Perfetto’s Causeway Bay storefront and coffee beside its window.Photograph date not supplied.Photo: Artista Perfetto

A specialty coffee corner for a break from Causeway Bay’s shopping circuit. Start with a simple coffee and ask the team about the beans instead of rushing through on autopilot.

OUR ORDER

A milk coffee, or ask for the current black-coffee options.

Shop 2, G/F, 3A Sharp Street West, Causeway Bay

Further reading: Artista Perfetto · specialty coffee