Coming up with a list of Hong Kong's top shopping venues is not an easy task. Like Manila, Hong Kong has so many shopping venues and such variety that it is difficult to decide what to include. There are plenty of classic locations not on this list - Nathan Road in Kowloon (where you can find a great camera or get robbed blind by bait-and-switch artists), The Lanes in Central (where street stalls offer cut rates on almost anything). Hong Kong's duty free status and lack of a sales tax make it a shopper's heaven. You can buy things like Japanese electronics for less than what they cost in their country of origin...
1. The Landmark Atrium - Central
Landmark is quite possibly the most upscale shopping center in the world. What are you looking for? Gucci? Ralph Lauren? Christian Dior? Versace? Louis Vuitton? Harvey Nichols? Marc Jacobs? Dolce & Gabbana? It's all here - and more. The mall is connected directly to the Central Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station. The shopping mall is in the atrium of the facility that connects the 48-story Gloucester Tower with the 47-story Edinburgh Tower. The Mandarin Oriental Landmark takes up part of the Edinburgh Tower. 2. Langham Place - Mongkok
The mall takes up two blocks in Mongkok along defined by Argyle Street. Shanghai Street separates the complex's hotel with office tower from the shopping mall. Langham Place is the tallest office tower in Kowloon and the shopping mall alone fills 15 floors - B2 to the 13th floor. The mall is also connected to the Mongkok MTR station. Inside you'll find a Seibu department store, i.t., G2000,
Yoshinoya, and much,
much more.
3. Prince's Building - Central
Located on Statue Square in Central, Prince's Building is not far from Landmark (above) and is part of what one source describes as "a shopping black hole" where you could quickly squander the inheritance of your children and grandchildren. Cartier and Chanel, Hugo Boss and Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Piaget - you get the idea.4. Times Square - Causeway Bay
The complex is popular with the younger crowd. It is home of the HK's first
c!ty'super (Hong Kong's local top-shelf retail supermarket). There are the standard types of boutiques and plenty of clothing stores (including Lane Crawford and Zara). Times Square can be reached from the Causeway Bay station of the MTR. A Marks & Spencer department store anchors the mall. You can get both Haagen Dazs and Ben & Jerry's ice cream while you shop.
5. Pacific Place - Admiralty
Upscale and popular: that's Pacific place. The mall has three levels with stores like Burberry, Lanvin, and Gucci on the top level. Three hotels are part of the larger property: JW Marriott Hong Kong, Island Shangri-La and Conrad International. The Admiralty Station MTR stop will get you into the mall.
6. Harbour City - Tsim Sha Tsui
With 700 stores and 50 restaurants, this is Hong Kong's largest mall. The Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel and the Gateway Hotel both adjoin the mall and Ocean Terminal and Ocean Centre serve water traffic on the seaside of the mall. You'll find plenty of name brand boutiques - Burberry, Hugo Boss, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Salvatore Ferragamo, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, etc. You'll also find the biggest Toys "R" Us in Hong Kong and a number of other stores geared toward children.
7. IFC - Central
IFC (International Finance Centre) is one of the city's newer shopping venues. Like Landmark and Prince's Building, IFC is an upscale mall filled with designer boutiques - Aquascutum, Bulgari, Burberry, Escada, Givenchy, Juicy Couture, Kate Spade, and Tiffany & Co. Planty of good dining options, as well.
8. Pedder Building - Central
This is not the sort of upscale, high-dollar boutique campus that nearby malls like Landmark and IFC are. Instead, the Pedder Building is more of a factory outlet kind of place - probably the most well known of the factory outlet venues in Hong Kong. It is also the home of Shanghai Tang, a trademark Hong Kong store with two floors (12,000 square feet) of brightly colored silk. Everything for gowns and jackets to P.J.'s and boxer shorts. The Pedder Building may not be high brow, but it is a "must see" for Hong Kong shoppers...
9. Festival Walk - Kowloon
According to their website, Festival Walk is "the cutting-edge of retail experience, in a city where shopping is a way of life." That's not stretching the truth too much. Six floors of shopping, including Marks & Spencer, Toys "R" Us, Esprit, Francfranc, DKNY Kids, Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, G2000, Tommy Hilfiger, Levi's, and more. There are over 200 stores.
10. Cityplaza - Tai Koo, Eastern District
The plaza is built smack on top of the Tai Koo MTR station.
The main department store is Marks & Spencer. You'll also find a Wing On Department Store and a Toys "R" Us. The mall's skating rink draws many of its visitors. But there's lots of shopping to do - DKNY, Calvin Klein, etc. There is also a range of food choices.
