The 5 Best Matcha Cafés in Hong Kong (2026)

Hong Kong's first home-grown matcha brand, founded by cousins who built the concept around a single defining commitment: sourcing ceremonial-grade matcha from a fifth-generation tea farm in Uji, Kyoto, and making all beverages without refined sugar. The result is a brand that feels genuinely personal and principled rather than trend-driven. The starburst matcha — combining matcha with mango, raspberry, and pea flower — has become a signature creation that is widely imitated but not quite replicated. The drinks are visually striking and substantively excellent, which is a rarer combination than it should be. Multiple Hong Kong locations, with Wan Chai being the flagship.

Hong Kong's first matcha dessert café and one of the original pioneers of Japanese-style matcha in the city — a distinction that has been maintained through consistent quality rather than just historical credit. Via Tokyo is renowned above all for its matcha green tea soft serve, which remains one of the best in Hong Kong: the flavour is deep, the texture is properly dense without being heavy, and the colour is a vivid indicator of the quality of the powder used. The dessert menu extends to the Mangetsu Parfait, the Shiratama azuki matcha waffle, and a matcha roll cake that is available in limited quantities and sells out regularly. The Causeway Bay location is prime for evening visits after dinner in the area.

The premium Japanese matcha brand's Hong Kong flagship occupies an appropriately striking setting at H Queen's — Hong Kong's contemporary art tower on Queen's Road Central — and delivers the same 100% organic matcha standard that has made the brand's Shanghai and Tokyo locations landmarks in their own right. The menu spans matcha soft serve, specialty drinks, and matcha mochi croffles that have achieved viral status in Hong Kong as in Shanghai. The store also carries retail matcha products: powder and matcha milk jam that make it possible to continue the experience at home. The Central location makes it well-placed for a post-gallery or post-office matcha stop.

One of Japan's largest and most established matcha café chains, with a presence across Tokyo, Osaka, and now Hong Kong — two locations that bring the full scope of the Nana's menu to the city. The offering is broad by design: matcha lattes, matcha nama chocolate parfaits, refreshing matcha soft-serve frappes, and a selection of Japanese light meals that make Nana's a viable lunch or afternoon stop rather than just a drinks destination. The Kai Tak AIRSIDE location is the more spacious and accessible from the Diamond Hill MTR. For visitors who want to experience one of Japan's most trusted matcha brands in a Hong Kong setting, Nana's delivers consistency you can count on.

The most atmospherically distinctive café on this list — a space that transports you to a vintage Japanese kissaten tearoom without leaving Sham Shui Po. Fonji's interior is a carefully constructed nostalgia: aged wood, old-school café furniture, and a warm golden light that makes every visit feel like an evening even in the middle of the afternoon. The matcha lattes are known specifically for their intricate latte art — poured with the care usually associated with specialty coffee rather than tea. The combination of the Sham Shui Po neighbourhood (one of Hong Kong's most interesting and least touristy) and the unhurried kissaten atmosphere makes Fonji the most distinctive experience on this list for visitors who want something beyond a premium mall café.