Top 6 Shopping Areas in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is popularly known as the Asia's shopping mecca, and one of the greatest pleasure for a Hong Kong trip is absolutely to indulge in a shopping spree. Whether you're after clothes, fashion accessories, electronics, souvenirs or big-brands, you will be spoilt for countless choices of shopping places, from swanky malls, brand-name boutiques and flagship shops of luxury labels to street bazaars with affordable bargains.

Particularly, Hong Kong is renowned as a place of neon-lit retail pilgrimage, where you can hunt for the best deals via your unbeatable haggling skills. For a quick start, here are six most worthy shopping areas to splash your Hong Kong dollar.

Less shinning than Central and Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, Mong Kok is famous for its diverse markets and bustling local life. If you are in search of all in one shopping experience, Mong Kok is surely a none-to-second place to pay a pilgrimage. It boasts the oldest and also the most street bazaars, and you can revel in the great delight of walking down the narrow lanes to browse the dazzling variety of cheap goods, such as fashion wears, handbags, watches, jewel accessories, sneakers, flowers and even goldfish. Mong Kok are often fully packed with tourist tat, but you could still see a lot of locals nosing around to find bargains, which offers an amazing chance to have a slice of real and traditional local life.

• Langham Place: As the landmark mall of Mong Kok, the 14-story Langham Place is a one-stop shopping destination housing more than 300 shops for international and local independent labels, where you could chase after the most edging fashion.
• Ladies Market: Stretching 1km along Tung Choi Street, Ladies Market is the most crowded market in Mong Kok, where you can find fancy souvenirs, traditional Chinese handicrafts, knock-offs of brands and stylish clothing. Bargains chances are huge there.
• Temple Street Night Market: Temple Street is also located in the Mong Kok area, which is one of the best-known night market for both shopping and street food. The rousing market is best explored after 7pm when the vibrant side of Hongkongers come to life.
• Mong Kok Computer Center: It is the best place in Hong Kong to select cheap computer gear and phone accessories.
• Goldfish Market: The market might not be a target buying place for tourists, but it is truly a spectacle displaying traditional Chinese pastime activities and local life.

Mong Kok is also home to a good variety of markets for other categories, such as flowers, sneakers and jade pieces. Besides, Mong Kok is conveniently linked to the Mong Kok Metro Station by Kwun Tong Line and Tsuen Wan Line, making shopping a breeze.

Nestled on Hong Kong Island, Causeway Bay, a landmark of Hong Kong Shopping, is best known for high-end malls and independent fashion retailers, which is rather popular place to shop even for celebrities and stars. Offering a more expansive and sophisticated shopping experience, Causeway Bay is crammed with glitzy malls and trendy boutiques, such as Times Square and Sogo. The malls and streets in Causeway Bay are always buzzing even after 10pm, and it is an unrivaled shopping place for travelers with a tight schedule.

• SOGO: As the most iconic building of Causeway Bay, SOGO is Hong Kong's biggest and best department store resided by over 150 big brands for fashion, electronics and household items on sale.
• Time Square: As one of the top five malls in HK, Time Square boasts 16 floors and around 200 stores that are aiming at the average shoppers by offering a big variety of mid-range brands both from local and foreign countries.
• Jardine's Crescent: It is a shopping market of narrow streets lined up by stalls selling less expensive mainstream fashion goods, such as clothing, shoes and accessories. Bargaining works here to get a better rate.
• Island Beverly: It is a fancy shopping mall where you would be able to find a lot of Hong Kong local designers for extra fashion options. Great discounts are offered every day for most brands.

The Central has been the political and commercial zone in Hong Kong, which is also the place to go for luxury shopping. In Central district, you'll find most of the city's swankiest shopping malls, department stores and boutique shops nestled in amongst the skyscrapers. Many of the brands that have shops in New York, London and Paris, Hong Kong have their outlets in Central, such as channel, Luis Vuitton, Harvey Nichols and Lane Crawford.

• Pacific Place: Pacific Place is rated as one of the five best shopping malls in Hong Kong for selections of international top notch brands from Armani to Gucci and Versace and things in between. It houses something trendy and new from the fashion shows of Paris and London. Delicious local food and upmarket western eateries from different places are also offered in this fancy mall.
• Landmark: If you want to plunge into the heartland of the Central, you should go to the Landmark, where you could get chic and swanky international boutiques with unbeatable quality. Nothing is cheap in the mall as it is the home of heavy price tags in Hong Kong. Just take your credit card and indulge yourself in a thrilling shopping experience.
• The Galleria: Sandwiched between the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and office towers is nestled the Galleria, a 5-story mall that is home to international labels like Louis Vuitton and Stella McCartney.

There are plenty of great shopping spots around Sham Shui Po, while it is most famous for the wholesale of electronics and fabrics. Sham Shui Po is a treasure trove with street after street packed with everything from cheap clothing to electronics, accessories to phones, toys and gadgets. Even you can find the best buys of seasonal items like Halloween accessories and Christmas decorations. The huge selections might be a bit mind-boggling to browse for first timers. Though shops do not shine with the glitz and glamour of modern Hong Kong, it is really an authentic neighborhood for walking to soak up the lively vibe.

• Golden Computer Center: For someone seeking electronic gadgets, Golden Shopping Arcade is rated as the best priced computer center in Hong Kong where you can also pick up some gaming equipment and video game consoles, or anything in between.
• Cheung Sha Wan Road: For fashion lovers, Cheung Sha Wan Road is a good option to buy wears and fabrics. Cheapies vary from menswear, outdoor outfit to children's clothes and accessories. The place is always ready to snap up a bargain.
• Apliu Street: If you're into second-hand electronic components, Apliu Street sells bargain items like cameras and +laptops as well as jade and gems.

Perfectly located in Kowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui is another fascinating shopping spot thronged by tourists and locals all year round. Offering numerous commodities, Tsim Sha Tsui will thrill you with all sorts of commercial purposes, from big shopping malls to small boutiques. It is a complete paradise to feed all your fashion needs and inspire a wardrobe revamp. In addition, Tsim Sha Tsui is also the most favored food quarter in Hong Kong, boasting hundreds of decent restaurants and cafes as well as many upscale western dinning places of Italian and France. You can easily grab a meal between shopping and get some wonderful desserts for a midday boost.

• Harbour City: It is the largest shopping mall in Hong Kong, and both international and local brands are expected in it. Fashion hunters would find a lot of luxury labels like Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin, Chanel, Mulberry and Vivienne Westwood, while pop mainstream brands are also available like Superdry, Zara, Nike and Adidas.
• The One: Particularly popular among younger generation, The One is one of the most bustling retail complex with a comprehensive store listing from luxury gems, local designers’ boutiques and watches, to beauty bazaars and even a premium supermarket.
• Kimberley Road: It is shopping street themed with quality gowns and suits for brides and grooms-to-be. And the street also has many studios to take wedding pictures.
• K11: K11 is the world's first art mall, where you could discover many elements of nature and art injected into the architecture of the building. Apart from fashion, beauty and lifestyle shopping, you can browse artworks of local artists, too.

Parted between the Central and Sheung Wan, Hollywood Road is no doubt the most ideal place in Hong Kong to hunt for Chinese contemporary art. Known for antique, jade, silk, embroideries and wooden handicraft items, Hollywood Road is loaded with art galleries and vintage shops, from which you can obtain works by the most renowned Chinese artists.

There are over 50 other shops stocking the finest traditional Chinese furniture and ceramics with a real history of over 1,000 years. You can also check out some interesting shops like Okura for Japanese for leather goods, or Grana, a Hong Kong based fashion brand for silk wear. Looking for gifts and souvenirs, head to the Goods of Desire and Kapok.