The Best Places To Get Cart Noodles In Hong Kong

A true staple of local Hong Kong cuisine, cart noodles are warming, filling and amazingly affordable — the perfect trifecta! Here’s where to find the best cart noodles in the city…

Cart noodles originated in the 1950s and still continue to survive in Hong Kong, albeit in a slightly different business model. Previously, cart noodles were sold in rickety wooden carts by street food vendors, but now this wholesome dish can be found in small and usual ‘hole-in-the-wall‘ restaurants. Beloved by locals, as it’s essentially a ‘choose-your-own-adventure’, cart noodles allow you to customise and build your entire bowl from scratch. Start by picking the type of noodles, soup base, toppings and even the garnishes. Isn’t that the most fabulous thing ever? Here are our favourite spots in Hong Kong…

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筷子記Chopsticks Kee — Dry noodles and soupy cart noodles in Central

Everything is great about this place, except for the service. So, don’t expect much. It has a super convenient location and an even better afternoon special for noodles where you can pay just $3 extra for a cold drink and have over 20 toppings to choose from. This cart noodle place is actually Macanese, and all of its published accolades are plastered across the walls. It’s a tight squeeze in here, but it’s worth the lack of elbow room for a quick and tasty bite to eat. Instead of noodles in soup here, try the dry noodles with satay sauce, as that’s what it’s known for (and it’s delicious!). Some toppings we love are the spicy curry fish balls, soy sauce chicken wings and marinated squid.

Sassy Tip: If you want noodles in soup, make sure you try the spicy curry soup base – it’s delicious if you can take the heat!

Chopsticks Kee, Shop A1, Khuan Ying Commercial Building, 85-89 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong, 2854 9969

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文記車仔麵 Man Kee Cart Noodles — Michelin-recommended cart noodles in Kowloon

This one isn’t exactly a hidden gem, since even the MICHELIN guide has it on its radar, but it’s definitely worth a visit. While Man Kee Cart Noodles stays true to its authentic roots where flavour and technique are concerned, it does offer a slightly more elevated experience than your typical street vendor with a high-tech conveyor system. Its flagship branch in Sham Shui Po (that’s been MICHELIN-recommended since 2018) usually has lines out the door during weekdays, so be prepared to wait if you want to tuck in to a piping hot bowl. Don’t miss the housemade chilli sauce and Chinese chive dumplings!

Man Kee Cart Noodles, 121 Fuk Wing Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, www.mankeecartnoodles.com

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Eat Fresh Cart Noodle (Wan Chai) — Ideal, affordable option for cart noodle delivery

Full disclosure, we’re mainly turning to Eat Fresh Cart Noodle for delivery rather than dine-in. Through Keeta, it offers a great deal with heavy discounts added on the more you add to cart. You can choose how many toppings you want for a base price (two to four usually) then customise your noodles and spice level. We highly recommend paying the extra $12 or so to change to potato noodles for their slippery goodness and the way they soak up the soup, also the Secret Recipe Beef Brisket shouldn’t be skipped. While we’re at it, don’t sleep on the deep fried siu mai or cuttlefish balls for sides either, the special seasoning they’re coated in is addictively good!

Eat Fresh Cart Noodle, 64 Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

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Min Jun (Causeway Bay) — Retro cart noodles shop in Causeway Bay

Not only is the Causeway Bay branch of Min Jun open nice and late (10pm — perfect for a semi-late night eat) but it’s also got a cool retro vibe that makes it our favourite out of all Min Jun locations in Hong Kong! It has a couple of pre-made cart noodle options for under $50, or you can choose to build your own, picking from eight noodle varieties, over 25 toppings (each one adds $10 or $12 to the total price) and a few mouthwatering sauces. Bear in mind that the order sheet usually isn’t in English, so if your Cantonese isn’t great, you might have to resort to pointing out your choices in the menu to the staff and hoping it all works out.

Min Jun, G/F, 18 Tang Lung Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

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昭隆美食 (Chiu Lung Fast Food) — Fast food restaurant serving quick and easy cart noodles

Hidden in this tucked-away and local food street in Central is an unassuming ‘Chinese fast food’ place that actually has amazing cart noodles. Pay first at the cashier and choose how many toppings you want in your noodles, and then take your ticket to the window where you can just point to all the food toppings you want. You can sit down here, but most office workers choose to do takeaway. We love our curry soup base so we always get the mixian noodle in a curry soup base here. Other toppings that we recommend here are the marinated tofu, daikon radish, chicken wings and pig’s blood (if you dare). The cart noodles here are a little bit saltier and oilier than the average, so have that water on standby.

昭隆美食, G/F, 21-23 Chiu Lung Street, Central, Hong Kong

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車仔麵之家 — Super local cart noodles spot in Wan Chai

This one was highly raved about and recommended to us by a taxi driver — so you know it’s legit. The store doesn’t have a seating area, but has five to six standing spots on the inside. It also has a couple of plastic chairs out by the side of the alley, so it’s a pretty common sight to see corporate workers in their suits slurping up some noodles outside. During lunchtime, you’ll often see a queue stretch out the door and around into the alley, but, fear not, because it’s a very fast-moving line. You order and pay, and if you want to eat in the standing area, you can place your noodles on the bar table and just wait behind the person whose spot you want to take over. When you’re finished, just put your bowl on the lower tier of the bar table so the next person will have space to eat.

Sassy Tip: This place is particularly known for its spicy satay soup base, curry squid and sour wheat gluten puffs (though we’re still on the fence about the gluten puffs).

車仔麵之家, Shop A, 1 Anton Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, 2529 6313

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榮記粉麵Wing Kee Noodle — Popular cart noodles with carb-free options

This store is beloved for a couple of very local toppings. More likely than not, the customers who frequent this place will order a standalone order of pig’s blood because it is that good. It’s also known for its marinated soy sauce chicken wing tips. However, as tasty as everything is here, we think that quite a bit of MSG is probably added as we’ve noticed a bit of a drying effect, so make sure you order a drink with your noodles. If you want to just try more cart noodle toppings, you can forgo the noodles, or ask for a veggie bottom in lieu of noodles.

榮記粉麵Wing Kee Noodle, Causeway Bay Centre, 15-23 Sugar Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, 2808 2877

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 十下火鍋SUPPA — Cart noodles for the gweilos

So, you know you want to try cart noodles, but are not quite ready to step into a very local restaurant without an English menu? Then why not go to this modern, but retro-style restaurant instead? The dinner here is mainly hot pot, but it does serve cart noodles at lunch and for afternoon tea. It has an English menu, is fully air-conditioned and has a clean washroom, along with a hipster ‘old Hong Kong’ vibe. It also has some more modern soup bases such as ‘Sichuan spicy’. The noodles are not out of this world, but it’s a decent bowl with an atmosphere that is definitely more inviting and less daunting if you’ve never gone down the cart noodle route before.

SUPPA, 2/F, Circle Tower, 28 Tang Lung Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Instagram: @supphahk

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Editor’s Note: This article was most recently updated in April 2026 by Veena Raghunath.