Cover Regent Hong Kong has launched a series of custard mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival this year (Photo: courtesy of Regent Hong Kong)

From traditional white lotus paste to flavours like pistachio, lychee and chocolate, here are the most exciting mooncakes this season and where to find them in Hong Kong

Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 25 in 2026, is just around the corner. A time-honoured holiday of reunion, the occasion centres on family gatherings and is not complete without mooncakes, a ritual that demands the best this city has to offer.

To help you navigate the season, we have curated the ultimate guide to the mooncakes worth ordering for Mid-Autumn Festival 2026, chosen for flavour, inventive combinations and overall appeal. From traditional white lotus seed paste to trendy flavours that bring a touch of freshness to a time-honoured ritual, here is what to buy before the holiday rush sets in.

Read more: The history of mooncakes and why we eat them

Yong Fu Hong Kong

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Above The Ningbo restaurant is offering snow skin mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival

Ningbo cuisine specialist Yong Fu Hong Kong is offering a fragrant duo of mooncakes that will delight durian lovers. The snow skin durian mooncakes are hand-crafted with quality Musang King and Black Thorn durian, where a glutinous mochi shell encases generous fillings of the fruit. Contact the restaurant for purchase and collection details.

Yong Fu
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Shop 2, G/F&1/F, Golden Star Building, 20-24 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

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Ho Lee Fook x Butter

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Above Treat yourself to mooncakes by Ho Lee Fook and Butter this year

Cantonese restaurant Ho Lee Fook has partnered with pastry shop Butter to present an exclusive Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake collection. The box of four mooncakes features four flavours: golden lotus seed, pandan matcha, red velvet and, chocolate and tangerine. Priced at HK$328, the box is available for pre-order from Butter’s website. Collection starts from September 18 to 27 at Butter’s Central location. 

Butter (Central)
Address: 34B Staunton Street, Central, Hong Kong

Ralph’s Coffee

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Above Mooncakes by Ralph’s Coffee come with a figurine of its mascot, Polo Bear

Ralph’s Coffee is bringing back its popular chocolate and egg custard mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival this year. The pair of festive treats are housed in a box fashioned as a vintage camper van, and comes with an adorable figurine of the brand’s mascot, Polo Bear. The set is priced at HK$588 each, and is available for online orders. Collection starts from September 20 to 26 at Ralph’s Coffee.

Ralph’s Coffee (Admiralty)
Address: Shop 100, 1/F, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong

Ralph’s Coffee (Central)
Address: Shop M12-16, M/F, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong

Ralph’s Coffee (Tsim Sha Tsui)
Address: Shop OT311-313, 3/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Nana’s Green Tea

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Above Savour mooncakes crafted with Japanese ingredients by Nana’s Green Tea

Nana’s Green Tea is launching its first mooncake collection this year, showcasing four flavours crafted with Japanese ingredients: mochi egg custard, mochi hojicha custard, custard with a molten matcha core and black sesame custard. A box of four flavours is HK$268 and is available from all Nana’s Green Tea branches until September 25.

Nana’s Green Tea (Kai Tak)
Address: Shop B128, B1/F, Airside, 2 Concorde Road, Kai Tak, Hong Kong

Nana’s Green Tea (Wong Chuk Hang)
Address: Shop 206-207, 2/F, The Southside, 11 Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong

Lala Curio x Nero Kitchen

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Above Lala Curio x Nero Kitchen’s Mid-Autumn collection is designed for gifting

Boutique wallpaper and decorative arts atelier Lala Curio has partnered with private dining concept Nero Kitchen to present a Mid-Autumn collection. Eight mooncakes are presented in an ornate bamboo basket, with stand-out flavours like ginger lotus paste with egg yolk, rose and lychee, black sesame with salted egg lava, and savoury ham with five nuts. Available from Lala Curio’s boutique at The Peninsula.

Lala Curio
Address: The Peninsula Arcade, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Regent Hong Kong

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Above Mooncakes from Regent Hong Kong come in half moon-shaped boxes

Regent Hong Kong celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival with two mooncake assortments. The Grande collection features four pieces: classic white lotus mooncake with egg yolk, egg lava custard, red bean with mandarin peel, and black sesame custard. Meanwhile, the Moonveil Petite collection is a box of four mooncakes, two of each flavour: Earl Grey custard and chocolate custard.

The Grande collection is priced at HK$458 each, and the Moonveil Petite collection at HK$288 each.

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The Peninsula Boutique

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Above Let Pen Bear set the tone for your Mid-Autumn mooncake feast

The Peninsula Boutique’s mooncake collection this year stars its adorable mascot, Pen Bear. The mini egg custard and chocolate mooncakes feature velvety custard and chocolate and toffee fillings wrapped in a buttery pastry crust, shaped in Pen Bear’s likeness. For a lighter alternative, the mini low-sugar, tea-flavoured white lotus seed paste mooncakes pair aromatic jasmine and Fujianese Tie Guan Yin teas with the traditional fillings.

Also available is the Premium Mooncake Gift Box, featuring mini black sesame paste mooncakes with mochi alongside mini mooncakes with 15-year-aged mandarin peel, and Japanese red bean and egg yolk.

The Pen Bear collection is priced at HK$398 each, the white lotus collection at HK$328 each, and the Premium gift box at HK$1,328 each.

The Peninsula Boutique
Address: LG/F, The Peninsula Arcade, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Mandarin Oriental, The Landmark

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Above Mooncakes from Mandarin Oriental, The Landmark come in a lantern-shaped gift box

Mandarin Oriental, The Landmark unveils its first mooncake selection following its reopening in June. Mini egg custard mooncakes come in an intricate box that echoes the hotel’s newly redesigned façade, which can be repurposed into a decorative lantern. The Lantern of Woven Stone gift box is priced at HK$398 for four pieces and HK$498 for six pieces, from the hotel lobby.

Mandarin Oriental, The Landmark
Address: 15 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong

Island Shangri-La

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Above Summer Palace at Island Shangri-La offers gourmet mooncake collections

Island Shangri-La presents an array of mooncake gift boxes for Mid-Autumn festivities. The flagship Shangri-La selection includes six hand-crafted pieces that showcases traditional and modern flavours, such as aged mandarin peel with rose and red bean paste, Jin Jun Mei tea with fig and red bean paste, and jujube paste with longan. For those who prefer a more classic approach, the Exquisite set offers eight pieces of white lotus seed paste with double egg yolks alongside the signature 50-year aged tangerine peel with rose and red bean paste mooncakes.

The hotel’s Cantonese restaurant Summer Palace also highlights a series of time-honoured and creative treats, including the popular Luna Mochi mooncakes in lemon yoghurt and taro dark brown sugar flavours. Meanwhile, the Imperial series blends prized 60-year and 80-year dried tangerine peel into rich red bean paste mooncakes.

The Shangri-La mooncake selection is priced at HK$788 each, and the Exquisite selection HK$888 each. Summer Palace’s Luna Mochi mooncakes are priced at HK$328 for four, while the Imperial series starts at HK$598 for four pieces.

Festive Counter
Address: 5/F, Festive Counter, Island Shangri-La, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong

One Harbour Road

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Above Mooncakes by One Harbour Road at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong

Grand Hyatt Hong Kong’s Chinese restaurant One Harbour Road introduces a trio of mini mooncakes featuring inventive flavour pairings: rose and raspberry custard, lemon yoghurt custard with mochi, and red bean with salted egg yolk and 30-year tangerine peel. Other options include the Full Moon Box, with traditional white lotus paste and double salted egg yolks, and the Bright Moon Box, featuring three egg custard and three lava custard mooncakes.

The One Harbour Road collection box featuring mini mooncakes are priced at HK$478 each, while the Full Moon Box and Bright Moon Box are available for HK$498 and HK$478 respectively.

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Address: Chocolatier, M/F, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Duddell’s

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Above Signature mooncakes from Duddell’s come in striking gift boxes

Cantonese restaurant Duddell’s brings two mooncake sets to the table this season. The signature gift box encases six lava custard mooncakes with champagne-gold packaging with floral and Chinese Ruyi lattice motifs. The limited-edition LED lantern box houses eight lava custard mooncakes within a frame decorated with star-shaped cut-outs and embossed floral patterns, that can be converted into a functioning lantern.

The signature set is priced at HK$468 and the LED lantern gift box at HK$768. Place orders before September 23 for collection at Duddell’s until September 24.

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3/F, Shanghai Tang Mansion, 1 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong

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Pak Loh Chiu Chow

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Above Try Chiu Chow-style mooncakes from Pak Loh for Mid-Autumn Festival this year

Delight in Chiu Chow-style mooncakes from Pak Loh Chiu Chow this Mid-Autumn Festival. Different from the traditional Cantonese variety, these creations feature salted egg yolk, mashed taro and mung bean fillings wrapped in layers of flaky puff pastry.

The classic set includes two of each flavour for HK$328, while the deluxe gift set adds on tea and sauce pairings, and is priced at HK$468. Available until September 24.

Pak Loh Chiu Chow (Causeway Bay)
Address: Shop 1002, 10/F, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Pak Loh Chiu Chow (Mong Kok)
Address: Shop 523, 5/F, Moko, 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok, Hong Kong

Pak Loh Chiu Chow (Tsim Sha Tsui)
Address: Shop 1028D, 1/F, Water Zone, Elements, 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Jija by Vicky Lau

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Mooncakes with varied fillings, served alongside a traditional tea set and presented in a handcrafted gift box.
Above Jija’s mooncakes are presented in a handcrafted box designed for gifting
Mooncakes with varied fillings, served alongside a traditional tea set and presented in a handcrafted gift box.

Jija by Vicky Lau, a Tatler Best Spotlight restaurant, will offer its first handcrafted mooncake collection for Mid-Autumn Festival, presented in a satchel-shaped box adorned with intricately woven straw patterns that echoes the weaving traditions of the Miao people indigenous to west China. Flavours draw on the restaurant’s Yunnan-inspired pantry, with highlighted flavours such as the red date and walnut with dark chocolate, and black rose and honey with red bean mooncakes.

Collection begins on September 21 from 3pm to 5.30pm.

Jija by Vicky Lau
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15/F, Kimpton Hotel, 11 Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

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Man Ho Chinese Restaurant

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A display of freshly baked mooncakes and raw ingredients highlights the traditional artistry of crafting these seasonal delicacies.
Above A display of Man Ho Chinese Restaurant’s freshly baked mooncakes
A display of freshly baked mooncakes and raw ingredients highlights the traditional artistry of crafting these seasonal delicacies.

Two mooncake collections are available from Man Ho Chinese Restaurant this year, featuring classics such as white lotus seed paste mooncakes with ginger and double egg yolks alongside a hand-crafted selection that includes flavours such as macadamia nuts with winter melon paste, taro paste in chocolate crust, and Yunnan ham with rose and red date paste.

Early bird offers are available for traditional mooncakes until September 23. Collection starts from September 4 to 23. The hand-crafted collection is priced at HK$188 per person and available in limited quantities from 12 to 9pm on Fridays to Sundays between September 4 and 20 at Man Ho.

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3/F, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong

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Pandan Man

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Pandan Man offers a box of four artisanal mooncakes, featuring the brand's logo and intricate leaf designs.
Above Pandan Man offers a box of four artisanal mooncakes
Pandan Man offers a box of four artisanal mooncakes, featuring the brand's logo and intricate leaf designs.

Pandan Man is offering something different for your Mid-Autumn celebrations this year. The new pandan black sesame paste crust with pandan lava and salted egg custard layers two aromatic ingredients in an indulgent creation, available in boxes of four at HK$598. Collection starts from September 14 to 27 at Pandan Man’s Causeway Bay and Central pop-ups.

Pandan Man Hysan Place pop-up
Address: Shop B116B, B1, Hysan Place, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Pandan Man Central Market pop-up
Address: Shop 118, Central Market, 93 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong

Rùn

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A selection of mooncakes from The St. Regis Hong Kong, served with traditional tea.
Above A selection of traditional mooncakes from Rùn
A selection of mooncakes from The St. Regis Hong Kong, served with traditional tea.

The elevated Chinese restaurant inside St Regis Hong Kong has unveiled its Mid-Autumn collection. On the line-up are a trio of classic mooncakes: white lotus seed paste with double egg yolks, mini red bean paste with dried tangerine peel, and lava custard. Rùn’s mooncakes are available in boxes of four or six from HK$380 each. 

Rùn
Address: St Regis Hong Kong, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Spring Moon

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The Peninsula's Spring Moon bakehouse mooncakes, featuring intricate designs and a vibrant purple filling, are enjoyed with tea.
Above Collaborative mooncakes by The Peninsula's Spring Moon and Bakehouse mooncakes
The Peninsula's Spring Moon bakehouse mooncakes, featuring intricate designs and a vibrant purple filling, are enjoyed with tea.

This year, Spring Moon is partnering with local bakery Bakehouse to present a new mooncake flavour. The roselle and hawthorn mooncakes infuses the traditional treat with distinctive Hong Kong flavours, encased in a buttery crust.

Classic creations such as the mini egg custard mooncakes also feature. Collections start from September 1 to 25.

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Address: Hankow 1, 6/F, The Peninsula Office Tower, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Matchali

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Matcha mooncakes by Ava Mooncakes, elegantly presented in a brown gift box.
Above Mooncakes by Matchali features a runny matcha centre
Matcha mooncakes by Ava Mooncakes, elegantly presented in a brown gift box.

Matcha specialist Matchali has launched a Mid-Autumn Festival collection featuring matcha lava mooncakes. Encased in a Japanese-style pastry is a rich, velvety and aromatic matcha filling that bursts on the palate with nutty notes. Available in sets of four, mooncakes are priced at HK$380.

Matchali Central
Address: G/F, 12-14 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong

Matchali Wan Chai
Address: G/F, 5 Moon Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Yat Tung Heen

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Yat Tung Heen mooncakes are showcased in elegant packaging, featuring fillings like rich red bean paste and golden salted egg yolk.
Above Yat Tung Heen’s assorted mooncake gift box features fillings like red bean paste, custard and salted egg yolk
Yat Tung Heen mooncakes are showcased in elegant packaging, featuring fillings like rich red bean paste and golden salted egg yolk.

Yat Tung Heen is bringing back its popular mini lava egg custard mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival, available in a box of six or as part of the deluxe mini mooncake assortment gift set alongside egg custard white lotus seed paste, and red bean paste with mandarin peel mooncakes. 

Yat Tung Heen
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The Merchants

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The Merchants' mooncakes with diverse fillings, elegantly paired with a selection of premium teas.
Above The Merchants’ classic mooncakes come in a gift box with curated tea pairings
The Merchants' mooncakes with diverse fillings, elegantly paired with a selection of premium teas.

Enjoy a selection of sweet and savoury Shanghai-style mooncakes from The Merchants, a Tatler Best Spotlight honouree. The classic collection includes red bean, jujube paste, salt and pepper and seaweed flavours alongside osmanthus oolong, tangerine peel white tea, pu’er and longjing teas, while the savoury series features a flavourful pork filling within a golden, flaky crust alongside pu’er tea.

The Merchants
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43/F, Forty-Five, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong

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T’ang Court

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The Langham mooncakes, featuring traditional designs and rich fillings with salted egg yolks, are presented in luxurious floral packaging.
Above Traditional mooncakes by T’ang Court are presented in luxurious floral packaging
The Langham mooncakes, featuring traditional designs and rich fillings with salted egg yolks, are presented in luxurious floral packaging.

Tatler Best Spotlight restaurant T’ang Court offers two traditional creations this year: white lotus seed paste with double egg yolks and mini custard with egg yolk mooncakes, available in boxes of four or six. Collection starts from August 15 to September 25.

T'ang Court
Chinese   |   $ $ $ $

1/F-2/F, The Langham, Hong Kong, 8 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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Yue

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Sheraton Hong Kong Tung Chung Hotel's mooncakes, showcasing various vibrant flavors, presented with their elegant, celestial-themed gift box.
Above Yue’s mooncakes are presented in an elegant, celestial-themed gift box
Sheraton Hong Kong Tung Chung Hotel's mooncakes, showcasing various vibrant flavors, presented with their elegant, celestial-themed gift box.

Get Yue’s Full Moon Trio gift box for mooncake flavours beyond the traditional white lotus and double egg yolks. The line-up leads with lava egg custard and moves onto lychee rose and lava pandan pistachio, available in a box of six. Pick-up starts from September 7 to 24.

Yue
Address: 2/F, Sheraton Tung Chung Hong Kong Hotel, 9 Yi Tung Road, Tung Chung, Hong Kong

Cuisine Cuisine

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Cuisine Cuisine mooncakes showcase traditional characters and intricate floral patterns, presented with their distinctive house-shaped gift box.
Above Cuisine Cuisine’s traditional mooncakes presented alongside the Momoyama mini mooncakes collection
Cuisine Cuisine mooncakes showcase traditional characters and intricate floral patterns, presented with their distinctive house-shaped gift box.

Cuisine Cuisine presents two mooncake collections this year: classic creations of white lotus seed purée mooncakes with double yolks and egg custard mini mooncakes; and Momoyama mini mooncakes featuring contemporary flavours such as pistachio, hazelnut coffee, sea salt lemon curd, pistachio lava and lemon lava. Mooncakes are available in gift sets of two to six.

Cuisine Cuisine
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Shop 3101-07, ifc mall, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong

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3/F, The Mira Hong Kong, Mira Place 2, 118-130 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

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Celia Lee
Associate Dining Editor, Tatler Hong Kong
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Formerly a lifestyle editor, Celia is now an Associate Dining Editor at Tatler Hong Kong, where she covers local dining stories with a strong sense of narrative and cultural context. She focuses on the people, places and moments shaping the city’s food scene, bringing a storytelling-led approach to restaurant features, chef profiles and on-the-ground coverage.