Song Cha Xie

Kowloon


This delightful tea pavilion has graceful wooden corridors and intimate alcoves, which provide the serenity required for savouring good Chinese tea. It's a lovely space with photogenic garden views, but the staff can be rather unobliging if you just want to have a look. If you do stop in for tea, you'll be required to pad about in slippers.

There's a minimum charge of one serving of tea per guest. A selection of dim sum is available. The teahouse is inside Nan Lian Garden, in front of Chi Lin Nunnery.


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