shopping in hk, need recommendations. XD

[estherz]

hello.

i'll be going hongkong in dec and hope to grab some vans sneakers or zooyork apparel home.
are there any recommendations of any shops selling these brands?
and wheres nice to hang out at night? flea markets? supper at stalls?
just wanna make it a really fruitful trip as im just there for 3 days.

thankss!

[panda_shine]

I am no expert in HK shopping since I haven't been there for ages, but I do know places like Mongkok have a lot of the popular stuff. There's also a street that sells a lot of shoes there, so you should check it out. You should check out Tsim Sai Tsui? since from my friends, they all like going there.

You should also visit the Hong Kong thread, perhaps the people there could give you better recommendations

[Darkness]

Always haggle :p
I don't know if that's also for shoes, but, in tourist areas, things are overpriced, as their targets are tourists. It happened once that I was buying a mp3, original price: 1400 HKD (something like that), lowed it down to 700 HKD because we were able to speak cantonese.

[u154801]

i know hk is sells vans shoes, but in hk it not that popular as in western place

here it mostly high class stuff, or sporty ones like nike, addidas etc......

for sporty shoe there the mongkok SPORT SHOE street ur bound to find the right shoe there but like i say vans isnt as popular

night time: hk is sing K, drink bar, ermmm my 2 main activity
maybe u can watch film, eat, watch the central night lights eat some wind at the shore,
oh yea bring lot of money help the hk econmy

[cacky]

I am no Hong Konger, neither do i know where to get the brands you were asking for. But I've been to HK recently and I can share a bit with you. Try to stay in Kowloon area, rather than HK Island.

There's much more activity there.

Depends on what you're looking out for. If you're looking for electronic gadgets, go to Sham Shui Po.

If you're looking for clothes, go to Tsim Sha Tsui (in particular Granville Road). If you're looking for good food ... everywhere. Hehhehe.

There is this new mall which opened up recently in Kwun Tong called APM Mall. It basically stands for AM to PM. The mall is basically opened for 24 hours. There's a lot of shopping and eating you can do there, but more on the middle-class prices. There's also a KTV there. Their KTV ain't too bad, got quite a good collection of chinese songs. Cantonese songs, needless to say.

As for food, you can go to eat at those Cha Can Teng/Cafe. The famous dessert stalls are Hui Lau Shan and Tong Chiu (Tang Dynasty).

If you have more time, I suggest you take the ferry out to nearby islands like Lamma Island, Cheung Chau or even Macau to try your luck at the casinos. December is gonna be pretty cold and rainy. So, be prepared. You can bring your boots.

Movie watching is pretty expensive there, I'd rather you save the money and get to those discount stores to get some really good bargains on their DVDs.

[tazu]

welcome to hongkong..i'm in hongkong now
that cool..but i'll back vietnam next week. bad huh.
if u go to hongkong.i think u should go to occean park.there's cool.

[retrobaby]

here, come ask the expert!!
i'm afraid that you'll be disappointed if you want vans sneakers or zooyork, because we have limited vans sneakers and we have no zooyork (i haven't even heard of it).

if you're looking for vans sneakers, you should visit this shop called "Hoso Place". it sells clothes and shoes. Our Vans sneakers are pretty different from that i see in other countries, i.e. not the skateboarding kind. You'll see that most of the Vans they sell here are slip ons and other more local looking shoes. If you want the skateboarding kind, you'll have to go to Quiksilver/Roxy or X-Game those surf stores.

tell you another place where you can get sneakers-- Mong Kok. There's this road that sells all and only sneakers, it's nickname is "sneaker street" a.k.a. "boh hai gai" in cantonese.

i assume you'd like a shopping trip, so i'll tell you some of the better shopping malls. I'll put them in different categories:

higher class/clothes with brands: (you should really visit these!)
HK Island- Times Square and Sogo in Causeway Bay
Kowloon- Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui, Langham Place in Mong Kok
New Territories- APM in Kwun Tong

unbranded/street wear/cutesy stuff:
HK Island- Causeway Palce, Island Beverly, Jardine's Lookout (this one is a small lane...something like a market) in Causeway Bay
Kowloon- Granville road in Tsim Sha Tsui; Trendy Zone, Argyle Center, Fa Yuen Street (this one is a market) in Mong Kok

you can always ask me if there's something specific you'd like to know! hope this helps :)

[jes!]

thanks retro~ nice to have an expert here

my sister's a bit familiar with HK as she just went there last sept. i'll be there 2nd week of november but onyl for 3 days since school starts the next day after we arrive home lolz

anyway any idea where to get reasonably priced dvds? or is it still nathan road? last septenber shops there were closed due to a raid i think.. is it opened now?

[kaye21]

HI!
my best friend and i are planning a trip to HK...

as recommened by retro above, can someone add more places to shop

and how about price levels...do they change with the season...like were planning to go by july

how about shops for DVDs and CDs?


haggling is recommended right? how about for the malls which have sticker prices...do i need to learn like basic cantonese "haggling"? ive seen some shows where they bring the calculator and show it to the shopkeeper...
would that be okay?

[Sweet Neko]

Ah DVDs and CDs!! My expertise XP

Well if you want to buy those REAL copies, go to places like Hong Kong Records (I'm only familiar with the Kwai Fong Metroplaza and the Kowloon Tong Festival Walk one... right next to my school! XP) and a HMV store, which you can find anywhere in a classy, expensive looking shopping center.

But if you want to go to those "cheaper" stores go to Mong Kong, walk around... those shops are usually better

And if you want to go to EVEN cheaper DVD stores... I suggest you go buy the fakies. Plenty of them in those Shifty Looking Malls... Just be careful of not being caught by the police or the customs thing~

A price for a DVD doesnt really go down, unless there having a sale i those real DVD CD shops... a price for a DVD is usually HK$100 and a CD around HK$88-HK$99

If you go to those DVD/CD shops in MK, be sure it's not a rental shop. If the CD is just released, see if there's a poster included. Usually, the poster in included if you give 10 more dollars.

Note: Theres also a Womans Street market in Mong Kok, if you ever go there, ALWAYS ALWAYS haggle.