Hong Kong midnight stopover - recommendations?

[modelmonday]

We have an 8 hour stopover in HK next week but unfortunately it’s from midnight. Is there anything we can do if we leave the airport? We are night owls but I don’t know if much of HK is open.

HK is super safe so you're absolutely fine walking around all night in town.

I'd drop your bags at the airport, then get a taxi into town (or the MTR if it's still running (I think it goes till 1am). Walk on the Star Ferry waterfront to see the buildings - then, as you're killing time, I'd follow one of the many self-guided walking trails that are online and of course at night you can see the outsides of buildings without any issues - eg. this one to see some of old Hong Kong:

https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/heritage-trails/cw-trails/central/index.html

or this one: https://www.gpsmycity.com/tours/colonial-buildings-in-central-hong-kong-1348.html

End up with dim sum at Sun Hing which opens at 3am in Kennedy Town.

https://www.afoodieworld.com/blog/2021/09/06/very-early-or-extremely-late-dim-sum-at-sun-hing-restaurant/
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g294217-d3163990-Reviews-Sun_Hing-Hong_Kong.html

I was going to respond - but nope this ⬆⬆⬆is perfect.

There’ll be bars open in LKF and Wanchai if you fancy a drink. I used to live/work in HK and rolling out of a bar at 6am on a Tuesday was more frequent than it should have been. 😉