Temple Street, Hong Kong

This is Hong Kong's most famous open night market. They open at 2pm but it comes to life in the evening. Very crowded. Sells really cheap merchandise. More than a hundred stalls decorated with very colorful lights. Popular for road side dining. They have lots of food stalls offering local delicacies.

What to buy: Souvenirs, knock-off watches and purses, clothing, electronics, food, and endless things you don't really need.

What to pay: Everything is cheap but it's very popular to tourist so make sure to haggle.

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Wanna see Hong Kong normal people's life? Just go to temple street. It's crowded at night and there sells many cheap & interesting stuffs. Products are shown tall and makes the street special busy. You may find some souveniors to bring home.

This market opens at about 4PM but it really doesn't seem to get going until about 7PM . They are much more willing to bargain here than at Stanley Market. We walked from Nathan Rd...not too far!

What to buy: We found some mens " Polo Shirts " 3 for 20HK..hard to beat that. They even had XL. There are lots of knockoff purses and I wish I had bought more fashion jewelery !!!

There are lots of little resturants on the fringe of the market. Definitely not gormet though. They had cheap cold beer though.

Temple Street night market had it all. Although you can find most things in Ladies Market, now you can try out most of the street markets in Hong Kong, like Temple Street, Flower Market, Li Yuen Street (Central), Wan Chai. When we were in HK, we just went to most of the street market to shop as Singapore hardly find these markets to shop :(
Most street markets offer low prices from watches, toys, bags, shoes to clothes. Of course, got to bear in mind you can't compare street market quality to up class shopping malls.

What to buy: If you have kids crazy over animated movie 'CARS' stuffs (Lightning Macqueen, Mather, Sally, Sheriff..), sure you can find alot in these street markets, Temple Street (toys), Flower Market (clothes). They are cheap & nice, toy cost HK$10-35, long sleeve top 2 pcs @ HK$50. (My son is one of them..Ha ha!! And we had foreigners came up to us asking where to get the toy my son is holding... :)
BOOTS, Boots lover!! Yes you can find many many in Hong Kong during winter (Nov-Jan). They cost from HK$99 onwards!! They comes in many many different designs, colours, materials & height.

Bazaar style ! so bargain your way through !

I got a hat for HKD$30, afterwhich I thought was pretty expensive.

I find it is generally more difficult to bargain in Hong Kong than in Thailand

What to buy: souveniors

What to pay: a wide range !

The night market in Kowloon, just off Nathan Rd will have almost anything you fancy; music, t-shirts, bags, watches, silk products, inexpensive jewellery, shoes... Bargain hard, but to let a good thing go for a few HKdollars is not really worth it. Here you will find the very good bargains you are looking for.

Even if you are not looking for anything in particular, just enjoy the choice of products. Should you buy something, the bargaining itself will be a fun experience.

The stalls are starting to set up around 4 pm, so don't arrive too early!

What to buy: At the night market, you can buy anything you fancy, of course for that price it will not be the real McCoy (Boss, Gucci, prada, Rolex, North face....), and quality may vary.

I was quite dissapointed when I arrived at Temple Street Night Market, all the books and website I'd read described it as a big night market with lots to see and do. It was ok but not as big as I thought, definitely worth a look. Watch out for the vendors selling "sexy movies" and "sexy magazines", there are some nice little stalls and plenty of places to eat. Quite a lot of restaurant owners in the street try to persuade you to come and eat at their place. I did eat at one and the food was FANTASTIC! There are also alot of fortune tellers there and some people playing old Chinese Instruments, you have to pay $10 to take a photo so just beware. Overall worth a look but not as good as I though it was going to be.

What to buy: Souvenirs, Dragon Beard Candy, other small local products.

What to pay: Bargain Bargain Bargain! Ha

An entire street devoted to all the craps in the world, especially fake stuff. Fake Gucci, fake Prada, fake LV, fake Rolex, fake Tag Heuer....you get the "fake" picture. Unlike Ladies Street flea market though, there is a real food section here. Walk past the stalls selling souvenirs and fake couture, and you bump right into a labyrinth of street stalls and restaurants offering a universe of delicious local food. Look out or seek out the stalls selling Smelly Tofu (you can smell it from a distance) - a local delicacy - "Chinese Blue Cheese", sort of - smells like sewer, taste like heaven.

What to pay: BARGAIN IS THE ORDER OF THE NIGHT.