Mikiki

One of the newest mall in San Po Kong, but not quite attractive. Not many attractive shops or brands. The best thing is that you can bring your dogs along with you to shop.

One of the newest malls in the Kowloon East area, Mikiki is abit of an oddity in that it is built in one of the oldest areas of Hong Kong and it would probably be the last place anyone would think to find a new mall. In comes the ingenuity of Hong Kong’s land developer: it sits next to the biggest regeneration area for the forseeable future; Kai Tak. This new mall isn’t a purpose built one, its actually built to cater for the residents living upstairs.
You will find this as soon as you walk in: there are no major brand name stores and in fact most of the basement area is taken up by the Yata supermarket. There are of course the normal chain stores though in general the whole feeling with this place could be described as neighborly.
If you were looking around for a less tourist filled mall for a leisurely afternoon trek then this place may be for you– I say afternoon because its actually quite small and you should be done with it within about 2 hours. I would say that its good in the sense it caters for most basic stuff and you don’t have to fight with other people just to get to the toilet. Though it may not be the first mall that comes to my mind if I was a tourist in Hong Kong.
If you find yourself working in the area or living in Kowloon East then I guess this would be a place that I would do my groceries from,

This is probably one of the most local malls I have been to.
I only came here due to work. I had a meeting nearby and wanted to grab a bite to eat beforehand. I ended up eating at Starbucks. Let me explain. I love local delights, I love trying new things, so for me to go to Starbucks, there has to be a reason. I couldn’t find an ATM and aside from full blown restaurants, the little food courts downstairs only accepts cash. No. They don’t even take octopus. Rare but true! I was drooling over the sizzling plate but had no cash. How sad is that.
Back to the mall. They have a really good International supermarket downstairs and I am pretty sure it’s at a fraction of the cost of what it would be on the HK island side. Good selection of local or international items.
The mall itself was not too bad. The ships were very local but they had a few bugs brands.
There wasn’t too much going on at that mall so probably wouldn’t return unless I was in the area.
It’s very out of the way. No mtrs and about an hour or so from causeway bay (by bus).