She Wong Yee

Didn’t try the snake soup but the bbq pork was nice. Very small place. Mostly locals..

Best damn Snake Soup I ever had !!!
OK … It was the first and only I’ve had but I really liked it.
Kind of like chicken soup but kind of not… Just try !! Very tasty
I can’t describe the herbs they use as the taste is quite different. It did have a slight gelatinous slippery feel to it but not too much… Very comforting in the stomach.

Service is warm and considerate! They offer English menu. Recommend the snake set (main dish has many choices).

Packed, but quick cycle times, shared tables, solid food.
Snake soup is good, but if you’re not familiar with it, just order one of the three sets on the menu. The standard thick, loaded snake soup, rice and lop cheng (Chinese sausage), and plate of veggies is very affordable, comes out in seconds, and is a solid introduction.
That said, if you didn’t know it was snake, you probably wouldn’t guess it was snake. And while 90% of the crowd is ordering the same thing, I’ll be honest, the selection of roast duck and roast pork in the menu was very good looking too…
There’s a second, thinner broth snake soup, but we skipped that one, just didn’t have room, plus we probably would’ve gotten strange looks if we’d ordered a second round!

The snake stew is perfect for an early winter night. It tastes like chicken meat mixed with crunchy bits and chrysanthemum flowers. This place is one of the more established snake restaurants and I hear their sausages are also very good. Not the most relaxing atmosphere but it’s very Hong Kong to share a table with strangers.

This place is known for their snake soup, but I passed by one day looking for a lunch spot and saw that they had roasted meats in the window and thought I could stop in.
Once inside I could see that the place was packed for lunchtime (common sight in Causeway Bay if the place is actually good). I checked out the lunch menu and decided to skip roasted meats this time. I chose spareribs with black beans over rice.
And boy, was I surprised. It was the best spareribs and rice I’ve had in Hong Kong, or possibly ever at a restaurant. The spareribs were so flavorful. I don’t know how to actually convey that to you in words or raise your expectations for the spareribs, but seriously, it just tasted really good.
They also have soups you can order, just as a soup of the day or more special ones in the ($ 30+ range that included snake soup or chicken soup).
I’m going to phase out my eating and keep trying to new places and resist long enough before I hop, jump, and skip my way back to this restaurant.

Definitely not for the faint of hearts or those who are squeamish; snake soup is a specialty found almost exclusive in canton region. Under the influence of the stream of cantonese immigrants flocking to HK in the last century, there are quite a lot eateries specializing in the art of preparing snake soup. As a tradition these shops all have their titles starting with «she wong”(蛇王) which translates to «king of snakes» in english. She wong yee is a landmark in causeway bay that serves up snake soups for over 30 years.
However, i am not writing about the snake soup; rather, I would like to draw your attention to the steamed soups they have to offer. Rather than boiling the soup in a large pot, each pitcher is prepared individually with respective sets of ingredients. Since there is no additional liquid to dilute the soup, the flavor is much concentrated an intense.
A typical combo would be a pitcher of the steamed soup served with a bowl of rice topped with your choice of barbecued meat. For a more exquisite choice you can opt for steamed Chinese sausage for the topping.
I would say this place is better for lunch than dinner due to the limited space in the eatery; another concern would be the price, the average price for the combo set is over $ 50 which is slightly pricy for an everyday lunch. If you want a treat every now and then, this could be the place to go.