Pei Ho Street Market and Sham Shui Po's Street Stalls

An indoor public market, a street of hawker stalls and a cooked food centre open until 2 am, all in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon.

Facts checked 22 October 2026 against the sources listed below

At a glance

• Name: Pei Ho Street Market (北河街街市), with a cooked food centre.
• Address: Pei Ho Street Municipal Services Building, 333 Ki Lung Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon.
• Market hours: 6 am to 8 pm.
• Cooked food centre hours: 6 am to 2 am.
• Run by: the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD).

Address and hours are from the FEHD, checked 22 October 2026. Hours can change, so check the FEHD page before a special trip.

The indoor market and the street stalls

There are really two markets here. The first is the indoor one. The FEHD lists Pei Ho Street Market as a public market with a cooked food centre, inside the Pei Ho Street Municipal Services Building on Ki Lung Street. It is one of the 93 public markets and cooked food markets or centres that the FEHD provides across Hong Kong.

The second is the street itself. Pei Ho Street (北河街) is a market street, lined with hawkers. The old Urban Council built the municipal services building, first called the Pei Ho Street Urban Council Complex, to take in some of the stalls from the old street market. So you can shop indoors, then carry on outside along the pavement stalls.

The market's address is on Ki Lung Street. The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) notes that it is affectionately known as Button Street.

What's inside

The FEHD publishes how many stalls trade in each category. These are the main food and shopping groups it lists for Pei Ho Street Market:

The FEHD counts the stalls that currently sell each type of goods, so the numbers move as stalls open and close. Vegetable stalls are the biggest group by a wide margin, which makes this a good stop for greens. See what is in season on our market calendar.

The cooked food centre

The cooked food centre has 20 cooked food stalls, according to the FEHD. It opens at 6 am and stays open until 2 am, long after the market closes at 8 pm. Our sources do not list the stalls or their menus, so we do not name them here.

Snacks on Pei Ho Street

The HKTB's Sham Shui Po guide lists several snack and dessert shops on Pei Ho Street itself:

• Kung Wo Beancurd Factory, 118 Pei Ho Street. A long-running shop best known for its smooth tofu pudding. Listed hours: Monday to Sunday, 7 am to 9 pm.
• San Lung Cake Shop, G/F, 66 Pei Ho Street. Freshly baked traditional Chinese pastries and handmade mooncakes.
• Hong Fa Liang Tea, G/F, 128 Pei Ho Street. Traditional Hong Kong-style desserts, from sesame cakes to sweet soups and put chai ko.

The HKTB notes that its shop details can change without notice. New to sweet soup? Read our guide to tong sui.

A Sham Shui Po food walk

Pei Ho Street works well as the start of a longer walk. The HKTB describes Sham Shui Po as a district of quirky cafés, independent shops and Michelin-recommended dining. Sham Shui Po has its own MTR station of the same name.

1. Morning: shop the indoor market, then browse the street stalls outside.
2. Mid-morning: stop for tofu pudding or a pastry on Pei Ho Street.
3. After that: walk along Ki Lung Street, the "Button Street" the HKTB points to for a feel of the neighbourhood.
4. Late: come back to the cooked food centre, open until 2 am.

A short history

Sham Shui Po (深水埗) means "deep water pier" in Cantonese. The water here was once deeper than at the beach of Cheung Sha Wan to the north-west. The Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb, found in 1955, shows that people lived in the area about 2,000 years ago.

Like many streets nearby, Pei Ho Street takes its name from China: the Pei Ho is a river in northern China. Another story says it was named after a small stream that once ran along the street. The street used to end at the Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier, a busy pier from the 1920s to the 1970s, where thousands of commuters caught the ferry to Central.

Low-rise buildings survive here, partly because of the old height limits under the flight path of Kai Tak Airport. Look for ke lau (騎樓): buildings with a balcony held up by two front pillars, a style once popular in colonial Hong Kong. No. 58 Pei Ho Street, a tong lau tenement, is a Grade II historic building.

Tips for visiting

• Go early if you want to browse. The market opens at 6 am and closes at 8 pm.
• Come late for food. The cooked food centre stays open until 2 am.
• Wear sensible shoes. Wet market floors stay damp all day. Our wet market guide explains why.
• Learn the weights. Fresh food is often priced by the catty. See our market words.

More market guides: Ngau Chi Wan Market in east Kowloon and Bowrington Road Market in Wan Chai.

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