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🐶🐕🦮🐩🐕🦺👩👩👦👦👨👩👧👦👩👩👦👦👨👩👦👨👧👦👪👨👦👩👧 The best DOG FRIENDLY & FAMILY ORIENTATED place you can visit on weekends should you find yourself in Tsuen Wan. It is an old textile mill that has found a new lease of life as a cultural heritage museum cum cool place to hang out. It is filled with trendy coffee bars and eateries. It also serves as an incubator for Hong Kong local design brands with sustainability and recycling as its main theme. The only other place I can think of that serves a similar purpose is PMQ in Aberdeen The Street in the Central district. I was impressed by the micro textile manufacturing setup there. It showcased products made from recycling textiles. It also offered bespoke garments in a pattern or design of your choosing. You can follow the path from concept design to final finished product. The central area also serves as a temporary showcase area for art installations or education and craft work for kids. The current display at the moment of this review is a hands patchwork construction of geodesic structures made from wooden triangle elements that involve weaving patterns. All joined together with plastic cable ties. There is also workshops that offer design your own jewellery also. The heritage museum is first rate and definitely deserves a visit. A bumper fun family weekend outing for families and mans”s best friend!
Y.K. LeeY.K. Lee
60
Lovely spacious setting that is super dog-friendly and comfortable to pass the time and my girls enjoyed interacting with dogs and their owners. Apart from the obvious stores and restaurants, my review is mostly about an outdoor patio area we discovered called The Park on the 3/F for dogs (and my kids!) to run around. What was really nice was that it was flanked by a small but lovely (organic?) garden! Not for public consumption of course but it was a fabulous opportunity for me to show my girls (who rarely get to see a real garden in HK!) how various types of vegetables grew. There is no signage but from my limited gardening knowledge I could point out cherry tomato plants, bean plants creeping up the stakes, lettuces and cabbage patches, zucchini plants, eggplants, parsley and other herbs - we even watched bees collecting nectar from a blossoming bush. A gardener who happened to see us checking out the plants even picked a cherry tomato for each of my girls to try - a great way for youngsters to have more interest in eating the veges on their dinner plates! All in all, a gem of an open space in a city setting and our lazy afternoon turned out to be quite a relaxing educational outing. (My eldest who is 7yo was so enthused she took many of the photos in this post, hence you can see some little fingers accidentally covering the lens!)
Anne-Maree WongAnne-Maree Wong
00
A very nice place to visit for those who love culture and creativity. There are shops selling locally designed products ranging from small gifts to premium eyewear. Also a nice place to go if you fancy some small shops and restaurants that you won't find in large shopping malls that are made up of mostly chain stores. The Mills offers plenty of space, both for the walkways inside the mall as well as two rooftop terraces where you can enjoy sunshine or hang out with your friends. Visit this place on a weekday and the experience is totally different from the crowded malls in the prime areas in Hong Kong. The only thing you may want to be aware of is its location, which is a bit far away (in Hong Kong people's standard) from the (Tsuen Wan) MTR station (a 15-minute walk or so). But this may also be part of the reason why The Mills is the Mills - it's a little off from the "mainstream" but is still very relevant.
kinman fgkinman fg
00
This was a textile factory for manufacturing cotton and fabrics probably from 1950's to early 80's. It would have been closed in the 90's to mid 2010, and it has been revitalised as a minor exhibition hall, opened recently showing the history of textile industry of Hong Kong. It retains much appearance of the building and information in the past plus some contemporary designs, workshops, cafes and restaurants. It provides good accessibility by wheelchair users. There is a green deck on the roof where occupants can choose to grow their own plants or crops. The directory provides interactive functions that it will show where you are within the building and a possible shortest route to your target place of the building, and the floor plan can be zoom-in and -out from different angles -- very impressive and user-friendly! Docent tours are available on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Kevin WongKevin Wong
00
The free shuttle bus stop is stationed at the end of the bus line near exit A Tsuen Wan. Nice place to visit as there are a few special stores selling the creative stuffs (when you are tired with the studio/seasonal handcrafts fairs in JCCAC Shek Kip Mei.) Here is the quick guide: when you go down from the stairs near MTR exit A/exit stating there are shuttle buses, turn right on the ground floor(i.e there are stops under the bridge, not inside the key bus terminal), passing by all the public bus stops, the free shuttle bus stop to the Mills is hidden behind one grey pillar. You can check the timetable and wait for the free mini vans.
Waha FungWaha Fung
00
It pains me to say this but this is simply not the place for your burger fix, despite all they claim, for the simple reason it’s just not worth your dollars (for that, try Kabo in Kwai Hing). The patty in their “Classic Burger” is only slightly larger than the size of a soda coaster although, to be fair, it’s quite juicy and delicious. There aren’t that many trimmings also, save a sad looking piece of lettuce. For $35 extra you get an extra small bowl of coleslaw (ordinarily tasting) and a can of soda, but that’s it. The meal in my photo cost $113 - readers can make their own judgment if this is what they want... I mean, really?
Anthony YuenAnthony Yuen
10
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Tsuen Wan Plaza
Citywalk
D•PARK
Citistore
Tsuen Wan Park
KOLOUR - Tsuen Wan
Nina Hotel Tsuen Wan West
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Nan Fung Centre
Luk Yeung Galleria
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Citywalk
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D•PARK
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Victoria Harbour Restaurant (Tsuen Wan)
Coucou Hotpot‧Tea Break (Tsuen Wan)
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Master Beef
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Victoria Harbour Restaurant (Tsuen Wan)
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Coucou Hotpot‧Tea Break (Tsuen Wan)
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E pot
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