Review: Little Creatures Hong Kong

By Penny Craswell

Little Creatures is the latest Hong Kong restaurant by Charlie & Rose, a Hong Kong-based creative studio led by Australian designer Ben McCarthy. The venue is the first Little Creatures outside of Australia and is situated in Kennedy Town, where the cuisines range from seafood to Italian, to Mexican-Japanese fusion, all situated within a stone’s throw of Hong Kong Harbour.

Front facade of Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. More on The Design Writer blog
Front facade of Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied

 

Previously a warehouse space, the restaurant interior retains some of the original’s industrial grunge, overlaid with blonde timber joinery, bespoke furniture and some big, decorative red pipes that run through the space. Part of the brief was to create facilities for an on-site brewery and the gleaming metal brewing equipment takes pride of place behind the bar.

On the walls, timber pegboards are decorated with compositions of objects including beer bottles and framed pictures. The resulting interior is laid back, informal, spacious and fresh, enlivened by the overlaying of the quirky Little Creatures branding.

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Entry and bar at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
Entry and bar at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
Open kitchen at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
Open kitchen at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
Relaxed dining at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
Relaxed dining at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
Beer bottle composition at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
Beer bottle composition at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
Rear dining at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
Rear dining at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
More pegboard compositions at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied
More pegboard compositions at Little Creatures Hong Kong by Charlie & Rose. Image: supplied