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Traditional Chinese | 翠華控股有限公司 | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 翠华控股有限公司 | ||||||
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Hanyu Pinyin | Cuìhuá Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàngōngsī |
Tsui Wah Restaurant (: 1314; traditional Chinese: 翠華餐廳; simplified Chinese: 翠华餐厅; pinyin: Cuìhuá Cāntīng; Jyutping: ceoi3 waa4 caan1 teng1) is a Hong Kong tea restaurant (Cha Chaan Teng) owned by Tsui Wah Holdings Limited. It has over 26 branches in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China, with 21 branches, one branch and three branches respectively, some of which provide a 24-hour service. The most famous one is in Wellington Street, near Lan Kwai Fong. It attracts celebrities and tourists from local clubs. Tsui Wah has attracted many pop stars such as Daniel Wu, Ron Ng, Bosco Wong and Kau Hung Ping, as well as financiers Ben Falloon and Derek Su Dan Rui. Many films also mention Tsui Wah because of its connection with the Hong Kong clubbing culture.
Compared with many other tea restaurants in Hong Kong, it provides more varieties of Hong Kong-style food, and is more expensive.
Its head office is the Tsui Wah Group Centre (T: 翠華集團中心, S: 翠华集团中心) in Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon. In 2012, it became a listed company in Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.
Mr. Choi Cheung Po first opened TsuiWah Ice Dining Room (冰室), the predecessor of Tea Restaurant, in 1967 at Mongkok.
Opened three new branches at To Kwa Wan, San Po Kong and Tuen Mun. They operated as the small scale café. However, the restaurants at Mong Kok and To Kwa Wan closed at 1971.
In 1990s, following the opening of a branch located at Central District, TsuiWah begun to target at middle class customers.