Yau Ma Tei Jade Hawker Bazaar

Market · Soho

Yau Ma Tei Jade Hawker Bazaar

Market · Soho

Hong Kong, Yau Ma Tei, Shanghai St, 261 地下

Highlights

Dive into a vibrant market bustling with vendors offering a dazzling array of jade jewelry, accessories, and good-luck charms galore.

Hong Kong, Yau Ma Tei, Shanghai St, 261 地下 Get directions

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@afar

"Jade is very important to the Chinese and represents long life, good health, and beauty. Do your homework if you want a serious piece—for example, the best jade is translucent and green; the stuff to avoid is opaque with brown or gray bits. Hundreds of stalls sell jade pendants, bangles, earrings, and good-luck charms based on the year you were born and the animals of the Chinese zodiac. You’ll find loose stones plus pearls and semiprecious jewelry of all styles. Pick up something you like, but unless you’re an expert, think twice about buying an expensive piece of jade here, as there could definitely be fakes in the mix."

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@cntraveler

"Chinese people consider jade an auspicious stone that brings both good luck and good health. The Jade Market is the primary place to buy it: There are no more than a couple dozen stalls, but it's filled to the rafters with everything from souvenir ornaments to meticulously handcarved pendants and beads. If you'd rather buy a piece of set jewelry, head south from the Market, to the jade jewelers of Canton Road, a.k.a. "Jade Street." - Janice Leung Hayes

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Thian Boon Seng

Google

This is second time we are in this Jade Market and this round we met Sandra Chau and his brother, Kelvin at their stall at 152. Both are very nice and finally we got the type and color of jade that we are looking for. Many choices and very reasonable price for the quality of jade that offer to us. Thank you!!

Zen

Google

I don't really know much about jade, but you can see beautiful stones here

Banu A

Google

You can find anything made of jade. If you look well, there are good items. But they start harassing you the moment you walk in. I don’t like to be touched. They keep talking and not leaving you alone. If I was left alone, I would’ve gotten some more stuff, but you wanna leave straightaway because of the attitude. I got couple of earrings. They started with $60-70. I paid $50. It’s still too much for what it’s for any you can probably haggle more, but I was hungry and wanted leave asap lol Most of them ask for ridiculous prices. One of them wanted £7000 for a stone: no certificate, a lot of scratches. They’re definitely taking the piss. You can definitely get better quality and style in shopping centres for the same value. It was a different experience, but not worth the effort. I felt completely exhausted from trying to escape from people when I left.

Jena Chu

Google

Fantastic place to buy jade! HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING TO SANDRA PEARLS She’s booth 152!! Next year the entire area will be moved to a different place and the booth numbers will change but make sure you look for her sign! She’s a great person - Super friendly and fluent in English! I had a great conversation with her about the different grade of jades and history of it. She gives honest pricing and her jade products are the best in the mall. Highly highly recommend Sandra, thank you so much!!!! You made my Hong Kong trip great

Diana Taylor

Google

I visited the Jade Market a bit apprehensively based the reviews of the pushiness and aggressiveness of the sellers. It was a bit like that, however if you remain confident and assertive, it shouldn’t be a problem. I was happy to meet Sandra, who was incredibly sweet to me and stopped to chat for a number of minutes even though she had other customers. I ended up purchasing a bracelet and a couple figurines from her. She had a great selection and good prices! Overall, I’d recommend.

Renato Lima

Google

Interesting to see so make items hand carved in jade. Lots of stalls jammed together in this covered old market. Some is the girls try really hard to sell, but take it as cultural, rather than annoying. Some sellers are really fun to talk to. My bracelet started from $350, I bought it for $60 and still think I did pay too much. It is really the price you are prepared to pay for any item and how much you like the item. I would suggest to look into items on shops to get any idea of prices then come here and enjoy browsing their selection. Worth a visit in any case.

Juan Carlos Rivera

Google

Was a sweet surprise. I was happy I met Sandra, stall 152, she was very helpful and sweet personality, not pushy at all and will give you good prices! You'll feel overwhelmed by many people there but it is a market after all 😊! It's also close to a lovely temple which is a plus! -JC

Wendy

Google

A good tourist destination for those interested in seeing jewellery, accessories and statues made out of jade, for pearls and other natural stones. Vendors can be very pushy and most items are overpriced. Be prepared to bargain down if you plan to purchase. It’s a short walk from Yau Ma Tei MTR station, near Tin Hou temple. The best time to visit is later on the afternoon, we found some stalls opened after 2pm.