Hong Kong’s night scene: A tour of city’s evening hotspots reveals what’s hot and what’s not in the island

On a balmy September evening, a dozen people stepped off their ride on the Ferris wheel on Hong Kong’s harbourfront and shuffled past snack vendors on their way to the exit.

It was 8.45pm but two of the three shops had already wrapped up business for the day, ignoring their own listed closing time of 9pm. It made little sense to stay open anyway – the eye-popping lights along the massive Observation Wheel would soon go dark for the night, and no one was expecting the last ride to carry anywhere close to its 336-person capacity.