Sports Bar · Happy Valley · Hong Kong
The Jockey
The pub at the racecourse gates, where Happy Valley's Wednesday night races begin and end, and the screens carry everything in between.
The Pitch
The Biggest Little Pub in Happy Valley
The Jockey sits at ground level on 33 Wong Nai Chung Road, facing the southern bend of the Happy Valley racecourse. The pub calls itself the biggest little pub in Happy Valley, and the room backs the claim: a neighborhood institution that has anchored the strip beside the track for years.
VenueHub files it as a traditional British pub and events venue with live sport, and the formula shows. Pub classics on the menu, screens on the walls, and an alfresco strip that fills whenever the horses run.
Who would hate it? Anyone hunting cocktail theater or quiet. This is a pub that smells of race day, and it has no interest in being anything else.
The Room
Trackside, Indoors and Out
The layout splits between a wood and brass interior hung with screens and an open air terrace that looks toward the racecourse rail. On Wednesday race nights in season, the terrace becomes the best cheap grandstand in Hong Kong.
Sundays run gentler: the pub is dog friendly, the all day breakfast service draws families and hungover regulars in equal measure, and the screens default to whatever rugby or football matters that week.
The Drinks
Pints First, Everything Else Second
The beer list runs draught lagers and ales in the HK$70 to HK$90 band, with the weekday happy hour taking the edge off Happy Valley prices. The kitchen sends British pub classics, and the weekend all day breakfast is the sleeper order regulars on OpenRice keep returning to.
Order a pint and the breakfast on a Sunday, or whatever the table drinks on a race night. Skip anything ambitious; the pub knows its lane and stays in it.
The Crowd
Race Nights and Slow Sundays
Wednesday nights in racing season set the rhythm: the pub fills before the first race, empties toward the turnstiles, and refills the moment the last horse crosses. Expat regulars, Happy Valley residents, and punters comparing cards make up the core trade.
What regulars say:
- Time Out Hong Kong files it among Happy Valley's bars and pubs worth knowing.
- OpenRice reviewers return for the breakfasts and the trackside seats rather than the decor.
- VenueHub highlights the combination of British pub tradition and American style sports bar screens.
Who it is for:
- Race night warmups and post race debriefs
- Sunday breakfast with the dog and the papers
- Avoid if you want cocktail craft; The Wise King in Hong Kong covers that brief
The Verdict
Where It Lands
Hong Kong has flashier sports bars, but none with a racecourse at the door. On a Wednesday in season, The Jockey is the most correctly located pub in the city. Start here, walk to the rail, come back for the verdict pint.
Good to Know
Visit Information
Getting there: Ground floor of 33 Wong Nai Chung Road, three minutes from the Happy Valley tram terminus and a short walk from the racecourse public entrance.
Timing: Weekdays from noon; weekends from morning for the all day breakfast. Wednesday race nights in season are the main event; arrive before the first race for terrace seats.
Cost: Pints HK$70 to HK$90, mains HK$100 to HK$160, OpenRice band HK$101 to HK$200 a head.
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