Why Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant could leave the city in a few weeks

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Hong Kong could lose its iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant as early as June 2022, after its owner said it was running out of money to fund its upkeep. The restaurant has been closed since early 2020, with its owner reporting an accumulated loss in excess of HK$100 million (US$12.7 million) after the Covid-19 outbreak devastated the tourism and catering industries already under strain since the social unrest in 2019. On May 31, part of the structure began to sink in Aberdeen Harbour.
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@jerolvilladolid 2 года назад

There were similar restaurants in Manila bay in the early 90s where I ate as a kid, they all closed down before the year 2000. Its amazing the hong kong jumbo palace stayed open for this long. Floating restaurants are an exclusively 80s phenomenon.

@Cheeseatingjunglista 2 года назад

It was there in the 60s when I visited it as a kid, the one in Shatin was owned by my school friends Dad, that was there in the 70s

@robocop581 2 года назад

@@Cheeseatingjunglista The one in Shatin was converted into a Wedding Events and Venue a few years ago

@Randommanlol 2 года назад

Here before this blows up

@freshmilk7122 2 года назад

@@Randommanlol the restaurants?

@Cmpnk877 2 года назад

Ang tagal na ata nun nawala siguro mahigit 7yrs ago na

@marcellotenarta5233 2 года назад

When I was 4 years old, I went on a tour to Hong Kong and Jumbo was one of the first restaurants we visited. It was wonderful, even though I was still 4 I still remembered the atmosphere of the crowded restaurant. It is sad to see it leaving, I thought I would go there again in the future 😥

@treasureobasuyi894 2 года назад

Sorry about that

@cornflake233 2 года назад

Same. Wonderful experience. I was a 22-year-old sailor though. 😂

@alexf8148 2 года назад

if there are enough high res still pictures images that are shot on this boat, someone maybe able to piece them together and create a VR experience game on this boat. VR experience will be the next closest thing you can get nowadays to an actual visit. Just a suggestion.

@leeismyname4379 Год назад

now how old are you

@paulready8897 2 года назад

It is a shame what is happening to the restaurant. I ate there once in the mid 80s. That place is an icon. I wanted to go back there when I visit HK again. Hope it is preserved as a cultural center or relocated.

@ashlynong2403 2 года назад

This place gave our family alots of sweet memories as our parents went there having dinner and took their honeymoon photo together wearing chinese emperor & empress costumes during the 80s....very sad to see it delapidated...We will miss u Jumbo...unforgetable sweet memory from Brunei Darussalam,

@zhurongonmars6256 2 года назад

Move on don't be sad., nothing is permanent

@AP-hz9lo 2 года назад

My parent went to honeymoon also. Still has the pics.😰

@yellow_maiden 2 года назад

I hope they can save this. I haven't been to HK but this looks actually cool and something tourist would visit. Maybe move it closer to the shore and instead of it just floating they can just build something below it to hold it up.

@BACONBRIAN 2 года назад

It sank

@handywijaya3689 2 года назад

@@BACONBRIAN Only the kitchen barge. The restaurant haven't sank yet although some parts of it already is

@ThisIsNotAhnJieRen 2 года назад

I'm sad. I went there when I was 8 years old in the 90s. I can still remember the huge crab we ate. ❤️❤️. And the atmosphere was amazing. I hope they can somehow save the restaurant.

@kysevader 2 года назад

Who came back here after reading that the Floating Resteraunt Sunk earlier today .... 🥺

@kysevader 2 года назад

Its sad because its also on Battlefield 4

@ErniJuliaKok 2 года назад

When I was a tour leader around1989 to 1991, I regularly took the tourists to have lunch here. So, I earned quite a commission from this restaurant. I think my last visit was in 2006/2007 when I was a tourist myself and my bestie to have dinner in this iconic spot. Well, maybe it falls not just because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, but also because it is not attractive anymore. Too slow to respond to the change, I think.

@ometofu 2 года назад

Plus it is more a scam with meh foods

@ssrbgangimaribotan6thofthe12 2 года назад

@@ometofu they sells the experience rather than the food tho, like most expensive restaurant nowadays

@ometofu 2 года назад

@@ssrbgangimaribotan6thofthe12 who is into 1980s experience?

@handywijaya3689 2 года назад

I agreed. The 2000 service and the 2016 services aren't that different. The menu haven't changed and so is the interior. The only thing that changed is the prices which have increased quite dramatically. Which is why a friend told me since 2010 tours didn't offered dining experience on the restaurant like it was before, they only do some quick photographs before going on to the next main attraction

@noahboat580 2 года назад

I do like the idea of a mega restaurant floating on the water, odd how i never heard of it. I can see why something like this would be iconic, especially when various famous figures and movies were set there. But the logistics of a dozen restaurants in the water would be difficult to maintain. And with covid being so restrictive in HK, that attraction had no chance to survive. Now a chunk of it is underwater

@Username-le4eq 2 года назад

Also people could just throw trash directly on the sea

@animesenpai1163 2 года назад

They had alot of it in the Philippines but they're all gone by 2000s This one is also a relic of the 80s.

@noahboat580 2 года назад

its a cool concept but it has little chance for sustainability. i bet getting trash out of a place like that would be a nightmare, especially when you dont do it in front of guests. i wouldnt doubt they dumped hella food waste into the sea, but its probably not just food waste. still a cool place

@nyankanakitty 2 года назад

I am positive the owner of the restuarant was already aware of the high costs to maintain before the place was built. Many iconic figures have visited, yet none of them was helping save it. I think that speaks volume: It was a failed concept to begin with.

@mikeohawk95 2 года назад

Yes this should be a landmark like The towers, temples,etc of hongkong!

@singaanom3305 2 года назад

If it is 40 years old, it should be replaced with a new one. Floating barges have an expiration date. The enemy of floating barges is corrosion.

@user-iz7vx7wv4q 2 года назад

hong kong locals dont go there because ever since the son inherited the business the seafood has a fetid smell, tastes not that great, and is extremely overpriced, only foreigners go there

@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 года назад

That is so true.

@lqfr8813 2 года назад

actually due to pandemy situation, many travel cruise ships are dismantled or abandoned because the cost to break them into resources is taking more money. if they wanted to build new floating restaurant, might as well buy one of those abandoned vessel as a base

@darthmaul2742 2 года назад

Getting battlefield 4 memories from this. It’s a shame such a beautiful building is slowly collapsing in front of our eyes. Hong Kong needs to preserve this building in the water or bring it to land if possible.

@jehgelo 2 года назад

Please don't lose this treasure. We lost many things in pandemic, this should be relocated and protected by all means.

@jay-fh6wp 2 года назад

No diggie

@Daraxyn 2 года назад

They should at least try to make it safer, no point visiting a place when you have a chance to die

@crymeaariver 2 года назад

@@Daraxyn they can fire a torpedo missile on it.

@wahoowahoo2341 2 года назад

@@crymeaariver Hey Black msn .Dont start .I dont wanna use the N word ..Verbal assault ? Just try...

@widayantosetio 2 года назад

The cost of maintaining........

@Alfredwijaya1 2 года назад

I still remember when I was kids, my parents took me here, I remember riding a boat n floating restaurant n still had picture of it, kinda sad this place had to closed, even I haven’t visit HK since I was a child

@christynelaw1362 2 года назад

I lived in hong kong when I got married to my Chinese husband i went to the floating restaurant it was very beautiful this was in the late 70 and early 80 s I will be sorry to see it go it’s part of hong kong when I returned to visit family I was sorry to see a lot of the old buildings had disappeared they were what made hong kong so special to me

@raypinparty7052 2 года назад

First, they plan to end the harbor ferry service. Now, the Jumbo is next on the chopping block. It is a sad development. Pretty soon, old Hong Kong will no longer exist. I hope the HK administration will find a way to preserve whatever remains of old Hong Kong. Without these legacies, what will be left? A bunch of soul-less corporate jungle of mindless modern buildings, condos and malls.

@TheNamesDitto 2 года назад

Man the HK I used to know is starting to vanish. Lucky I was able to enjoy it as a child but still sad that I can't show my own family

@jzi1012 2 года назад

Interesting actually a bunch of corporate HQ in hk are moving away from hk as well as their expat staffs. Due to political uncertainty and covid. I remember last visited jumbo probs abt 10 or 15 yrs ago everyone was complaining that’s it’s over priced restaurant with a gimmick so barely any locals eats there and yet now ppl are sad they are closing down. It has been quite for sometime. Sorry I don’t get it so many locals are sad when they never visit or support the restaurant.

@planefan082 2 года назад

@@jzi1012 I dined at Jumbo a few times. Rarely, but it was always a super cool memory; sad to see it go. Seems like everything and everyone is going...hopefully that Hong Kong 2.0 idea that economist proposed takes off and there can be some sort of reunion haha

@beyondthestars4299 2 года назад

Why end the harbor ferry service

@samanthaporter6662 2 года назад

I went to the Jumbo in HK harbor when I was 15, it was amazing experience, I even have pictures from dressing up and sitting on the throne for a picture!

@zaranayyar7936 2 года назад

Such a magnificent & beautiful building. Chinese architecture is one of the world's most beautiful. Its so heartbreaking to hear this one's going down. I hope they come up with a better solution to preserve this hotel.

@None-qb9ym 2 года назад

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@FishballRegon 2 года назад

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@user-kv3jr1kq9n 2 года назад

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@pinoynanationalist5394 2 года назад

You mean C0VÌĎ19(Chìnesè Vlrùs Dìśèàse 2019)

@brannonwinchester7054 2 года назад

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@user-kq4sn6qq4x 2 года назад

I really enjoyed going to that restaurant…such a shame too see it in this state :(

@jannet9813 2 года назад

So sad seeing it go. I feel blessed to have had the experience of dining there. It’s a treasure!!!

@Rollermonkey1 2 года назад

I ate there all three times that I've been to Hong Kong. I can't believe that portion in the back completely capsized. That's crazy. Hopefully, it doesn't end up being yet another thing destroyed forever by the pandemic.

@canman5060 2 года назад

The floating restaurant has been there since the 1950's. It was called Tai Bak Seafood Restaurant before the name changed to Jumbo Seafood Restaurant in around 1970.

@grant5354 2 года назад

Sadly, it capsized and sank when they were towing it through rough waters. What a horrible move in retrospect. Now it's gone...completely. A historical landmark and treasure sunk.

@kmc7876 2 года назад

Thank you to the zhong guo govt

@kittywee3279 2 года назад

My family went there for dim sum about 20 years ago. Nice food and pretty environment. Iconic place. Sad to see it end like this. Really hope Hong Kong government try to keep it.

@santohiji6117 2 года назад

That restaurant is like ancient relic, instead of demolish it I would rather make it a museum, but yeah if the cost end up too high to maintain it even just as a museum build a new one maybe a better idea, but maybe later after the pandemic

@guytruth5598 2 года назад

Very sad to hear the news, because I haven't patronize it yet .future if I visit Hong Kong, my tour will not complete without this floating restaurant, This icon is representing Hong Kong for years in real life and in many movies. Without it, it is no more like Hong Kong. Very sad. From Malaysia

@iseeflowers 2 года назад

My hometown had a smaller version of somewhat similar restaurant in a lake but it closed down too. Very sad. Even though I had been to HK many times, I never got a chance to go Jumbo because we always thought that place was very expensive and didn’t think about it.

@alexf8148 2 года назад

I remembered dining on that boat with my parents when I was small kid in the 70s. It looked even better at night with the lights. How sad it's going away well at least I get to save this video as memory!

@londongin1556 2 года назад

They should build a new one, that looks really cool.

@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 года назад

They move it onto land or build a new one elsewhere.

@Maymay_lie 2 года назад

I visited Jumbo Restaurant once when i was travelling to Hong Kong in 2018. That was my first experience to had a meal at a huge floating restaurant in the middle of the sea. I remember back then i was so excited, the whole building looks epic and majestic from a distance when i was heading there in a small ship. Lucky i took a lot of photos and recorded some videos at this memorable place. Ugh... So sad, the view, the food, the people... Everything is so nice but unfortunately its gone.

@huangxizhang9897 2 года назад

Its sad how pandemic has affected numbers of businesses until now. Memories from this restaurant will last forever.

@junkeatng 2 года назад

One of the hong kong tycoons should just step up to finance the move to ocean Park or another suitable location.

@JewTube001 2 года назад

it'll cost millions to move it and fix it up again. and nobody seems interested in doing that.

@pamguevara9237 2 года назад

I grew up in Hk, great experince and had wonderful memories and still do to this day.Those were the best times ruled by British, business was booming.small place but ppl cant seems to get enough of exciting things to see especially shopping.Jow sticks, burning essences everywhere...wow!!!😍😍😍. Jumbo restaurant was always the main attraction when visiting HK... Your trip will not be completed w/out a visit to the resto.. Such beautiful experience. ❤❤❤❤

@Zeldaytal 2 года назад

Wasnt it a map in BF4?

@abeate 2 года назад

Yup. Sunken Dragon map. What are the odd the real one sinking too? haha

@tonyquek6157 2 года назад

Sad to read of the end of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant. But I remembered having lunch on board the floating restaurant n it was interesting. Still got a photo of me sitting on the “emperor’s throne” in the restaurant….it’s a beautiful memory indeed. 👍

@angelswings7024 2 года назад

There needs to be a preservation program for this building. Have it heritage listed. My Hong Kong friend took me there, when I last visited Hong Kong about 4, 5 years ago. Had yum cha.

@Samarth-fb9xo 2 года назад

I remember visiting here during the end of May 2017... My first international tour was Hong Kong ... It was even in the movie called as ' SkyScraper'... I hope they come up with some idea to keep it ... 🤞

@cathymorenajourney4104 2 года назад

Yes went there like 6yrs. Ago its amazing inside everyfloor and all the decores its so sad it will be closed.....

@avocadotoast4934 2 года назад

I spent my teen years in HK and never been there. Now that it's going away, I have no feelings about it. If it's on land, it can probably last longer but being on salt water for this long, it's probably a safety hazard now.

@user-nq2sw6sg8q 2 года назад

This floating restaurant and that Bank of China building are iconic structures of Hk.

@ministermacro 2 года назад

I hunted down a mob boss at that restaurant in sleeping dogs

@SonnyTangHKG 2 года назад

(Almost) everyone being interviewed would say they want to keep this Jumbo restaurant alive, but NO ONE, absolutely NO ONE would take on the responsibility or to pay to do it. Talking is one thing, doing it is totally another thing.

@officiallymrp 2 года назад

yeah, exactly !! And now, apparently, its gone. Probably the owner preferred to sink it, cheaper that way... Too bad for water environment though ....

@erickchandra3771 2 года назад

One of the most iconic night spot in Hong Kong ever, especially around 80's and 90's. Still remember when I saw it first as a kid, it was so memorable to me but now will disappear 😭

@godbernaz 2 года назад

Lol I used to fight in Battlefield 4 in that restaurante and I never knew it was a restaurant at all

@TheNoirTrap 2 года назад

im from singapore and ive been going to hk over the past decade until the pandemic hit. i regret not knowing about this place earlier and not getting to visit. it looks amazing. please please please. i hope i still get to visit somehow

@Sierras89 2 года назад

don't, tourist trap

@shl24yw89 2 года назад

Isn't that place like a landmark icon? Hong Kong really gonna let that structure gone forever? How unfortunate.

@JewTube001 2 года назад

seems nobody wants to pay for it. so it's become port junk.

@arnoldaguilar8704 2 года назад

I was there with three other people from Manila and New South Wales in 1988. That was my very first trip to Hong Kong.

@kikipratama1 2 года назад

I really wish it won't disappear... ever. The whole restaurant itself very iconic and artsy compared to its surroundings.

@xXxSkyViperxXx 2 года назад

did this restaurant ever sail over to other countries? like over to manila bay in the philippines? i remember in the early 2000s of visiting a floating restaurant that looks kinda like that and was also named Jumbo Restaurant or something like that

@ultralaggerREV1 2 года назад

So that place does exist! There is a DLC map in Battlefield 4 where the U.S. Marines and Chinese Marines fight a battle on that part of the city and the main attraction is the floating restaurant which believe it or not, it’s flooded as it tipped over

@shrteng6856 2 года назад

Sigh, I was hoping to visit it after COVID is over. I got killed so so many times at this boat in Battlefield4.

@jellybeanbear7017 2 года назад

i had been in this restaurant when I was 13 with my mom. It was an amazing experience. Really sad to see it go

@cesmvlog7073 2 года назад

We're so lucky that we've seen that Jumbo floating restaurant in 2018. We had a souvenir picture when we're there. Now we cannot see that anymore...Now its just a history.

@adelinesimmons8152 2 года назад

You can’t even GIVE it away, as if oil prices went to negative 38 dollars in 2020

@RespectOthers1 2 года назад

Just like Concorde…once it’s gone, it’s gone with no replacement in sight.

@yhwe100 2 года назад

Went to dine there in 1984 where a night tour + dinner cost around HKD80.

@joselassalle4958 2 года назад

It's sad that it has to close. I visited it in 1992; it was a great experience.

@asunay-chan 2 года назад

Couldn't believe my eyes it leaving already, I remembered I first went to HK through group tour with my family back in 2014 and we saw and really amazed of how big and incredible it. Back then my first time seeing the Floating boat was from Tinfy and all those fighting Chinese movie through the screen, guess it was my first and last time seeing that.

@cerisem7727 2 года назад

Jumbo Floating Restaurant will always have a place in my heart for being the place to take out thugs in Sleeping Dogs....

@Whassevah 2 года назад

Please share photo links to your nostalgic photos of the Jumbo Restaurant here.

@heesingsia4634 2 года назад

Sad to see it go but realistically none of the big money in Hong Kong will come to its rescue. Is there a fund to donate to so the current owners can use the money to keep this 'Afloat' until a suitable suitor is found?

@assassinatingindividual6032 2 года назад

I remember I had been here in 2014. Sad to see this attraction go :(

@jameswaterhouse156 2 года назад

Ever visit to HK i will either go to or stop and view the Jumbo, i have taken friends there and encouraged numerous mates and work associates to go and at least see Jumbo. It will be very sad not to see it again. I love Hong Kong

@pristein6098 2 года назад

Tbh...it will be missed...maybe we can take a photo and use it as a stamp for mementos...

@AA-wh5ll 2 года назад

cant imagine the cost to keep that maintained... anything near/on water is literally a nightmare.

@abrahamdecruz5128 2 года назад

Do the essential maintenance and then sell it overseas. Tow it to the new buyer. It will do well in Macau, Dubai, Singapore or Kota Kinabalu in Sabah,Malaysia or at Labuan island also in Malaysia.

@thesun6211 2 года назад

Pity there's probably no Dry Dock Facility for this Landmark's renovation and retrofit. Looks kinda like a mega-scaled version of Riverboat Casinos, from when the Mississippi River was a major Shipping Route.

@johnsamu 2 года назад

Essentially it's a boat/ship so it needs a LOT of maintenance otherwise it'll start to rust/rot and leak. That's why in some cities(eg Amsterdam in the Netherlands) these "floating" Chinese restaurant boats are really NOT floating concrete structures with the outward appearance of a boat. All the money you need to put into the boat maintenance you can't put into the food quality restaurant appearance. So it makes sense NOT to use a real boat.

@speedbirdconcorde001 2 года назад

Where & when will it be towed?

@barrygomberg2524 2 года назад

How did people get to this floating restaurant surrounded by water ? Did the restaurant have their own ferry service taking people back and forth from the land pier ? Someone else commented their were 12 different restaurants on this boat ... sounds confusing to me, I thought boat consisted of one huge restaurant. Or did they rent out 12 separate restaurants to different owners ? Appreciate anyone answering my questions.

@odechan9659 2 года назад

Someone brought my sister and I there when we were young. They had the best kailan ever. Too bad I can’t bring my own kid there now :(

@mbahgugel271 2 года назад

Why not build on permanent foundation above sea level as if floating vessel from afar.

@jeff__w 2 года назад

I knew of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant although I never visited it or ate there. I had no idea it was opened as late as 1976-I always assumed it was from the 1950s or early 1960s.

@kris10957 2 года назад

Is sad to hear that is legendary restaurant will be close permanently. Hope the ocean park will keep it as a museum because this IS THE LANDMARK of Hong Kong.

@tinlunlau1 2 года назад

I remember going there once back in 1997. It's kinda vague but i do recall eating abalone there

@SolidSonicTH 2 года назад

Shed a tear. Ate there when I was a kid living in Hong Kong.

@willietan5774 2 года назад

Bye bye Jumbo...was there only once in April 1997,special experience never to forget👋🏻

@winterwolf211 2 года назад

I saw this thing when we went to HongKong and didn't know what the heck it was. Would've probably tried to eat there if we knew we could.

@lucius0malfoy 2 года назад

Que tristeza 😞 ojala y lo preserven en algun otro lugar o lo restauren. Se ve como toda una joya.

@TheEvilpot 2 года назад

One of my favourite places in Hong Kong to visit, ngl the food quality dropped massively recently and became really soggy, the kitchens are probably flooded or smth.

@syedmaricar9946 2 года назад

My friends took me and brother others to this floating Restaurant and it was delicious I can't believe they are closing.we ate well sea foods specialty.

@Wongwanchungwongjumbo 2 года назад

The Jumbo Seafood Floating Restaurant Barge Can be save by Relocation to Singapore 🇸🇬 instead as Singapore 🇸🇬 has loosen Restrictions on Dining to Full seating capacity on its 3 Surviving branches. The Floating Restaurant Barge Can be Renovated Refurbishment to be Anchor permanently at Suggested possible locations at Punggol North shore plaza Mall 2, Penjuru and Marina South Clifford pier Ferry Terminal.

@leechengho8407 2 года назад

Yes, SG shld have one again now. I've been to one huge floating restaurant in SG more than 50 yrs ago, but can't remember d actual name n its owner cld possibly be fm HK, but it is my guess only.

@Vic-Boss213 2 года назад

i still remember this place from re6

@coffeetime1001 2 года назад

Restaurants on water normally don't survive due to high maintenance such as corrosion from the water. I wonder the under water restaurant ones how long will they survive. Sad that this iconic restaurant in HK is now no more.

@nobnoba 2 года назад

i have a picture of me as a kid in this restaurant. my kids also have picture in this restaurant. and until today, the name JUMBO restaurant has inspire many restaurants to use the name all over the East and South-East Asia countries. Truly inspiring and it would be the end of an era. I wish the govt of HK take over this property and make it a national or cultural heritage. It truly was/is

@johnbrozowski1775 2 года назад

Seems like they sank it for the insurance money.

@godzillamothra5983 2 года назад

there is a famous Chinese restaurant in my city that has the same name as this one, I suspect the owner want to pay a tribute to it. Anyway, I think it is an irony just as covid has begun to wane, they want to close it.

@originalaskal4174 2 года назад

i ate a lauriat set meal here w/ my parents circa 1994. sad to see this go.

@takashi69z 2 года назад

I have not been there since 40 years ago, when I was 10 years old. It's a long time since I visited Hong Kong.

@catmi3068 2 года назад

This is a real goodbye. The floating restaurant sank while in transit.

@TitoSim 2 года назад

Too bad. That's a very photogenic floating structure. I'm glad I have taken pictures of it.

@TheNamesDitto 2 года назад

Wish the gov or some private company can restore it

@creatip123 2 года назад

It's so magnificent and beautiful. To take it all down will be a crime.....

@visalabdillah3889 2 года назад

Battlefield 4 ?

@abeate 2 года назад

Sunken Dragon map

@theguy3374 2 года назад

Yeh tru

@stephaneaderca7948 2 года назад

Will not be sad to hear this place has gone. I went there around 1992. The day had started memorably. I was picked up from the airport in a Rolls-Royce (a Silver Shadow II), my first ride in a Rolls-Royce. Unfortunately, our Indian tailor, who had arranged for this ride, decided us to invite us to Jumbo for the evening. All went well until I came back to the hotel room. During the night, my stomach didn't agree with Jumbo's food, and the inevitable messy situation occurred. A rather sad ending to the otherwise memorable day I realised a dream of mine. Thank you Jumbo, you shall not be missed.