Cup Noodles Museum Hong Kong Review
Are you thinking about visiting the Cup Noodles Museum in Hong Kong and want to know what to expect?
My family visited the Cup Noodles Museum during our trip to Hong Kong, and although I knew about the museum, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I knew that my son, who was currently obsessed with Cup Noodles, would love it, but we didn’t understand what the museum was like.
If you want to know what package to sign up for, how long to allocate for a visit, or just generally what to expect at the Hong Kong Cup Noodles Museum, keep reading.
Where is the Cup Noodles Museum?
Currently, there are 3 Cup Noodles Museums. Two of the museums are in Japan, while the third is located in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong location is located on the 2nd floor of the China Hong Kong City Shopping Center in the Tsim Sha Tsui neighborhood.
The Austin Station is a 5-minute walk away, and you can take exit E. You can also take the A1 exit from Tsim Sha Tsui station and walk 10 minutes, or opt to take the ferry to Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier and walk 15 minutes.
Quite a few buses and minibuses will also get you close to the China Hong Kong City Shopping Center.
Opening Hours
The Cup Noodles Museum in Hong Kong is open from 11:15 am until 7:15 pm daily except on Wednesdays.
Tickets for Cup Noodles Museum Hong Kong
The Cup Noodles Museum is not a regular museum that you walk through. While they do have a few exhibits to look at, the main purpose of the museum is to participate in a workshop.
Everyone 3+ needs a ticket, with those under 3 entering free of charge, depending on the workshop chosen. Kids under 3 are not allowed to enter the My Granola Factory, and anyone under 110 centimeters is unable to participate in the Demae Iccho Factory.
- My Cup Noodles Factory, 30 minutes
- Demae Iccho Factory, 90 minutes
- My Granola Factory, 30 minutes
- Holmes at the Museum Detective Game, no time limit
My Cup Noodles Factory Workshop
The most popular workshop at the Cup Noodles Museum, and the one my family participated in, is the My Cup Noodles Factory.
This workshop can fit up to 66 guests at a time, and it is wheelchair accessible.
Once you enter and sanitize your hands, you pick up a cup and a plastic cover and find a seat at a table.
Each table has a menu, and each person has a menu to check off what items they want in their Cup Noodles.
You select your soup flavor and up to 4 toppings.
The broth options are seafood, seafood curry, spicy seafood, and chicken.
For toppings, you can choose between corn, shrimp, leeks, cabbage, chicken, kanikama, beef, egg, cuttlefish, carrot, cheese, and pork.
If you don’t want 4 different items, you can opt to pick an item more than once.
We each decorated our own Cup Noodle container, checked off the menu, and then lined up to fill the cups.
There is a spot to add the date, so you know when the food was packaged. There is a recommended eat-by date, but we ate ours before we left Hong Kong.
Once you have finished decorating your cup and filling out the menu, you bring it to the side of the room and pass it through the wall to the kitchen, where workers help you package your meal.
Once you pass your cup through, they put noodles in it and put it in a machine. You get to turn a wheel to seal the noodles into the cup.
After your noodles are sealed in the cup, it is passed down, and the toppings are added.
At the assembly line, after all of your items are included in your cup, it is sealed. You are then given a bag filled with air to protect your Cup Noodles.
After you have completed your package of Cup Noodles, you are free to walk around and see the exhibits and visit the gift shop.
Eating Our Cup Noodles
While taking your cup noodles home as a souvenir is a great idea, we opted to eat ours before leaving Hong Kong, so we did not have to carry them around on our 3-week trip through Thailand and Vietnam.
Our hotel had a kettle, and we used it to boil water to cook our soup.
Demae Iccho Factory Workshop
The Demae Iccho Factory workshop is located in the room next to the My Cup Noodles workshop.
As we did not understand the Cup Noodles Museum when we purchased tickets, and in an attempt to save money, we opted to only participate in the My Cup Noodles workshop.
If you are interested in making your own noodles, join the 90-minute-long Demae Iccho factory workshop.
Up to 12 people can participate in this workshop on weekdays, and up to 24 people can participate on weekends. This workshop is wheelchair accessible.
We could see into the room and saw pasta makers on the tables.
Everyone is given dough to knead with their hands before thinning it out in the pasta maker. The noodles are steamed and flash-fried.
Guests can design their own package for their noodles in the Demae Iccho workshop.
My Granola Factory Workshop
I was a little surprised to find out that My Granola Factory is exactly what it sounds like. If you purchase tickets, you get to make your own granola.
This 30-minute-long workshop starts with animated games on the tables before designing your cup, filling it with the items you choose, sealing it, and putting it in a bag filled with air.
Kids under 3 are not able to participate in this workshop. Up to 32 people can participate at a time, and it is wheelchair accessible.
Holmes at the Museum
Those who participate in one of the 3 workshops at Cup Noodles Museum Hong Kong can add on a game, Holmes at the Museum.
Holmes at the Museum lasts about 30 minutes, though you can take your time, as there is no limit within opening hours.
Games are meant for 2-4 players. Each team receives a game book, a pencil, and game cards. The cards need to be returned, but the other items can be kept as a souvenir.
Each team follows the directions on the game card to complete missions and uses the answers to receive stamps in their game book.
Holmes at the Museum can only be purchased at the Cup Noodles Museum; it can not be ordered online in advance.
Cup Noodles Museum Shop
Right before exiting the museum, there is a small shop filled with food items, including a wide variety of noodle soups, snacks, desserts, and frozen food.
T-shirts and other souvenir items are available for purchase.
Cup Noodles Museum Hong Kong FAQ
Yes, my family thought the Cup Noodles Museum was worth going to, though it should be clear that it is more of a workshop than an actual museum.
The amount of time spent in the Cup Noodles Museum depends on which workshop(s) you book.
My Cup Noodles and My Granola workshops are 30 minutes each. The noodle-making workshop is 90 minutes.
You can also add on a detective game that lasts about 30 minutes.
As for wandering through the exhibits, that just takes a few minutes.
Yes, you can book your tickets online in advance or at the door if there is space.
There are currently 3 workshops that you can take at the Cup Noodle Museum in Hong Kong. You can make your own cup noodles, make-your-own noodles, or make-your-own granola.
If you book a workshop, you can add on a detective game.
The museum has a few exhibits about Cup Noodles and a shop that sells food items and souvenirs.
Cup Noodles Museum Hong Kong Wrap-Up
As you can see, the Cup Noodles Museum in Hong Kong is less of a typical museum and more of just workshops that you can take.
Out of the three workshops, we opted to take the My Cup Noodles workshop, and I would recommend it to both adults and children. This workshop is family-friendly and accessible for all ages.
If time and money aren’t an issue, it would be fun to make the noodles in the Demae Iccho workshop as well.
If you are looking for something fun to do in Hong Kong, whether you are traveling alone, with a group of friends, or with your family, the Cup Noodles Museum is a good way to spend an hour or so.
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