Team Behind Hong Kong’s Yardbird Opens New Izakaya Always Joy

The restaurant offers modern Japanese cuisine with a Cantonese influence.

Just down the road from Yardbird: Always Joy.

Source: Always Joy

The team behind perennial favorite Yardbird is back with a new izakaya called Always Joy following the closure of the group’s snack bar Ronin.

The focus is on using fresh, daily ingredients in a menu of shared plates that are always changing. Like Ronin, there’s an emphasis on contemporary Japanese cuisine, but this latest iteration also has a confident dose of Cantonese influences and a more experimental mix.