Our Story
read moreJIA Group is a Hong Kong-based food and beverage operator that has earned a reputation internationally as an award-winning trendsetter in the hospitality industry. Founded by CEO Yenn Wong, she created a management philosophy based on originality, culinary authenticity, simplicity, quality service and passion, the company was established with the opening of 208 Duecento Otto in 2010, and over the next 15 years created a number of restaurants that led the dining trend in Hong Kong, one of the most competitive food and beverage markets in the world, including Duddell’s and Louise, both of which have been awarded One MICHELIN star.
The company’s portfolio include 10 restaurants and bars spanning cuisines including Chinese, Thai, Italian, French and Spanish.
OUR VISION
As the world becomes more fractured, particularly in this digital age, we believe in the importance of spending more face to face quality time together with friends, family and people in general.
Our vision is to build spaces in cities around the world that allow people to connect over a table and to add enjoyment into people’s lives by allowing them to build a sense of home (JIA means home)
Awards & Recognition
An edit of awards and acclaim that JIA Group has amassed over the years, can be viewed below, and filtered according to venue.
| 2006 | Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year | Hong Kong’s City Junior Chamber |
| 2006 | Hospitality Entrepreneur of the Year | Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards |
| 2007 | Rise Above Award | Martell |
| 2008 | Listed on “Asia’s Best Young Entrepreneurs” | Businessweek.com |
| 2009 | Top Three ‘Rising Star Award’ | Financial Times RBS Coutt’s Women in Asia Awards |
| 2009 | Businesswoman of the Year | Amica Magazine |
| 2010 | Listed “Young Business Leader” | National Youth Council of Singapore |
| 2013 | Named as one of 10 “Women of our time” 2013 | South China Morning Post |
| 2014 | Restaurateur of the Year | WOM Guide 10th Edition |
| 2015 | Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs | ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Forum |
| 2016 | Restauranteur of the Year | Hong Kong Tatler |
| 2017 | Restaurant Group of the Year, Hong Kong | APAC Businesswoman Awards |
| 2017 | “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” | Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards 2017 |
| 2022 | Restaurateur of the year | The Tatler Dining Awards |
| 2020 - 2025 | Awarded One MICHELIN Star | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2022 - 2025 | OAD Asia Top Restaurants | |
| 2022 | 50 Best Discovery | |
| 2022 | La Liste Outstanding Restaurant | |
| 2025 | SCMP 100 Top Tables | SCMP |
| 2022 - 2024 | 50 Best Discovery | |
| 2025 | Bazaar Taste Elite Rising Star - Loïc Portalier | |
| 2024 | Foodie Forks Best French Restaurant | |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
| 2023 | Restaurant of the Year | Tatler Dining |
| 2023 | Best Service | Tatler Dining |
| 2022 - 2023 | The Tatler Dining 20 | |
| 2022 - 2025 | Awarded One MICHELIN Star | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2022 - 2024 | Asia's 50 Best Restaurants - #32 | |
| 2022 | OAD Asian Top Restaurants | |
| 2022 - 2025 | SCMP 100 Top Tables | |
| 2021 | Asia's 50 Best Restaurants - #44 | |
| 2024 - 2025 | Bazaar Taste Elite | |
| 2024 | Foodie Forks Best Latin American Restaurant | |
| 2022 - 2024 | The Tatler Dining 20 | |
| 2021 - 2025 | Awarded One MICHELIN Star | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2022 - 2025 | OAD Asia Top Restaurants | |
| 2022 - 2025 | SCMP 100 Top Tables | |
| 2025 | Tatler Best 20 Restaurants Hong Kong | |
| 2024 - 2025 | Tatler Best Sommelier Carlito Chui | |
| 2024 | Tatler Dining: Restaurant of the Year | |
| 2023 - 2024 | Asia's 50 Best Restaurants | |
| 2023 | The Best Chef Awards | |
| 2023 - 2025 | One Diamond - Black Pearl Restaurant Guide | |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
| 2022 - 2023 | The Tatler Dining 20 | |
| 2022 | Best Interior Design | The Tatler Dining Awards |
| 2022 | SCMP 100 Top Tables | |
| 2023 - 2025 | Awarded One MICHELIN Star | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2024 - 2025 | Tatler Best 20 | |
| 2025 | One Diamond - Black Pearl Restaurant Guide | |
| 2024 - 2025 | Bazaar Taste Elite | |
| 2023 - 2024 | Asia's 50 Best Restaurants | |
| 2022 | Best Interior Design: The Tatler Dining Awards | |
| 2023 - 2024 | OAD Asia Top Restaurants | |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
| 2022 - 2024 | OAD Asia Top Restaurants | |
| 2014, 2017 - 2025 | Awarded One MICHELIN Star | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2017 | Top 100 Tables | South China Morning Post |
| 2017 | Bites of Recognition “Cantonese” | Crave Magazine |
| 2017 | The Most Outstanding Asian Restaurant | Spirito Divino Bellissima Italia |
| 2016 - 2017 | Top 20 Best Restaurant | Tatler Hong Kong |
| 2015 - 2016 | Awarded Two MICHELIN Stars | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2014 | Best Interior Design | Hong Kong Tatler’s Best Restaurants 2014 |
| 2014 | Voted readers’ Favourite Cantonese Restaurant | U Favourite Food Awards - U Magazine |
| 2014 | Top 10 Chinese (Guangdong, Non-Hotel – Upscale) restaurants | WOM Guide 10th Edition |
| 2013 | Best Restaurant Award (Shortlisted) | Wallpaper* |
| 2013 | Best of Hong Kong | Travel & Leisure |
| 2013 | Bites of Distinction | Novel concepts category – Crave Magazine |
| 2013 | Listed in Time Out Hong Kong Dishes | Time Out Hong Kong |
| 2017, 2022-2025 | SCMP 100 Top Tables | |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
| 2016 | Thai Select Seal of Approval | Royal Thai Government |
| 2016 | Bites of Distinction “Southeast Asia” | Crave Magazine |
| 2014 | Best New Chef | Hong Kong Tatler |
| 2014 | Foodie Forks Awards Outstanding Reliable Favourite | |
| 2022 - 2024 | OAD Asia Top Restaurants | |
| 2024 | Foodie Forks: Best Thai Restaurant | |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
| 2022 | OAD Asia Casual | |
| 2014 | Bib Gourmand: Michelin Guide Hong Kong & Macau | |
| 2013 | Listed as one of CNN’s HK’s Best ‘no reservations’ restaurants | CNN Travel |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
| 2024 - 2025 | Michelin Guide Hong Kong & Macau Recommended | |
| 2025 | Tatler Best 20 Restaurants Hong Kong | |
| 2024 - 2025 | 100 Top Tables | |
| 2024 | SCMP Best New Restaurant & Chef of the Year | |
| 2024 - 2025 | Bazaar Taste Elite | |
| 2024 | Food Forks: Best New Restaurant |
Yenn Wong
| 2006 | Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year | Hong Kong’s City Junior Chamber |
| 2006 | Hospitality Entrepreneur of the Year | Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards |
| 2007 | Rise Above Award | Martell |
| 2008 | Listed on “Asia’s Best Young Entrepreneurs” | Businessweek.com |
| 2009 | Top Three ‘Rising Star Award’ | Financial Times RBS Coutt’s Women in Asia Awards |
| 2009 | Businesswoman of the Year | Amica Magazine |
| 2010 | Listed “Young Business Leader” | National Youth Council of Singapore |
| 2013 | Named as one of 10 “Women of our time” 2013 | South China Morning Post |
| 2014 | Restaurateur of the Year | WOM Guide 10th Edition |
| 2015 | Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs | ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Forum |
| 2016 | Restauranteur of the Year | Hong Kong Tatler |
| 2017 | Restaurant Group of the Year, Hong Kong | APAC Businesswoman Awards |
| 2017 | “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” | Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards 2017 |
| 2022 | Restaurateur of the year | The Tatler Dining Awards |
LOUISE
| 2020 - 2025 | Awarded One MICHELIN Star | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2022 - 2025 | OAD Asia Top Restaurants | |
| 2022 | 50 Best Discovery | |
| 2022 | La Liste Outstanding Restaurant | |
| 2025 | SCMP 100 Top Tables | SCMP |
| 2022 - 2024 | 50 Best Discovery | |
| 2025 | Bazaar Taste Elite Rising Star - Loïc Portalier | |
| 2024 | Foodie Forks Best French Restaurant | |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
MONO
| 2023 | Restaurant of the Year | Tatler Dining |
| 2023 | Best Service | Tatler Dining |
| 2022 - 2023 | The Tatler Dining 20 | |
| 2022 - 2025 | Awarded One MICHELIN Star | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2022 - 2024 | Asia's 50 Best Restaurants - #32 | |
| 2022 | OAD Asian Top Restaurants | |
| 2022 - 2025 | SCMP 100 Top Tables | |
| 2021 | Asia's 50 Best Restaurants - #44 | |
| 2024 - 2025 | Bazaar Taste Elite | |
| 2024 | Foodie Forks Best Latin American Restaurant | |
Ando
| 2022 - 2024 | The Tatler Dining 20 | |
| 2021 - 2025 | Awarded One MICHELIN Star | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2022 - 2025 | OAD Asia Top Restaurants | |
| 2022 - 2025 | SCMP 100 Top Tables | |
| 2025 | Tatler Best 20 Restaurants Hong Kong | |
| 2024 - 2025 | Tatler Best Sommelier Carlito Chui | |
| 2024 | Tatler Dining: Restaurant of the Year | |
| 2023 - 2024 | Asia's 50 Best Restaurants | |
| 2023 | The Best Chef Awards | |
| 2023 - 2025 | One Diamond - Black Pearl Restaurant Guide | |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
ESTRO
| 2022 - 2023 | The Tatler Dining 20 | |
| 2022 | Best Interior Design | The Tatler Dining Awards |
| 2022 | SCMP 100 Top Tables | |
| 2023 - 2025 | Awarded One MICHELIN Star | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2024 - 2025 | Tatler Best 20 | |
| 2025 | One Diamond - Black Pearl Restaurant Guide | |
| 2024 - 2025 | Bazaar Taste Elite | |
| 2023 - 2024 | Asia's 50 Best Restaurants | |
| 2022 | Best Interior Design: The Tatler Dining Awards | |
| 2023 - 2024 | OAD Asia Top Restaurants | |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
Duddell's
| 2022 - 2024 | OAD Asia Top Restaurants | |
| 2014, 2017 - 2025 | Awarded One MICHELIN Star | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2017 | Top 100 Tables | South China Morning Post |
| 2017 | Bites of Recognition “Cantonese” | Crave Magazine |
| 2017 | The Most Outstanding Asian Restaurant | Spirito Divino Bellissima Italia |
| 2016 - 2017 | Top 20 Best Restaurant | Tatler Hong Kong |
| 2015 - 2016 | Awarded Two MICHELIN Stars | Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau |
| 2014 | Best Interior Design | Hong Kong Tatler’s Best Restaurants 2014 |
| 2014 | Voted readers’ Favourite Cantonese Restaurant | U Favourite Food Awards - U Magazine |
| 2014 | Top 10 Chinese (Guangdong, Non-Hotel – Upscale) restaurants | WOM Guide 10th Edition |
| 2013 | Best Restaurant Award (Shortlisted) | Wallpaper* |
| 2013 | Best of Hong Kong | Travel & Leisure |
| 2013 | Bites of Distinction | Novel concepts category – Crave Magazine |
| 2013 | Listed in Time Out Hong Kong Dishes | Time Out Hong Kong |
| 2017, 2022-2025 | SCMP 100 Top Tables | |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
Chachawan
| 2016 | Thai Select Seal of Approval | Royal Thai Government |
| 2016 | Bites of Distinction “Southeast Asia” | Crave Magazine |
| 2014 | Best New Chef | Hong Kong Tatler |
| 2014 | Foodie Forks Awards Outstanding Reliable Favourite | |
| 2022 - 2024 | OAD Asia Top Restaurants | |
| 2024 | Foodie Forks: Best Thai Restaurant | |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
22 Ships
| 2022 | OAD Asia Casual | |
| 2014 | Bib Gourmand: Michelin Guide Hong Kong & Macau | |
| 2013 | Listed as one of CNN’s HK’s Best ‘no reservations’ restaurants | CNN Travel |
| 2023 | Time Out Hong Kong Recommended |
Leela
| 2024 - 2025 | Michelin Guide Hong Kong & Macau Recommended | |
| 2025 | Tatler Best 20 Restaurants Hong Kong | |
| 2024 - 2025 | 100 Top Tables | |
| 2024 | SCMP Best New Restaurant & Chef of the Year | |
| 2024 - 2025 | Bazaar Taste Elite | |
| 2024 | Food Forks: Best New Restaurant |