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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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.
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
@@Cheeseatingjunglista The one in Shatin was converted into a Wedding Events and Venue a few years ago
Here before this blows up
@@Randommanlol the restaurants?
Ang tagal na ata nun nawala siguro mahigit 7yrs ago na
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 😥
Sorry about that
Same. Wonderful experience. I was a 22-year-old sailor though. 😂
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.
now how old are you
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.
Plus it is more a scam with meh foods
@@ometofu they sells the experience rather than the food tho, like most expensive restaurant nowadays
@@ssrbgangimaribotan6thofthe12 who is into 1980s experience?
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
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.
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.
It sank
@@BACONBRIAN Only the kitchen barge. The restaurant haven't sank yet although some parts of it already is
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,
Move on don't be sad., nothing is permanent
My parent went to honeymoon also.
Still has the pics.😰
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
Also people could just throw trash directly on the sea
They had alot of it in the Philippines but they're all gone by 2000s
This one is also a relic of the 80s.
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
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.
Yes this should be a landmark like The towers, temples,etc of hongkong!
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.
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
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.
@@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
Why end the harbor ferry service
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.
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
That is so true.
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
Who came back here after reading that the Floating Resteraunt Sunk earlier today .... 🥺
Its sad because its also on Battlefield 4
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.
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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.
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
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!
Please don't lose this treasure. We lost many things in pandemic, this should be relocated and protected by all means.
No diggie
They should at least try to make it safer, no point visiting a place when you have a chance to die
@@Daraxyn they can fire a torpedo missile on it.
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The cost of maintaining........
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.
I really enjoyed going to that restaurant…such a shame too see it in this state :(
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.
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
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.
One of the hong kong tycoons should just step up to finance the move to ocean Park or another suitable location.
it'll cost millions to move it and fix it up again. and nobody seems interested in doing that.
Jumbo Floating Restaurant will always have a place in my heart for being the place to take out thugs in Sleeping Dogs....
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.
Thank you to the zhong guo govt
So sad seeing it go. I feel blessed to have had the experience of dining there. It’s a treasure!!!
They should build a new one, that looks really cool.
They move it onto land or build a new one elsewhere.
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
Battlefield 4 ?
Sunken Dragon map
Yeh tru
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. 👍
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
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. ❤❤❤❤
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.
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.
Wasnt it a map in BF4?
Yup. Sunken Dragon map. What are the odd the real one sinking too? haha
Just like Concorde…once it’s gone, it’s gone with no replacement in sight.
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.
Its sad how pandemic has affected numbers of businesses until now. Memories from this restaurant will last forever.
Sigh, I was hoping to visit it after COVID is over. I got killed so so many times at this boat in Battlefield4.
Dang I was just sniping people there on battlefield 4 just the other day
I hunted down a mob boss at that restaurant in sleeping dogs
I was there with three other people from Manila and New South Wales in 1988. That was my very first trip to Hong Kong.
You can’t even GIVE it away, as if oil prices went to negative 38 dollars in 2020
This floating restaurant and that Bank of China building are iconic structures of Hk.
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.
Planned all along - collected insurance $ on the accident I bet.
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
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.
Relocated to the bottom of the sea.
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.
Goodbye forever, it just sunk under the water, just like Hong Kong’s economy.
Aw just like in Battlefield 4, it's also sinking.
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
don't, tourist trap
Can't you all see that everyone who loved that place wanted to keep it in Hong Kong forever?! The Jumbo Floating Restaurant doesn't deserve a departure to a new place! All of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant fans had memories of their visit to the attraction. As for Ocean Park, they wanted to help this restaurant by donating money to the Jumbo Floating Restaurant company. It had been there for more than 46 years! The floating restaurant attraction of HK must float on forever and always. Can't anyone repair this attraction's kitchen?! As for the company of the HK Jumbo Floating restaurant attraction, you still have the most immortal hope in the palm of your hands, right here. right now.
Isn't that place like a landmark icon? Hong Kong really gonna let that structure gone forever? How unfortunate.
seems nobody wants to pay for it. so it's become port junk.
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 😭
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?
Yes went there like 6yrs. Ago its amazing inside everyfloor and all the decores its so sad it will be closed.....
Seems like they sank it for the insurance money.
(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.
yeah, exactly !! And now, apparently, its gone. Probably the owner preferred to sink it, cheaper that way...
Too bad for water environment though ....
Seeing this I remembered RE6
Tbh...it will be missed...maybe we can take a photo and use it as a stamp for mementos...
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.
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.
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
I think it's great news. Finally the people will understand what really supports them. The real hit is 2019 riot which destroyed tourism.
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 ... 🤞
It's sad that it has to close. I visited it in 1992; it was a great experience.
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.
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.
This perfectly symbolizes the death of Hong Kong. RIP 🇭🇰 . It's been a great ride.
pls no i haven't been there yet
This sinking is symbolic of what Xijing Ping is doing to all of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Tibet, Xinjiang .... and if he can reach far enough with his iron thumb.. Taiwan.
Jumbo can move to Macau, it'll be more than welcome there!
It'll best for SG too, 'coz it is an island, surrounded by d sea n it's befitting for SG to have a floating restaurant, serving fresh n exotic seafood, which is readily available here.
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.
The government should assist to restore it under some agreement with the owner. It is a treasure piece of heritage. If it is gone, it is gone forever.
Gosh.... That's sad.... I ate dim sum there before.... It was very crowded.... People were waiting next to us while we were eating.
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.
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.
This building is so iconic and beautiful, i remember it from Sleeping Dogs
Million of sweet memories, and thousand history, vanished by virus. Too bad.
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.
Lol I used to fight in Battlefield 4 in that restaurante and I never knew it was a restaurant at all
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.
Thats weird that this video was posted 2 weeks before this floating restaurant sink in south china sea
Battlefield 4 flashbacks....
bruh it's been 40 years, that restaurant is old af to float. they just need to rebuilt it
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.
If a portion of the restaurant fell into the ocean I would not feel safe eating there
Starting to sink? That could be a metaphor for Hong Kong.
For whole China I would say. Such an amazing country but going wrong way
The food was expensive tihs too.
Oooo edgy redditors
I'm ashamed to have just discovered a landmark like this to exist just now.
Do you live in HK? I don't live there and had no idea too. 😔
@@Elfangorlanzhou i live there and i had no idea too, i should go there and have a look at it myself before its taken down
@@Elfangorlanzhou,
Nah, but close enough. I live somewhere in Southeast Asia, so I'm really surprised this neat mall ship wasn't mentioned the slightest least in touristy related things.
Build it a little bit higher ?
a big lose for HK. This is one of HK trademark. I hope they will remain open the business. Greeting from Malaysia
This is a real goodbye. The floating restaurant sank while in transit.
How about turning this into a floating hotel or a air bnb?
I was here in Battlefield 4. Sunken Dragon map.
Why not choose to join with ocean Park to make it become not only Restaurant but also can be visited by tourists so the income will be increase to help maintenance Jumbo Floating Restaurant.
Hope they can try crowdfunding. A few dollars from each resident would be enough to keep it afloat! Maybe they could try allowing pre-wedding photos and wedding banquets
I should put on the empress while taking picture in the restaurant🤔
Battlefield 4 Sunken Dragon anybody? 😂
Bye bye Jumbo...was there only once in April 1997,special experience never to forget👋🏻
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.
It's so magnificent and beautiful. To take it all down will be a crime.....