Zhujian brought 3 restaurant brands to Hong Kong. It was gone in under 2 years.

Zhujian Dining Group, a Taiwan-listed restaurant operator, expanded into Hong Kong in early 2024 with three brands: Zhujian Happy Hotpot (築間幸福鍋物), Yakiniku Smile (燒肉Smile), and Zhujian Suan Cai Yu (築間酸菜魚). Each brand had one location in Hong Kong. Within less than two years, all three were shut down.

The Suan Cai Yu store in Causeway Bay closed first. The remaining two — a hotpot restaurant and a BBQ concept in Mongkok — ended operations by late November 2025. Zhujian officially announced it was terminating its Hong Kong subsidiary and withdrawing from the market entirely. The group said it would concentrate resources on its core markets of Taiwan and Japan.

Zhujian was one of several Taiwan and mainland restaurant chains that expanded into Hong Kong in 2023–2024, drawn by the perception of a recovering post-pandemic market. Most found that Hong Kong's consumer spending had not rebounded as expected, and that the territory's high rents and intense competition made it difficult for new entrants to achieve profitability. Zhujian acknowledged that even after adjusting its dining models and marketing strategies, it could not stem the losses.