Best brunches in Hong Kong to indulge in right now

Rosewood Hong Kong launches a series of global dining experiences and kicks off their international brunches at Holt’s Cafe with A Taste of Thailand. Led by chef Piyawan Kung, the brunch will transport you to the bustling food markets of Bangkok. Start off with a heaping seafood platter, which includes oysters, mud crab, king prawns, and half a Boston lobster. Then, enjoy unlimited refills of appetisers like spicy pounded green papaya salad or vegetable spring rolls; and choose your main course from dishes like massaman curry and pad Thai. Finish off your meal with a choice of dessert, tea or coffee, a glass of Prosecco or a mocktail.

When: Sundays from May 22 to June 12, 12pm-2.30pm; 12.45pm-3.15pm
Price: $598 per person

Can’t wake up in time for brunch during the day? Then you'll love Madame Fu's Never Too Late to Brunch menu. Try dim sum classics like shrimp dumplings and spring rolls; along with tapas-sized appetisers such as cucumber salad, crispy mushrooms with Zhenjiang vinegar, and deep fried shirauo. Don't miss out on their barbecue tower, where you can fill yourself up with tea-smoked duck breast, Iberico char siu, teriyaki baked salmon, and firecracker chicken! If you’re vegan or gluten free, don’t worry – they’ve got menu options for you too. Wash it all down with a diverse selection of beverages from their free-flow menu while you listen to groovy beats by guest DJs.

When: Saturdays, 7pm-11pm
Price: Standard – $780 for two hours, $930 for three hours; Deluxe – $980 for two hours, $1,230 for three hours.

Offering fresh seafood like chilled Boston lobsters, freshly shucked oysters, and sashimi, Popinjays brings you a wide array of dishes to choose from at their Mystique Weekend Brunch. Made-to-order stations serve juicy carvery classics like roasted beef, salmon coulibiac, and lamb legs, while the cheese bar has a melting wheel of raclette cheese for you to feast on. With a mystic twist, Popinjays will also bring in experienced tarot specialists to share their wisdom with tarot card readings. For further spiritual healing, enjoy a healing crystal candle and a moss agate tower to bring some good energy home.

When: May 29, 12pm-2pm; 2.15pm-4.15pm
Price: $888 per person

The Hari Hong Kong's Japanese restaurant Zoku is offering a new brunch menu crafted by chef de cuisine Edwin Guzman. Expect a selection of sashimi including tuna, salmon, hamachi and scallops, Chalaca (oyster, onion, tomato, corn), Tiradito (tuna, caviar, cucumber, yellow chili sauce), crisp tomato salad, Wagyu maki with avocado, pork belly Bao, and Tebayaki (grilled stuffed chicken wing). For mains, guests can choose between a deep-fried seabass with ponzu emulsion, pork ribs with Nikkei BBQ sauce, or ribeye served with spicy soy marinate with baked sweet potato and broccolini. For an additional price, mains can be changed to an uni yakimeshi ($128) or udon lobster ($118). Finish your meal with choices of yuzu fruit tart, 70% chocolate cone, coconut sorbet, mochi cake or Alfajor, an Argentinian cookie with dulce de leche.

When: Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, 12pm-5pm 
Price: $688 per person for food only; $988 for a two-hour free-flow; $1,288 for a two-hour free-flow of Perrier Jouet Grand Brut NV.

The French-Japanese steakhouse’s new weekend brunch features seafood or Wagyu set menus using a new Wagyu type: Kyoto Princess Wagyu. Nicknamed ‘Mother Cow’, this new meat is produced from older (nine to 10-year-old) female Wagyu which does have a lower fat ratio but retains a melt-in-your-mouth texture and sweetness. The weekend Wagyu brunch comes with a selection of Wagyu amuse-bouche, Wagyu prepared in three different ways, shabu shabu-style Wagyu oxtail udon soup and a gelato ice cream made using Wagyu oil. Alternatively, you can opt for the seafood-focused ‘Le Voyage des Fruits de Mer’ brunch which has dishes like Manila clam salad, grilled squid salad onigiri, Japanese crab meat udon and a seafood platter of scallop, New Zealand scampi, and Hiroshima oyster tempura. Dessert is just as surprising on the seafood side with gelato ice cream infused with Japanese Sakura shrimp.

When: Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm to 5pm 
Price: $580/person (four courses); $680/person (five courses); +$188 for two-hour free-flow with Languedoc sparkling rosé

The new Club Brunch pairs an epic Argentinian feast with a classic cocktail: the Martini. Food-wise, you’ll be served dishes like the fresh seafood platter with Boston lobster, oysters, prawns and caviar; French toast prepared table-side with crispy wood-smoke bacon; and the signature prime rib with duck fat fries and salad, among other items. Tasty food, strong Martinis, well, that sounds like a plan to us!

When: Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm onwards (reservations must be confirmed 48-hours in advance)
Price: $588 per person; +$148 for three Martinis

Whether you’re looking to brunch in Soho or Causeway Bay, brunch remains the same at Little Bao. You can enjoy crowd-pleasing dishes such as the caramelised thick-cut brioche French toast, or opt for savoury comfort food in the form of the eggy Breakfast Bao, Crab Benny or Prawn Toast. Better yet, you can choose two brunch items, or baos, or fried chicken, and get four sharing sides and two soft drinks in a set. You can even add on two hours of free-flow sparkling, wine and beers for $198.

When: Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm-6pm 
Price: $288 per person; +$198 for two hours of free-flow

Head to Ciao Chow for a relaxed and hearty brunch full of Italian delights including a buffet of fresh seafood including lobster, prawns and mussels, cold cuts, cheese, salads, antipasti, roast meat, fish, and a dessert bar. The menu also includes all-you-can-eat Neapolitan pizza and pasta of your choice that are made to order. Enjoy it all with unlimited pours of soft drinks and juices or, as we prefer it, with Prosecco, house wines, Peroni beer, or signature cocktails and spirits.

When: Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm-3.30pm 
Price: $488 per adult and $248 per child; +$128 for free-flow soft drinks, +$288 for free-flow alcoholic drinks

Bringing you hearty American soul food classics, Graceland knows how to turn up the indulgence dial for the weekend. Think crispy chicken with waffles and maple syrup, home-baked biscuits smothered in sausage gravy, country fried steak with a sunny side up eggs, and much more on the a la carte brunch menu. There are also thick ice cream milkshakes that you can spike with your spirit of choice. The brunch menu is available alongside their regular a la carte menu so you have plenty of options. When you order any main dish, you can enjoy two hours of free-flow Prosecco (you can add some fruity flavour with peach or orange juice), beer and cider. 

When: Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm-6pm 
Price: Brunch items range from $65 to $155; +$180 for free-flow package

Bedu’s weekend brunch features a bang for your buck three-course menu for two to share. Including a mezze platter of smoky hummus, honey baked feta, homemade flatbreads, and more to share, select your choice of main from rack of lamb, garlic prawns, cheese roasted cauliflower or cumin roasted chicken skewers. To finish your meal, savour a millefeuille dessert served with blueberry jam and ice cream.

When: Saturdays to Sundays, 11.30am-3.30pm
Price: $390 per person

Keep the dishes coming with Hutong’s ‘Non-stop’ Feng Wei brunch, full of Chinese dishes for sharing like aromatic Peking duck and crispy soft-shell crab with dried Sichuan chilli, main courses like mapo tofu, kung po chilli prawns and an unlimited range of dimsum. There’s also a free-flow which pours glasses of Champagne, sommelier selected red and white wine, sake, beer, and their special Canton Ginger cocktail made with Tanqueray gin and Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur.

When: Saturdays and Sundays, Early brunch 11am-1.30pm; Non-stop brunch 1pm-4.30pm
Price: $688 for Early brunch with free-flow; $988 for Non-stop brunch with free-flow

Levelling up Sommkind of Brunch, Somm's chef de cuisine Terry Ho has created a new menu for the weekend. The brunch includes sharing platters, a choice of main courses, and desserts, along with free-flow options. Indulge in Brandt all-natural beef carpaccio, smoked pike roe and Alaskan king crab egg mimosa, char siu grilled BBQ beef short rib, Aveyron lamb saddle, and crispy lamb sweetbreads with silver beets. The desserts are also not to be missed. Enjoy a sweet selection of Profiterole with cacao nib ice cream and chocolate sauce, and rhubarb and Elderflower syrup & almond tart with raspberry sorbet.

As a wine-centric restaurant, Somm provides some excellent free-flow options. The Sommkind of Brunch comes with a 90-minute free-flow of selected sparkling wine, seasonal wine-based cocktails, fresh juices, coffee or tea. While the next level, Sommkind of Special Brunch, includes free-flow Champagne, sake, Sommelier recommended white and red wines, and Sommkind of Royale Brunch offers additional free-flow of 2010 Moutard, Cuvée Des 6 Cépages Brut Nature.

When: Saturdays and Sundays, 11am-2.30pm
Price: Sommkind of Brunch $748 per person; Sommkind of Special Brunch $848 per person; Sommkind of Royale Brunch $1,148 per person

Calling all seafood lovers! Porterhouse's Seafood Spectacular Brunch features an unlimited supply of food including plenty of fresh seafood such as oysters, Boston lobster, Irish crab and much more. But that's not all, the incredible spread also includes premium cold cuts, cheese, salads, soups, a carving station with Australian Wagyu D-rump, crispy pork belly from Holland, and melted raclette cheese, pasta and egg stations, and a generous selection of desserts.The two hour free-flow packages include three options for non-alcoholic drinks as well as wines, beers, Champagne and cocktails.

When: Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, 11.30am-1.30pm, 1.45pm-3.45pm
Price: $558 per adult; $279 per children (aged 3-11); +$168 for free-flow of fruit punch, Shirley Temple, Summer Breeze, soft drink and juice; +$298 for free-flow of Prosecco house red and white wines, and Aperol Spritz; and +$408 for free-flow of Champagne Alfred Gratien Brut, white and red wine, special Bloody Mary, and spirits

Get ready for a lively experience at Musubi Hiro's weekend brunch which has some fun izakaya inspired items including Japanese empanada and chimichurri sauce, and omakase appetisers to get you started. With main choices like pancakes and karaage chicken, their musubi tower piled high with various fillings or their hearty Hiro bowls with sides like braised beef cheeks, eel and more – you’re spoilt for choice! Plus you can keep reordering the dishes you like as the brunch items are all unlimited. Drinks-wise, the free-flow package offers everything from house sake, Asahi beer, Brooklyn IPA, Hiro red and white wine, and other cocktails. All of which are intended to warm you up for the games and contests of beer pong, titanic and more when you brunch.

When: Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, 12pm-3pm
Price: $268 per person; +$198 for two hours free-flow booze

The Captain says, "therapy's too expensive; better have a drink!" Sink all your problems in Cruise's Weekend Lunch & Bubbles and upgrade your experience to a two-hour free-flow of Prosecco and sake cocktails for an additional $120 per person. Inspired by his nights cruising between izakayas in Tokyo, Cruise’s chief mixologist Le Mack crafted Cha Cha Twist (genmaicha sake, agave syrup) and and Cruise Control (gin, coffee, lime-leaf cordial, and tonic). As for the food, start with the tempting chilled seafood and sashimi platter, inclusive of Canadian lobster and Ora king salmon, and follow it up with wok fried seabass or upgrade to enjoy a braised Sher Wagyu beef cheek. End your meal with a sweet note of delicious Coconuts in Paris dessert. Get your gang together aboard the weekend Cruise and relax amidst stunning views of Victoria Harbour. 

When: Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm-2.30pm
Price: $490 per person; +$120 per person for a two-hour free-flow of Prosecco and sake cocktails 

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