Where to go for New Year's dinner in Hong Kong

Wrap your year up in style by digging into a French culinary feast with Skye’s New Year’s Eve degustation menu. Expect a range of French delicacies to start such as mussels topped with Kaviari kristal caviar and potato foam, and duck foie gras terrine on brioche toast with red fruit chutney. Moving on, main dishes include white turbot fillet étuvé with button mushrooms in a marinière emulsion, along with a Challans duck roti with cherries and almonds in a rich duck jus. Finally, Skye wraps up their degustation menu with a selection of petit fours, a soft chocolate cream with hazelnut cream, as well as a glass of Moët & Chandon Impérial Brut Champagne.

Price: $1,980 per person
Book your tables for Skye here.

This New Year’s Eve, Maison Rouge presents diners with sumptuous celebratory menus that will knock your socks off. Diners will start off with assorted amuse bouches like tomato with raspberry gown on toast, as well as macarons filled with foie gras mousse; before moving onto a poached hamachi starter with capsicum jerez jus and Oscietra caviar. Main courses will consist of dishes like lobster thermidor served with creamy mustard bechamel sauce, and a black crusted beef wellington with truffle potato gratin. A surprise box concludes the meal with various desserts such as a choux Malibu coconut panna cotta, and ganache tartelette with fresh raspberry puffs.

Alternatively, Maison Rouge will also provide a vegetarian-friendly menu that’s just as indulgent. Instead of meat-focused dishes, vegetarian diners will get to dig into morsels like salt-baked beetroot salad; potato espuma topped with slow-cooked onsen egg and black truffles; and a wild mushroom risotto topped with mushroom powder dust. To add to the celebrations, Maison Rouge’s limited-time menus will also include free-flow house wines, beer, spirits, and Champagne.

Price: $3,190 per person for dinner and entrance to Maison Rouge’s New Year’s Eve party
Book your tables for Maison Rouge here.

On New Year’s Eve, Hutong has prepared two decadent dinner menus that are full of fiery dishes to keep you warm and toasty. Early diners who enjoy Hutong’s menu from 5.30pm to 8.30pm can enjoy a six-course menu with dishes like pan-fried Hokkaido scallops with termite mushrooms; sauteed beef short ribs with onions and soy sauce; and seafood fried rice with egg and sakura shrimp. Alternatively, guests who dine from 9.30pm onwards at Hutong will not only get to savour plates like mala spicy lobster with dried chillies, Australian M9 ribeye with chives and wafu sauce, and more; but will also be able to catch the fireworks during their meal. Diners during this second seating can opt for free-flow packages which include beer, sake, house wines, as well as premium Champagnes from brands like Veuve Clicquot, Ruinart, and Dom Pérignon.

Price: $988 per person for 5.30pm-8.30pm, $1,980 and up per person from 9.30 onwards
Book your table for Hutong here.

Looking for a celebratory meal you won’t forget? Head to Caprice in Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong to indulge in their six-course New Year’s Eve dinner menu. The limited-time menu kicks off with seafood dishes like langoustine with vanilla and clementines, as well as Brittany blue lobster with gnocchi and black truffles. Following that, diners can savour decadent entrees such as wild fish with pumpkin and saffron sauce, as well as Bresse chicken with Albufera sauce. Finally, Caprice’s menu rounds off with a selection of cheeses, a gianduja souffle paired with black truffle, and a selection of petit fours to tie the whole meal together.

Price: $4,500 per person
Book your table for Caprice here. 

If you plan to countdown to 2024 at Ichu, the Nikkei restaurant will be offering an exclusive dinner menu which will fill you up before a long night of partying. To begin, guests can enjoy a glass of Champagne before digging into the restaurant’s popular starters like their crudo platter, causa limeña, and calamari karaage. As for main courses, Ichu provides options such as Argentinian Angus ribeyes, grilled tiger prawns, and crab avocado for guests to choose from. Finally, the celebratory menu concludes with a special dessert platter to satisfy all sweet-toothed diners.

Price: $998 per person
Book your tables for Ichu here.

Make your last meal of 2023 one to remember with Zuma’s two celebratory menus. The modern Japanese restaurant’s festive daikoku tasting menu will let you enjoy dishes such as French Gillardeau oysters with caviar and yuzu pearls; Japanese Wagyu tataki generously drizzled with truffle ponzu; king crab salad in sesame dressing; miso marinated black cod wrapped in a hoba leaf; as well as Zuma’s decadent sushi and sashimi platter. Zuma will also offer a New Year’s Eve edition of their Yashoku night brunch, which provides guests with two hours of free-flow bubbles along with a wide range of the restaurant’s crowd-pleasing dishes like spicy beef tartare, avocado salad with tenkasu and spicy lemon dressing, an assortment of maki sushi, and plenty more.

Price: $1,680 for daikoku tasting menu, $1,880 for Yashoku night brunch
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Whether you want to get your night started early and fuel up on indulgent Italian dishes, or want to dine as you catch the fireworks, Vista can provide with a choice of two dinner menus on New Year’s Eve. Both options include starters such as scallop and saffron risotto with black truffle, and tuna tartare with avocado salsa and salmon roe; main courses like M5 Australia wagyu beef with wild mushrooms and red wine jus, or pan-fried turbot with roasted cauliflower in caper lemon sauce; and finally a decadent double chocolate cake with mixed berry compote to conclude.

Price: $988 per person for 6pm-8.30pm, $1,588 per person from 9pm onwards
Book your table for Vista here.

Kaen Teppanyaki caps off the year by presenting diners with a lavish selection of menus to enjoy towards the end of 2023. During the day, the teppanyaki restaurant will be serving seaweed-topped chawanmushi, dorayaki foie gras, grilled Wagyu steak, and others from their festive lunch menu. In the evening, diners can choose between Kaen’s holiday season dinner menu or the spectacular festive celebration menu, both of which offer a range of starters, a protein of choice as main course and whether they would like it to be cooked on the teppanyaki or on the Josper-grilled. To conclude, Kaen Teppanyaki offers a freshly-made chestnut Mont Blanc for a delectable dessert.

Price: Available from December 16-31; $1,280 for festive lunch menu, $1,880 for holiday season dinner menu, $2,480 for spectacular festive celebration menu. Book your table for Kaen Teppanyaki here. 

Innovative French-Asian fusion restaurant Auor presents diners with an elaborate New Year’s Eve menu named The Promise of New Year. Chef Edward Voon and the team at Auor will mesmerise diners with a range of indulgent dishes such as Royal Cristal caviar with red prawns in a Sichuan vinaigrette; Brittany blue lobster paired with Malabar black pepper; amadai with butternut puree and squid kare sauce; winter truffle with fish maw and acorn noodles in rich Cantonese broth; Wagyu short rib with white truffles and mushrooms, and many more. The Promise of New Year is inclusive of one glass of Champagne, but Auor also provides a wine pairing (+$888) of six sommelier selected wines for guests to enjoy. 

Price: $2,024 per person (inclusive of a glass of Champagne), +$888 for wine pairing. Book your tables for Auor here.

Wrap your year up by dining at Harbourside Grill to enjoy a delightful New Year’s Eve menu. The celebratory menu provides diners with a selection of refined starters including Fine de Claire oyster topped with watermelon granita; smoked salmon blinis topped with dill creme fraiche; and foie gras terrine topped with celeriac remoulade. Moving on, diners will get to enjoy a portion of seared Scottish scallops, before selecting their desired entree from options such as seared line-caught sea bass with ratte potatoes and M5 Wagyu sirloin with truffle sauce. Finally, the menu wraps up with Chef Sablon’s signature Apple Tarte Tatin with salted caramel sauce and crème fraiche. Each diner will also receive a complimentary glass of Ruinart Blanc de Blancs Brut to sip on during their meal. Additionally, Harbourside Grill will present a live music performance from 7pm to 9.30pm to keep the festive energy high.

Price: $888 per person for first seating from 5,30pm-8pm, $1,588 for second seating from 8.30pm-late. Book your tables for Harbourside Grill here.