Hong Kong’s best Christmas lunch and dinner menus for 2023: top restaurant set meals, from traditional fare to Mediterranean, Italian, Chinese and Japanese delicacies, and New Year’s Day brunch

Nov 19 , 2023

Not sure where to eat out this holiday season? From traditional Christmas lunches to blow-out New Year’s Day dinners, this is Style regularly updated picks. Pictured: Christmas spread at Pirata (2023). Photo: Handout

Whether you’re gathering the whole family or dining with friends, there are menus for Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and Christmas Day itself, as well as New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

Tired of turkey? Picks include the Rosewood’s ever-popular Indian restaurant Chaat, Middle Eastern hang-out Bedu, izakaya-style TokyoLima, steakhouse Flint and sustainably focused Moxie

Leaving cookies or mince pies out for Santa? Then don’t skimp on a few treats for yourself. Exorcise the ghost of recent Christmas Pasts and embrace the chance to gather your loved ones close for a special meal. Here are some of the best, most luxurious or plain comforting Christmas lunches and dinners in Hong Kong this holiday season – updated weekly.

Amber

Consistently one of the most engaging dining experiences in Hong Kong, Amber is a wonderful dining option any time of the year and Richard Ekkebus and his team aren’t taking it easy for the holidays. They have curated festive lunch and dinner menus with intriguing new seasonal flavours such as blue lobster, fermented uni miso and Legras Blanc de Noirs Champagne, among others.

Festive dinner sets for eight courses are available on December 24 and 31 for HK$4,498, and on December 25 for HK$3,398. A four-course (HK$2,398) or six-course (HK$2,698) lunch is available on December 25 and January 1, and these menus are also available with a line-up of Amber’s timeless signatures.

7/F, The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 15 Queen’s Road Central. IG: @mo_landmarkhk

Andaz Kitchen

Still in pristine condition having newly opened in September, the Andaz Macau was one of the most anticipated hotel openings in the city this year. To celebrate its first Christmas, Andaz Kitchen, the hotel’s all-day neighbourhood dining destination, is helping guests to savour the holiday spirit with a festive buffet showcasing seafood appetizers, enticing carving stations and signature Portuguese dishes. Special festive hampers are available for anyone wanting to spread joy this Christmas, plus there’s a New Year’s Countdown Party with champagne and canapés for those looking to ring in 2024 in style.

6/F, Andaz Macau, North Tower, Galaxy Macau integrated resort, Macau

Ankôma

Chef de Cuisine Frankie Wong has crafted a festive nine-course tasting menu (HK$1,880) at Ankôma for hungry guests this Christmas. Available from 20 December until New Year’s Eve, the menu is home to a smorgasbord of culinary treats. Highlights include Zuwaigani, a snow crab tartlet with sherry vinegar sheet and battera kombu floss; an unagi course that showcases smoked eel with foie gras mousse on brioche French toast; and Japanese oyster accompanied by Dom Petroff Amursky caviar, sake beurre-blanc, and dill oil (pictured). Hefter courses feature a “lava stone” grilled lobster tail and a chicken course featuring Three Yellow Chicken preparations served four different ways – roasted chicken breast; stuffed chicken wing with ankimo; tsukune yakitori skewer; and dried sakura-ebi chicken rice with vin jaune sauce.