Food
French
2 Sardines
43 Elgin Street, SoHo
Tel: 2973 6618
Open: noon-3pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Pan-seared tuna steak with spinach risotto, roasted fillet of black cod in herb crust with spinach mushrooms, roasted quail stuffed with mushroom risotto.
$$$-$$$$
Amigo
Amigo Mansion, 79A Wong Nai Chung Road, Happy Valley
Tel: 2577 8993
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-midnight
Signature dishes: Turtle soup with cream and light curry flavour, roasted oyster and grilled fillet steak with shallot red wine sauce, king prawn baked with gruyere, pan-fried sea bass with mushrooms, Grand Marnier souffle.
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BB's Bistro
13 Knutsford Terrace, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2316 2212
Open: noon-1am
Signature dishes: Wild rabbit stew, seafood crepes with lobster sauce, clams with herb butter.
$$$
Bistro Le Fauchon
Shop 2310-2311, 2/F Gateway Arcade, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2956 3286
Open: 11.30am-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Goose liver pate, onion soup, grilled quail.
$$$$
Bouillabaisse
G/F, 31 Elgin Street, SoHo
Tel: 2834 9880
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Garlic prawns, braised French spring chicken with Calvados.
$$$-$$$$
Brasserie on the Eighth
8/F Conrad Hotel, Pacific Place, Admiralty
Tel: 2521 3838 ext 8240
Open: noon-3pm, 6.30pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Alaskan crab salad with mango and avocado, bouillabaisse with rouille, veal cheeks braised with aged port wine sauce, Provencale-style rack of lamb with tarragon sauce, chocolate mousse with passion fruit coulis.
$$$$$
Cafe de Paris
23 Elgin Street, SoHo
Tel: 2810 0771
Open: noon-3pm and 6.30pm-10.30pm (until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays)
Signature dishes: Pan-seared foie gras with dark cherry, mussels in white wine parsley butter sauce, rib-eye with Cafe de Paris butter, chocolate fondue.
$$$$
Cafe des Artistes
1/F California Tower, 30-32 D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong
Tel: 2526 3880
Open: noon-3pm, 7pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Sauternes-infused goose foie gras terrine, pan-seared duck foie gras with baby spinach and red onions in merlot vinegar jus, red wine-braised beef cheek served with parsley potatoes, carrots and mushrooms.
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Caprice
6/F Four Seasons, 8 Finance Street, Central
Tel: 3196 8860
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Ravioli of langoustine, sweetbread and chanterelle mushrooms with shellfish sauce, smoked scallop skewer with rosemary, truffle capellini and pumpkin emulsion, warm duck foie gras with sweet and sour red berries.
$$$$$
Chez Patrick
G/F 26 Peel Street, Central
Tel: 2541 1401
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Venison, carpaccio, seabass (menu changes weekly).
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EDITOR'S PICK
Gaddi's
The Peninsula, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2315 3171
Open: noon-3pm, 7pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Scallop carpaccio and black truffle, poached pike souffle with pan-fried crayfish, roasted pigeon with white beans and pan-fried goose liver.
$$$$$
La Brasserie
B/F The Marco Polo Gateway, Harbour City, 13 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2113 7925
Open: noon-3pm, 6.30pm-11.30pm
Signature dishes: Pressed duck (one week advance notice), gratinated burgundy snails, bouillabaisse, daube of beef bordelaise.
$$$$
La Fourchette Bistro Moderne
LG/F Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
Tel: 2522 8830
Open: 11am-midnight
Signature dishes: Vegetable salad with seared tuna and olive oil dressing, crab cakes with crushed avocado on tangy cocktail dressing, grilled rib-eye steak with bearnaise sauce, chocolate cake with pistachio ice cream.
$$$$$
Le Gouter Bernardaud
Shop 2028-2029, Podium Level 2, IFC Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central
Tel: 2295 3955
Open: Monday-Friday 7.30am-7pm, Saturday-Sunday 11am-7pm
Signature dishes: Croque monsieur, tartine chevre on Poilane bread, French-cut US pork chop with mashed potatoes, grilled eggplant, onions and tomatoes.
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La Terrasse Wine Bar & Restaurant
G/F 19 Old Bailey Street, SoHo
Tel: 2147 2225
Open: Monday-Friday noon-2.30pm, Monday-Saturday 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Black truffle risotto, duck breast with mushrooms, lobster salad with couscous.
$$$$$
Le Marron
12F Ying Kong Mansion, 2-6 Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2881 6662
Open: 6.30pm-midnight
Signature dishes: Pan-fried foie gras, cassoulet with imported confit de canard, tarte tatin.
$$$$
Le Parisien
Shop 2076, Level 2, IFC Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central
Tel: 2805 5293
Open: 11.30am-2.30pm, 6pm-11.30pm
Signature dishes: Baked clams Provencal with artichoke and capsicum salad, scallop chowder with saffron, coriander and tomato, crispy crab cake with wild rocket and lemon butter, beef carpaccio with shaved parmesan cheese.
$$$$
Le Tire Bouchon
45 Graham Street, Central
Tel: 2523 5459
Open: Monday-Thursday noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm, Friday-Saturday noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Pan-fried duck liver with fresh raspberry sauce, warm sausage salad with potatoes and mixed leaves, tournedos, souffled pancake flavoured with orange and Grand Marnier.
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Mirepoix
Shop 2A, 2/F 75-77 Wyndham Street, Central
Tel: 3101 2828
Open: Monday-Saturday 6.30pm-midnight
Signature dishes: Pan-fried foie gras, souffles.
$$$$
Petit Pomerol
G/F 5 Shelter Street, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2915 7282
Open: Tuesday-Sunday noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-midnight
Signature dishes: Pan-fried French duck foie gras, Provencale fish soup with Gruyere and garlic croutons, crispy French sea bass with spinach pasta, tomato and zucchini in pesto, crispy duck leg confit with garlic potatoes.
$$$$
EDITOR'S PICK
Petrus
56/F Island Shangri-la, Supreme Court Road, Admiralty
Tel: 2820 8590
Open: 7am-10am, noon-3pm, 6.30pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Smoked Scottish salmon fillet with a royal caviar cream, Brittany turbot fillet stuffed with lemon confit, vanilla mille-feuille with jam.
$$$$$
Riva
27/F The Park Lane, 310 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2839 3327
Open: noon-2.45pm, 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Light lobster salad, lobster fricassee with creamy Chablis sauce, penne pasta scented with black truffle oil, pan-seared Australian rack of lamb with wild mushroom risotto, warm Valrhona chocolate cake with almond crisps.
$$$$
Rive Droite Rive Gauche
2/F 29 Wyndham Street, Onfem Tower, Central
Tel: 2525 1681
Open: Monday-Friday noon-3pm, Sunday-Thursday 6pm-11pm, Friday-Saturday 6pm-11.30pm
Signature dishes: Foie gras with compote of pear with preserved ginger, honey sauce and brioche, roasted chicken crepinette with vegetables and mushrooms, confit of duck legs with grandmother's mashed potatoes.
$$$$$
Teca
G/F AIA Plaza, 18 Hysan Ave, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2833 6083
Open: noon-10pm
Signature dishes: Beef and abalone carpaccio with black bean vinaigrette, roast portobello and fennel with garlic ravioli, seared Mexican jumbo sea scallops, roulade of Bresse turkey with figs and chestnut.
$$$$$
Voyager Bistro
49 Graham Street, Central
Tel: 2525 2624
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Warm goat's cheese salad, mussels, beef fillet, orange creme brulee.
$$$-$$$$
Seafood
DotCod Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar
Basement, Prince's Building, 10 Charter Road, Central
Tel: 2810 6988
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6pm-midnight
Signature dishes: Crab cakes, soft shell crabs, oysters on the half shell.
$$$$-$$$$$
Fish Bar
Level 7, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
Tel: 2841 3858
Open: noon-2.30pm, 5.30pm-10pm
Signature dishes: Jumbo shrimp cocktail, pan-fried New Zealand snapper, Caesar salad, fish sandwiches, bucket of New Zealand mussels.
$$$$
Island Seafood & Oyster Bar
G/F 10 Knutsford Terrace, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2312 6663
Open: Monday-Thursday noon-midnight, Friday-Saturday noon-1am, Sunday and public holidays 6pm-midnight
Signature dishes: Fresh selection of international oysters.
$$$
Lobster Bar and Grill
Level 6, Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong Supreme Court Road, Central
Tel: 2820 8560
Open: Sunday-Thursday noon-1am, Friday-Saturday and public holidays noon-2am
Signature dishes: Boston lobster salad with cauliflower, lobster bisque, traditional seafood platter, lobster tartare on cucumber carpaccio with lemon yogurt dressing, Thai-style lobster curry.
$$$$-$$$$$
Oyster and Wine Bar
18/F Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel and Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2369 1111 ext 3145
Open: Sunday-Thursday 6.30pm-1am, Friday-Saturday and public holidays 6.30pm-2am (last orders at 11pm)
Signature dishes: Oysters on the half shell, crab cakes.
$$$$
Stormies' Crab Shack
G-1/F, 46 D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong
Tel: 2845 5533
Open: Monday-Thursday 11.30am-2am (last orders at 10.30pm), Friday and Saturday 11.30am-3am
Signature dishes: Seared lamb loin tataki, Alaskan king crab legs, grilled Canadian tenderloin.
$$$
Chiu Chow
Chiuchow Garden
UB2 Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central
Tel: 2525 8246
Open: 11am-4.30pm, 5.30pm-midnight
Signature dishes: Cold soy goose, cold crab.
$$$-$$$$
Shung Hing Chiu Chow Sea Food Restaurant
39 Queen's Road West, Sheung Wan
Tel: 2543 7794
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Cold crab, soy goose, mashed taro dessert.
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EDITOR'S PICK
Tak Kee Chiu Chow Restaurant
G/F 533-537 Queen's Road West, Sheung Wan
Tel: 2819 5568
Open: Tuesday-Sunday 11.30am-2.30pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Soy goose, cuttlefish rolls, oyster congee, oyster omelette.
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Spanish
Boca
65 Peel Street, SoHo
Tel: 2548 1717
Open: noon-2am
Signature dishes: Salt cod and potato croquettes, marinated chicken strips with lemon, garlic and paprika, deep fried jalapeno peppers stuffed with cheddar and served with guacamole.
$$
El Cid Caramar Spanish Restaurant
Shop 102 Murray House, Stanley Plaza, Stanley
Tel: 2899 0858
(Branches in Knutsford Terrace, Tel: 2312 1898; Causeway Bay, Tel: 2576 8650)
Open: Sunday-Thursday noon-10.30pm, Friday-Saturday noon-midnight
Signature dishes: Game hen stuffed with blood pudding and wild rice, penne with spinach and Serrano ham in almond cream sauce, anchovy and romaine salad.
$$
La Bodega
42 D'Aguilar Street, Central
Tel: 2524 7790
Open: Sunday-Thursday 5pm-1am, Friday-Saturday 5pm-late
Signature dishes: Spanish tapas of crostinis with mushrooms and antipasti, Spanish omelette with potatoes and onion; pan-fried chorizo, chorizo rice.
$$-$$$
La Comida
G/F 22 Staunton Street, SoHo
Tel: 2530 3118
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Grilled chorizo, jamon Iberico, chicken paella with chorizo, vegetarian paella.
$$$
Ole
1/F Shun Ho Tower, 24-30 Ice House Street, Central
Tel: 2523 8624
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-midnight
Signature dishes: Peppers stuffed with codfish, gazpacho, seafood paella, Andalusian-style fillet of pork medallions.
$$$-$$$$
Ricos
1/F 51 Elgin Street, SoHo
Tel: 2840 0937
Open: noon-11pm
Signature dishes: Stuffed squid with minced pork, fresh asparagus baked with cheese, whole baby lamb leg with olives and citrus, chicken breast with Serrano ham, gruyere cheese and white wine sauce, paella with chicken, chorizo and seafood.
$$
Tapas Bar
G/F Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, 64 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East
Tel: 2721 2111 ext 8756
Open: 5pm-1am
Signature dishes: Chicken croquettes, fried squid, sizzling prawns.
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