The 12 best French restaurants in Hong Kong: from three-Michelin-starred Caprice at the Four Seasons and K11 Musea’s Tirpse, to Odyssée at the ICC and the city’s first fine dining hotspot, Gaddi’s

Whether you’re looking for contemporary and innovative approaches to fusion cuisine or fine dining classics done right, you’ll find options a plenty in the city.

These are Hong Kong’s best French restaurants.

1. Arbor

Fusing premium ingredients from Japan with French gastronomic techniques in his dishes, chef de cuisine Eric Räty has struck the right balance of refinement and flavour. It also doesn’t hurt that his restaurant is sited in the heart of Central with sweeping views of the city.

The tuna enveloped in a thin pancake is an elegant Japanese-inspired dish, served with three condiments: horseradish, ponzu jelly and red rice cream. The lobster is a favourite too, not only for the presentation that is a work of art, but for the carefully cooked crustacean submerged in a deep rich lobster bisque sauce with a jalapeño foam adding a welcome spicy kick.

25/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Central

2. Bâtard

Sat within The Fine Wine Experience, Bâtard is a wine lovers’ paradise where great food and some of the best wines in town are available. Walk past the wine cellar to a cosy dining area. With floor-to-ceiling windows and high ceilings, the space has a sophisticated air. The restaurant is named after the grand cru vineyard Bâtard-Montrachet in Burgundy, and serves fine wines at retail prices.

The menu fuses French comfort food with fine dining flair. Highlights of the menu include terrine of duck foie gras and rillettes glazed in Madeira and cocoa, while Bâtard’s signature roast chicken with warm pilaf rice is the stuff of legend, with the rice soaked in fragrant chicken fat.

Shop E, 165-166 Connaught Road West, Sai Ying Pun

3. Caprice