Cuisine
Chinese
DYNASTY
New World Renaissance Hotel
Tel: 2369 4111
Elegant surroundings, serves dim sum, a la carte and home-made specialities, including barbecue pork, baked silver cod fish and steamed rice in a clay pot. Seating capacity 138, and there is one private function room for up to 24 people. Dress code smart casual.
HOI KING HEEN
InterContinental Grand Stanford
Tel: 2731 2883
Classic and contemporary Cantonese cuisine prepared before diners in the show kitchen. The restaurant's current promotion of a set dinner menu priced at HK$275 includes free drinks (soft drinks, mineral water or local beer) for a two-hour period. Seating capacity 250, plus five private rooms seating 12 to 50 persons. No dress code.
ROUGE
Regal Airport Hotel
Tel: 2286 8618
Serves authentic Cantonese food, including dim sum, seafood and bird's nest dishes. The restaurant has won awards from the Hong Kong Tourism Board for its pork and dim sum cuisine. Seating capacity 230, dress code casual smart.
YAN TOH HEEN
InterContinental Hotel
Tel: 2721 1211
Open daily for lunch and dinner serving authentic Cantonese cuisine. Until July 20, a winter melon menu will be available, the fruit served double-boiled with a selection of meats or shark's fin. Until July 12, a separate menu will feature golden roe crab. Dishes include deep-fried lychee stuffed with crabmeat and Yunnan ham croquette. Seating capacity 130, dress code smart casual.
French
GADDI'S
Peninsula Hotel
Tel: 2315 3171
French haute cuisine, with a wine list to match the food. Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.
Lunch features a three-course menu that includes a glass of wine, and four-, five- and six-course dinners. A la carte is also available. Signature dishes include braised veal shank, layers of eggplant in a red bell pepper reduction with a hint of basil oil, and peeled green grapes in muscat wine prepared three ways. Seating capacity 100, dress code smart casual during lunch, jackets for men required for dinner.
RESTAURANT PETRUS
Island Shangri-La
Tel: 2820 8590
Contemporary French cuisine with the emphasis on bringing out the natural flavours of foods with the minimum use of spices and condiments.
Signature dishes include sauteed slice of duck liver with fig's sherbet, and bresse chicken stuffed with herb butter served with vegetable confit. There are more than 900 wines listed, including vintages from Chateaux.
The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner Monday to Saturday, and serves brunch on Sundays. Seating capacity 85. The restaurant can also be separated into three dining rooms for private functions. Dress code smart.
VONG
Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
Tel: 2522 0111
French food with an Asian twist. Famous in New York, Chicago, London and Hong Kong.
Specialities on the menu are warm asparagus salad with avocado and enoki mushrooms, lobster tartine with lemongrass, fenugreek and pumpkin seed broth, and warm Valrhona chocolate cake with coconut sorbet on peppered tuile. Seating capacity 120, dress code smart casual. The restaurant is due to reopen next month.
International
27 RESTAURANT AND BAR
Park Lane Hotel
Tel: 2839 3327
International and Asian cuisine. Business lunches served Monday to Saturday, and on Sundays, brunch is available with unlimited champagne or juice. High tea is served Monday to Sunday.
Dishes on the a la carte menu include peppered lamb rack with ratatouille and crisp polenta and Tasmanian salmon in shitake shell with lobster coleslaw and mushroom syrup.
A pianist and double bass player perform each evening. Seating capacity 129, a private dining room seats up to 12 persons. Dress code smart casual.
BOSTONIAN
Great Eagle Hotel
Tel: 2735 1133
An all-American restaurant with set dinner menu (appetiser, main course and dessert) and a la carte selection. Signature dishes include Boston lobster, US certified Angus filet mignon and pan seared goose liver foie gras. Seating capacity 136, dress code smart casual.
CHINA COAST WINE BAR AND GRILL
Regal Airport Hotel
Tel: 2286 6898
Steakhouse specialising in corn-fed prime Angus beef served at lunch and dinner.
Seating capacity 300, dress code smart casual.
GRIPPS AMERICAN BAR AND RESTAURANT
Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel
Tel: 2113 3902
The American Wild West in TST - expect to find cowboy hats, blue denim place mats and Mexican blankets.
The menu is typically American and includes snacks, brunch and an a la carte section. Until the end of the month a special Tex-Mex menu includes jalapeno and mint marinated lamb chops on red bean stew, chili con carne with crispy tacos and pecan pie with sangrita sherbet. Seating capacity 120, no sandals or shorts.
STEAK HOUSE BAR AND GRILL
InterContinental Hong Kong
Tel: 2721 1211
Open daily for dinner, the restaurant serves Texas-sized cuts of US prime beef, with a salad bar to accompany it. In July, the restaurant will serve an exclusive selection of boutique American wines not normally available. Seating capacity 100, dress code smart casual.
THE CAFE
Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
Tel: 2877 6666
Now on the ground floor, The Cafe is an all-day dining restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Buffet and a la carte menus are available offering Western and Asian cuisines. A set dinner menu including a cold appetiser, entree and dessert costs HK$149, until the end of June. Seating capacity 120, dress code smart casual.
THE VERANDAH
The Repulse Bay
Tel: 2812 2722
Continental cuisine in one of the best settings in Hong Kong. Lunch and dinner is served Tuesday to Saturday, and during Sunday brunch a classical jazz band performs.
Spring dishes include the Repulse Bay seafood selection, and red mullet fillet pan-fried with olive oil, fennel rouille and saffron. Seating capacity 105. Dress code smart casual.
Italian
CAMMINO
The Excelsior Hong Kong
Tel: 2837 6780
Serves authentic Italian cuisine including appetisers, pasta, risotto, main courses and desserts. Signature dishes include sliced, roasted veal loin on tuna sauce with capers and rocket salad, spinosini pasta with lamb ragout and cherry tomatoes, and cream brulee with grapefruit.
Seating capacity 58, dress code smart casual.
NICHOLINI'S
Conrad Hong Kong
Tel: 2521 3838
Specialises in northern Italian cuisine and caters for business lunches and dinners.
Popular dishes include Venetian-style calamari, oven-baked gratinated crabshell with lemon sauce, pan-fried goose liver with muscat wine, angel hair pasta with lobster, tomato and basil, oven roasted lamb with Italian herbs and garlic, and Nicholini's platter - hot souffle, tiramisu and ice-cream cake with raspberry compote. Seating capacity 80, dress code smart casual.
THE MISTRAL ITALIAN RESTAURANT
InterContinental Grand Stanford
Tel: 2731 2870
The restaurant serves home-style Italian cuisine. Signature dishes include fresh clam, lobster and cuttle fish linguine, and monkfish and prawn medallions wrapped in eggplant, served with potato, white wine, saffron and pine-nut sauce.
Currently, a complimentary bottle of red or white wine will be given to diners spending a minimum of HK$250 per person, based on a minimum of two people.
Seating capacity 118, plus a private room that seats 20. Dress code smart casual, no shorts for men.
TOSCANA
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
Tel: 2532 2062
Northern Italian cuisine serving seasonal five-course dinner menus with paired wines (optional). Lunch and dinner a la carte menus are available.
Signature dishes include linguine with lobster and zucchini and grilled veal chop with a porcini mushroom cream sauce. Three private dining rooms seat two to 16 guests.
Seating capacity 70. No sports shoes, shorts or T-shirts are permitted.
Japanese
IMASA
The Peninsula Hong Kong
Tel: 2315 3175
Contemporary Japanese restaurant serving cuisine that includes shabu shabu, sukiyaki, sashimi, sushi and tempura. Kaiseki menus are available on request.
The restaurant seats 85 people, and has one private dining room that seats eight to 12 persons. Dress code smart casual.
INAGIKU
The Royal Garden
Tel: 2733 2933
The restaurant is celebrating its first anniversary with a special dinner menu costing HK$688. Specialities include live king prawn tempura, tempura chazuke and uni tempura, as well as dishes such as hiramasa sea urchin sashimi rolled with hirame, simmered kinme wrapped with bean curd and vegetable, teppanyaki beef steak with fried burdock, and seasonal Japanese fruits.
The current seating capacity of 92 will extend to 120 when a VIP room opens at the end of the month. Dress code smart casual.
KAETSU
Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong
Tel: 2588 1234 (re-opens 30 May)
Classic Japanese food served at the sushi counter and a la carte. This is the most extensive menu in Hong Kong, apparently.
Look out for the introduction of kaiseki cuisine that new chef Ito Hiroyuki will soon introduce (see our feature on hotel chefs for details).
Specialities include Saturday noodle lunch buffet and Sunday sushi and sashimi lunch and dinner buffets. Seats 60, including 22 at the bar.
Two private dining rooms cater for parties up to 12 persons. Dress code smart casual.