Christmas dinner can be quite the tedious task, so why not let someone else cook for you. It’s been a long year, so sit back and enjoy the holidays without lifting a finger. Here are our 10 favourite festive feasts in Hong Kong to book now.

8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA

The three Michelin-starred Italian restaurant celebrates Christmas with a special set eight-course menu available for one night only. The Christmas Eve menu is a medley of refined dishes signature to 8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA, including the Chestnut gnocchi embellished with aromatic Alba white truffles, the juice and tender Poularde from Bresse, and the popular Mayura beef sirloin from the restaurants standing ‘Singature Series’ from Australia, and ending on a sweet note with Marinated wild strawberries with panna cotta and Moscato Zabaione and orange yoghurt gelato.

Available: December 24 2019

Bookings: Christmas Eve 8-course Menu HK$3,288 + 10%

8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA, 202 Landmark Alexandra, 18 Chater Road, Central; +852 2537 8859

Arcane

This Christmas, Chef Shane Osborne has presented a five course menu to impress and delight. The dinner includes Arcane’s most loved and signature classics – beginning with a burst of flavourful Japanaese burrata with rocket pesto; Hokkaido scallops with courgetti, jicama, and yuzu; Creamy and rich sautéed potato gnocchi with white truffles; followed by a mouth-watering Pan roasted wagyu short rib with sweet potato, brussels sprouts, bacon and white truffle; and to end, with a sweet Yuzu and lemon posset with blood orange, yoghurt ice cream and white chocolate tuile.

Available: Throughout December

Bookings: Every evening of December, HK$1,555 + 10%

Arcane, 3/F, 18 On Lan Street, Central; +852 2728 0178

Aulis

Aulis, the development kitchen slash chef’s table is a cosy little cavern for private and intimate celebrations. For Christmas, Chef Simon Rogan’s Hong Kong farm to table concept will be ringing in Christmas and the new year with a menu of old favourites and new discoveries. The 16 dish menu features some of chef’s classics including the Hong Kong pea, Sea urchin custard and Scallop with pike perch. Some dishes take a Christmas twist for the special occasion.

Available: December 24, 25 and 31 2019

Bookings: 16 Course menu HK$1,480 + 10%

Aulis, UG08, Sino Plaza, 255 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay; +852 2817 8383

Café Gray Deluxe

Perched above Hong Kong overlooking Victoria Harbour, Café Gray Deluxe is a top spot when it comes to dinner with a view. What’s more their elegant set menu for Christmas is full of enticing European style classics. Featuring dishes such as Sunchoke potage with shaved white truffle and chestnut ravioli with sage, Salmon coulibiac with cucumber beurre blanc, and Porcini stuffed quail with chanterelles. .

Available: 24 and 25 December 2019

Bookings: Christmas Eve (6pm – 8pm) 4-course menu HK$1,550+10% per person; (8:30pm – late) 6-course menu at HK$2,350+10%  per person; Private Dining Room at $2,350 per person with a minimum spend of HK$30,000. Christmas Day à la carte menu will be available for dinner.

Café Gray Deluxe, 49 The Upper House Pacific Place 88, Queensway, Admiralty; +852 3968 1106

Giando Restaurant

Like every other visit to Giando, expect to be served in monstrous proportions, but with a little extra for Christmas’ sake. Chef Gianni Caprioli has specially created a festive dining menu with nine courses of Italian delights from both land and sea. Find Obsiblue Prawns, Passatelli Mortadella noodles with Christmas broth, King crab with truffle sauce, Ginuea fowl with foie gras and brussels sprouts and Mont Blanc with Italian merignue amongst others on the table. Guests also have an option for an additional wine pairing to go with the meal.

Available: December 24 2019

Bookings: Christmas Menu HK$1,088 +10% per person; additional HK$480 per person for wine pairing

Giando Restaurant, G/F, Starcrest Block 1, 9 Star Street, Wan Chai; +852 2511 8912

Honjo

If you’re looking for something nontraditional, but still feel-good, Honjo is the place to celebrate Christmas. The modern Japanese restaurant will showcase two eclectic menus featuring four courses with some of our new favourites from this recent opening. This includes appetising dishes that are served family style such as the thinly sliced Wagyu bathed in chorizo oil, asahi tosazu, crispy quinoa and chives, as well as the indulgent Lobster tempura with wasabi aioli and a sumptuous Mentaiko udon served with aglio e olio, chilli and shiso. The festive spread can also be paired with wines from Honjo’s selection of over 200 types of wine from their cellar.

Available: 24 and 25 December 2019

Bookings: from 6:00pm to 7:30pm HK$680+10% per person; 8:30pm onwards HK$1,080+10% per person; additional HK$480 per person for the wine pairing

Honjo, 1/F, Hollywood Centre, Queen’s Road W, Sheung Wan; +852 2663 3772

Hue

The Hong Kong Museum of Art location gives this 5,000 sq. ft. modern Australian restaurant some of the most exquisite views in Tsim Sha Tsui. Plus this newly opened restaurant has some impressive food on offer too. This Christmas, it’s a four course menu with options for some premium meat, seafood, canapés and dessert dishes. We’ve got our eye on the king crab doughnuts, profiterole chicken liver parfait and date jam, Spanish Carabinero prawns and a satisfying turkey pie or ‘7 Bone’ Wagyu steak with all the trimmings.

Available: 24 to 26 December 2019

Bookings: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day 4-course menu HK$680+10% per person

Hue, 1/F Hong Kong Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui; +852 3500 5888

Kinship

Since we’re celebrating togetherness during the festive season, it seems that Kinship is the perfect place to book in your Christmas dinner. And if the comfortable setting and relaxed vibes aren’t reason enough, then the Christmas menu is. It features some great classics to get nostalgic over including Prawn cocktail, Turkey roulade and an updated version of Sweet potato in risotto form. It’s ideal for family or friend sharing and is a mix match of the best of British and American cuisine.

Available: 24 and 25 December 2019

Bookings: From 6pm onwards HK$488+10% per person

Kinship, 3/F LL Tower, 2 Shelley Street, SoHo, Central; +852 2520 0899

maze Grill by Gordon Ramsay

The acclaimed contemporary steakhouse maze Grill by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay will be celebrating in typical British fashion. The four-course menu begins with a wintery Jerusalem artichoke soup with black truffles; Grilled diver scallops, Special confit duck watermelon salad and Baby beet salad to share, a choice of mains from Traditional beef wellington, Turkey sage stuffing, Linguine pasta and Hot smoked miso salmon, and ending with a trio of desserts to share including Christmas pudding, Coconut and dark chocolate cremeux and Baked apple pie. Take in all this British Christmas feast while enjoying the spectacular views harbourfront with the skyline before you.

Available: December 24 and 25 2019

Bookings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and 8:30 onwards HK$888 + 10%

maze Grill by Gordon Ramsay, OTE401 Ocean Terminal, Tsim Sha Tsui; +852 2765 0890

Mr Brown

If you’re more of a turkey roasting on an open fire, than a chestnuts person, then Mr Brown has got you covered. Here, you’ll be able to pre-order the bird which is cooked to perfection come dinner. Smoked, roasted and filled, the turkey also comes with all the trimmings of baked potatoes, walnut bacon stuffing and sprouts, along with rich gravy and cranberry sauce. Or you can opt for the ‘Mr Brown Goes to Town’ set menu which also has some BBQ favourites alongside festive dishes. This can all be washed down with at Smoky horchata cocktail made with mezcal, rice water, milk, vanilla and a touch of cinnamon.

Available: Now until New Year 2020

Bookings: Mr Brown Goes to Town set menu HK$450+10% per person; pre-order whole 5kg turkey for dinner HK$1,000

Mr Brown, G/F, 9 Ship Street, Wan Chai; +852 3101 1081