Probably the most festive time periods in the events calendar in Hong Kong (apart from Chinese New Year, of course), our city goes crazy for Christmas. The decorations are up, red clothing purchased, and weather cool.
What’s next? Time to book your Christmas lunches, brunches, and dinners. For help on making the occasion a special one, scroll down below for ideas on where to spend Christmas in Hong Kong.
The best Christmas menus in Hong Kong 2025
1. Quiero Más
For a taste of the Med and Spain this Christmas, Quiero Más is here with three boisterous menus for Christmas dinner and brunch. In the dinner section, their Christmas eve menu includes all the classic dishes, from 52-month natural cured Paletilla Ibérica and crystal tomato bread to their signature suckling pig and stuffed oven roast turkey. Their Christmas dinner covers Quiero Más signatures such as beef tartare, seafood paella Barcelona, and dry-aged tartare. As for brunch, live music is paired with four tapas dishes, one main, and a dessert. Make sure to savour their Spanish Ibérico ham, truffle cheese bikini, truffle ricotta ravioli, and hazelnut log cake. Guests can add on a two-hour free flow of wines, prosecco, beer, sangria, and house gin & tonic for HKD198.
Quiero Más, 20/F, M88, 2–8 Wellington Street, Central, 2383 0268
Christmas eve dinner (HKD498 per person) available Dec. 24, Christmas dinner (HKD398 per person) available from Dec. 25 – 28, Christmas brunch (HKD368 per person) available from Dec. 25 – 26, book here
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2. The Bayside & O’Thai
The Christmas spirit is coming to Hung Hom in December with a dinner and brunch menu shared between the kitchens and flavours of The Bayside and O’Thai. For Christmas eve, book their six-course dinner menu with abundant flavours from the crab cannelloni, lobster vol au vent, marinated slow-cooked turkey breast, chocolate log cake, and more. When it comes to brunching here, both Mediterranean and Thai flavours come out on the menu, with dishes salmon tartare, truffle cheese bikini, chicken satays, and signature deboned suckling pig must-orders.
The Bayside and O’Thai, Shop G1, G/F, One Harbourfront, 18 Tak Fung Street, Whampoa Garden, Hung Hom, 2123 2177
Christmas dinner (HKD448 per person) available from Dec. 24 – 25, Christmas brunch (HKD288 per person) available on Dec. 25 – 26, book here
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3. aqua
Where Christmas meals become alive is at aqua with the restaurant’s Victoria Harbour views making for a memorable meal with the whole family. From their Japanese-Italian menu specialities, their Italian red prawn risotto with cauliflower purée, Chilean sea bass tatsuta-age with minced prawn dashi-ankake sauce, and their Christmas velvet cake of rich vanilla mousse & soft cinnamon cookies feature on all their Christmas menus.
aqua, 17/F, H Zentre, 15 Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 3427 2288
Christmas lunch (HKD488 per person) available from Dec. 22 – Jan. 2, Christmas brunch (HKD588 per person) available on Dec. 25, 28, Christmas dinner (HKD1,388 per person) available from Dec. 19 – Jan. 4, book here
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4. Hutong
For a taste of Northern Chinese fare this festive period, strong flavours, and luscious views, Hutong is a quality pick for your Christmas dining planning. New to the collection this year, Hutong’s Winter Solstice Dinner ushers in the Christmas spirit first with a menu featuring braised fish maw and vegetarian shark’s fin in peppercorn abalone sauce and wok-fried tiger prawns with leek, shallot and green onion. During the 8-course Christmas dinner menu, expect the fragrant and powerful Hunan-style lobster with fermented beans and roasted suckling pig roll with Kung Pao sauce.
Hutong, 18/F, H Zentre, 15 Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 3428 8342
Christmas brunch (HKD588 per person) available from Dec. 25 – 28, Winter Solstice Dinner (HKD3,888 per four) available from Dec. 19 – 21, Christmas dinner (HKD1,288 per person) available from Dec. 24 – 26, book here
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5. The Chinese Library
At Tai Kwun, Christmas enjoys a Chinese twist at The Chinese Library crafted by chef Junno Li using premium quality ingredients. Offering lunch, brunch, and dinner menus, the Christmas meals include the powerful trio of South African superior dried abalone with a trio of seasonal vegetables, braised rice with sea cucumber and morel mushrooms in superior broth, and braised sea cucumber in abalone sauce with pan-fried shrimp rice roll. Expect the season-exclusive grilled turkey mustard spring roll too on the menus, served only during Christmas time in Hong Kong at The Chinese Library.
The Chinese Library, 1/F, Police Headquarters Block, Block 01, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central, 2848 3088
Christmas lunch (HKD488 per person) available Dec. 22 – Jan. 2, Christmas brunch (HKD528 per person) available from Dec. 25 – 28, Christmas dinner (HKD1,088 per person) available from Dec. 19 – 30, book here
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6. Cantina
Twin restaurant to The Chinese Library at Tai Kwun, Cantina is also showering Hong Kong with the Christmas spirit with two, three, and four-course menus featuring Italian flavourites. Their menus, available for lunch, brunch, and dinner, feature classics at the restaurant, including sharing dishes slow-cooked veal tongue with peara mayonnaise, risotto with cotecchino and lentils, and pork chop with mashed potatoes, mushrooms and chestnut.
Cantina, 1/F, Police Headquarters Block, Block 01, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central, 2848 3000
Christmas lunch (2-courses starting from HKD338 per person) available from Dec. 22 – Jan. 2, Christmas brunch (starting from HKD528 per person) available from Dec. 25 – 28, Christmas dinner (2-courses starting from HKD458 per person) available from Dec. 19 – 30, book here
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7. Honjo
Modern Japanese is an offering fitting for the best Christmas dinner organised in Hong Kong and Honjo perfects it! Crafted by executive chef Kyle Lee, their Christmas dinner focuses on sharp flavours. From start to finish, spice and bouncy textures come about with their ebi perilla tempura, fresh oyster, tuna tartare, miso roast chicken, soy marinated black cod, and lobster hot stone. Honjo’s upgraded dessert of mochi ice cream ends the spectacle with a sweet ending.
For those dining at Honjo, Calle Ocho, and all Pirata Group restaurants from Dec. 1 to Jan. 1, 2026, customers can enter a raffle for a trip for two to Osaka with a two night-stay at Dorsett by Agora Osaka Sakai. The second prize includes a staycation in a Premier Harbour View Room at Dorsett Kai Tak, with the third prize a HKD2,000 dining voucher bundle from Pirata Group. All you have to do is complete a dine-in meal and you automatically enter to win big!
Honjo, 1/F, 77-91 Queen’s Road West, Sheung Wan, 2663 3772
Christmas dinner (HKD680 per person) available Dec. 24 – 25, book here
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8. Calle Ocho
Executive chef Fred Sistelo at Calle Ocho has crafted a spectacle this Christmas with brunch and dinner menus that promote the classic dishes enjoyed during this period in Spain. For both brunch and dinner menus, have a taste of their signature milk fed lamb shoulder, arroz negro baby squid, butterflied seabass, and crispy suckling pig. Exclusive this season for dinner, tuck into their green-lipped mussels gratin, beef tartare, and tuna broken egg. Those heading to Calle Ocho for brunch can end their meal with a sweet and dreamy Basque cheesecake with berries sauce.
Calle Ocho, Shop K, G/F & 1/F, Fashion Walk, 8 Cleveland Street, Causeway Bay, 2638 8895
Christmas brunch (HKD398 per person) available on Dec. 25, Christmas dinner (HKD528 per person) available Dec. 24 – 25, book here
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9. Clipper Lounge
A cherished tradition at the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, buffet dining at the Clipper Lounge is a sight – and taste – to behold, especially during the festive period. This Christmas, the buffet-specialty restaurant is putting on a grand show. From the beginning of December, expect the most premium of dishes, such as foie gras terrine, poached Boston lobster, snow crab leg, a Christmas carvery including roasted prime rib of beef and roasted turkey, chicken cordon bleu, wok-fried squid, poached Hainan chicken, and a cosy selection of homemade desserts, cakes, baked pastries, chocolates, and ice cream. Guests can also add an additional free-flow package (HKD538), including limited-edition Moët Impérial Red Limited Edition End of Year 2025 and select wines. Come hungry because their buffet spread is large!
Clipper Lounge, M/F, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road Central, Central, 2825 4007
Christmas semi-buffet lunch (HKD658 for adults, HKD458 for children) available Dec. 1 – 23, Christmas dinner buffets (HKD988 for adults, HKD588 for children) available Dec. 1 – 23, 27 – 30, Christmas eve dinner buffets (from HKD1,488 for adults, HKD788 for children) available Dec. 24, Christmas day buffets (from HKD1,488 for adults, HKD788 for children available Dec. 25, book here
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10. JUNO
At Michelin Bib Gourmand-winning JUNO, Christmas dinner is being hosted with a hearty Mediterranean focus, featuring touches of Spain, France, and Italy on the menu. Starting off with Ibérico ham, eggs tonnato, artichoke croquette, and pink prawn tartare, the main course comes with a choice of crab tortellini and risotto & black truffle. If you want to spruce up the meal for an additional HKD30, order the Mediterranean short ribs, saffron black cod, or confit de canard. Dessert comes with a choice of the tarte tatin & vanilla or the chestnut & whiskey tiramisu (+HKD30).
JUNO, G/F, 88 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan, 2703 5188
Christmas dinner (HKD580 per person) available Dec. 24-26, book here
11. Food Studio
At the newly renovated Food Studio inside the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Hong Kong, the Christmas spirit can be felt throughout every station in the buffet spread. Open for buffet lunch and dinner during the special three-day period, you can be treated with freshly steamed lobster, seasonal terrine, fresh sashimi, grilled Wagyu, and Renaissance signature roasted turkey. For dinner exclusives, expect hot Alaskan King crab leg, bone-in roasted Christmas ham, and a raclette station. And if that’s not enough, their dessert selection includes Christmas mince pie, chestnut mont blanc, and cinnamon cherries almond tart.
Food Studio, M/F, Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, 2802 8888
Christmas buffet lunch (HKD1,086.8 for adults, HKD657.8 for children) available Dec. 24 – 26, Christmas dinner lunch (from HKD1,086.8 for adults, HKD657.8 for children) available Dec. 24 – 26, book here
12. Heimat
Heimat, Hong Kong’s prominent German restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong, brings a German twist to Christmas dinner this year. With the central focus of the meal paid to the traditional German-style martinsgans, or roast goose, the flavours of Germany come out strongly on the menu. The Christmas dinner menu begins with chestnut soup, lobster salad, and scallop ravioli. The main course choice concerns a pick of the martinsgans, Dover sole, roast duck, or US Prime sirloin steak. To wash away the salt and meat, dig your fork into either a vanilla poached pear or hazelnut waffles.
Heimat, 8/F, 33 Wyndham Street, Central, WhatsApp 5279 8108
Christmas dinner (HKD1,480 per person) available Dec. 24 – 25, book here
13. Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic
The Foodie Forks 2025 Best French Restaurant Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic is upping the Christmas ante with a French and fine-dining touch to the special festive dining period. Their seven-course “Noël Éclat” menu tells a refined French story of gastronomy through top dishes, such as the Anne-Sophic Pic signature pasta Less Berlingots ASP, Scottish king scallop, chicken from bresse, Saint-Marcellin cheese, and the restaurant’s modern twist on the fancy dessert of Le Millefeuille Blanc 2.0.
Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic, 4/F, Forty-Five, Gloucester Tower, LANDMARK ATRIUM, 15 Queen’s Road Central, Central, 3501 8580
Christmas dinner (HKD1,980 per person) available Dec. 24 – 25, book here
14. Beefbar
Beefbar offers a meaty touch to Christmas brunch in 2025. At their prestigious venue in Central, tuck into a festive menu that focuses solely on beef and dishes that compliment the cow. Begin with either a caesar salad, beef tartare “bistro style”, or celeriac, hazelnut, truffle soup. The next course comes with a choice of Black Angus beef mini burger or homemade Wagyu beef ragu pappardelle. The main highlight of the brunch is their unlimited servings of USDA prime bavette, so eat to your hearts desire. There is an option to add a serving of US short rib, Australian bone-in strip, or Korean striploin at an extra course. Dessert consists of the tiramisu or chestnut cake.
Beefbar, 2/F, Club Lusitano, 16 Ice House Street, Central, 2110 8853
Christmas brunch (HKD880 per person) available Dec. 25 – 27, book here
15. Fish Bar
Whilst the weather may be cooler than usual for the special Christmas days, Fish Bar has the warm food and even warmer outdoor heaters to treat you for your pool-side meal. Serving the same Christmas menu for both lunch and dinner, guests can sink their teeth into premium dishes French scallop carpaccio and lobster bisque for starters, before a real meaty choice of either rosemary roasted turkey, baked chorizo crusted toothfish, or a surf & turf for mains. Because Christmas is a time for indulgence, Fish Bar presents the chestnut pear mont blanc or mulled wine yule log cake to sink down for dessert.
Fish Bar, 7/F, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, 2810 8366
Christmas lunch and dinner (HKD1,080 per person) available Dec. 24 – 26, book here
16. Café on M
With views of the Hong Kong Island skyline to die for, Café on M is a treat to visit for those wishing to dine buffet-style this Christmas. With signatures Boston lobster, king crab legs, roasted US Christmas ribeye, and roasted turkey presented, the hotel’s buffet restaurant goes all out dressing their spread in a meaty, seafood-y, and all-Christmas theme. Make sure to treat yourself to their chocolate & cherry yule log, Christmas cake pops, and Christmas pudding after!
Café on M, M Level, InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong, 70 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2731 2860
Christmas dinner buffet (HKD1,188 for adults, from HKD638 for children) on Dec. 24 – 25, Christmas lunch buffet (HKD788 for adults, from HKD478 for children) on Dec. 25, book here
