Hong Kong’s 23 top New Year’s Eve dining deals: celebrate the end of 2020, finally, with a bang at Rosewood, Cordis, W Hotel or even Simon Rogan’s Aulis

Dec 11 , 2020

How about watching Hong Kong’s New Year’s Eve fireworks from Aqua’s spectacular panoramic view? Photo: Handout

Goodbye 2020, good riddance Covid-19? Welcome 2021 at Tom Dixon-designed Alto with a six-course spread, or what about with northern Chinese fare at Hutong or with Wagyu at American steakhouse Henry?

Christmas feasting is just the beginning – Hong Kong’s finest restaurants are also stepping up their New Year’s Eve celebrations with sumptuous menus and spreads.

Or hopefully they will be, as the pandemic’s fourth wave grips the city. All listings were correct at the time of writing, but please call ahead, check the latest social distancing restrictions – and wear a mask.

208 Duecento Otto

Ring in the New Year celebrations at popular Italian hang-out 208 Duecento Otto, which has just been refurbished and has added lots of exciting new menu items. The festive à la carte menu includes traditional dishes like pan-fried Japanese scallop in lentil soup with chestnut foam and crunchy celery (HK$208; US$27). In Italy, this is traditionally consumed as a “lucky” dish to ensure good fortune in the New Year. Other highlights include cappelletti pasta cooked in chicken broth with Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and black truffle (HK$198); linguine with clams, prawn and parsley (HK$258), and pan-fried squid and herbs sauce (HK$378).

For reservations, call 2549 0208

Alto

Spend the final hours of 2020 with good food and a spectacular city view at Alto. The six-course dinner features smoked salmon with roe and crème fraîche; crispy duck leg with chicory, glazed peaches and sweet pecan dressing; Hokkaido scallops in white wine butter sauce and caviar; Steak Diane with chive mash, and half lobster with smoked shiso butter. Dessert includes a chocolate tart with passion fruit and coconut sorbet. Alto has two seatings, the first at 6pm, with the second at 8.30pm. (HK$788 per person.)

For reservations, call 2603 7181

Aqua

See in the New Year at Aqua atop One Peking in Tsim Sha Tsui with a four-course Italian-Japanese menu. Choices include otoro tuna, shima aji and botan ebi sashimi; king crab and tobiko gunkan sushi; seared scallop oshi sushi with Oscietra caviar and oysters with Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, NV. Enjoy lobster and caviar tagliolini with a glass of Bibi Graetz Bugia. Choose either New Zealand lamb or stone-grilled Kobe beef with G.D. Vajra, Barolo Albe, Italy. Finish with opera cake, raspberry crumble, almond ice cream and Frangelico chocolate sauce with Donnafugata, Ben Rye, Passito di Pantelleria, Italy. (HK$1,288 per person; add HK$388 for wine pairing.)