Luxe Dining Edit: Spring into the fresh flavours of the season with special promotions at 6 top restaurants, from a carnivore feast at Kitchen to lashings of lobster at the Oyster & Wine Bar

Mar 3 , 2025

Spring into the new season’s flavours with great deals on fine dining. Photo: Handout

As the weather turns warmer, celebrate spring by tantalising your taste buds at tempting prices, with dining opportunities at Monkey Café, Nicholini’s, Unkai and Lucciola

After finally shaking off the winter chills, spring heralds a period of new beginnings. For many chefs this is an exciting time to cook, as spring vegetables emerge from the earth, meats like lamb are succulent and seafood is plentiful.

From now until May 31, enjoy an array of cuisines – including Italian, French, traditional Cantonese and Japanese – and sample succulent seafood, juicy meats and tempting desserts through the Celebrating Flavours with Standard Chartered: Spring Delights offer. For more details click here.

Monkey Café

Located in The Emperor Hotel, Monkey Café offers a weekend brunch semi-buffet on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Standard Chartered Cathay Mastercard holders can take advantage of the buy-one-get-one-free for the weekend brunch semi-buffet, with adults at HK$438 and HK$338 for children three to eight years old, and seniors 68 years old and above.

The spread includes breakfast items from eggs to sausages and hot cakes, followed by mains such as US beef rib eye steak, pasta with prawn and pesto, pan-fried Norwegian salmon fillet, and Hainan chicken rice. Finish the meal with tempting desserts like crème brûlée, black sesame cheesecake and Mövenpick ice cream. Reservations must be made at least one day in advance and mention the offer when booking.

G/F, The Emperor Hotel, 373 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, tel: 2961 3340

Oyster & Wine Bar

Enjoy the panoramic view at the top of the Sheraton hotel as you tuck into fresh seafood, quality meats and fine wine. Oyster & Wine Bar offers a “Luscious Lobster Land” menu featuring Boston lobster in salad and a bisque, and the crustacean cooked to perfection by the chef, and end with a sweet treat of chocolate fondant with hazelnut crumble. The special menu is HK$1,590 per person, but with the Standard Chartered Cathay Mastercard, diners can benefit from a buy-one-get-one-free offer. Bookings must be made at least 48 hours in advance, mentioning the promotion, and there’s a maximum of six free dinner sets per reservation. Blackout dates include Easter and Mother’s Day.

18/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 2369 1111

Kitchen

Meat lovers will enjoy Kitchen’s “Carnivore Feast Buffet”, which offers flavours of the land and sea. Highlights include roasted Wagyu beef bolar blade, sweet and sour fish, baked cheesy Japanese scallop, smoked crispy pork knuckle, and Mongolian cumin lamb chops. The special buffet is available for lunch at HK$498 per person Mondays to Fridays, and HK$648 on weekends and public holidays. For dinner the price is HK$798 per guest Mondays to Thursdays, and HK$868 on Fridays to Sundays, public holidays and eve of public holidays. With the Standard Chartered Cathay Mastercard, diners can use the buy-two-get-two-free offer by making the reservation at least one day in advance and mentioning the promotion at the time of booking. There is a limit of two free buffets per reservation. Blackout dates apply.