Dinners in Hong Kong

We will be staying in Hong Kong for five nights. Our travel agent has recommended dinners at Indochine, Isola, Felix and Spoon. From the posts I read these are all VERY expensive places to eat. We are more casual diners. Are these restaurants worth the money? Can you recommend some nice, more casual places to eat? If we were to go to one nice dinner, which of the above restaurants do you recommend? Thanks so much for your input. By the way, we%26#39;re staying at the Four Seasons.

Dinners in Hong Kong

If you stay at the Four Seasons, which means that you are ind of wealthy, I recommend you to have the dinner in IFC (near Four season). All reastaurant is great

Dinners in Hong Kong

Isola (IFC): aside from the service which is spotty, it is actually worth the money for lunch. For HK$220, you get a good antipasto bar buffet, a main dish, mini-dessert buffet, and coffee/tea. The food is quite good and there is a nice view of the harbour as well.

Felix (Peninsula Hotel): Don%26#39;t go there for food since it%26#39;s just so-so. It%26#39;s ok for a drink. If you dine there, expect HK$500 per head.

Spoon (Intercontinental Hotel): This is the Alain Ducasse Michelin star restaurant. The food is served in a similar style to Tetsuya (Sydney) or also similar to the TV show ';Made to Order'; from Canada. Overall, I think it%26#39;s overrated by quite a bit. It%26#39;s not that anything wasbad, but at the same time, nothing was particularly good other than the presentaiton. Items just taste bland. Expect to pay $800-1,000 per head.

Indochinee: I have not been to that one.

Other places I can recommend:

Steak: Intercontinental Hotel Steak House

Chinese: Dynasty at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel

Italian: Grappa%26#39;s at Pacific Place

We ate out right on the waterfront on the walk of stars with a great view over to the island at a place I think called %26#39;blues on the bay%26#39; the food was excellent and in total with beers and 2 courses it was around £25 a head so not stupidly expensive and a great view.

Thanks so much for your suggestions. I guess I%26#39;m not so concerned about the price of the restaurants suggested to us, just the fact that would be too formal or stuffy. We truly prefer a more casual dining style. Any of your suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Try this link and find out what is available close to where you are staying. SoHO is an area renowned for its restaurant variety too

www.hongkongfoodguide.com/eng/index.shtml

Having spent many long holidays in Hong Kong over the past 20 years and being extremely interested in food I believe that the pricier restaurants are rarely if ever worth the cost and the effort of dealing with the formality which is involved.

If you are keen on eating local food then I strongly recommend that you try some of the ';hole in the wall'; noodle shops; most of them have in the window either a vat of steaming broth and innards or a few roasted ducks and geese, plus bowls of noodles and greens. Don%26#39;t be intimidated - you will be warmly welcomed, and there is usually an English language menu somewhere or someone who speaks enough English to help you. The food will be very cheap (about US$5 for a plate of noodles, some greens and a bowl of soup) and very good, sometimes truly excellent.

There are excellent food courts in the major malls and they offer a very high standard of food at very little cost.

Go to one of the branches of Mak%26#39;s Noodles (there is one in Wellington St HK Island and one in the Macau ferry terminal in Kowloon) and have a bowl of brisket broth with prawn wontons. There are many other excellent wonton specialists - if you search this forum you should find a few posts with details.

Eating in this way is much more fun than being stuck somewhere pretentious eating mediocre international food at enormous cost.

Indochine is one of my favourite restaurants in Lan Kwai FongDo make sure that you have reservations for dinner

Have the hotel concierge do it for you. We stayed at Island shang and had them do it for us. I saw the difference. The service provided to us was much better than to the other table.

The food is excellent and so is the dessert

Simply love the mandarin sorbet that comes set in the mandarin orange

Do give Indochine a try (hope you like vietnamese cuisine)

We have dined at indochine a couple of times (asian fusion) and loved it.It is in Lan Kwai Fong so you will be able to take in the atmosphere and see that there is plenty of casual dining in that area. You may wish to go back and eat at one of the more casual restuarants on another evening. The Four Seasons is attached to the IFC mall and there is lots of restuarants in there to choose from for more casual dining.

Thank you all for your help with dining suggestions. I have printed out your responses and will take them with me on vacation. You never let me down when I have travel questions. Thanks again.

hi would recommend the following - all pretty casual with exception of aqua which is funky and verbenet which is a little stuffy

top end

- aqua (1 peking road - kow) expensive sushi, but fabuulous, also does pasta, amazing views

- verbenet - LKF - italien

- toots @ excelcior hotel - fab views on top floor, steak is great

mid -

lux - LKF contemporary

woolomaloo LKF - australian - great steaks

Habitu - just by the pier, kow - italian with hk twist

boca - tapas - soho

jaspas - mexican / italian - soho

just random - !

Finds - LKF - finish food nothing quite like it!

yum yum yum enjoy!