6 best Valentine's Day dinners in Hong Kong

Aphrodisiac dessert buffet at Yamm.

Best dessert

Forget about a box of chocolates, for Valentine's Day we want a real treat and this chocolate buffet sounds perfectly decadent. The Mira Hong Kong’s Yamm Restaurant has an Aphrodisia Dessert Buffet that starts at 10pm. The towers of pink candy floss are distracting, but we'll try hard to tear ourselves away from them to focus on the highlights: the chocolate fountain, the chocolate and jasmine tea cream, and rose champagne. Sofa seating allows us to get comfortable when the aphrodisiac effects of cacao kick in. As an added surprise, inscribe your date’s name on a chocolate 'book' called Chocolate Love Story (HK$485), which needs to be ordered a few days in advance. 

Aphrodisia Dessert Buffet at Yamm, 10pm-1am, HK$380 per person plus 10% service charge
Lobby, The Mira Hong Kong, 118 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, tel +852 2315 5111 www.themirahotel.com/

Six courses in love at Spoon.

Best fine dining

Spoon at the InterContinental is the kind of lavish restaurant where the management team will help you with whatever elaborate theatrical presentation you have thought up for popping the question. The suave team, gorgeous setting, and five-star food, will make even the most nervous, clumsy marriage proposal seem elegant and romantic. 

Six-course dinner at SPOON by Alain Ducasse, 6-11pm, HK$1,588 per person or HK$2,388 per person with wine pairing: Rosé Champagne, white, red and dessert wine.
InterContinental Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Kowloon, tel +852 2313 2256
hongkong-ic.dining.intercontinental.com

Santa Lucia gives dining a personalized touch.

Best all-inclusive

This all-round package from Santa Lucia's needs minimal effort on the part of you. On top of the 5-course dinner with two flutes of Ayala champagne, Santa Lucia will have thought of everything else: your message projected on a screen and in a card, your names on the dessert, a spa voucher and other goodies. Table 24 or 61 has the best views of the city skyline on the 38th floor of Hotel Panorama.

Love-olutionary at Santa Lucia, 6:30-11pm, HK$1,688 per couple plus 10% service charge. You must book a week in advance.

Hotel Panorama by Rhombus, 8A Hart Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, tel +852 3550 0262 www.hotelpanorama.com.hk

Azure for kids for one night only.

Best for families

With Chinese New Year falling on the same day as Valentine’s Day, family time and romantic fine dining may have to be combined. Hotel LKF’s Azure steps up with a menu that caters to kids with good taste -- mini Angus beef burgers, chicken nuggets, and an ice cream sundae for dinner. Adults choose from foie gras, wagyu beef, and Alaskan king crab in a four or six-course meal.

Kung Hei Fat Choi x Valentine’s Day at Azure, 6:30-11pm, HK$1,488-1,688 per couple; HK$188 per child 

29/F, Hotel LKF, 33 Wyndham Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central, tel +852 3518 9330 www.azure.hk

Mehendi at Gaylord.

Best Bollywood romance

Romantic Bollywood fantasies get a step closer to being fully realized at Indian restaurant Gaylord where a mehendi artist will be at the restaurant to decorate palms after dinner. Gaylord will also add personal touches to the night, such as writing special messages on the menu, decorating tables with sentimental memorabilia, and surprising dates with a rose and love messages at every course. If sparks still don’t fly after all that, then at least you can hang onto the HK$1,500 spa voucher from Elemis Spa.

For special requests, call Bharat Devgan ahead of time +852 6902 3360.
Cupid’s Feast for Lovers at Gaylord Indian Restaurant, 6-11pm, HK$250 per person
1/F Ashley Centre, 23-25 Ashley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, tel +852 2376 1001 chiram.com.hk

Chanteuse Jennifer Palor.

Best live performance

Traditional Chinese banquet dishes like Buddha Jumping the Wall are paired with a romantic modern setting at SEVVA this Valentine's Day. But the best part is a performance by Manila-born jazz singer Jennifer Palor who will be singing romantic classics on the right side of cheesy, such as “When I Fall in Love.” Palor will come to your table and accept song requests -- no tipping required.

Valentine’s Dinner at SEVVA, 6pm-2am, HK$2,500 per couple
Prince’s Building 25th Floor, 10 Chater Road, Central, tel +852 2537 1388 www.sevva.hk