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Di Vino is as it sounds: a smooth and savvy wine bar and restaurant. It always has an interesting menu and serves free tapas-style appetisers. A popular social hot spot, with trendy clientele sipping Italian wines and well-mixed cocktails. During summer, seek out the balcony at the rear. A good place to meet people.
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The historic Peninsula Hotel’s French haute cuisine legend is a high-society magnet, serving flawless food in splendid surroundings. One of the few restaurants where a jacket and tie are required at dinner. The standard of the food is Michelin-star level and the service would give any restaurant in the world a run for its money. Die-hard food lovers should book the ‘chef’s table’, offering a rare opportunity to observe the workings of an outstanding kitchen.
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Brash and moneyed, Harlan’s aims to attract Hong Kong’s hoi polloi—and succeeds. The dining room is regularly packed with rich, famous and infamous faces. The harbour-front location in Hong Kong Island’s newest and most upmarket mall falls right with the A-list business crowd. The menu features fine ingredients prepared with panache. Scarily expensive, but bound to impress as larger-than-life chef Harlan Goldstein does his rounds.
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This long-established French restaurant has the feel of a subterranean wine cellar. The traditional Gallic menu eschews modern notions of lightness and offers rich, tasty and satisfying food. A bold wine list reveals regional French vintages rarely found in Asia. Service can be slow, but staff are friendly and helpful.
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This Far East franchise of the famous London chain serves well-prepared pizza and pasta from a straightforward menu. Situated next to the Mid-levels escalator, the glass-walled building has a goldfishbowl effect. The pizza is among the best available in Hong Kong and the regular menu is supplemented by monthly specials. Simple, tasty and much loved by parents of small children.
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