Christmas dinner, brunch and afternoon tea in Hong Kong 2026

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Hotel Christmas menus for 2026 are live across Peninsula, Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, Rosewood, Grand Hyatt and Regent. Prices below are the hotel figures, all plus 10% service charge unless a page says otherwise. The useful decision now is brunch vs dinner vs afternoon tea, and whether Boxing Day (26 December) is the smarter table than Christmas Day.

Booking lead times and the fine print

Hotel festive tables sell out weeks before the menu looks “full” on Instagram. Treat these rules as hard:

Peninsula festive dining (including Lobby Afternoon Tea and restaurant menus) needs an advance reservation with full payment. Once confirmed, the booking cannot be amended or cancelled. Chesa’s Christmas Day / Boxing Day brunch is non-refundable and non-transferable after 1 December 2026. Call the restaurant lines on the festive menu page, or +852 2696 6772 for The Lobby.

Rosewood Butterfly Room afternoon tea reservations open online only on the first day of each month at 10am, for dates up to two months ahead, maximum five guests per table, two-hour sitting, last order 6pm (service noon–7pm). Festive dinner is listed for 24, 25 and 31 December only.

Four Seasons, Mandarin Grill, Grand Hyatt and Nobu take reservations through each hotel’s own dining channels. Mandarin Grill’s Christmas Day roast is a fixed sitting 12:00 to 14:30; the same window applies on Boxing Day. Grand Hyatt publishes sittings restaurant by restaurant on its festive price list PDF.

For city lights and park days around the same week, keep our Christmas in Hong Kong 2026 hub and theme parks guide open. WinterFest detail remains on the WinterFest 2026 event page.

Book the flexible day first. Christmas Day roast tables at Mandarin Grill cost HK$2,888 with free-flow champagne; the Boxing Day roast drops to HK$1,888 for the same 12:00–14:30 sitting.

Afternoon tea

Three hotel teas are already priced for 2026, and they cover three budgets.

Brunch

If the table has to feel like Christmas morning without a HK$2,800 dinner bill, brunch is the better format.

Dinner

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners sit in a different price band from tea and brunch. Confirm the sitting before you pay.

What is open on Boxing Day, 26 December?

Boxing Day is a public holiday in Hong Kong in 2026, and several hotel rooms stay open at clearer prices than Christmas Day.

• Four Seasons Gallery Christmas lunch buffet: 24–27 December, from HK$780 + 10%.
• Mandarin Grill Boxing Day roast: 26 December, 12:00–14:30, adult HK$1,888 + 10% with free-flow Ruinart and wine; child 6–11 HK$688 food only.
• Chesa brunch: 26 December, same HK$2,280 + 10% for two package as Christmas Day.
• Nobu brunch: 26 December, adult HK$1,088 / child HK$588.
• Grand Hyatt (festive price list PDF): Grissini festive brunch from HK$580 (11:30am–2:30pm); Tiffin lunch buffet from HK$980; The Grill barbecue brunch from HK$728; One Harbour Road festive lunch from HK$1,568. All + 10%.
• Rosewood Butterfly Room Christmas dinner is listed for 24, 25 and 31 December only, not 26 December. Festive afternoon tea continues on its November–December run if seats remain.

Grand Hyatt figures checked against Grand Hyatt Hong Kong Festive Price List 2026. Children on that list are priced for ages 6–12.

Cheaper alternatives and who should skip

Cheapest verified hotel path on this list: Four Seasons Gallery afternoon tea from HK$548 in December, or Rosewood festive tea at HK$598 from 23 November. For a Boxing Day sit-down meal under HK$1,000 before service, Grand Hyatt Grissini brunch from HK$580 or Gallery lunch buffet from HK$780 beat every Michelin Christmas dinner here.

Skip Peninsula Lobby tea if your dates might move: full prepay and no amendments after confirmation. Skip Mandarin Grill Christmas Day roast if nobody will drink the free-flow Ruinart; the Boxing Day roast is HK$1,000 less for the same sitting window. Skip Caprice / Lung King Heen on 24–25 December with toddlers who need an early bedtime; use Gallery lunch or The Lounge instead, or move the celebration to Boxing Day.

A real non-hotel alternative when every festive PDF feels wrong: pick a normal neighbourhood roast or hotpot on 26 December and spend the hotel budget on one afternoon tea earlier in December, when sittings are easier. Cross-check lights and holidays on the city Christmas hub.

Prices and sittings checked against Peninsula, Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, Rosewood, Grand Hyatt and Regent primary pages and PDFs on 6 November 2026. Re-check the hotel page before you pay; festive menus can update without notice.

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