Tucked behind the handbags and beauty counters of Lane Crawford, on the third floor of ifc mall, sits one of Central's more unlikely harbour views. DEDICA is chef Gianni Caprioli's Italian café and lounge — the kind of place that quietly does brunch, lunch, sunset cocktails and dinner all from the same harbourfront terrace, without ever needing to shout about it.
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What is DEDICA?
DEDICA is a harbour-view Italian café and lounge hidden inside Lane Crawford at ifc mall, one of the more unexpected addresses for a Victoria Harbour view in Central. Guests step out from the department store floor onto a terrace with uninterrupted views across the water — a setting most passers-by on Finance Street would never guess is there.
The restaurant is the work of Italian chef Gianni Caprioli, already known in Hong Kong for Causeway Bay favourite Giando and Giá Trattoria Italiana. At DEDICA he's built something more all-purpose: a room that shifts from brunch spot to office lunch canteen to after-work bar to harbour-view dinner destination across a single day, blending European comfort food with classic cocktails and speciality coffee.
What's on the menu — and what does it cost?
Daytime brings brunch and lunch built around organic free-range eggs from Italy's Ferioli farm, including a crab omelette and an all-day breakfast, plus weekday and weekend lunch sets aimed at the Central office crowd. In the evening the kitchen moves into broader European territory, with dishes such as sous-vide Australian lamb rack with roasted vegetables and mint sauce, saffron risotto with slow-braised beef short rib, and house-made tagliolini with Japanese jumbo scallops and bottarga.
Sample prices published on the DEDICA menu: crab paté on mini toast HK$108, parma ham and mascarpone piadina HK$128, octopus HK$198, foie gras terrine HK$198, tagliolini with scallop HK$268, M7 Wagyu HK$548, tiramisu HK$108 and affogato HK$88. As with most à la carte menus in Hong Kong, expect a 10% service charge on top.
Sunset Hour and Pizza Hour
DEDICA's “Sunset Hour” runs daily from 5pm to 8pm, with Aperol Spritz, Negroni and other classic cocktails alongside small plates such as tomato and mozzarella bruschetta and pistachio cannoli — cocktails and bites start from HK$38. It's built for the after-work Central crowd, timed to catch the terrace as the light over the harbour turns gold.
There's also a daily “Pizza Hour” from 3pm to 6pm, when a margherita pizza plus a drink comes to HK$158 — a straightforward option for anyone popping in between meetings or after a Lane Crawford browse.
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Book ahead for terrace seating around sunset, especially on weekends — the harbour-view tables are the main draw and fill up quickly during Sunset Hour.
Getting there
DEDICA sits inside Lane Crawford on the third floor of ifc mall, directly above Hong Kong Station — so if you're arriving on the Airport Express or Tung Chung Line, you can walk straight up into the mall without going outside. From Central Station, it's a short walk through the underground pedestrian subway that links the two stations. For more of Central's harbour-view dining and drinking options, see our guide to Hong Kong's best bars and restaurant listings.
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Worth knowing
DEDICA is open now on Level 3 of ifc mall — a harbour-view Italian café and restaurant that runs from brunch through sunset cocktails to dinner, all from inside Lane Crawford. Book ahead for the terrace.