My husband and I have made it our goal to dine in as many fine restaurants as we can during our travels, and I must say that Amber is worthy of its reputation. Impeccable service, excellent meal. Every dish is expertly presented to you, and is pleasing to the eye and the palate! We went for the lunch set menu (only available during the week), which was an economical choice, while still allowing us to indulge in the Amber experience. Upon making my reservation a few weeks earlier, I had noted that I did not eat red meat, which was not forgotten and mentioned by our server as we were seated. Loved the modern decor of the restaurant. Even the washroom smelled divine. I find that some times, especially at some of the higher end restaurants, you may leave your meal not feeling quite full, but I was surprised to say that I was quite satisfied at the end. I will definitely return the next time I am in Hong Kong. Make your reservation ahead of time. I had to make mine 2 weeks in advance. read more

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4.5 stars. Would be 5 stars if the desserts were stronger. I had a birthday dinner for my mum here, which is a super special occasion as I live very far away and never celebrate her birthday properly with her. Since it's late fall, they happen to have a scrumptious white truffle menu, and we opted for that. This is definitely a good find for fancy dinner in Hong Kong. It has two michelin stars, and the menu is very creative. It's certainly not the best restaurant I've been to, but there were a lot of memorable moments during the meal. For example, the amuse bouche that came on a piece of wood or on a pine cone. Or the cuttlefish cut into long ribbons and tossed in carbonara sauce (screw zucchini pasta, this is the stuff). Or perhaps the whole white Alba truffle which belonged to our table, that they shave onto each single dish served. The server painstakingly took time to explain every single dish and detail, showing us the insides of our truffle (which, unfortunately, wasn't the red that indicated best quality, but there is apparently no way to tell until you shave it). Besides the truffles, the dishes had a variety of ingredients which were rarer in Hong Kong -- the server was so surprised when I correctly described the Jerusalem artichoke after he mentioned it, he jumped. The menu was heavy on the appetizers and savories, and only had one sweet dish accompanied by petit fours. To be honest, dessert is their weakest link. The panna cotta was good but the white truffle ice cream barely tasted like truffle. Could it be that I got truffle fatigue by this point of the meal? The petit fours were also overly sweet for the Asian palette and lacked any surprised. All-in-all, it was a very expensive meal, but well worth a visit for a celebration. Unfortunately, I can think of multiple Michelin two-star restaurants that I favor over this place (in different cities), so I definitely think they could do better. read more

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2 Michelin star fine dining French restaurant in Landmark. Went here for lunch and would say the experience was good but not stunning. Quality of food was very good though overall felt like some of the executions could be better / dishes could be more creative. Nonetheless, they all taste great and are all artwork / beautifully and delicately presented. Details below: - Hamachi starter is fresh, light and delicate - Pasta - vegetarian gnocchi was the highlight for me - many components but they all come together very well - Beef - perfectly cooked and a gorgeous presentation though not the best fine dining beef I have had - Desserts - many dessert courses - all good but not stunning Service, however, was quite sub-par for a restaurant of this price / quality. Servers were standard good but not particularly nice / attentive that I would expect from this type of restaurant. read more

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I wanted to try a Michelin starred restaurant in Hong Kong, and my friend picked Amber. We came for lunch on a weekday and went with the degustation menu, 4 courses. The meal started with snacks, one of each kind of flavor: sweet, salt, bitter, sour and umami. This was really fun, as each snack had a few different elements but focused on a flavor to awaken your palate. I always knew I preferred salt and bitter, and true to form these were my favorites out of the 5. Next we had the langoustine, which came with uni and caviar, along with poached jicama, kabu & granny smith fricassée (taken directly from menu). This was a dish with a lovely balanced taste and textures, it was my favorite of the meal. The grilled octopus came with bell pepper and pearl onions. I'd say that the bell pepper flavor was the strongest. Though the octopus was cooked just right, the previous dish had more complexity, to me. The wagyu beef dish was red. There was red onion skin, seaweed, red pearl onions, and cassis in shiraz reduction. These were all items I enjoyed, and though everything was well-balanced, it did not grab hold of my taste buds as much as the langoustine dish did. I liked it though that the dish was almost monochromatic, The desert was a chocolate dish, followed by petits fours. Overall everything was sophisticated. The service was great and the pace felt just right. read more

We were thrilled when it all started off so well.... The ambiance was lovely, and the food we were able to eat in the 10-course tasting menu was spot on, including the classic wine pairing. We made it to the foie gras course and then, we waited over a half hour for the wagyu. Yes, you read that right...we waited a bloody 40 MINUTES for the main course at a restaurant which has 2 Michelin stars. Having been to several Michelin star restaurants around the world, this is simply unacceptable. Guests seated after us received all their food and had gone. My husband finally had to flag down a sommelier to let him know that we had been waiting for over half an hour. The wagyu course was (rather surprisingly) quickly brought to us - did they belong to other guests who arrived after us, I wonder - without much of an explanation. It saddens me to have to rate this restaurant so low because the food/presentation and wine were so fantastic. (The only other Michelin-rated restaurant I had to rate lower than 4 stars was Caelis in Barcelona where we waited twenty minutes between two courses; Caelis' cardinal sin was serving a new hot fish course where the red mullet was raw in the middle. However, we actually got through their entire menu.) The pacing of the courses in the first half of dinner was perfect. But service for our table coming to a grinding halt right before the main course for whatever reason for so long is completely unacceptable. Until tonight, Caelis was our most disappointing Michelin experience. Tonight, Amber sadly now has that distinction as we never got to taste the main or finish our dinner. We asked for the check because waiting more than half an hour in between courses is unheard of in restaurants, and definitely not in the Michelin world. They tried to talk us into staying and finishing our dinner, but there really is no recovery for something like this. How does the staff of a 2-Michelin star restaurant just forget a table of diners in the middle of service? I must say that the restaurant manager, Yannick, was very professionally apologetic and expressed a desire to give us the dining experience that we had expected to enjoy tonight. We agreed that we would visit again for lunch in a couple of days because we are pretty certain tonight's debacle is not typical for Amber. I will update my rating after that, as I expect a much different experience. read more

Amber - French Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

On the last night of my two week vacation to Japan and Hong Kong, what better way was there to spend it other than one of the top 50 world's best restaurants with two Michelin stars? I came here with two girlfriends for the set menu on a Monday night and we were definitely not disappointed. I would go so far as to say that it was one of the best meals of my life! One of my favorites right off the bat was a glass of tomato water that tasted like tomato soup even though it was completely clear (how do they do that?) which was served an amuse-bouche. Other highlights were the violin zucchini (I didn't realize how much I was missing avocado in my Asia life until that dish!), cuttlefish a la carbonara, miyazaki wagyu beef, comte cheese on the french unpasteurized cheese plate, olive bread that was served as much as we wanted, lemon & thyme ice cream with a.o.c. sollies figs and dulcet chocolate. Ok, so this was over half of the set menu. :) But, I can't help it! All of it was delicious. I also have to give a shout out to our servers - Jeffrey & Fagan. We didn't feel the least bit neglected for a minute and they did an amazing job at showing three ladies a wonderful night! They even brought us some small bites (chocolates, pineapple cake, etc.) to take for the road. If you resemble a foodie in any way shape or form, you must visit this restaurant on your trip to Hong Kong! read more

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Amazing lunch. Leaded by a great team..I will remember this adventure of flavours and hospitality for a very long time. Lunch is very good value. If I could give 10 stars on yelp I would do! read more

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We had a wonderful tasting menu experience For the price point, I would expect there to be at most one miss on a dish but there were probably two. I would say the highlight for me was the uni dish for sure. I don't rate for service but the service was top notch. The two misses were the oyster which didn't have the best flavor and the poached Foie Gras. Also, the starting salt thing needs to go. Dinner * Amuse bouche salt ice (Bad) * Amuse bouche lemon meringue (Excellent) * Amuse bouche on spoon (Excellent) * Amuse bouche sprouts (Excellent) * Egg pudding (Ok) * Bread (Excellent) * Cheese app (Excellent) * Oyster (Ok) * Uni (Excellent) * Octopus (Excellent) * Foie gras (Ok) * Wagyu beef (Excellent) * Squash transition (Excellent!) * Fruit dessert (Ok) * Chocolate (Excellent) * Sorbet (Excellent) read more

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One of the best restaurants in the world surely meets those standards. I came in for the lunch special which I thought was a pretty solid deal for being a restaurant for its top caliber. Made a reservation, got in on time was promptly seated. The server came to us with the lunch options and I opted for the Pigeon Au Sang. Delicious. Wonderfully crafted and the ingredients were just exquisite. I also opted for the Hokkado sea urchin with lobster jell-o cauliflower caviar. Was like another $40 for that side but it was really worth it. First time trying caviar and what can I say, it was really good. The ambiance was amazing. Restaurant was quiet even though every other table was filled, you can't hear anyone else. Worth a shot when in Hong Kong, and again, for San Pellingrino's top restaurant in the world, the price was surely worth it. read more

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Beautiful presentation, dishes were fun, but a few times the presentation took away from the taste and felt "gimmicky". I came here with my family when we were visiting HK. The interior is absolutely spacious and gorgeous and the restaurant definitely lives up to its status as one of the best restaurants in one of the most luxurious hotels in HK. We all tried the chef tasting and were greeted with many different dishes ranging from exotic seafood to high-grade wagyu beef. Between each major dish were pallet cleansers that were extremely fun and creative. The A5-wagyu and foie gras simply melted in my mouth, and dinner was topped off with many mouth-watering deserts. The service also earns extra points for explaining all of the dishes with so much enthusiasm and knowledge. My only gripe was that some of the dishes had "so much going on" that it took away from some of the ingredients. One such dish was a plate of oysters served inside of a block of ice which was essentially made out of lemon juice. The taste of lemon severely and unnecessarily overpowered the taste of oyster that I might as well have been served frozen lemonade. Otherwise, the food was great, company was great, and it was a great experience! read more

Amber - Chef's tasting! - French Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

Amber "reimagined" is a disaster. This restaurant closed four months for "renovations" and reopened with a new menu. This restaurant has Michelin stars from its earlier completely different menu. I am confident it will lose them all when Michelin tries this new "reimagined" menu. In their attempt to go complete dairy and gluten-free they have thrown the baby out with the bathwater. Bland, relatively tasteless, and just poor tastes across the board. Any earlier experience you had in this formerly excellent restaurant is completely irrelevant today. read more

almost very definitely the best meal I had last year. food delicious, service fantastic, ambiance terrific. top stars and major ticks in every box. numbero four-no on the san pelligrino's top 50 list for asia, the process started off easy-peasy with online reservations, and rapid response in the form of a courteous, personal email that noted my mention of my BFF's (aren't you honored, stef) birthday celebration. we arrived at the mandarin oriental to a beautiful restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows, all wood and lush textures - very tasteful and elegant, and so much beautiful light coming through at lunchtime. I've found that although some snobs people turn their noses up at the lunch sets, they very often are a measure of just how good the restaurant can be, even when you aren't ordering their most expensive entrees - and how professional their wait staff are in serving you, regardless of what you've ordered. so we did that here, a four-course weekday set meal that started with two glossy-red balls of beetroot-raspberry-pate mousse on lollypop sticks, a selection of warm bread, and tiny pastry tubes with crab and avocado puree. we had a couple bowls of soup, a creamy white asparagus one served with beautiful sprigs of coriander and a delicate tuile topped with tiny shrimp - and one that looked like a veritable garden. the portions are more than reasonable, beautiful, and generous enough for you to feel like you're feasting, without any too-early satiety as a result. our mains followed at a leisurely pace, a simple fillet of amberjack seared and served with roasted carrots, and how-is-it-possible tender cuts of pork served with morels and a dark au jus. when a meal is this good - I usually worry about dessert, which for me is the most important part of the meal (and the one from which I take the most memories). completely irrelevant here, as it turned out - we started with sticks of housemade magnum, a melange of cut berries and meringue shells over a shallow pool of silky berry consomme and jelly,and a deeply, darkly luxurious triangle of chocolate entremet that had crunchy, rich insides, a glossy black ganache, and served alongside coconut sorbet. always so gratifying when flavours live up to both appearance and expectation. we also, greedily, ordered a chocolate souffle to share - and it was ephemeral, and a very good choice if you're looking for something both sweet and light to finish off what had already been a delicious, fantastic, best-this-year kind of meal. I mentioned earlier that this was a birthday celebration (Steffi's!), and the lovely people at amber so graciously brought us a three-tiered display of tiny bon bons, meringues and jellies alike, as well as an elegant box of the most adorable pink macaroons. service is top of its class - friendly, helpful, and warm without being intrusive; and the space is both elegant enough for a business do, and intimate enough for dining with friends. the best experience for a while yet - almost on par with my favorite gordon ramsay at royal hospital road (and I think that the highest praise possible). read more

Amber - there's an awesome red jelly hidden under a white jelly THAT I THOUGHT WAS THE PLATE'S BASE - French Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

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It was a Friday so... Why not treat ourselves to Asia's 7th best restaurant! Decor: It's inside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel so it's as opulent as one can imagine. Contemporary chandelier-like poles dripping from the ceiling made me question whether I was in a restaurant or an art museum but nevertheless a beautiful setting. Service: Again, it's what you would imagine from a fine dining establishment in a 5 star hotel. I actually called to reserve a table on the same day and the hostess was very accommodating in arranging my last minute booking. Upon arrival, our waitress ushered us into a cosy corner booth and were walked through the menu. The waitress seemed like she knew the menu back to front and when we asked for her recommendations she was quick to justify her suggestions. She was attentive in ensuring our waters were refilled, our tables were clean and stomachs were satisfied! The good stuff: We started with three snacks (one sweet, one sour, one savory) and bread. The presentation of these complemented the decor very well as they looked as pretty as our surroundings. Unfortunately, nothing tasted too significant. There was a bread/cracker which went with a beetroot spread which I made an absolute mess of... Let's just say our white table looked like I had committed beetroot homicide - luckily our waitress was fast to cover up my crime! For starters I ordered the clam soup which was like a warm hug. It brought me back to memories of having piping hot miso soup in a cold fish market in Osaka and onion soup in a bistro in Paris. I was totally taken aback as to how well the flavors complemented each other as it was a clean Japanese broth, but had the warmth of a Western soup. It was also served with a brioche with nori jam which again, just emphasized the harmony between the two cuisines. I hate this word as so many restaurants have ruined it but it truly was fusion food at it's best. My partner in crime ordered the foie gras which again came with a brioche but with the seaweed baked inside. Spreading the foie on the brioche was as rich and creamy as you can imagine - it was heavenly heavy and left me salivating for more. My only complaint about the dish was that it came with a lemon grind gel and dust which left us a little bemused - I understand that the sourness was supposed to bring a little light to the heavy foie, but it actually just tasted of bland rubber. The lamb and the duck were served up for our entrees which I have to say were both not as imaginative, nor as satisfying as our starters. Although the skin on the duck was crispy, both were a little tough to chew on and cut through. The only highlight was the corn and mole on the duck which made my partner reminisce of her late evenings eating at taco trucks and elote stands in LA. We ended our meal with a caramelized milk chocolate and anais strawberries. The chocolate was exactly how it was written on the tin - "a play of textures". The coolness of the cacao sorbet played against the crunch of the caramelized almonds and the flow of the salted caramel. After falling asleep to the richness of the chocolate, we were woken up by the coolness of the sorbet and the sharp bright flavors of strawberries, lemon and lime which was a great contrast to the previous dish. I always have a great disdain for Michelin starred restaurants in Hong Kong as it is always a hit and miss, but this one was so much of a hit that I'm burning to revisit this one as soon as possible - I'd recommend you to do the same. read more

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I love this restaurant. It's the perfect place to celebrate a special occasion for dinner, and perfect place for a business lunch. I came for dinner once for my birthday, another for an engagement dinner. Both times food was amazing, service was superb, and overall experience delightful. The food comes in small portions but you do get full. I think menu changes according to seasonal food, but I highly recommend this place to celebrate special occasion. Also, they have a bar area to have chill drinks after work that doesn't require reservations. read more

Expensive and unmemorable. We had fancy looking primo and secondo dishes that didn't blow me away, even with help from a bottle of Super Tuscany. read more

Ridiculous and pretentious are the words which come to me here. Very formal. Old concept of degustation of 6 to 10 small dishes. Too much for me. Food not at 2 stars or even one. I did not recognize any French taste here except the wine. read more

Degustation menu is amazing (9 courses) and has a selection of seafood including scallops, oysters and tuna complemented by a choice of Wagyu steak or Seabass. There is an excellent choice of cheeses and the desserts are works of art. The wine list is comprehensive with a great selection but particularly French wines. The service is excellent being attentive and a great explanation of each of the dishes is provided as they are served. The surroundings provide ample room between the tables. Overall, highly recommended. read more

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I like the food here, very artistic style and the service is great. Tastes good as well

While in HK, we for sure checked the 50 World Best Restaurants and were happy to see one - a French place no less. So we made a reservation a couple months in advance to dine at Amber (Two Michelin) for lunch. The reservation system is what you'd expect - binding, had to put a credit card down, etc. I would the experience was overall wonderful -- service not as polished and sophisticated as other like places we've dined at in NYC (our home base) and around the world but it was warm and friendly. I thought they could have been stronger in their dish recommendations. The overall atmosphere was a bit..business-y but I guess that's the way of this restaurant which was in the Mandarin. The experience was gastronomic but it wasn't theatrical the way we were expecting for no 20th in the world I guess.. we were just tough critics I guess as we were comparing it to the last place we went to on this list which was Steirereck in Vienna...overall Amber uses a lot of esoteric ingredients and so for that, that is interesting. Anyway. Enough of the bad now that I got that out of the way. Let's move onto the good. My husband and I were here on our honeymoon and they were super accommodating of that. We had the three course lunch menu where we got to pick a starter, main and dessert. Of course the meal started out with a fantastic amuse: kabocha squash, pearl onion covered in chocolate I think, cheesy cracker, and some kind of black sesame cracker. Don't quote me on the amuse but the food overall was creative and inventive- you think you're eating one thing but it's actually something else. The bread cart was amazing - from a whole wheat baguette, tasty olive bread, crispy sourdough, and regular baguette and there were two butters - the salted and unsalted. Mm. My hubby's menu consisted of a cep mushroom salad - a bit earthy, very pretty but a bit too earthy and really more on the raw side, meaning not rich or highly flavored. He then moved onto pollack, wrapped with all kind of stuff I never heard of. I didn't try this too much but in his defense, he wanted something more familiar but for fish I would have rather gone with John Dory or a weirder offering like the venison or something (beware of pellets, lol). He ended with cheese - we're not huge into dessert, and when at a French restaurant, you must get the cheese. Cheeses were delicious - basically they gave him a slither of whatever he wanted and was instructed on how to start/where to start. They even have a dedicated basket for cheese bread. Mm. Most cheeses ranged from hard to soft, and I myself prefer the less funky cheese but they did have that and it is a major plus if cheese is your thing. I opted for dessert. Starting backward for me, I had the signature chocolate chestnut mont blanc - very good raspberry sorbet. I'm not huge into chocolate so I thought it was rich and sweet though I got it because they said it was a must (and not too rich lol ). Don't get my wrong, it wasn't bad but I probably should have gotten another dessert. I deeply enjoyed my main - the kabocha squash (love it!) tortelloni - sweet, frothy, with nutty, candied squash and shavings of white truffle. I don't really do that add-on due to the upcharge and was hoping to get more truffle flavor than I actually did. Granted they put on just 2 Grams so maybe you need more than that. My dish was pasta so it was for sure filling. For the starter, I had the refreshing, tart ebisu oyster in frozen juice of sorts. Very refreshing. I also had a glass of really good Chardonnay- crisp and smooth and I deeply admired the wine glass, lol. On this note, design, decor was very nice at Amber. They ended up bringing out nice petite fours - chocolate raspberry tartlette, amazing green apple sorbet, chocolate pudding and a beautiful Happy Honeymoon chocolate cake which had a dense, dense mousse/ganache inside and a kit kat like crust. My hubby loved this as he was a huge chocolate-holic. I wish I just eaten more of this because they were so kind to do it, I just don't love chocolate! i would honestly say the desserts and pettie fours display was beautiful and almost is where the crux of this meal was. It's French in HK, gotta do the deserts up! For the locals and other Asian tourists, I think this is a must because it's just so different to get fine French. For us we are glad we experienced Amber but were just maybe expecting a bit more of the 20th restaurant in the world. :) read more

Not sure if we attended during an off night however it was an extremely long dinner (3+ hours) and unfortunately we didn't leave with any of the dishes being significant or memorable. Sommelier was experienced and helped the experience overall. read more

Very hard to get bookings but met a few colleagues for lunch. As expected well orchestrated three course meal. The meal starts with whimsical amuse bouch of savory macaroon filled with fennel/lemon mousse and other tetrahedron like raviolus. My starter was a white asparagus was in season and was delicately paired with Yuxia like Japanese citrus flavor with a chilled velouté. The main was a sea bass. Well prepared but skin was not as crispy as would have liked. The citrus favor paired well with the fish. The flesh of the sea bass filet was prepared well in general but one part of the fish was slightly overlooked. I chose the selection of French cheeses which was presented in a cheese station wheeled to the table. I had a selection of five cheeses starting with three soft cheeses and a mimolet and a Bleu. Three course lunch for four people with water and tea and coffee came to HKD2900. read more

First time was great. Second time was disappointing due to the service. Manager invited us back for the 3rd time and everything was back in place. Money well spent. read more

You have to try the signature sea urchin dish. Truly amazing place, no wonder is one of the best restaurants in the world

Beautiful restaurant, very nice staff, quiet. Super expensive...have never seen desserts anywhere cost over 80 usd per person ans weve been to a lot of top 50 in the world. The food was very pretty and tasty though. Also, still perplexed by choosing bread from a basket. Just give a bunch and leave it on the table. Bread costs nothing compared to what were paying. read more

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Love everything about this place--but the dress code... I guess that's after a few years of living in Singapore :-)

enjoyed a fine dining meal here about five years ago now. thus there has already been a chef change, but restaurant still would be nice for special occasions, and should please most experienced diners. read more