The best places for lunch in Central

Your work day is already dull; your lunch should be anything but. LPM’s business lunch offers a menu of vibrant flavours and presentations designed to perk up any gloomy weekday. A refreshing salad of the day starts your journey, followed by a choice of starters that range from an appetising amberjack carpaccio to escargots drenched in garlic butter. Main courses are defined by a distinctive Riviera spirit, where simple flavours dominate dishes such as lemon and sunchoke risotto and pan-seared sea bass.

This refined lunch in Central goes from HK$398 per person for two courses, and HK$498 per person for an additional dessert course that includes the ever-indulgent and splurge-worthy vanilla cheesecake.

Jee remains one of the best bargain lunches in Central. Best known for its contemporary take on local flavours, Jee’s lunch menu is a five-course exploration of familiar Cantonese staples in refined forms. The rich and aromatic braised pork cheek in Hakka style is downsized from its usual sharing portion to feature in a hyper-local amuse bouche alongside langostino tartare with green asparagus, while the fried orzo with aged radish reinterprets a humble household dish without losing its distinctive flavour profile.

The best part about Jee’s lunch menu might be its great value price tag, starting from HK$388 per person, with house wines available at HK$128 per glass.

Fuss-free and comforting, Servo is an ideal mid-day pitstop for busy workers in Central. An extension of the Arcane Collective, this Aussie-inspired cafe bears the hallmark of chef Shane Osborne’s distinctive approach to food. Think simple, health-conscious recipes crafted with quality ingredients, available from HK$68 per item. Beyond exceptional bites and a comprehensive drinks list featuring coffee, tea and fresh juices, Servo offers a surprisingly secluded dining experience despite its location in Central. Bring a book or put on a podcast as you dig into a refreshing Niçoise salad or housemade sausage roll.

Servo
Address: GF, 17-19 On Lan Street, Central, Hong Kong

French bistro Somm offers a lunch experience that perfectly balances quality food with a great value experience. Menu items like heirloom carrot salad offer no-fuss flavour profiles that delight with seasonality and simplicity, while its casual yet sophisticated ambience keeps things classy. Diversity in dish options also allows diners the flexibility to curate their own experience from start to finish, with rich and indulgent items like roasted striploin and braised short rib starring alongside lighter alternatives like pan-fried seabass with clam and sake velouté.

The Somm lunch experience is priced from HK$538 per person and includes a course of handcrafted petit fours enjoyed with complimentary coffee or tea. And if your afternoon schedule remains open, opt for a glass of the sommelier’s pre-selected wines for only HK$100 per glass.

Business lunch at Heimat is a proper yet jovial affair. The dining room buzzes softly with chatter as Central workers file in for their mid-day reprieve. On the menu are traditional German recipes reimagined with contemporary techniques and seasonal ingredients, priced from HK$288 for two courses per person. Hearty plates like hot smoked mackerel with potato dill terrine and smoked pork belly with frankfurter and Nürnberger sausage stand out with authentic flavours. Desserts are optional, but the Kalterhund Leibniz, a German classic no-bake chocolate cake, with original cookies and chocolate cream, is a great way to end the meal.

Lunch at Arbor involves a culinary exploration. Acting as condensed versions of its signature dinner items, Arbor’s mid-day menus offer two distinctive experiences. The five-course meal features creative Nordic-Japanese dishes that transform familiar ingredients such as pork, potatoes and beef cheek with distinctive Nordic flavours and Japanese influences. Meanwhile, the Okinawan Inspiration menu presents chef Eric Räty’s interpretation of elevated Ryukyuan cuisine while spotlighting Okinawan ingredients across six dishes, with the abalone and tuna and caviar being standouts.

The five-course menu goes from HK$688 per person, while the Okinawan Inspiration menu is priced at HK$888 per person. Meanwhile, Arbor’s sommelier-selected wine programme offers a curation of three glasses at HK$688 per person.

One of the most popular pizzerias in Central, lunch at Motorino is a classy and straight-forward affair. The unpretentious menu offers curated selections of starters and pizzas from just HK$168 per person. The braised meatballs in tomato sauce start things off with a tangy, spicy kick, while satisfying pies such as spicy salami pizza and the ‘Thomas’ parma ham pizza make up part of the selection. Dessert is always a good idea at Motorino, and you can get the signature tiramisu at just HK$38 per person for lunch, while a glass of house wine comes at an irresistible price tag of HK$68.

A Tatler Best 2025 Hong Kong restaurant, Estro stands out with a delicate balance of quality, taste and value-for-money in its approach to elevated Neapolitan cuisine. Its mid-day offerings include a business lunch (from HK$580 per person) that features two- to five-courses of chef Antimo Maria Merone’s signatures, with special attention given to the restaurant’s ever-popular housemade pastas. The Wagyu beef cheek pappardelle and mushroom and truffle jus tagliolini are this season’s must-tries, while appetisers such as langoustine and mains like yellow chicken and blue lobster complete the dining experience.

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