Killer parties in town this Halloween

It’s that time of the year to embrace your darker side! Halloween’s round the corner and here are our top picks from the hippest parties and the coolest restaurants:

CÉ LA VI

LKF’s popular party destination, CÉ LA VI, is all geared up for a killer party – A Night to Dismember – to celebrate Halloween this Saturday, 28 October. Offering a bird’s eye view of the city from the 25th floor Club Lounge and Sky Deck bar, the venue is sinfully enticing to the lovers of glam and gore. DJ Bennie Blanco and DJ Fudge will be spinning well into the night for the monster’s ball where guests dressed in their Halloween best can ‘raise hell’ with their dance moves. On offer are poisons like Angel’s Blood (HK$118), Black Widow (HK$118) and Toxic Mary (HK$108).

25/F, California Tower
Lan Kwai Fung
28 October, 9pm onwards
Dress code: Frightfully fabulous or fiendishly fun
Cover charge:
Advance Early Bird Tickets: HK$150
Early Bird Tickets: HK$200
At the Door: HK$250
Tickets are available on Ticketflap

Dada Bar + Lounge

Dress up in your ghoulish best and find out ‘who’s the fairest of them all’ at Dada Bar + Lounge this Saturday, 28 October. There are special prizes for whoever is announced a winner by the magic mirror in the house. Body painter Jay’s handiwork and DJ Marina D’s haunting music promises to make things even more devilishly exciting. The lounge also has on offer drinks like Sinister Ooze (HK$90), Piledriver (HK$90) and E.T. Lou (HK$50/shot), specially crafted to give you goose bumps.

2/F, The Luxe Manor
39 Kimberley Road, TST
28 October, 10pm onwards
Cover charge: HK$180 per person (including free makeup service)
For reservations, visit http://www.dadalounge.com.hk/reservations.php

Gaucho

For those looking to start their parties early can head to Gaucho this weekend. The posh restaurant at Central celebrates Halloween with a weekend-long brunch featuring devilicious items like traditional empanadas, ceviches and succulent steaks. There is a special kid’s menu for the munchkins and minions as well. The surprise doesn’t end there! Gaucho has also organised special prizes for the best-dressed group on Saturday and four complimentary tickets to Ocean Park (2 adults, 2 children) for the best-dressed family on Sunday.

5/F, LHT Tower
31 Queen’s Road Central, Central
28-29 October, 11am – 4pm
Prices start from HK$350 per person (HK$100 per child)
For reservations, visit http://www.gauchorestaurants.com.hk

Jinjuu

It’s double the fun at Jinjuu’s this Saturday. Celebrating “Cirque du Jinjuu: Hour of the Dark Twins” on 28 October, Jinjuu calls out to the two-faced Janus in each of us. With ‘best-dressed pair’ competitions, free-flowing spirits, Korean fare by celebrity chef Judy Joo, Jinjuu promises to spice up things two times over! Things may take a wilder turn post 1am, with drink prices dropping to just HK$60.

UG/F, 32 D’Aguilar Street, Central
28 October, 11pm onwards
Advance tickets: HK$350
At door: HK$400
For details, call 3755-4868

Ms B’s Cakery

Moving over to the dark side can be a sweet experience as well! Asia’s Queen of Confectionery, Bonnae Gokson, has created special Halloween-themed cakes to make the scariest night of the year a tad sweeter. Cakes like Happy Halloween, Death by Chocolate, Halloween Taster are decadent indulgences especially designed to tempt you to lost paradise.

Halloween Taster: HK$60 each 
Death by Chocolate: HK$5,200 for 1,000gm
Happy Halloween: HK$880 for 500gm, HK$1,500 for 1000gm

Ms B’s Cakery
Shop 248, Landmark Prince’s
10 Chater Road, Central
Tel: (852) 2530 0203

Ms B’s Cakery
39 Gough Street, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2815 8303

Text: Suchetana Mukhopadhyay

Spooky shenanigans: Top 4 Halloween parties in Hong Kong

Seeing a constant stream of drunk ghouls on their way to spooky parties can only mean one thing: it’s Halloween.

The yearly night of revelry and fancy dress is nearly upon us, but where are the best parties to flaunt your witch’s costume and get your monster mash on?

Luckily Gafencu is here to help if you are still unsure about where to go this weekend.

We have selected the four best Halloween parties in Hong Kong to be seen at, dead or alive.

Witch’s House Halloween Party at Dada Bar + Lounge

The Luxe Manor in Tsim Sha Tsui is hosting a dark party for evil witches.

The entertainment venue on Knutsford Terrace will turn into a haunted house on Saturday, which is the perfect place for you and your coven to meet and sample the ghoulish cocktails (HK$90) and dance to the live band.

There will also be a makeup artist on hand just in case your scary look needs a quick touch up.

Venue: Dada Bar + Lounge, the Luxe Manor, 39 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
Date: 29 October
Time: 8pm till late
Entrance fee: HK$200 per person, includes one drink.
Reservations: (852) 3763 8778

 

Shipwrecked Halloween Party at Armani/Prive

With a nautical take on Halloween, the Armani/Prive rooftop bar in Central is hosting a Shipwrecked Party on 29 October.

The bar’s biggest event of 2016 will cover both floors, with the rooftop acting as a chill-out area and the first floor — or lower deck as they call it — acting as the dance venue where the lost souls can party the night away.

Venue: Armani/Prive, Landmark Chater (Chater House), 8 Connaught Road, Central.
Date: 29 October
Time: 10pm-3am
Entrance fee: HK$450, includes 2 drinks
Tickets: Fatsoma

 

The Pawn Ripper’s Sanatorium Halloween Party

The Pawn in Wanchai will turn into a hospital with 3 different themed rooms this Halloween.

The Ripper’s Sanatorium, which is a much more sinister sounding word than hospital, will be held on the first floor Botanicals Bar with cocktails served in blood bags and syringes.

Guests can enjoy their blood bag cocktail at a surgical table or one of the other hospital props at the party.

There will also be makeup artists, Halloween nibbles, best dressed prizes and different concoctions sponsored by Belvedere.

Venue: The Pawn, 62 Johnston Road Wan Chai
Date: 29 October
Time: 9pm till midnight
Entrance fee: HK$160 advance ticket. HK$199 at the door
Tickets: Ticketflap

 

Dead Not Alive Halloween Party

The ever-popular Dead Not Alive Halloween Party is back for its 9th year and will be held at Hullett House. And costumes are mandatory.

Undoubtedly one of Hong Kong’s sexiest parties, Dead Not Alive is taking over the luxury boutique hotel and restaurant and transforming it into a haunted party, including a haunted dungeon in the building’s historic Mariners’ Rest jail cells.

Dancers and models in costumes will roam among the guests and there will also be a special 3-course dinner and party package

Japanese hip hop act M-Flo will headline the party and perform in the main courtyard.

Venue: Hullett House, 1881 Heritage, 2A Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
Date: 29 October
Time: 8pm till late
Entrance fee: HK$600 advance ticket, includes 2 drinks. HK$800 at the door, includes 2 drinks.
Tickets: Alivenotdead