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Mono, Hong Kong: What to Order

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There is only one thing to order at Mono: the tasting menu. Ricardo Chaneton, the first Venezuelan-born chef to win a Michelin star and the cook who ran the pass at Mirazur as it reached number one on the World’s 50 Best, serves a single Latin American menu with French technique on the fifth floor of 18 On Lan Street in Central. The dish everyone photographs is the Danish langoustine with cacao expressions. Dinner runs HK$1,280 for eight to ten courses; lunch is HK$1,080.

What Arrives

You do not build a meal at Mono; you follow one. The dinner menu, which the kitchen calls the Journey, opens with snacks like the caviar infladita and an arepa, moves through the signature langoustine set over fermented Ecuadorian cacao, and lands on charcoal-grilled Brittany monkfish with veal sweetbreads before a cacao-driven dessert. Chaneton sources Latin American ingredients and cooks them with the precision he learned in France. Our full Mono review scores the room and keeps it on the Hong Kong dining shortlist.

Dinner is a single set menu of eight to ten courses at HK$1,280; a seven-course lunch runs HK$1,080, and a shorter four-course lunch is HK$520. The langoustine with cacao is the fixed point: it has followed Chaneton since Mirazur and helped Mono earn the first Michelin star awarded to a Venezuelan chef, held again as a one-star in the 2026 Michelin Guide Hong Kong. A wine pairing, heavy on South American and French bottles, is worth taking on a first visit. For the choice between the ten-seat kitchen counter and the dining room, see our guide on how to book Mono in Hong Kong.

The Counter and the Bill

Mono seats just 22 (ten at the kitchen counter, twelve in the room), so book the counter to watch the plating. With the pairing, dinner clears HK$2,000 a head, which lands it among Central’s benchmark tasting rooms next to Caprice’s three-star French cooking and Amber’s modern tasting; Chaneton himself ran the pass at Petrus before opening here. It sits on our Hong Kong tasting menus under $200 ranking and our best tasting menus worldwide index. As a table to impress a client or mark a first date, the counter is the seat.

Not for a big group, a picky eater, or a quick dinner — Mono seats only 22, serves one Latin American tasting menu with no a la carte, and dinner with the pairing clears HK$2,000 a head.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What should you order at Mono in Hong Kong?

There is nothing to choose: Mono serves one tasting menu. At dinner it runs eight to ten courses for HK$1,280, opening with snacks like the caviar infladita and an arepa and building to the signature Danish langoustine with fermented Ecuadorian cacao. The only real decision is the wine pairing, which leans on South American and French bottles and is worth taking on a first visit. Lunch offers a shorter seven-course or four-course route.

How much does dinner at Mono cost?

Dinner is a set tasting menu at HK$1,280 per person for eight to ten courses, before drinks and the ten percent service charge. Lunch is cheaper at HK$1,080 for seven courses or HK$520 for four. With the wine pairing, dinner clears about HK$2,000 a head. That is one-Michelin-star pricing in Central, and the ten-seat kitchen counter is the seat to request over the dining room.

What is the signature dish at Mono?

The Danish langoustine with cacao expressions is the signature, a langoustine set over fermented Ecuadorian cacao that has followed chef Ricardo Chaneton since his years at Mirazur. It is the plate the room is known for and the one most diners photograph. Around it, the caviar infladita, the arepa and the charcoal-grilled Brittany monkfish recur across menus. Mono holds a one-star rating in the 2026 Michelin Guide Hong Kong.

Does Mono have a la carte?

No. Mono serves a single tasting menu at each service, with no a la carte option, so the meal is fixed at eight to ten courses at dinner or a seven- or four-course lunch. The kitchen adjusts the courses seasonally around Latin American ingredients cooked with French technique. If you want to choose plate by plate, this is the wrong room. For the booking and seating mechanics, see our guide on how to book Mono in Hong Kong.

Where is Mono and is it still open?

Mono is open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner on the fifth floor of 18 On Lan Street in Central, Hong Kong. Chef Ricardo Chaneton opened it with JIA Group in 2019, and it holds a one-star rating in the 2026 Michelin Guide Hong Kong. The room seats 22, split between a ten-seat kitchen counter and a twelve-seat dining room. See our Hong Kong dining guide for where it ranks among the city's best.