Hi,

I am going to Hong Kong with my girlfriend pretty soon.
I am planning on asking her to marry me when we are there. I wanted to do this somewhere with magic views over Hong Kong either at dinner or after. Can anyone recommend a restaurant where the views are amazing and the atmosphere private? I had thought of the Felix or Cafe Deco but after reading reviews of them both I'm undecided.

Cheers.

Cafe Deco is a pretty casual eatery. While I've enjoyed eating there, I don't think I'll pick that as the "place".

Now, you can probably do that after dinner, at the observation deck of the Peak Tram station in front.

Felix and Cafe Deco are completely different restaurants: Felix is quiet and elegant with very good food and is expensive, Cafe Deco is casual and noisy with pretty good food, a band on weekends, and is not that expensive. I would go for Felix. They even have are some private rooms that would be very romantic.

Other suggestions would be:

Yu, in the Intercontinental Hotel (seafood)
Vong, on top of the Mandarin Hotel

Non-restaurant thoughts would be (maybe not so private, but certainly memorable):

Lover’s Rock on Bowen Road (very good luck for marriage)
Lugard Road at sunset (on the Peak)
On the Star Ferry between Kowloon and Central at any time
Repulse Bay beach at sunset
Shek-O beach at sunset
The Esplanade along the Kowloon waterfront at sunset or nighttime
At Noon on a weekday on Hennessey Road in front of Sogo Dept store in Causeway Bay, with literally tens of thousands of people around

That's magic, thank you for the suggestions.

i vote for felix (make sure you both visit the bathrooms as well---esp. the mens) or in front of the songo at noon...just part the people and drop to your knees....

don't do what i did and have the diamond pined inside my vest with a safety pin and prick my finger as you take the ring out and bleed all over everything...

how about on a rickshaw ride someplace around the island...not sure where you can get one but there must be some left in tourist areas or your hotel may be able to arrange one...

during tea at the peninsula might also be an alternative..

I think most of Cicerone's ideas are good, except for the Lover's Rock on Bowen Road. That's way too tacky. Do you really want to propose in front of a giant rock that resembles the human male organ?

Anyways, if you want to do it at the Peak, eat at the Peak's Lookout restaurant instead. It's much more quaint and classy, and its terrace has a view of the SW side of HK Island.

And consider The Repulse Bay, not on the beach, but at the rebuilt Repulse Bay restaurant complex. It used to be a classic inn, and many classic romantic novels/films (mostly before the 1970's) of Hong Kong took place there. The Repulse Bay is run by the same group as The Peninsula, so you know food's good there.

Also, I'm not quite sure about doing it at the Tsimshatsui Promenade. In my mind, that place always seem more a hangout place for teen dating than a romantic place for adults. If you like the view there, do it at a restaurant in The Peninsula or the InterContinental.

In fact, why not just a harborview hotel room at the Pen or IC?

Other ideas:

- On the Peak Tram at its steepest point near the Bowen Road station. [At that point, highrises building look like they're slanted. So, your fiance may deny saying "yes" later on, saying that it was just an illusion... ]

- The Hong Kong Tramway has a couple of old-fashioned tourist trams with part of the upper-deck being open-air. I don't know how you can reserve it, but that's worth investigating.

That's really great, thank you all for your suggestions. I think I have some planning to do!