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 25^th 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