Terrace Boulud: Where to Eat in Hong Kong

Up Above Chater Road

Take the lift as high as Landmark Prince’s goes. Down at street level, Central is luxury shopfronts, office lobbies and the footbridges that link one tower to the next. At the top sits Terrace Boulud, the Hong Kong restaurant of Lyon-born chef Daniel Boulud. It has taken over the space SEVVA held for years.

That location shapes everything about the place. You are eating above Chater Road in the middle of the financial district, surrounded by towers that most visitors only see from the pavement. The building is still known to many locals by its old name, Prince’s Building. It’s now part of Hongkong Land’s LANDMARK collection of malls and offices.

Why This Opening Matters

Boulud is one of the best-known French chefs working today. His flagship, Daniel, made his name in New York. Café Boulud, Bar Boulud and DB Bistro Moderne carried his cooking to other cities: seasonal French food grounded in Lyonnais tradition, served with American polish.

A Boulud restaurant in Central was always going to draw attention. Opening it in SEVVA’s old space made it one of the most talked-about restaurant openings of 2026. The menu is still new, so we won’t guess at dishes. Check the restaurant’s own channels for what’s being served this season.

The SEVVA Inheritance

For many Hong Kong regulars, the top of Prince’s Building simply meant SEVVA. It was the spot for after-work drinks and long lunches, with the city’s most photographed office towers all around. Terrace Boulud is replacing a place people had a real attachment to, and that partly explains the anticipation.

What SEVVA’s fans remember best is the view, and the building hasn’t moved. From this height in Central you look across a cluster of landmarks:

• HSBC Main Building, Norman Foster’s exposed-steel tower behind Statue Square
• Bank of China Tower, I. M. Pei’s angular glass-and-triangle silhouette
• Statue Square and the colonnaded former Supreme Court building, now the Court of Final Appeal
• Glimpses toward Victoria Harbour between the towers

The restaurant’s name promises a terrace. Book with that in mind, and ask about outdoor seating when you reserve.

Getting to Landmark Prince’s

Central MTR Station is the obvious approach. It’s served by the Island Line and the Tsuen Wan Line, and you can exit toward Chater Road and Statue Square. Hong Kong Station (Tung Chung and Airport Express lines) is also a short walk away, which helps if you’re coming straight from the airport.

The easiest way to arrive is often above the street. Landmark Prince’s connects by enclosed footbridges to the Mandarin Oriental, Alexandra House and the wider LANDMARK complex. On a humid summer evening or during a rainstorm, you can get from the MTR to the lifts without much time outdoors. Signage inside the malls points to Prince’s.

Booking a Table at Terrace Boulud

A table here takes some planning. These are the habits that help in Central’s upscale dining rooms:

• Reserve, don’t walk in. For an opening this anticipated, assume you’ll need a booking. Check the official website or booking platform for how far ahead tables are released.
• Confirm hours first. A new restaurant often changes its service times in the early months. Lunch, dinner and bar hours may differ, so confirm before you go.
• Ask about the terrace. If outdoor seating matters to you, say so when you book. Hong Kong weather is changeable, especially in typhoon and rainy season (roughly May to September), so ask what happens to terrace bookings in bad weather.
• Dress for Central. Smart casual is the norm in this part of town. Shorts and flip-flops look out of place among the bankers and lawyers.
• Pay by card. Upscale Hong Kong restaurants take credit cards as standard. Your Octopus card won’t help you here.
• Read the bill before tipping. Most Hong Kong restaurants at this level add a service charge automatically. Extra tipping is optional and modest. Rounding up is plenty if service was good.

Picking Your Hour

Timing changes the experience a lot. A lunch booking puts you in the middle of Central’s working day, with the towers in full daylight and the business crowd around you. An evening table means the skyline lights up around you, which is the stronger reason to go up.

If your booking falls near dusk, you can watch the towers move from glass and steel to illuminated outlines. That’s the hour SEVVA’s terrace was best known for. Check sunset times for your travel dates when you choose a slot.

Before and After, Within Walking Distance

Central is compact, so you can make an afternoon or evening of it on foot:

• Statue Square and Chater Garden are right below, open public space between the towers.
• Star Ferry Central Pier is a short walk north. Crossing to Tsim Sha Tsui and back is a good way to see the skyline from the water after dinner.
• Lan Kwai Fong and the bars of SoHo are uphill. The Central–Mid-Levels Escalator takes much of the climb out of it.
• The Landmark and Alexandra House are linked by footbridge for shopping before your booking.

Allow around two hours for a full lunch or dinner at a restaurant of this kind. Add time for a drink if the bar is open separately. Then take the lift back down to Chater Road.