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No surprise that The Whiskey Priest, an Irish pub, will be celebrating St. Patrick’s. If your name is Patrick, or if your birthday is March 17th, you’re entitled to free drinks! Drinking games will be running all night long with giveaways including, of course—Guinness. Also joining in on the fun, Dan Ryan’s Chicago Grill (# 200, Ocean Terminal, TST, 2735 6111 or Pacific Place, Central, 2845 4600) will be giving out free green coloured beer to anyone wearing green. If you don’t feel like wearing green, you can still get the green beer, but you’ll be 38 dollars poorer. Looking for more than just green beer? Four new, tailor made snacks will debut on March 16th and 17th at The Planter’s Bar (4/F, Eaton Hotel, 380 Nathan Road, 2710 1866)—Irish sausages & prunes wrapped in bacon, pork cocktail finger ribs, crumbed mussels served with a cheese dip, and Guinness stout & honey basted chicken wings. A combination with all four snacks (designed for two people) will run for $138. Other deals include a glass of Jameson with a snack (98$), and 2 pints of Guinness with a snack ($188). From now till the 17th, if you order 6 pints/bottles of Guinness, you’ll receive a St. Patrick’s hat, that way, you can dress and look the part while celebrating.
More St. Patrick’s Day entertainment can be found outside the Dublin Jack (1/F 16 Lan Kwai Fong, 2543 0081) on March 15th. The band GASRA will perform outside while you can compete in the traditional Irish game of Puc Fada. What is Puc Fada? It’s a game where players use metre-long thick stick to try to hit a ball onto a target. Sounds like baseball to me, except it’s another excuse for the Irish to drink. In anticipation for the upcoming Rugby 7’s, sports fans in Hong Kong are already feeling the Rugby fever - well the ‘where can i get my ticket without selling my house’ fever. Cool down with these special Heineken promotions. Oh, did we mention you will earn chances to win free tickets to the 7s?
Spend $500 at the Wooloo Mooloo Bar & Grill (G/F Onfem Tower, 29 Wyndham St, Central, 2894 8010) and you’ll get a chance to draw for two tickets to the Rugby Sevens games. If you’re a regular customer and you want to go to the Sevens, this is a win-win situation—eat, drink, get a chance to win tickets. Obviously the more you spend, the more chances you will get at the drawing, hmmm, more reason to eat and drink… On the last Thursday of every month at Drop (Basement, 39-43 Hollywood Road, Central, 2543 8856) hosts the event “Studio 54”, a tribute to the 70s funk and soul movement, with music by DJ Joel Lai and Janva. Members of the club get free admission and a complimentary bottle of Diva Vodka, the newest brand of vodka to hit the already crowded premium vodka market. (Non-members $100 and no free vodka.) The eight time world champion in trail biking, Kenny Belaey, will be touring Hong Kong for five days with stops at various venues, including some bars. Which means you’ll get to witness Kenny’s record breaking 180-degree turns up close and personal. Kenny’s tour will make stops on March 21st; at midnight he’ll be at Joe Bananas (23 Luard Road, Wan Chai, 2529 1811). On the 22nd, he’ll be at the Why Club (Minden Avenue, TST) at 11 pm. Friday the 23rd he’ll be at the Cavern (55 D’Aguilar St, Central) at 7pm, then Solas (60 Wyndham St, Central) at 11pm. The is a Red Bull sponsored event. Speaking of Red Bull, Xperience (G/F Asia Orient Tower, 33 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, 2143 6008)’s promotion in March: Carlsberg bottle-$35 all day or a bottle of Xperience vodka plus 6 cans of Red Bull for $498 all day, every day. Those in search of a different atmosphere can try Zingha (G/F Garley Building, 48 Peel Street, Central, 2522 0544), an African themed bar complete with African music performances. African snacks with one standard drink ($80) or the African special cocktail and ti punch ($50) will make you forget you’re in Hong Kong. Maya (G/F 68-70 Lockhart Rd, Wan Chai, 2866 6200)’s new promotion on Heineken draught will be $35 a pint during happy hour and $45 a pint during normal, non-happy hours (would that be sad hour?). You can also get Alice White Merlot or Chardonnay for $35 a glass, $220 a bottle during happy hour and $48 and $220 for a glass and bottle, respectively, during regular hours. Along the tram tracks in Happy Valley lies The Jubilee Bar (11A Wong Nai Chung Road). It’s a more relaxed atmosphere here, with a longer happy hour drink specials than usual—from 4-9, so you can spend a happy hour in the happy valley. But the real fun doesn’t start until 10pm, with a live band performing Wed to Saturday nights till 2am. Perfect way to spend night after hitting the racetracks. Ladies may want to check out Mes Amis Wine Bar & Grill (15 Ashley Road, TST, 2730 3038) for their Wednesday night Ladies Night Special, with free selected drinks for the ladies and a live DJ all night. Happy Hour lasts 4-9pm with a 2 for 1 special on all bottled beers. Fong Underground will soon be opening in the where D’Apartment used to be in Lan Kwai Fong. Fong Underground will compliment the bar on ground level, lounge on first floor with a funky club in the basement, more details next time. |
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We Hong Kongers never need an excuse to party. Although most of us here don’t have one drop of Irish blood on us, we’ll still be sporting green and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day like there’s no tomorrow. Many bars in Hong Kong will be having promotions to celebrate the Irish holiday. Lowered tax, St. Patrick’s Day, what a perfect excuse to party all through March.
Head down to Wanchai on Paddies night and you’ll find the crowded Devil’s Advocate (G/F 48-50 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, 2865 7271), offering specials on Murphy’s Irish Stout, Shamrock Shooters, and Bailey’s Irish Cream Cocktails all day all night. If you want to check out live sports, they’ll be airing the following events on the big screen during March: Cricket World Cup starting March 13th, MotoGP starting March 10th, and F1GP starting March 18th as well as continued coverage of the Super 14’s.
At the Main Street Deli in the Langham Hotel (8 Peking Road, TST), if you order two bottles of Heineken, you will get a scratch card for a chance to win two tickets to the Rugby 7’s. The Novotel Century Hong Kong (238 Jaffe Road, Wanchai) has a similar promotion, for every two purchases of Heineken bottles, Heineken 5, or draught beer, you’ll get an entry into the rugby lucky draw for one ticket to the event. 
