10 of the Best Mooncakes To Get This Mid-Autumn Festival Season

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most cherished traditions across Asia, celebrated when the moon is at its brightest and fullest. Its signature treat, the mooncake, carries a story that is equal parts legend and history: during the Yuan dynasty, rebels are said to have slipped secret messages inside mooncakes to plan an uprising—a clever tactic that helped turn the pastry into a cultural icon.

Today, the intrigue has given way to joy: mooncakes are exchanged among family, friends, and colleagues as symbols of reunion, prosperity, and good fortune. Whether filled with silky lotus paste and salted egg yolk or reinvented with modern flavors like chocolate or tea, they remain an essential part of the season. With luxuryLuxuryA lifestyle defined by exceptional quality, craftsmanship, exclusivity, and sophistication, encompassing the finest products, services, and experiences that represent the highest standards of refinement and excellence.Go to Luxury Glossary hotels and fine brands now celebrating the tradition with new, delicious flavor combinations and keepsake boxes, mooncakes have become both a gift and a celebration in themselves.

Here’s a list of our favorites from around the region.

Royal Caviar Club, Hong Kong

For something truly indulgent, not to mention inventive, Royal Caviar Club’s 2025 creation pushes mooncakes into haute cuisine territory. The Caviar Cheese Mooncake blends premium caviar crystals with Hokkaido mascarpone, white cheddar, and parmesan for a savory-sweet twist, finished with a delicate chocolate coating and a crunchy base. Produced in limited batches, each box of four makes a luxurious gift for VIP clients, or an extravagant treat at home.

Php3,650 for a box of 4; prices increase with other inclusions. Order here.

Lung King Heen, Four Seasons Hong Kong

Four Seasons Hong Kong tempts gourmands with its Assorted Signature Mooncakes set from two-Michelin-starred Lung King Heen restaurant: handmade creations like Preserved Egg & Pickled Ginger, White Lotus Seed Paste with Wuyi Rare Orchid, Osmanthus & Salted Egg Yolk, and White Lotus Seed Paste with Black Truffle & Salted Egg Yolk, with an addition of a Vintage 2009 Mellow Pu’erh Tea Cake. Made without preservatives and packaged in elegant gift boxes, the set adds a little something extra to the usual mooncake pastry offerings.

For those looking to go beyond, the Mid-Autumn Ultimate Hamper is an all-out indulgence. Alongside Four Seasons mooncakes, it includes delicacies such as foie gras, South African abalone, premium dried fish maw, XO sauce, artisanal confections, Château Lascombes Margaux, and The Macallan Sherry Oak 12 Years.

The assorted mooncake set is Php6,500; the hamper is Php87,000. Order here.

Shang Palace, Makati Shangri-La Manila

Every year, Makati Shangri-La’s mooncake collections rank high among Manila’s favorites. This year, it offers the Signature Mooncake Collection, themed “Moonlit City, Heartfelt Shangri-La.”

Six artisanal flavors from Shang Palace include the classic White Lotus Seed with Double Egg Yolk, savory Assorted Nuts with Chinese Ham, delicate Jasmine Tea, tropical Coconut and Sesame, innovative Red Wine and Dried Raspberry, and a traditional Red Bean with Aged Orange Skin.

The mooncakes are offered in gift boxes of two to six pieces or in elegant hampers: Moonlight, Harmony, and Abundance, each featuring teas, delicacies, and fine wine.

Prices from Php788 nett per piece and hampers start at Php4,888 net. Order online here or call (63 2) 8813 8888 ext 7084 or +63 927 124 0810, or email [email protected] or [email protected].

Prada Cafe, Singapore

Prada Caffè’s mooncake offering stands apart—not in tins, but in sleek, signature blush mint Prada boxes that reflect the brand’s fashion-meets-food ethos. Expect refined flavors such as White Lotus Seed Paste with Yuzu and a surprising Salted Egg & Durian combination, beautifully presented in a minimalist design. It also includes a drawer of nine sheets of origami paper, with detailed instructions. Ideal for gifting or savoring in style, Prada Café’s mooncakes bring modernity and elegance to tradition.

Available at Prada Caffè, Ion Singapore. More information here.

China Blue by Jereme Leung, Conrad Manila

Conrad Manila’s Mid-Autumn Blooms collection at China Blue by Jereme Leung turns the festival into an artful expression of reunion and prosperity. Two signature sets capture the season’s spirit: Moonlit Fleur (Php6,888) in blush-pink packaging, featuring either baked yuzu and mixed nuts, or a selection of lotus, red bean, and pandan with salted egg yolks.

The second is Moonlit Harmony (Php3,388), an elegant sky-blue box ideal for corporate gifting.

For inquiries and orders, contact +632 8833 9999 (landline), +63 917 650 4043 (mobile), or email [email protected].

Red Lantern, Solaire Resort Entertainment City and Solaire Resort North

At both Red Lantern locations, Solaire’s Beverage Series takes center stage, pairing handcrafted mooncakes with prestigious spirits including Dalmore 12 Years, Dalmore 18 Years, Dalmore Solaire Limited Edition, Louis XIII, Rémy Martin 1738, and Fen Jiu Silk Road.

Beyond these lavish pairings, Solaire Resort North presents its Standard Series of premium mini mooncakes, with flavours like white lotus with double salted egg yolk, red bean with almonds, pandan with egg yolk, ube, lava custard, and fruit-nut with Kam Hua ham, plus liquor-infused sets exclusive to Solaire Rewards members.

Meanwhile, at Entertainment City, traditional baked assortments meet a contemporary Snow Skin Series featuring pineapple, matcha, chocolate, and white coffee, offered in lantern gift boxes of four or six.

For inquiries and orders, visit shop.solaireresort.com or call +63 8888 8888.

Anantara Siam Bangkok

At Anantara Siam, the 2025 Serpenti Mooncake Collection transforms tradition into art. Created with scientific illustrator Krishna the Fifth, the design draws on the serpent as a symbol of wisdom, renewal, and strength.

The Serpenti Crown presents four or six mooncakes in elegant boxes, while the Serpenti Trunk is a limited-edition masterpiece—complete with mooncakes, bespoke tea and plate set, serpent motif postcard, and the Chandelier of Serpents illustration. Flavors include lotus with yolk, durian, chocolate-coconut, green tea with macadamia, and custard.

The Serpenti Crown is Php3,030 per box; the trunk is Php17,730. Order here.

Canton Road, Shangri-La The Fort and Summer Palace, EDSA Shangri-La

At Shangri-La The Fort, the 2025 mooncake collection arrives in deep red and gold gift boxes accented with geometric motifs, a nod to prosperity and celebration, while at Summer Palace, EDSA Shangri-La, the 2025 collection is presented this year in beautiful, floral gift boxes with drawers.

Inside, a mix of classics and contemporary flavors await: White Lotus, Red Bean, Black Sesame, and Mixed Nuts; or venture to more playful varieties like Hojicha and the indulgent Snow Skin Champagne Chocolate. These mooncakes are designed for sharing stories, honoring tradition, and expressing gratitude.

The Peninsula Hong Kong

The Peninsula Boutique has turned its mooncakes into modern icons, led by the Mini Egg Custard Mooncakes, a cult classic for their buttery pastry and silky filling. Fragrant tea-infused custards—Earl Grey, Tie Guan Yin, Jasmine—add a subtle flavor profile, while limited editions such as Mānuka Honey Yuzu with Walnuts bring offer a little adventure.

The mooncakes come in boxes of different combinations, or, for a collectible, extra-special touch, send your gifts with celadon-glazed porcelain foliage plates (four-piece, above right) or pedestal plates (two-piece, above left), also available at The Peninsula Boutique, handcrafted by master artisans in Jingdezhen—the world’s porcelain capital. Completing the experience are luxuryLuxuryA lifestyle defined by exceptional quality, craftsmanship, exclusivity, and sophistication, encompassing the finest products, services, and experiences that represent the highest standards of refinement and excellence.Go to Luxury Glossary hampers filled with pastries and sablé cookies, and fine teas like the Wuyi Mountain Keemun blend, perfectly paired with the pastries to cut through sweetness and enrich each bite. The result is a Mid-Autumn celebration that marries elegant design and the Peninsula’s enduring sense of occasion.

Order here.