Hanlai Harbor opens New Year's Eve reservations; 4,000 seats booked out in under an hour

▲ All 4,000 New Year's Eve reunion dinner seats at Hanlai Harbor have been fully booked. (Photo / Reporter Chen Ruizhong)

Travel Center / Comprehensive Report

Hanlai Harbor Restaurant began accepting New Year's Eve reunion dinner reservations at 10:30 AM on November 1. In less than an hour, all 4,000 seats across its six Taiwan locations (Kaohsiung Hanlai, Taipei Dome, Tainan Dream Mall, Taichung Guang San SOGO, Taoyuan Top Mall, and Taipei Dunhua SOGO) were completely sold out.

Hanlai Harbor Restaurant opens New Year's Eve reservations every year on November 1, and this year was no exception — demand remained extremely high. Many customers, fearing they couldn’t get through by phone, went directly to the restaurants to reserve seats in person, resulting in long queues outside all six locations. This New Year's Eve, all six Hanlai Harbor locations in Taiwan — Kaohsiung Hanlai, Taipei Dome, Tainan Dream Mall, Taichung Guang San SOGO, Taoyuan Top Mall, and Taipei Dunhua SOGO — will simultaneously offer reunion dinner banquets. The evening will feature two dining sessions: the first from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, and the second from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Nearly 4,000 seats across the six locations and both time slots were snapped up within the first 30 minutes of reservations opening.