We thought having lunch at a 5-star hotel would surely wow us. Apparently, not. More precisely, our experience was extremely underwhelming
.Positives (+):- Service was great. Staff constantly added water to our teapot. - View was absolutely gorgeous.- Surprised that tea only cost $80, which is quite a fair price for a 5-star hotel.Negatives (-):Appetizers:- Tomato salad: tomatoes tasted like they were drenched in canned tomato paste… - Although the ham was quite good, the melon slices did not taste sweet. Actually, they tasted dehydrated, not juicy at all.Entrees
:- Beef cheek: tasted bland and it was not the slightest bit tender, which was such a letdown, considering that the protein should be the main star of the entire course? Moreover, the meat only screamed SALTY. Not to mention, one of us suffered from abdomen pain an hour or so after the meal. - Halibut: as bland as the beef mentioned above, but slightly better (JUST slightly). We had to drench the entire fish with the sauce that was coupled with it just to save it from its blandness and dryness (p.s. the sauce didn’t really taste like anything, but it was better than nothing so). Guess the asparagus on the side was the only saving grace for this plate… if only this was a 3-star hotel instead.Desserts:- Peach with vanilla ice cream: vanilla ice cream tasted fine, was the best part of the meal. However, once again, the peaches tasted bland, exactly the same blandness as the appetizers above-mentioned. Such a letdown of the star, the peaches.- Mille-feuille: honestly, considering how subpar the course was, this dessert was the best overall. However, this doesn’t mean that it was mind blowing. It was alright. Vanilla cream was kind of smooth, but the flavor wasn’t too apparent. Caramel sauce was too sweet for my personal liking, but the texture was quite thick so that was nice. The layers were also very crunchy so this kind of saved a fifth of the meal (maybe). + portions were also quite small, and we were starving afterwards.In short, appetizers were not very fresh, entrees were very very bland with a hazard sign on one of them, and desserts were so……ordinary. Overall, the food was extremely bland, way way way below our expectations (so mental note to ourselves: always expect less, especially when you are dining in 5-star hotels in Hong Kong). Would not recommend anyone to waste so much money on low-quality food with very subpar flavor profiles. Honestly, dining in this hotel just for the Victorian Harbour view isn’t worth anyone’s time. 
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.Positives (+):- Service was great. Staff constantly added water to our teapot. - View was absolutely gorgeous.- Surprised that tea only cost $80, which is quite a fair price for a 5-star hotel.Negatives (-):Appetizers:- Tomato salad: tomatoes tasted like they were drenched in canned tomato paste… - Although the ham was quite good, the melon slices did not taste sweet. Actually, they tasted dehydrated, not juicy at all.Entrees:- Beef cheek: tasted bland and it was not the slightest bit tender, which was such a letdown, considering that the protein should be the main star of the entire course? Moreover, the meat only screamed SALTY. Not to mention, one of us suffered from abdomen pain an hour or so after the meal. - Halibut: as bland as the beef mentioned above, but slightly better (JUST slightly). We had to drench the entire fish with the sauce that was coupled with it just to save it from its blandness and dryness (p.s. the sauce didn’t really taste like anything, but it was better than nothing so). Guess the asparagus on the side was the only saving grace for this plate… if only this was a 3-star hotel instead.Desserts:- Peach with vanilla ice cream: vanilla ice cream tasted fine, was the best part of the meal. However, once again, the peaches tasted bland, exactly the same blandness as the appetizers above-mentioned. Such a letdown of the star, the peaches.- Mille-feuille: honestly, considering how subpar the course was, this dessert was the best overall. However, this doesn’t mean that it was mind blowing. It was alright. Vanilla cream was kind of smooth, but the flavor wasn’t too apparent. Caramel sauce was too sweet for my personal liking, but the texture was quite thick so that was nice. The layers were also very crunchy so this kind of saved a fifth of the meal (maybe). + portions were also quite small, and we were starving afterwards.In short, appetizers were not very fresh, entrees were very very bland with a hazard sign on one of them, and desserts were so……ordinary. Overall, the food was extremely bland, way way way below our expectations (so mental note to ourselves: always expect less, especially when you are dining in 5-star hotels in Hong Kong). Would not recommend anyone to waste so much money on low-quality food with very subpar flavor profiles. Honestly, dining in this hotel just for the Victorian Harbour view isn’t worth anyone’s time. …Read More
• lighting was really nice; staff were really friendly and casual; spacing between the tables was perfect, not too close nor far away from each other:)Highly recommend this place! Especially if you want to be by yourself for a few hours.
:- The thousand island sauce tasted like toothpaste. It was unbearable to the point I couldn’t even swallow the rest.- The bread was barely toasted.- Fries were fine, but didn’t have enough salt. The sweet potatoes weren’t sweet in itself though. - Meat was not tender and kind of difficult to chew. Lacked flavor, and just excessively salty. 
