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Went there with an old schoolmate for lunch.It was only half-full by the time we arrived and the situation didn't get any better through the lunch hour. May be we should have taken the cue and left but we decided to give it another try.Set lunches are priced at about $100+ depending on what else is wanted - sirloin, dessert, etc. Nothing much to write home for as most lunches in the vicinity are similar.The bread was stale to say the least. They didn't even bother to heat it up before serving and the vinegar/olive oil bottle was half-empty, yes, the empty half was the vinegar!The soup of the day was Broccoli - room temperature and pretty tasteless.I had the lamb chop as the main dish. Same again, dry with no texture and again, pretty tasteless. The accompanying veggies were overcooked and devoid of any freshness and taste.Couldn't really tell whether the coffee was instant but like all else, it was of room temperature and tasteless.Both the waiter and the waitress serving us were apathetic and totally disinterested in the restaurant, in the food and in the customers.Another disappointing lunch in Central. Will this downward trend ever end?
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Il Padrino is perched on the wrong alley of the area of Lan Kwai Fong: you would need a guide map to show you the way. But its less than prominent location means it is not crowded most of the time, and indeed is a nice little escape from the hectic streets in Central. Had sole fillet for lunch and the cooking was good. The bread and salad before was of good quality. The coffee that followed met my expectation, though it was still not anywhere close to being a true cup of Italian coffee. A pleasant thing is that the price is just HK$100 for a two-course lunch plus drinks. So it's a good price/quality ratio. Frankly nowhere in Hong Kong can I find coffee that tastes anywhere close to the one that I could sip at any respectable coffee bars in Italy, France, or Spain. Starbacks, Cova and the likes cannot meet the exacting demands of coffee aficionados. Coffee beans sold in HK are just too run of the mill. Also had dinner there. The atmosphere was warm as the restaurant is literally at the end of a cul-de-sac, close to a shabby and filthy public park and a shrine of an unknown god. Though it took a bit of time for the italian pizza to come, it tasted good. But then it didn't appear to look or taste like authentic Italian dishes (well, I know this is HK). My friend ordered some spagehetti and her comment was "above average". I did not expect more. After all, it is hard to find any true Italian restaurant in HK. Il Padrino has already done a respectable job of bringing me memories of the great time in Venice, Milan, Rome...
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Last night, went there with 4 friends around 9, the place was not too busy. There were not enough staff to serve the whole floor at all. We ordered a bottle of wine, 2 starters, bruchetta and a crabmeat avocado salad. Omg, the salad was made of canned crabmeat minced and mixed with mayonnaise that makes it tasted like sugar, the 2 little shrimps on top were not fresh but frozen ones, and the portion was sooooo tiny, the size of half an avocado, yet it cost 120 or something. Then we it took 45 minutes for the 2 pizzas and a calzone to come, the pizza wer soo salty, the ingredients on my pizza, mushroom, artichoke and olives were not spread evenly, as there were 1 slice full of artichoke and nothing else. The other slices with a little bit here and there. #@%$^$Moreover, the waitresses kept ignoring us, took us yet AGES to get the bill. I will never go again.
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每逢假期，我都喜欢随心所欲的揾野食，突然意粉瘾起，当然不会满足于意粉屋或必胜客，想揾间有点特色的试试，从食评中得知 IL Padrino 的意粉是自家制的，就锁定这一间吧！早一日预先订位，到涉后发现原来我多此一举，周六的下午一时正，餐厅内竟只得一台客人，侍应不知所踪，这刻已开始觉得有点不对路。约三分钟后，店内唯一的女侍应终于出现，递上的餐牌没有 set lunch 选择，原来周末只可散叫，价钱说贵不贵，但始终跟预算有出入，有点不甘心，无选择下唯有点沙律、意粉各一与女友分享。女侍应先送上面包篮，篮内的面包切粒，预先烘至外层香脆，感觉油腻一点，但仍在可接受的水平内，吃罢有点不够喉，麻烦侍应再拿多一篮来，这次更附上原个烧蒜头，把一小片蒜头放在包上，再涂成泥，味道来得更抢更吸引，简单却十分滋味。沙律选择了最基本的 Caesar Salad ($89)，将生菜、烟肉、Parmesan Cheese、面包粒搅匀后，再洒上黑胡椒，卖相正常，配料亦算新鲜，可惜个 dressing 味道却比想像中清淡，可再重手一点的。有感这里的食物水准与价钱不太对称，若论沙律，看来还是 Applegreen 更合我意。 主打的意粉终于出场，是较地道的 Bucatini A Matriciana ($126)，简单来说就是将番茄、烟肉、洋葱混磨成酱，放在意粉之上便成。先试一口自家制意粉，相当腍滑，没有想像中的 al dente，质素相差甚远，酱料也是十分平凡，由卖相至味道，竟跟意粉屋的出品差不多，令人跌破眼镜。意粉质素平庸，却要花上百多元，连自己都呻笨，要吃意粉，相信毗邻的 Te Pasta 不会比这里差得太远，价钱更平了一截。入去时只得一台客，走时亦只得我们这一台客，感觉有如包场一样，惜服务未见体贴，食物亦不是出色，平日有 set lunch 或者可以接受，a la carte 的话，中环区定有更多选择，对吗？
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一坐下便告知今天无steak, 无青口, 无羊架...今次打算豪一点, 点了portabello, 原只龙虾意粉.以前在这里吃过几次portabello, 都是原只大蘑菇, 不知何解这天变了小蘑菇, 兼再切片!主菜上菜时只有半只龙虾, 可能有半只混入意粉内龙虾劲腥, 吃了两口忍不下要退回.个人觉得再换而不腥的机会极微, 所以不打算换任何东西了.但主厨坚持要换给我...期间待应先生过来跟进:待应: 请问是否有问题? 主厨坚持要换一个给你...我说龙虾很很腥待应: 是呀, 因为系新鲜㓥既所以腥继Leon"唔可以空肚食早餐"后另一巨献!!!结果如我所料, 再来的不单腥, 而且劲咸!可能误会了... 辟腥的不是用盐...这里曾经是我于香港最爱的意大利餐厅之一, 为何会退步得如海啸般!怪不得餐厅食客聊聊可数
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