I went to Common Room's grand opening, and subsequently, turned into a regular at Common Room for a while. We would frequent Common Room for Happy Hour. On a regular night out, we would normally stop there for a drink before our next stop.
We had dinner there a few times as well. It was such a cool environment. It was chill, the crowd was pretty decent, they have nice drinks and the staff were not snobby. I used to adore their poutine and mac n cheese.
In the recent months, my desire to Common Room has died down immensely. I think what caused this was one time we came here after drinking, friends ordered more drinks and we have a fleeting suspicion that they didn't give us what we ordered. Either it was that, or they watered down the drinks/mixed the drinks with something. I only get a headache the next day when I have been drinking something really crappy. Throughout the night, we only opened bottles, Common Room was the only place where we ordered drinks off the bar.
It may be a one-time thing, but Hong Kong isn't very forgiving, is it? There are way too many choices, with a mistake like that, I would rather go to other bars and check them out instead of going to my regular.
To be honest, I quite like Common Room. I like the vibe, and almost everything else there. Hopefully it was just me being sensitive or it was a solitary incident. I'm still craving their mac n cheese.. Mmmmmm cheesy goodness. read more