Great location, good pasta and prawns. Desserts options are good too, sorbets are nice. Crab soup…read morewas the best. Service excellent. Place has wifi too

A serious surprise here. I usually can't get excellent Western food, it's just in the 'all right'…read morecategory. This place has some EXCELLENT Italian food, short of my chef friend's handmade pasta. The owners make their own pasta here by hand, which probably is why the food is so similar. The squid ink tagliatelle was made and cooked perfectly, just that right balance of al dente, just perfect. The the stuffed fig appetizer was a pleasant surprise, with the dollop of balsamic a good balance to the nuts. I'm usually not a big fan of figs. We also got the appetizer sampler, arancini which was great but I was blown away by the crostini with asparagus pate, something about that flavor really made me a fan. I could go on but I don't want to write a review that's so long that you won't read it. The service is terrific, the owners obviously are very hands on and seem to know the regulars really well in addition to treating first time visitors with a lot of warmth. Seriously, such a nice spot that you wouldn't expect.

I clearly do not understand comment given here. Service is below standard. Food, I can do same at…read morehome. Price 1500hkd for two. Starter, main dish and carafe of wine.

I can only go to this place when I am quite famished, 'cos this place is full of carbs and the…read moreportion quite big, but their pasta is quite nice indeed. At dinner time they offer appetizer/ pasta combo and appetizer or half-sized pasta/main combo at reduced price and a few wines are available for carafe selection at reasonable price too.

Since when is it hard to fail Pemberton…read more Finally we went with super Monday card for but one get one free deal. Pasta is so tempting! Particularly that chitarra that no one has heard of. Turns out a heavily 'crab' loaded plate. Rich and creamy. The crispy black cod layered upon mashed potatoes with grilled mushroom by side is decent. Spring chicken roast with nice gravy sauce cooked just right. Lamb is a bit too well done... Vanilla pudding is definitely a thumbs up :) Service is okay considering how many staff they have in house. May go back!

For a three star Michelin rated restaurant I think it overall delivers on the food and experience…read more I was particularly impressed at the balance of exceptional service, but not being suffocating or to pretentious. All of the staff was friendly and attentive and helpful with recommendations. The menu is large enough to accommodate nearly every taste, including classic Italian dishes, seafood, and red meat. I enjoyed the steak fillet and short rib along with the lemonchello soufflé for dessert. Their dessert cart with complementary chocolates is a nice touch to finish the meal with as well.

Came by for dinner the other night to enjoy their Degustation menu and was quite impressed. Being a…read more2019 Michelin 3 star restaurant, the expectations were quite high! Started off with the complimentary Bread Basket which was quite tasty. The amuse Bouche of the evening featured Spanish ham which was a treat! The menu started off with a white Asparagus soup topped with caviar. The caviar was quite fragrant. The side of white Asparagus was quite tasty too. The baby lobster course was a simple and light way to enjoy some lobster! Their pasta of the evening was perfectly Al dente topped with plenty of super fragrant black Truffles. The Australian Wagyu Beef Short ribs and Tenderloin were cooked to perfection. The post meal courses included a pre-dessert sorbet made tableside, a hazelnut Millefeuille which was world class, along with a selection of chocolates and pastries! Service throughout the meal was excellent, from the knowledge of the menu, to the explanation of each dish after arriving table side. Staff was also quite prompt in refreshing the table between course as well!

Normal HK Style Cafe but its sort of in a restaurant dessert where it is so it will have to do. The…read morefood is alright and seating comfortable enough

Food was good. Nice outdoor area for a cigar. Pleasant ambiance except the notice in the washroom a…read morelittle comical.

Came here recently a while back take away dinner…read more Tried: the chicken, the sea bass, the gnochetti, and a few others. We also got a whole lot of bread here. I thought that the sea bass was definitely better than the chicken, which itself was not too bad but a little bit on the dry side. It's chicken breast, what can you expect. The gnochetti was definitely not what I was expecting - it's more like pasta, when I was expecting gnocchi, but still quite nice. It felt more like macaroni. Finally, I'm not sure if they bake their bread in house, but they have a whole lot of variety of bread here. Definitely worth a try if you are here; I believe it is free Overall, I think the food was quite nice. Yes, it is indeed expensive. For three people, we spent about $2000 HKD. You have to consider if take away makes sense for you, as I'm not sure if most people would want to pay such a high price for food that you can't enjoy in the restaurant. For me, because I had a coupon here, I wasn't exactly paying for it. However, the food itself is pretty good, and since that was is ultimately what I'm evaluating, I'd say it deserves about four stars.

Searching Yelp for a touch of home, we found this spot and the photos of the burgers looked great…read more The service was quick and the beer was cold. The four meals we ordered didn't all come out together and several beer selections were not available. The food was good and menu has plenty of options. I would return if in the area again.

Came here with friends after seeing the great reviews, but left underwhelmed. the snowboard salad…read morerecommended by other yelpers was the star by far, that cheese dressing was crack! I would come back again just for this salad alone. The other dishes we tried though were a bit disappointing (good yelp reviews = high hopes): * The foie gras on the burger was ah-mazing (in words of my friend), but the burger itself was not great. * I was really looking forward to the shrimp po boy, and while it looked delicious, it was just okay with a heavy batter and little flavor. The flavors of the pork sandwich didn't work well together and the bread came soaked-through soggy. * The lobster broth pasta was well... noodles in strong lobster broth. * For dessert, we decided on the mascarpone donuts. Sad, deflated little puffs. It's worth noting that they are baked with mascarpone, not mascarpone-filled as we had hoped. Overall, food & service was okay. I'd stop by again if in the neighborhood but not worth coming to TST specifically for.

@abc_kitchen_hk Loved it here. I've only been here twice so…read morefar and have thoroughly enjoyed. I'm a huge fan of its ambiance, food, service. It is unique, surprisingly it's at the local cooked food market, where is like Dai Pai Dongs. Best of all there's no corkage fee!! And the food was outstanding. I'll always come back here to enjoy wines and food with friends!! Price: $300hkd~ per person ------------------------------------ Service 5/5 Ambience 5/5 Food 5/5 ------------------------------------ CF7, 1/F, 38 Des Voeux Road West . . . #香港好去處 #香港美食 #香港餐廳 #上環美食 #上環好去處 #hkfoodie #hkig #hkgirl #hkfood #hknightlife #hkitalianfood #italianfood #foodiehk #food #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodstagram #foodporn #foodpics #hkphotography #cookedfoodmarket #ribeyesteak #roastedsucklingpig #foiegras #nocorkage #hkrestaurant #duckleg

Surely there should be an old Chinese proverb that says, "Don't judge a dai pai dong by its dingy…read morerestaurant facade." ABC...stands for A Better Cooking kitchen. This name is lame compared to what we discovered when we dined there this week. We had heard the the hype around our Sheung Wan hood, but ABC was against the grain of what were expecting. I felt my mind was being challenged against my expectation of what I would experience and also being BLOWN at every turn. If you told a Hong Konger that you had the greatest Italian restaurant experience inside a dai pai dong, they would look at you and say "you are wrong...dai pai dong's don't have Italian food" They would be thinking, "silly white girl, she does not know what she is talking about." And when you say again, "no really, red and white checker table clothes, wine list, pastas, etc", they would probably look at you again like you had things confused in your mind on what a dai pai doing was. Now granted that the popular suckling pig ($178HKD) is not really an Italian item to be found on most Italian restaurant menus, the remaining items on the menu are really quite nice and might apply authentically to a true Italian dinner table. Pesto pasta ($148HKD), pan-fried foie gras w/chutney ($128HKD), beef carpaccio ($88HKD) , creme brulee ($48HKD). My husband had the suckling pig and said it was different than your standard Chinese version of suckling pig. He indicated that the meat was more tender, like almost a pulled port consistency. We enjoyed the foie gras as an appetizer and were almost left speechless..."am I really eating foie gras of this caliber in a dai pai dong?" MIND BLOWN! I had the pesto pasta and the pasta was cooked perfectly and was really a surprise to my palette. Good quality noodle, good preparation, steaming hot to the table. MIND BLOWN! The restaurant itself is in a dai pai dong setting, with tables butting up against tables for a Chinese place, a dumpling spot, a Vietnamese place and an Indian restaurant. The environment is clean, but clustered. The red and white table clothes will give it away on where you are going once you ascend the moving escalator from the street (across from the 7-11 on that corner) up to the dai pai dong. My head keeps thinking, how is the local gem (really kind of a hot spot, for it was really busy) even here in this chaotic dai pai dong environment. MIND BLOWN! The wine list kind of sucks, but the fact that you are sitting in a dai pai dong and there is actually a wine list, your head is still kind of spinning and I did not care that I was drinking at sub-par chianti. MIND BLOWN! They even have a larger liquor license with Gordon's Gin and Absolut Vodka on their menu! MIND BLOWN! We were greeted by the most friendly, older host/waiter. He was happy to serve us. No turn and burn mentality of a dining experience here. MIND BLOWN! They are speaking decent English and it was easy to communicate, even when my husband was not chiming in with Cantonese. They take reservations. WHAT? This is a wolf in sheeps clothing for certain. What dai pai dong setting takes a resy? MIND BLOWN! Now I am just being picky, but I think I would like to see something like a calamari appetizer or fresh breadsticks...my horrible pre-conceived ideas of the Olive Garden are my influence...I am a victim of bad US Italian food chain restaurants. Calamari though is a staple on every Italian restaurant menu...right? Sometimes a 5 star Yelp experience is not a flawless experience served in a 5-star Beard rated restaurant. Great restaurants are not without some error, but ABC gets a 5 because they blew my mind on what to expect from a dai pai dong experience and it is a solid Italian restaurant experience.