When I first found out about this restaurant, I was skeptical and thought it was just about the aesthetics. The restaurant had changed its name a few years ago yet maintained the same great quality it did years ago. It is still in the same location as it's previous life and conveniently located right off the Shek Mun MTR Station. The lines are usually quite long and you have to grab a number by the entrance to queue up.
Shatin Cafe has great weekly lunch deals that come with a hot drink, which can also be upgraded to a cold drink for just +6HKD. The menu is vast with food items ranging from an all day breakfast (toast, western toast, eggs, buns,) to stir fried dishes, from oven-baked meals to curry rice plates, macaroni soups and noodle soups to pan fried noodles and fried rice. The options are amazing and the chefs always cook with wok hei.
Servers are very quick and get orders out ASAP from their very busy kitchen. The tables are actually quite large and comfortable compared to the typical HK cafe/eatery. With both booths and tables available, they don't skip a beat with seating guests either you are dining solo or with a companion/a group. They also give you free soup of the day for every meal for order until it runs out. It is usually a Chinese style soup or a Western style soup like vegetable soup in tomato broth base. Both delicious! The curry chicken baked rice, pork chop baked rice with egg. fish with black bean sauce, pork belly and soy puffs with bean curd rice, yeung chow fried rice, and more are all great dishes to recommend.
The bakery is located on the right of the cafe where you can order for to-go or just enjoy some items as you dine in. Their pandan egg tarts and pineapple buns with a huge slab of butter are epic. They also do 30% off your bakery items if you visit after 1630 in the afternoon. Do not skip these items! They take cash, credit, and now Octopus as payment too (they only started doing this since their name change)...new ownership I do not know but the food and drink quality remains the same level which is what I really care about. The prices are somewhat higher with inflation but still completely understandable. read more