Amis — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

Here is a hidden romantic French-style fine dining restaurant in busy Causeway Bay. Their Amis Anniversary Menu ($888/person) offers a 4-course meal that's perfect for a special occasion. Start with a warm homemade sourdough baguette and flavored butter. The appetizers include a refreshing Spanish Cherry Tomato Sorbet, a tasty Russian Caviar Bacon Potato Ball, and a cute Foie Gras Pistachio Stick. The Hokkaido Uni Cup Lily Blossom Mousse is a visual delight with sea urchin, lily mousse, and lobster soup jelly. Enjoy the silky Cauliflower Velouté Razor Clam and the delicious Hokkaido Scallop Aglio E Olio. The Kagoshima Wagyu Beef is cooked to perfection, and the Chef's Mont Blanc with homemade vanilla ice cream is a sweet ending. Don't miss the Petit Fours! Drinks are no included, but there have many international winning wine the you can pair with each dish. It's a romantic and memorable dining experience with...

The food was quite good, however, the lunch set menu are not sets at all. We just got the main, and would have to pay extra to make it a set. That's not how any other lunch set menu works in Hong Kong. We expected at least a drink with the "set". To be honest, we felt quite cheated.

Even as we asked what the set soup was, and the waiter told us it was lobster bisque, in most places I've been they have offered me a substitute once I tell them I'm allergic.

4 stars for food.

1 star for utterly terrible service. On top of feeling cheated, the staff did not make us feel welcome. Not while ordering, nor while serving, or paying.

We won't patronise this place ever again, and I cannot recommend it at all, until they change their attitude...

Excellent food combining fine Japanese ingredients and French style details. Nicely surprised by a few dishes: saba (dashi jelly was the magic touch), amadai (skin perfectly crisped and the broth matched so well), lobster bisque, and both the wagyu and lamb racks were perfectly cooked with complementary sauces.

Unfortunately the restaurant is quite small and there was some unpleasant smell for the tables close to the entrance, so we had to change a few times to not be distracted by the smell.

Staff was friendly but would expect more attentiveness given what the restaurant aspires to, esp given such high quality food, seems to be a...