Giando Italian Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

The brunch is available on weekends, $488 per person.

Vittello tonnato Slow cooked veal loin, tuna and caper sauce This slow-cooked veal tastes good, with a meaty flavor, a very soft texture without being greasy, and it is light .

Prosciutto di devodier Devodier parma ham This parma ham is not too dry, and has a relatively oily and soft texture with a slightly salty aroma. It would be better if there is honeydew melon.

Carpaccio di ricciola Amberjack carpaccio, lemon & capers This amberjack is very fresh, the fish meat is tender and shiny, with lemon juice, it gives a refreshing and delicious Italian flavor.

Polipo e patate Marinated octopus & potato salad The octopus has a chewy texture ; but the red and yellow tomatoes in the potato salad are surprisingly sweet and delicious, full of southern Italian flavor.

Minestrone Classico Minestrone soup This assorted vegetable soup contains more than ten kinds of vegetables, with a lot of chopped vegetable. It has a pure natural vegetable flavor .

Insalata cesare Cesar salad, black garlic sauce. The salad is very fresh, with a refreshing and crispy texture. With the light black garlic salad sauce and cheese powder, it is full of cheesy flavor.

Braciola di Mariale +48 Grilled herb crushed pork chop, cabbage The pork chop is in thick cut, which is pork tenderloin . The meat is delicious, there is no fat at all, and the meat is soft and slender, love it.

Bistecca di manzo +68 Grilled Wagyu beef rump, rocket and tomato salad. The Wagyu beef looks good, roasted to medium rare, and has a strong meat flavor. However , it is a bit tough.

Desserts there are five desserts in total! The tiramisu is so delicious! It has a subtle chocolate flavor with a hint of wine taste, creamy and moist, not overly sweetened, so delicious! Sorbet has a typical sorbet flavor, sour and icey. Pineapple is so sweet and juicy! The cream puffs are creamy, smooth. The crème brûlée has a crispy and sweet caramel , and the egg custard is so creamy and sweet. Full of milk and cream flavour.

This lunch is so satisfying that there is no need to eat...

We were having one of those days anyway - kids fighting and badly behave, everyone in a mood, but the bad service and awful manager - you wonder why you stepped foot in an establishment like that. Our kids behavior and us having to drag him out - I doubt anyone actually complained as we tried to solve the problem by getting our son out. All parents have been through rough meal services with kids. No one is immune especially not on Father’s Day. I would happily apologized to every diner in there.

The food is average - nothing you can’t eat anywhere else, nothing memorable, but the experience is so off-putting it isn’t worth going there.

The manager is rude. I have heard this from multiple parties on multiple occasions. The exact words from other diners on a separate visit from our visit is that he has a “nonchalant, superior attitude and doesn’t seem to care about diners.” We experienced the same. We asked if there was a separate kids option of just mains rather than just starters - truth be told, most kids don’t eat those starters. I asked to speak to the manager about it as he would be better able to answer this (hence what the restaurant interprets to be aggressive). We were indecisive with ordering and when we did, the manager was short. He missed ordering our mains and our kids meals. When I asked the manager to come back and take our order for our kids meal he was rude. He ran off quickly before we could order our mains (just the kids). We then had to ask again for him to order our mains and then he made it seem like it was our fault he ran off after the first two times. The manager spilled water all over our table and both my sons and my own satin shoes were soaked. He offered a napkin but barely any apologies.

We had one great waiter (separate from thee manager) but unfortunately dealt mostly with the manager - if a restaurant has someone like him running the place, it speaks volumes about what kind of an...

Went there for a Friday date night with my husband, I was really looking forward to it but have to say I left deeply disappointed… We ordered the special of the day: Slow cooked Italian egg with black truffle and Amberjack Carpaccio to start, the two plates smell of absolutely nothing, I don’t expect to have “good” truffles with this price, but the truffles have zero smell and taste, the slow cook Italian egg arrived at a weird less than warm temperature, it was really.. sorry to say.. disgusting.. Then it’s the main course: I ordered the Cod with cauliflower, again it taste and smell of nothing, I’m a “fitness” sort of person and I eat boiled chicken and vegetable with no condiment very often and the dish I ordered tasted even less! My husband’s pasta was even worst! Arrived on the table like 3 year old home cooking… Also the waiters and waitress look all miserable and lost all night... I lost my faith on desserts so I just ordered 2 kinds of cheese to finish with my wine, have to say the cheese was VERY GOOD, I even made a second order on the cheese… I had a good evening but overall I’m very disappointed with the food and service, the wine list was over priced (we had a bottle of Casanova for $1980), the food was horrible (except the cheese)… I don’t usually write reviews on restaurants but this experience really makes me want to write one, I really wish the restaurant will read this and improve their service and food… but honestly I’m not sure if I’ll go...