TGIF — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

When is casarecce pasta not casarecce pasta? When it's conciglie pasta! And that's sorta the problem with tgi*f. Nothing quite delivered on the promise. The casarecce with beef tenderloin (per the menu) arrived as conciglie with over-large chunks of beef and a spoon and fork. It was tasty, but no-one seems to have thought it through. My "Avocados stuffed with crabmeat" (per the menu again) arrived as one half an avocado (slightly under-ripe, but let that pass) the mandatory, rather tired looking commercial salad mix to give and appearance of fullness to the over-large bowl (no dressing). And a spoon and fork to eat it with! It was quite tasty but ... My long black coffee with an extra shot got within 10 feet of me and was then partially slopped on the floor from the impractical designer handle-less cup with no saucer (a somewhat grubby piece of ellipsoid, well, linoleum, it looked like, eventually appeared) with the topped up cup. It was nice enough, but weak. I asked for sugar and was smilingly obliged, but nothing to stir it with. The staff were pleasant, but their minds seemed elsewhere. The place probably looked somewhat designer Scandinavian when it first opened, but now looks rather ordinary and tired. But it was full of sunlight on a cool winter's afternoon. My third star is for the sunlight on...

The person who created this place deserves a prize on stingyness and uptightness. There were fees for absolutely everything including changing seats and accompanying someone without getting anything. Also there was a service fee when the waiters dont even speak to you and you have to make your own order online, hard to justify a service fee when theres no service. You need a key to the toilet and theres a sign saying that there are fees if you leave it dirty and when you return the key to the staff they will check it ‘immediately’. Weird. Also the toilet itself was very poorly kept and filthy so maybe they should stop making up new fees and actually clean their toilet. Needless to say the coffee was very overpriced and came basically in a shot glass. Smallest iced latte ive ever had. Terrible place overall do yourself a...

I am very disappointed with the food to be honest. Ordered countryside, but I was served 30 minutes after I placed my order, because the chef waited the rest of orders of countryside from other tables. The worst part is that it tastes terrible and the overall combination of the ingredients is messy. The appearance is not appealing I have to say. The poached egg is a boiled egg, with a not-runny hard egg yolk. Such a nightmare. The portobello is quite dry and the teriyaki sauce doesn’t match with the mushroom at all. The chicken is thyme-flavoured, making the whole combo even weirder. Even the latte is enjoyable, and the bright restaurant is a nice place to chill, the food they served doesn’t make me wanna...