The Queen Victoria — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

This is a hard place to review, as it's like a Hong Kong version of the Mos Eisley Cantina from Star Wars. Let's talk about the good. The space is comfortable, well located, with excellent waitresses, and very cheap drinks. HKD 20 for a pint of Carlsberg...! Want to splash out and spend HKD 40 for a pint of Stella? Incredible value for Hong Kong. Now let's talk about the bad, or rather, the weird. It'd be unfair to say the clientele of this bar are the dregs of society. I think a better description is they're misfits. When I was here there was an older man secretly drinking cans of beer in the bar, a drunk man with a newborn (newborns should not be in bars!), incredibly rough local women, what appeared to be some ladyboys, and a ton of "been in Hong Kong too long" Westerners. What a crowd. I'll add that although the crowd is "rough", I never got a threatening vibe....

The freshest and beloved Kronenbourg Blanc was available there - got real pleasure. The price on HH (happy hour, till 10pm) is more than reasonable for HK which doubles the pleasure. I liked the bar itself too - nothing fancy, bat real bar feeling. Located on ground floor, so going to smoke outside is easy (and have a deck to put your beer on while smoking and having a talk to random persons). Location is convenient as well - can continue to next place easily. 5...

Went there on a Sunday afternoon. The place was quite crowded already with lots of people enjoying happy hour. I guess it’s a nice place for drinks. If you want a place to chit chat with friends, this might not be a good choice. It’s quite noisy actually. Don’t expect too much regarding your food. The service wasn’t bad but very slow. There were a lot of customers but only 2 waitresses(as far as...