Akrame - Hong Kong

“Ok” experience – have been a lot better elsewhere. came here for her creative experimental brunch menu, which could have been good in theory, but medium in performance. the courts just don't seem to come together. the starter with a small and watermelon was freshly refreshing and probably the best part of the meal. the tofu and court were both ok standard restaurant good. the main course of the black and white egg tastes too eggy, runny and does not fit to a simple poched or cunning egg that you can get from a standard brunch place dessert was kreatiw but ok in taste. a total of an innovative experiment which derives from expectations.

Lunch set sounded like a steal as it was $280 for 3 courses. But sadly it did not live up to it's 1 Michelin star. Amuse bouche: mushroom consume that wasn't very rich in flavour. Just tasted like you had boiled some mushrooms in hot water. Appetizer: better, it was a corn soup with sous vide egg and pop corn. Main: pigeon tender, but nothing special. The sauce lacked depth. Dessert: very weird. It was white chocolate and mushrooms. The mushrooms were diced and so featured too prominently in the dish. Hints of mushrooms would have complemented the chocolate better than biting into something that is supposed to be sweet but getting something that is slimy. It tasted experimental but unrefined. Oh, there was also a fly in my bread and butter...

It’s below par as a Michelin one star restaurant. The service is super bad given the dirty cup, the wrongly served main course and confusion about credit card. And you don’t feel any passion from the waiters. Food portion is extremely small and taste was just ok. It’s 298 for three courses. Honestly you should just add 200 bucks and go to arbor. It’s a shame.

This is not a 1 Michelin Star quality restaurant. Far from it and as. A party of 4 we were all extremely disappointed and slightly confused why it has a star. Service was not of the standard. Food was filled with odd flavour combinations which tasted experimental and unfinished they didn’t work. Also as a “fine dining” restaurant, the food was not presented well. What was also odd what that evening we were the only occupied table in the restaurant and even so, service felt lacking and inattentive. This is by far and away the worst 1 Michelin Star restaurant we have visited ever... we’ve rated some ones low before where it did not live up to expectations but we’ve never been to one where we consistently questioned whether we were even in a supposedly top quality establishment. What was more disappointing was that we came here after visiting a Akrame restaurant for lunch in Shanghai and came away impressed. Avoid. (Chef’s menu $1,280 pp)

Not Michelin Star worthy. First, know that the Monday-Thursday 3 courses Lunch menu at $280 they advertise on the website does not exist. Instead you are offered a 4 courses one at $480... That means 70% extra, but also that you would not leave before 1.5 hours (even though the waiter announced 55 minutes . Second, as mentioned by other, service is quite poor... Finally of course the food: I felt like the Michelin Star is from making instagram worthy pastries (meringue madeleine, charcoal ice cream,... and trying too hard to play on texture for every dish at the expense of the taste. The appetizer was a corn cream with pop corn and caramel for the crunch, the main was veal, (classic but good , the cake was just out of the fridge and too cold to be enjoyable.