8½ Otto e Mezzo
Price guide: Expensive
202 Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong
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Best for Gourmets - Expert review of 8½ Otto e Mezzo
Superb Italian food. Pricey, mind you, but superb.
Quite a few Hong Kong chefs have made a name for themselves in hotels, and then gone on to open their own restaurant. Umberto Bombana started out at The Ritz-Carlton, and rather than resting on his laurels capitalised on them with this, his personal paean to all (Italian) things bright and beautifully edible.
Food and drink:
To give you a vague outline - there is a cellar crammed with vintage vino; an ageing room equally full of imported meats and cheeses; truffles (in season) peeled at your table.
Ambience:
It's glitzy and glamorous. Italian is Hong Kong's most popular "foreign" food, and they come here every night to pay unqualified tribute.
Service:
This is one of those regrettably all too rare restaurants where only some time afterwards do you stop yourself and say "Wow, the service was amazing too".
Location:
It's difficult to get more Central - on top of the MTR and a cruet-toss from Statue Square.
Price advice:
If it's a romantic celebration, sort out who's paying first. A conservative estimate is HK$1,000 per head.
More information on 8½ Otto e Mezzo:
- Price guide:
- Type:
- Bar, Restaurant
- Food:
- Italian
- Address:
- 202 Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong
- Telephone:
- 2537 8859
- Website:
- http://www.otto-e-mezzo.com
- Serves:
- Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Dinner
- Opening times:
- Daily noon-11pm.
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Reservations:
- Essential at peak times
- Free tags / Keywords:
- Splurge
