It's been a long time waiting but finally there is a restaurnt that serves good ribs and american diner food in Central!
I have now been to The Diner twice and both times I have been impressed with the quality of food there.
First Impressions:
The Diner is decorated in an American 1950's style diner with red booths and classic diner style interiors. The sign at the door says no reservations as they want to be authentic in the Diner style dining experience. We arrived at the restaurant for a late lunch and there was no waiting time as it was off peak. Previously I went there for lunch and still managed to get a seat pretty quickly. They play great music typical of what you might expect to hear in america, a lot of great blues and 50's and 60's rock and roll. I felt like I'm in a "Grease" Movie which was cool.
Menu:
The menu is printed on the paper diposable placemats. They have the perfect selection of American favourites with the majority of the menu devoted to different types of burgers. However, they also serve salads including Caesarand Cobb salads. They have a beef burgerless selection which includes pulled port, chicken and veggie burgers. Plus they serve the classic sandwiches such as Club Sandwich. Don't get fooled by the "Small Plates" section, although the words used make it sound like a starter, the dishes are large and is sufficient as a main course. They also have a brunch menu which I can't wait to try. Hoping it will be an authentic american diner breakfast experience.
What we ordered:
We decided to go the "Love me tender ribs" and the "Sunshine Burger" and ordered a lemon ice tea and a mojito mocktail.
The Ribs were as the decription says, TENDER and the homemade BBQ sauce was just the right combo of tangy and spice. I have to say that we have been looking for a place that serves great BBQ ribs in Hong Kong and have finally found it. These ribs are delicious, moist, tender and melt in your mouth. The portions is generous - you get 6 large meaty ribs for the price (HKD148) which I think is good value. The ribs are serves with a delicious and refreshing apple slaw.
The sunshine burger was fresh and tasty. It comes with a fried egg, bacon, cheese and salad and supposedly a cripy onion ring, however my only gripe is that I think they must have forgotten the onion ring or ran out as there was caremalised onions in there instead. Would have been nice for them to have put the crispy onion ring in but the burger still tasted great without it. The dish is served with apple slaw and delicious thin crispy skin on french fries.
The drinks were great, the mocktail mojito was yum, lots of lime and mint and perfect amount of sugar.
Service:
The first time I went, the service was just so so as it was lunch time and they only had one poor waitress serving but the second time was better, although there were not many customers in there at that time so not sure what it would be like when busy again. I hope they will make sure there are enough staff on the floor in the future. But overall, the wait staff were extrememly friendly. Ecouraged probably by the fact that the bill does NOT include a service charge and the wait staff must earn their tips from good service. I really like this as it encourages good service and you know they are actually getting the tips you leave instead of management pocketing it as in most other restaurants in HK. This is clearly stated on the menu.
Verdict:
We had a great experience and The Diner and will definately be back again. There are lots of other dishes that we would like to try still and it all looks pretty good. I highly recommend this place.
题外话/补充资料：
Service Charge Not included so tip you can on service quality
No reservations available.
(以上食记乃用户个人意见 , 并不代表OpenRice之观点。)
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