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Went there with an old schoolmate for lunch.It was only half-full by the time we arrived and the situation didn't get any better through the lunch hour. May be we should have taken the cue and left but we decided to give it another try.Set lunches are priced at about $100+ depending on what else is wanted - sirloin, dessert, etc. Nothing much to write home for as most lunches in the vicinity are similar.The bread was stale to say the least. They didn't even bother to heat it up before serving and the vinegar/olive oil bottle was half-empty, yes, the empty half was the vinegar!The soup of the day was Broccoli - room temperature and pretty tasteless.I had the lamb chop as the main dish. Same again, dry with no texture and again, pretty tasteless. The accompanying veggies were overcooked and devoid of any freshness and taste.Couldn't really tell whether the coffee was instant but like all else, it was of room temperature and tasteless.Both the waiter and the waitress serving us were apathetic and totally disinterested in the restaurant, in the food and in the customers.Another disappointing lunch in Central. Will this downward trend ever end?
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Il Padrino is perched on the wrong alley of the area of Lan Kwai Fong: you would need a guide map to show you the way. But its less than prominent location means it is not crowded most of the time, and indeed is a nice little escape from the hectic streets in Central. Had sole fillet for lunch and the cooking was good. The bread and salad before was of good quality. The coffee that followed met my expectation, though it was still not anywhere close to being a true cup of Italian coffee. A pleasant thing is that the price is just HK$100 for a two-course lunch plus drinks. So it's a good price/quality ratio. Frankly nowhere in Hong Kong can I find coffee that tastes anywhere close to the one that I could sip at any respectable coffee bars in Italy, France, or Spain. Starbacks, Cova and the likes cannot meet the exacting demands of coffee aficionados. Coffee beans sold in HK are just too run of the mill. Also had dinner there. The atmosphere was warm as the restaurant is literally at the end of a cul-de-sac, close to a shabby and filthy public park and a shrine of an unknown god. Though it took a bit of time for the italian pizza to come, it tasted good. But then it didn't appear to look or taste like authentic Italian dishes (well, I know this is HK). My friend ordered some spagehetti and her comment was "above average". I did not expect more. After all, it is hard to find any true Italian restaurant in HK. Il Padrino has already done a respectable job of bringing me memories of the great time in Venice, Milan, Rome...
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Last night, went there with 4 friends around 9, the place was not too busy. There were not enough staff to serve the whole floor at all. We ordered a bottle of wine, 2 starters, bruchetta and a crabmeat avocado salad. Omg, the salad was made of canned crabmeat minced and mixed with mayonnaise that makes it tasted like sugar, the 2 little shrimps on top were not fresh but frozen ones, and the portion was sooooo tiny, the size of half an avocado, yet it cost 120 or something. Then we it took 45 minutes for the 2 pizzas and a calzone to come, the pizza wer soo salty, the ingredients on my pizza, mushroom, artichoke and olives were not spread evenly, as there were 1 slice full of artichoke and nothing else. The other slices with a little bit here and there. #@%$^$Moreover, the waitresses kept ignoring us, took us yet AGES to get the bill. I will never go again.
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每逢假期，我都喜歡隨心所欲的搵野食，突然意粉癮起，當然不會滿足於意粉屋或必勝客，想搵間有點特色的試試，從食評中得知 IL Padrino 的意粉是自家製的，就鎖定這一間吧！早一日預先訂位，到涉後發現原來我多此一舉，周六的下午一時正，餐廳內竟只得一檯客人，侍應不知所蹤，這刻已開始覺得有點不對路。約三分鐘後，店內唯一的女侍應終於出現，遞上的餐牌沒有 set lunch 選擇，原來周末只可散叫，價錢說貴不貴，但始終跟預算有出入，有點不甘心，無選擇下唯有點沙律、意粉各一與女友分享。女侍應先送上麵包籃，籃內的麵包切粒，預先烘至外層香脆，感覺油膩一點，但仍在可接受的水平內，吃罷有點不夠喉，麻煩侍應再拿多一籃來，這次更附上原個燒蒜頭，把一小片蒜頭放在包上，再塗成泥，味道來得更搶更吸引，簡單卻十分滋味。沙律選擇了最基本的 Caesar Salad ($89)，將生菜、煙肉、Parmesan Cheese、麵包粒攪勻後，再灑上黑胡椒，賣相正常，配料亦算新鮮，可惜個 dressing 味道卻比想像中清淡，可再重手一點的。有感這裡的食物水準與價錢不太對稱，若論沙律，看來還是 Applegreen 更合我意。 主打的意粉終於出場，是較地道的 Bucatini A Matriciana ($126)，簡單來說就是將番茄、煙肉、洋蔥混磨成醬，放在意粉之上便成。先試一口自家製意粉，相當腍滑，沒有想像中的 al dente，質素相差甚遠，醬料也是十分平凡，由賣相至味道，竟跟意粉屋的出品差不多，令人跌破眼鏡。意粉質素平庸，卻要花上百多元，連自己都呻笨，要吃意粉，相信毗鄰的 Te Pasta 不會比這裡差得太遠，價錢更平了一截。入去時只得一檯客，走時亦只得我們這一檯客，感覺有如包場一樣，惜服務未見體貼，食物亦不是出色，平日有 set lunch 或者可以接受，a la carte 的話，中環區定有更多選擇，對嗎？
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一坐下便告知今天無steak, 無青口, 無羊架...今次打算豪一點, 點了portabello, 原隻龍蝦意粉.以前在這裏吃過幾次portabello, 都是原隻大蘑菇, 不知何解這天變了小蘑菇, 兼再切片!主菜上菜時只有半隻龍蝦, 可能有半隻混入意粉內龍蝦勁腥, 吃了兩口忍不下要退回.個人覺得再換而不腥的機會極微, 所以不打算換任何東西了.但主廚堅持要換給我...期間待應先生過來跟進:待應: 請問是否有問題? 主廚堅持要換一個給你...我說龍蝦很很腥待應: 是呀, 因為係新鮮劏既所以腥繼Leon"唔可以空肚食早餐"後另一巨獻!!!結果如我所料, 再來的不單腥, 而且勁咸!可能誤會了... 闢腥的不是用鹽...這裏曾經是我於香港最愛的意大利餐廳之一, 為何會退步得如海嘯般!怪不得餐廳食客聊聊可數
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