The Chinese Library

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I miraculously came off the waitlist after trying to make a same-day booking on Mother’s Day for dinner. They called me at 5:30 informing me of a cancellation and offering to seat us at 7. Pretty lucky!When doors open and you walk in the dining room, the restaurant oozes a grand, elegantly posh atmospheric feel. Kind of takes your breath away. The aircon is kind of weak at our table, it felt hot (~25 degs). Told the server, but it remained the same.Our server was grumpy and unhelpful from the st

Another excellent meal at Chinese Library. Tried many new dishes tonight - marinated brisket, the green pepper in black bean sauce, the Peking Duck and the stir fried wagyu beef. Brisket was tender w balanced flavor. The black bean sauce went well w the pepper and not salty at all. The duck was juicy and the skin was crisp. The pancake was paper thin (probably the best of all the places I tried). Beef was tender and not over cooked.Good food and ambience but service was another story.Restaurant

Dined here on a Wednesday night. We did enjoy our meal. Contrary to many Openrice reviews, we had satisfactory service, even when it was a full house. Food was nice. Not “wow”. Portion size tends to be on the slightly smaller side. Thousand cut “Chrysanthemum” tofu is worth ordering to see fine Chinese knife skills. Smoked tea leaves prawns were very nice — very smoky and prawns were very fresh and larger size than in other restaurants. Total bill was $1000 for 2 people for pork dish x1, prawn d

環境氣氛好好，中式料理西式環境，食身賣相都吾錯。黎過幾次大館，都系第一次走入餐廳食野。餐廳員工服務態度不錯，大部分都好好笑容，而且會有侍應在吃飯途中不停為你加水。上菜前，會簡單介紹每一道菜式的特色。雖然價錢吾便宜，但系值得再黎一次。

To celebrate my boyfriend’s birthday, I planned to treat him to a very nice dinner with a little birthday surprise. I had him to choose either having Chinese or Western food, and obviously he chose Chinese. I selected this restaurant because it caught my eye when we visit Tai Kwun in Dec 2018 and my colleague strongly recommend it to me after he had dinner here in Jan 2019.We ordered 4 dishes in à la carte although the tasting menu ($688 per person) looks SUPER attractive. HAHA… as both of us do

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first time in Tai Kun actually and was stunned by how beautiful the place was, including the Chinese library. as you step into the restaurant, you won't think you are in HK at all!! could be a restaurant in Ginza or the Bund.The service was excellent, we had Nina the lovely lady for our table, she was really inviting to take any comments for the set menu that we had, and she was so enthusiastic about her service, so cheerful and we had the best service we experienced for as long as we remember

What an amazing experience at Chinese Library. From the moment we arrived we were treated so well. Nina your hospitality was fantastic and you are such a generous host with a brilliant smile. We are very grateful to all the service, a true delight you made my mums visit unforgettable. Thank you

環境氣氛很好，初初感覺十分良好，音樂令人愉快，食物賣相不錯，可惜服務態度非常一般，不太禮貌，不感到被歡迎。負責我們的主力服務員款待客人的質素惡劣，請了這樣的員工令整個餐廳大為失色，不時大聲提及還枱時間，然而外面沒有人等候，不可能等待我們完成甜品嗎？甜品質素十分普通，得個樣！由於被催促地完成，也沒有心情欣賞了。幸好還有一個正常的經理為我們影相留念，但也不能挽回我對這間餐廳的評價，不會再去這一間餐廳了。

When you first enter this restaurant, it is clear that it wants to be in the company of Central's high end Chinese food competition (Mott 32, Duddells, China Tang, even the China Club.).  Unfortunately, The Chinese Library falls short of its mark.The room looks very classy.  As one would expect from an Aqua Group restaurant, it is a visual stunner.  However, the food (I had the Deluxe Set Menu lunch), the service, and the value for money are  just "ok".First, the service.  While my experience wa

Staff were not familiar with the menu, could not respond when asked for signature dishes and recommendations. They could also be more attentive and responsive when called for instead of staring over the dinners. Unfinished sharing plates were taken away without checking first and the bill was brought in without been asked for. Food taste and presentation was good despite extremely small portions for certain items given the pricing.

位於大館裡，來和朋友吃午餐，原來以為會有dim sum，沒想到是以正常炒菜為主。非常喜歡它的Free flow vcp，250一位感覺價格很合理，我看很多桌都有點，果斷點了這個free flow。午市set lunch有兩個選擇，我選了premium的set lunch。點心拼盤有三道點心，造型味道都不錯，黑椒和牛酥很有特色，讓我記憶猶新。第二個是炒星班球，感覺上菜速度有點快，一道菜剛剛吃完第二道就來了。第三道香辣汁燒和牛肋，味道不錯，和牛軟嫩但不油膩。吃到這裡的時候其實我已經喝多了。姜汁時蔬，後面是海皇海膽炒飯，海膽微微過油，有一點點焦香，很不錯。甜點是deepfried chocolate hazelnut ball，很不錯。 整體感覺性價比不錯，分量也恰到好處，味道好吃，有一兩道居然讓我感到驚喜。為了250的freeflow也會回來吃。

中環多左新境點-大館，我唔係遊客，當然無第一時間去行過。多得朋友帶我呢的鄉下妹去試下先第一黎，一入到大館，感覺好似去到1881咁，原來大家前身都係差館。呢度都幾多餐廳，今晚就book左呢間試下，叫做中文圖書館，但門外就係全部係外國人，餐廳入面好有電影場景咁，勁靚！餐牌內的選擇唔算太多，放心，食中菜有中文字餐牌😆，價錢都算中上。落完單，就會上呢2碟涼菜，一個似係芥末菜頭，呢一個似係酸梅車厘茄，2碟都覺得好有心，唔hea！呢個夠晒鑊氣，有4件，煮到岩岩好，唔會係全熟，而風沙食落有少少似避風唐風味咁！係呢3d餐廳食碟實勁唔抵架啦，但呢個芥蘭佢幫去左個皮，得番最幼既芯，又無葉，仲用石鍋熱住上，我就覺得好好食啦！呢個飯上菜時會問你洗唔洗分，懶人就當然最好食殘廢餐😆，請佢放底俾我影張相，就麻煩幫我地分2碗，你無聽錯，真係分得2碗😅，分量係少d，但有時細碟有細碟好。味道當然唔錯啦，濃味少少，可能只係我自己近來食得清淡。可以睇到靚仔侍應好優美咁幫我地分，幻想下換轉同樣事情，係普通酒樓...都係呢度好睇好多😂！咁靚既環境，食一次就夠，成間餐廳感覺去左外國既中餐廳，少少呃鬼佬咁，但野食同服務唔錯，我只飲熱

Located on the second floor of Tai Kwun’s Police Headquarters Block, the rectangular dining room is beautifully decorated and offers nice ambience. I love the high ceiling and the backlit jade marble wall.Highlight of the evening for me was the roast pork loin w manuka honey sauce (good balance of meat and fat) and the thousand cut silken tofu chicken broth (clear soup was simply light and delicious). The knife skill was exceptional .... The deep fried aubergine w Sakura shrimp and green beans w

Quick Squiz:  Visited for a weekday lunch on recommendation of a friend who visited earlier. Impressive entrance and front desk service, welcoming bar staff as we walked past, exciting (and delicious) menu. Staff were still "running-in" with some unfamiliarity with menu and service protocol, but perhaps holding it back the most would be its price.More about the restaurant: Set in the newly opened Tai Kwun in Central, its address on the first floor of the former Police Headquarters instantly give