Yardbird (已搬遷) 新店位置

Yardbird is located along Bridges Street (an extension from Staunton from the main strip in Soho.  We made the mistake of getting out at Sheung Wan (looking at the proximity from the map) and having to climb up the aptly named Ladder Street of never ending small staircases to work up an appetite. It would be probably better to take Central escalator up to the Soho level and walk across.The small two level restaurant was already bustling with people at 7pm. And items were already running out! The

My best friend and I decided to check this place out since everyone's been raving about it.When we got there it was packed, bustling, with music and a hip young crowd. ( I felt like I was back in the Soho in London) The waitors that worked there were surprisingly all foreign which is an extremely rare sight in Hong Kong I must add.What struck me most about YardBird was the service. It was friendly, down to earth and helpful, not the slightest bit overbearing which we very much appreciated. We re

Yardbird has grown on me since my first visit. When it first opened, I did not know what the hype was all about. I am not a big fan of yakitori. However, the food here is good. As I have said many times, the food at a restaurant is what defines a restaurant. At Yardbird, they do all the other little things pretty well too. This makes for a great success and fantastic choice for a casual bite and drink on any given evening in Sheung Wan/Central Mid-levels. I suggest that one is in the mood for st

Had some good special dishes like...Sweet corn tempura, Liver moose, Meat ball and Cucumber salad. The worst is peanut butter ice cream....weird taste salty ice cream . It was all over our faces , I think one of the waiter saw us and one friend just had one teaspoon and left it there to melt !!!The nice waiter told us he will take care of it and he took the item out from our bill ...,Much appreciated !!Pricey yes.....has nice music (but too loud) good food , nice friendly serving people and l

This was my third visit to Yardbird, and there was still much to love about this place. This time, I went on a Tuesday night at 7:30 as a group of 3, and didn't have to wait at all. Actually I've never had to wait as I went on Thursday at 9 one time and got take out the other. Here's the rundown:Food:Firstly, as most people have mentioned, Yardbird is slightly pricey for what it is. However, that can easily be counteracted by ordering the non-yakitori items. I also feel that actually, the

I was invited a friend to this relatively new restaurant. Due to traffic jam, I arrived there late and my friends had to waited at bar for me as the restaurant has a policy of only letting the customer in when everyone arrived(the only odd thing about this place). However, Once we were seated, everything went very well. service was very professional and friendly, all food dishes was very creative and tasty albeit a bit salty. Atmosphere is relaxed and modern but a bit too noisy if you want

The guy greeting people at the door was very friendly to everyone he knew, lost his smile and charm for those he didn't while the owner stood inside and directed people to seating options. It felt like a screening process rather than a personal welcome. Both noticeably eyeballed guests up and down. Sure, all door people do this, subconsciously or not - but be more discreet about it!Overall, the quality and portions do not justify the price tag.We shared 7 chicken and fish items which were all de

It's been a while since my last blog, and what better way to pick up where I left off than with a full tummy and complete satisfaction at a modern yakitori joint ServiceCame here on a Friday at 8pm and was told the wait would be around 2 hours, so my friends and I had a drink at a nearby restaurant down the street. Before we knew it, after about 1.5 hours, I got a call saying our table would be ready soon. Yardbird staff are all chilled out and all full of smiles. We had to call out a few times

there is a NARROW, LONG flight of stairs connecting the ground floor and the basement. somebody threw a plate down to the basement from the ground floor!! WHAT THE? the plate first hit the handrails of the stairs then broke into numerous pieces and the jagged pieces scattered like rainfall. there were many waiters and waitresses standing right underneath and there were tables of people close by, VERY VERY FORTUNATELY, nobody was hurt, but it was a close call. the waiters and waitresses spent the

Wow!I've never had Yakatori before, so I was immediately excited about the experience. When they sat us down at the table, the staff was super friendly and briefed us on how the menu worked. They gave us their recommendations and explained what the different items were. Our meal consisted of...Cucumber saladCorn tempuraKFC (cauliflower)Inner thighHeartmeatballOysterThis doesn't seem like a lot of food, but it was extremely filling. Everything was delicious. Since I'm a westerner, I was nervous t

We had a group of 10, so we knew the wait was going to be long. However, the staff was simply awesome and kept us well lit with drinks until the table was ready. The drinks list is awesome by the way.I will admit that I am not a fan of yakitori, but I found yardbird's dishes to be inventive and creative. With a large group, we asked the waitress to bring us the best stuff and she kept us updated on the bill. She told us to hit stop whenever we were good.Some items I loved, some I didn't care for

Read several good reviews about this place and I was all ready to try it. One even called it the best yakitori in the world. As the place doesn't take reservations, I thought it will be a better idea to come on a monday night since K is not big on queuing. When we reached the place around 9, the place was packed. On a Monday night!! Luckily, there was a table just leaving and we managed to snag it. All is good. For starters, we chose the corn tempura. It turned out to be a good choice. The balls

I originally didn't want to come here because I knew they serve yakitori at a high price. I travel frequently to Japan, which means I've been spoiled rotten by the amount of authentic and delicious Japanese food I've been fortunate enough to have over the years at reasonable and excellent prices. But then I was dragged here by my sidekick, who raved about how she'd heard raving reviews of this restaurant tucked away on Bridges Street and so I found myself in an entirely new dining experience on

Tuesday night, 8:30pm - we knew it'd be unlikely we would get a table straight away, so were not too disappointed when told it would probably take an hour. We left our name and number and headed off down the road for cocktails. It was definitely worth the wait!It's a small, busy, loud space, but it all works. The service was impeccable - friendly, very knowledgable about their menu, quick without rushing you. Between 2 of us, we ordered:EndamameSweet Corn Tempura Korean Fried CauliflowerPork Bel

This is the sort of restaurant you'd find a lot of expats standing around the bar, crowded like sardines, talking over each other and the music, creating a "vibrant atmosphere" that one could use to describe this place. Most of the staff were non-Chinese too, and most Chinese there were back-from-overseas and speaking perfect English, so really, this is a place where positive discrimination against expats would make you feel right at home, maybe a new buzzing restaurant in Manhattan, Melbourne o