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2023-08-04
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Bayfare Social is always a popular restaurant when diners think of places to have lunch or dinner in Tsim Sha Tsui. Bayfare is located in the Rosewood Hotel, arguably my favourite hotel in Hong Kong. You can see the logo of Bayfare Social when you walk straight out of the elevator in Rosewood and the lovely bistro would be in your sight. It is a great place yet there are still points notable for improvement. Here you go and let’s start with the food first. Food: For starters, we have selected P
Food:
For starters, we have selected Pulpo A La Gallega ($195), a very traditional tapas from Espana. As expected, it comes with a small plate which you may see a formality but trust me, there are plenty of Spain restaurants in HK that serve tapas in a big plate. The smell is fantastic and the pulpo, the octopus, is fresh. It would be a great dish to start the night but just the dish is a bit cold and the pulpo is a bit chewy in my liking. If the dish could be hotter and fresher, we would be clapping hands now.
For the main, we go for the medium seafood paellas ($350) and the half rotisserie yellow chicken ($288). We do understand Bayfare Social is not really aiming at fine dining but the dishes need not to be served when the starters are not really finished. Nevertheless, the paella still look great and the seafood on top is jumping to ask us to consume it. Overall, the taste is exceptional and the rice is cooked with high quality stock; salt is appropriate but one big disappointment is that, the chef did not “fry” the rice at the end. A perfect paella should have some crisp[y rice at the bottom as when you cook the rice in the medium heat all time, you should turn up the heat at the last few minutes to the pan and kind of deep fry your rice. Therefore, the paella is almost like an overcook risotto now. For the chicken, I would say it is the most disappointing dish for the night. I am not sure how long it lies on the window before it was served but the chicken is certainly cold. The meat is dry where you can only count the pesto sauce on the chicken to get some favour. The rosemary on top is ridiculous that it does not supplement with the chicken and you certainly can’t eat with the chicken and the rosemary.
We have ordered the churros to end our night and it was above average and worth to have a shot.
Service:
Well, I think it is truly disappointing. I am a fan of Rosewood and its restaurant where I expect entirely a high quality of service despite the restaurant is not aiming fine dining route. However, from the start of walking us to our seats to food order, it just gives a feeling that the staff was distracted and not focusing on serving us. It spent a long time to ask the waitress to have our order taken, a long time to get things sorted and just hard to gain attention from the staff. I understand there is a dining time limit but you just don't throw the check to our table and told us time’s up where no one is even queuing the table. We just saw the staff were chit-chatting with each other and just ignore us when we wanted to order our dessert. Overall, it was not a good experience in terms of service.
Environment:
Why I would call Bayfare Social as bistro is mainly because of their table setting. They have small tables, which are understandable if they are serving mainly tapas. However, it would get a bit clumsy when all the food including starters and main dish are served in similar time. The space within tables are sufficient but the chairs are just too short for eating in my opinion. Please do not expect a stunning sea view from Bayfare as it was blocked by the balcony outside. It might be better for the sofa seats but I could not comment on as we were not arranged to the sofa.
Overall, if you would like to have a causal dinner, Bayfare Social is definitely a great place to go. However, if you are on some celebration thing, I’d recommend you to visit Henry, the Dining Room or even Chaat inside Rosewood Hotel HK.
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