That’s the thing in Hong Kong, good food you can find but do I really need/want to pay three times the price I would pay back in France for the same thing? Definitely not. Ok I know, Hong Kong is not France, restaurants need to cover up the crazy rents but still … watch out I tend to be very emotional when it comes to food and hate, but do really hate, to be played like a fool when going out for dinner.
It’s crazy how you can sometimes just go for avocado toast, get served something so-so (don’t take me wrong, I love avocado toast but I have expectations about the bread, the avocado spread … I told you, I got that thing with food) and still end up paying HKD 400.
Pirata Group does not aim at serving cheap food but Manuel and Christian do aim at having you leaving one of their restaurant and be like “well that’s definitely the right price for what I have been eating today”. The average bill at
Pici Central or
MEATS is definitely lower than pretty much all the restaurants of the Soho area and the staff is not encouraged to have you order more. Try it for yourself, never in one of their restaurants have I been told that it won’t be enough, that maybe instead of sharing we should order one dish each or anything like this and believe me it’s not like I have been there only once.
Don’t take me wrong, Pirata Group is not a charity and of course making money is important they just don’t believe in making it by being dishonest to their guests. But you know when you sometimes get annoyed because you cannot book a table at Pici for example? Well, it’s simply because having a lower average bill they need to make sure no table stays empty because it’s reserved and guests finally don’t show-up or are 1h late so just be patient and remember that it’s all for you to enjoy good food at good value.
And if really waiting is something you can’t do (but believe me it’s worth it), you always have the option to book a table at
TokyoLima,
Pirata or The Optimist as those ones do take bookings.