Lido Restaurant

I’m not sure how Lido only has 3.6* at the time of writing. Whenever I crave Hong Kong food (lived there for 17 years), Lido is the first place that comes to mind. The pineapple bun is SO good, as is the congee. The vibe is as if you’re at a chachaanteng, they even play TVB Pearl in the background. Love it.

HK style café that is always busy. We were there at 8:30 am on a weekday and there was already a line up to get in. The food was good, but no better than any other similar cafés. Service is pretty horrible, due to the fact that they are very busy. We literally had to grab a waitress as she walked by just to put our order in and the food took a while to arrive. Parking is very limited and they are also cash only. Menu is only in Chinese.

As a Hong Konger , this is absolutely disappointing . Each person waited for a table on a list. However there was an Asian woman went inside , and told the male manager ( the man standing at the cashier )she want a table, and he ignored the people in front of them on the list. Basically the woman skipped the line, and seized the table that others were waiting in line for. The male manager skipped those in front of the queue once more and gave another set of six people behind us who had just arrived because there was a desk for six. He may have gone in the order of the line instead. We ordered egg tarts and pineapple buns. The pineapple bun was a complete letdown; it appeared to been “stepped “on . I enjoy eating pineapple buns, but this one left me quite disappointed. Egg tarts tasted good. But was unwilling to return.

The service has gotten a lot better compared to few years ago. Food is served quick because they try to kick you out as fast as possible so that they’ll have high table turnover. The place is definitely overpriced for most of the items. However, the pineapple bun is still pretty good and fresh, we’ll come back for it.