Central HK Cafe @ Orchard Central

Ever since the wave of HK cafes arrived at our shores about a decade ago, there has been many HK cafes islandwide. Despite the sprout in cafes in recent 1-2 years, the number of HK cafes available in still decent.

We chanced upon this Central HK Cafe at Orchard Central while window shopping. The retro looking cafe drew us in and we decided to take a short little break here.

I think they just opened recently.

The cafe was spacious and not crowded. Familiar HK music was playing in the background but it was a little too loud for my comfort. It would have been nice if they can tone down a little.

Quite a wide variety of menu and they have it in English and Chinese. As usual visuals tend to appeal better than words so would have preferred if they had used some pictures to illustrates at least their chef recommendations.

Place your order with this sheet.

The flooring is retro-ish too!

The old school looking decor.

The hot drink came in a old school inspired tea cup.

They serve ginger coke. I love it so I just had to order this. When served, the ginger was still sizzling in the cup.

Ordered a buo luo bun. It came interestingly with butter served at the side in a dish with ice. Actually, we felt the ice was kinda extra though it was meant to prevent the butter from melting. This might work better for take aways?

We also ordered a toast. The toast was kinda oily... not really our kind of snack!

I felt the service was kinda horrible. The wait staff when serving your items simple chuck the food on the table. Especially when serving the drinks, they don't even bother asking who's drink is it? It's like they are serving to a table of transparent guests. :( Later on, another wait staff with some food on hand wanted to serve the dish but instead of asking if we ordered that item, she force stretched herself across the entire table just to retrieve our order sheet to check if we had ordered that item. Hmmm.... she could have asked us right? Or she could have at least asked us to pass her the order sheet and not stretch her arm across our table when we are eating?!!!

Gosh!! Sometimes the most basic common sense or most fundamental service, people are not mindful about it. Sigh!


Will I Return to This Outlet: Unlikely
Got Service: 3/10

Address:
Central Hong Kong Cafe
#02-30, Orchard Central, 181 Orchard Road