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There's been several special occasions over the past few years during COVID where we had thought about dining at Caprice to celebrate - but even when we had planned ahead two months in advance, the restaurant was always fully booked and we couldn't get a table. Naturally we assumed that with a 3 Star Michelin rating and being fully booked for months in advance that it must be a truly extraordinary dining experience. You can imagine my surprise when we decided to check to see if we could get a table to celebrate my hubby's 50th.....which was just two weeks away....and a table was available!

We were very excited indeed...but we were both left feeling very disappointed. The food was lackluster, uninspired, and not a single course was even remotely memorable. Almost every dish was overly salty, and I don't think anyone is impressed by caviar & gold flakes anymore are they?

The service was attentive, warm, friendly, and very little to find fault with - with the exception of a few fine dining 'misdemeanors' (reaching across us for cutlery placement for example), as well as my hubby ordering a coffee which never came until the staff were reminded (30 mins later), and my second mocktail didn't come until the staff were reminded as well (close to 20 minutes passed before I reminded them).

At HKD12,000 for the three of us (and our son didn't have the set menu - he had a Bolognese pasta, and he commented that his daddy makes a better Bolognese!) one would have expected to be absolutely blown away. Frankly speaking, the only memorable thing about the restaurant is that the venue itself is quite lovely. I can honestly say that we had an extraordinary fine dining experience in Penang at Macalister Mansion in 2019 when Chef Alfred Wee was at the helm there (we just heard that he's now in Hong Kong at PMQ - Restaurant Louise) and it was only in the region of HKD 1,800 per person for 9 courses.

Caprice - probably the most overrated restaurant we have ever come across, and that's probably why it's so easy to get a table there these days... I don't think it has anything to do with the ailing economy. A bit sad to write this😕...