Rubin’s F&B list

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1	Rubin's Guide to Every Restaurant in Hong Kong					To access the filters, open this Sheet doc on desktop, press Data, go to Filter Views, and click based on how you would like to sort.
2	I decided to rate and rank every single restaurant I've been to since I came back in Sept. 2021. Every single one.
3	Verdict		Rating			Price (pp)		Readings
4	Yay: would visit again	0 - 1: threat to society	4 - 5: waste of money	8 - 9: highly memorable		$: HKD50 - 100		Ratings of 5 and below mean you should caution against eating there.
5	OK: may or may not	1 - 2: warn everyone	5 - 6: nothing amazing	9 - 10: best meal contender		$$: HKD100 - 200		Conversely, ratings of 7.5 and above mean I will be liable and sad if you have a bad meal here.
6	Nay: would not	2 - 3: waste of biz	6 - 7: would recommend			$$$: HKD200 - 350		Chain locations don't count, neither do convenience stores.
7		3 - 4: waste of time	7 - 8: big replay value			$$$$ - HKD350+		I will tend to be honest, no matter how expensive or cheap a meal.
8								Personally paid meals, shared meals with friends, and complimentary meals for my job as a food editor are all included in reviews.
9	Restaurants eaten at:	803	Average rating:	6.93		Link to restaurants I need to try		I remain highly subjective and critical in my judgements.
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11	Restaurant	Cuisine	Location	Price	Verdict	Rating	Perfect For	Notes

12	Healthy Chicken	Western	Central	$	Nay	3	N/A	Soggy chips tasted like sweat, 'salsa' was diced wet tomatoes, chicken nuggets fucking cold and soggy
13	Boy n Burger	American	Wan Chai	$	Nay	3.5	N/A	Terrible excuse of a burger, less flavourful than McD's
14	Warung Malang	Indonesian	Causeway Bay	$	Nay	3.6	N/A	Tasted alright but the toilet became my best friend the day after
15	Song Shan Vegetarian	Cantonese	Sheung Wan	$	Nay	4.1	N/A	Whole office spun after eating, MSG gave me dizzyness and edge of puking
16	Blend and Grind	Western	Kennedy Town	$$	Nay	4.2	N/A	Good sourdough but terrible playing and crappy flavours with bland ingredients
17	The Red Hot Chilli Burrow	Sichuanese	Sai Ying Pun	$	Nay	4.4	N/A	Very sweet and sickly Japanese sauce, not spicey enough
18	The Bottle and Steak	American	Sai Ying Pun	$	Nay	4.5	N/A	Tastes good, hurts after (food poising from breathing steak)
19	Kong Lok Restaurant	Cantonese	Shek Tong Tsui	$	Nay	4.6	N/A	Icky sauce on my rice meal doesn't live up to pictures
20	Triple O's	Canadian	Sai Ying Pun	$	Nay	4.6	N/A	No flavour, needed extra spice for the burger and fries
21	Istanbul Express	Turkish	Wan Chai	$	Nay	4.7	N/A	Slow service and leathery chicken and beef, at least the sauces were okay
22	Zola	American	Stanley	$$	Yay	4.7	N/A	Shit frozen food with no care for making good food, don't go
23	Jolibee	Filipino	Central	$	Nay	4.8	N/A	Chips flavoured with beef tallow but chicken way to greasy and watery
24	Harbour Kitchen	Cantonese	Wan Chai	$	Nay	4.8	N/A	No kick to the sauce, soya sauce noodles were 'off' pungent
25	Amico 1890	Western	Mong Kok	$$	Nay	4.9	N/A	Pushed my steak to the kitchen thrice bc I could still see it beating and breathing
26	Kale	Western	Central	$	Nay	4.9	N/A	Lack of direction in terms of plating and building a lunch meal, dry and not fun
27	La Terrazza Pizza	Italian	Sai Ying Pun	$	Nay	4.9	N/A	Crappy pizza with no bite or flavour
28	Man-O-Salwa Restaurant	Indian	Yau Ma Tei	$	Nay	4.9	N/A	Lacking salty bite and flavour with the meat, no beefy taste on the chips and sauces sucked
29	Papa Gomes 2	Indian	SoHo	$	Nay	4.9	N/A	Chicken taco got me bloated as fuck
30	Good Companion	Cantonese	SoHo	$	Nay	4.9	N/A	Pretty average fish with rice, presume other stuff sodium loaded crap
31	Mr. Wong's	Cantonese	Mong Kok	$	Nay	4.9	N/A	Great for culture, okay for food, bad for stomach ache
32	Five Guys	American	Central	$	Yay	4.9	N/A	Fries amazing, but burger is shit
33	High Street Grill	Western	Sai Ying Pun	$$	Nay	5	N/A	Microwaved meal, watery and plain
34	Locofama	Western	Sai Ying Pun	$	OK	5	N/A	So so food just aiming for healt and not flavour
35	Plants and Protein	Western	Central	$	OK	5	N/A	Nothing stellar, overpriced veggies with bland proteins
36	Toasted Deli	Western	Central	$	OK	5	N/A	Unmemorable but okay tasting
37	Unforgettabowl	Western	Sheung Wan	$	Nay	5	N/A	Forgettable
38	Eden	Taiwanese	Sai Ying Pun	$	OK	5	N/A	Not a powerful Taiwanese menu with lack of real recipes and drive
39	yau yuan xiao	Sichuanese	Tsim Sha Tsui	$	Nay	5	N/A	Not very memorable, meh affet effects
40	Taco Chaca	Mexican	Sai Ying Pun	$	OK	5	N/A	Doesn't rock the boat, airy stomach after
41	2nd Kitchen	Japanese	Sheung Wan	$	OK	5	N/A	Very plain meal, not enough punch
42	Okinawa House	Japanese	Sheung Wan	$	Yay	5	N/A	Too saucy with Mayo and not flavourful enough
43	Return of Lemak	Indonesian	Central	$	Nay	5	N/A	Overpriced (classic Basehall), lacked meat on the bone and salt
44	POKE HK	Hawaiian	Lan Kwai Fong	$	OK	5	N/A	Needed kick and spice and salt
45	POKEWORLD	Hawaiian	Sheung Wan	$	OK	5	N/A	No kick, but fresh ingredients we rate
46	Hing Wah	Cantonese	Sai Ying Pun	$	Nay	5	N/A	Simple but boring two sides rice
47	Little Rain Day	Cantonese	Central	$	Yay	5	N/A	Sinnuey brisket, watery plate and not good combo
48	Oriental Restaurant and Bar	Cantonese	Sai Kung	$	OK	5	N/A	Only available lunch spot in Sai Kung, suits the occasion
49	Sang Kee	Cantonese	Wong Chuk Hang	$	OK	5	N/A	Sauce gloopy but no flavoury
50	Tai Min	Cantonese	Sai Ying Pun	$	OK	5	N/A	Very average two sides rice
51	Vienna	Cantonese	Repulse Bay	$	OK	5	N/A	Nothing spectacular for a curry with no bite
52	Yu Wa Kitchen	Cantonese	Sai Ying Pun	$	OK	5	N/A	Nothing special just a cheap rice and three sides combo for saving money
53	Staunton's Gastropub	British	SoHo	$	Nay	5	N/A	British food that's alright but just some matter
54	Burger Joys	American	Wan Chai	$	Nay	5	N/A	Bad burger no flavour
55	NOC Coffee	American	Sai Ying Pun	$	OK	5	N/A	Not nice quesadilla no flavour
56	Smash'd	American	Kennedy Town	$	OK	5	N/A	No distinct flavours but good first try
57	Bagels Alley	Western	Central	$$	OK	5.1	N/A	Okay bagels, bad mixtures
58	Bao Bao Restaurant	Cantonese	Xin Tian	$	OK	5.1	N/A	Not so powerful beef ho fan, just good for some energy
59	Trafalgar	British	Wan Chai	$$	Nay	5.1	N/A	Not bad chicken and gravy, good salt level, just could not be caught dead eating here
60	Tuti Kitchen	Cantonese	Sheung Wan	$	OK	5.2	N/A	Freeze dried chicken doesn't bode well with me
61	On Site Bakery	Western	Central	$	OK	5.3	N/A	Too crumbly of an egg tart and
62	House on Peel	Thai	SoHo	$$	OK	5.3	N/A	Pretty aite, nothing wow, wagyu was okay even
63	Bagel & Bar	Western	Tai Hang	$$	OK	5.4	N/A	Fluffy eggs and okay bagel, not bad attempt
64	Fresca	Western	SoHo	$	OK	5.4	N/A	Brown boring rice with lack of flavour for sald
65	Thai Dee Dee	Thai	Sai Ying Pun	$	Yay	5.4	N/A	Pad thai was flavoured well with sauce, bad stomach day after
66	Old Town Restaurant	Singaporean	Central	$	Nay	5.4	N/A	Did not live up to any great expectations of punchy flavours
67	KFC	American	Central	$	OK	5.4	N/A	First time eating KFC, good but headache after
68	Fish & Chick	Western	Kennedy Town	$$	Nay	5.5	N/A	Not good fish, nice chips tho
69	Food Foundry	Western	Central	$	Nay	5.5	N/A	Shit doner with lack of German bite
70	The Promenade	Western	Hung Hom	$$	Nay	5.5	N/A	Buffet for Hung Hom hotelers, not worth a visit at all
71	Kau Kee	Cantonese	Kennedy Town	$	OK	5.5	N/A	Meals don't look like the pictures do
72	Grove Sandwiches	Western	Sheung Wan	$	OK	5.6	N/A	Sandwich cheap, will do pasta next time
73	Carat	Indian	Lan Kwai Fong	$	OK	5.6	N/A	Nothing remarkable for the location and price
74	Ebeneezers	Indian	Lan Kwai Fong	$	Nay	5.6	N/A	Classic but too metalic for my liking these days
75	ahimsa buffet	Chinese	Central	$	OK	5.6	N/A	Value for money very alright g China offerings and filling
76	BRKYLN Pizza Co	American	Soho	$	OK	5.6	N/A	American style pizza is drab and not good
77	SP_CE	Western	Sheung Wan	$	OK	5.7	N/A	Your classic western brunch place for canto palates, all IG quality not in taste
78	Soho Viet	Vietnamese	SoHo	$	Nay	5.7	N/A	Needed a lot of sauce to get flavour out
79	Soi 11	Thai	SoHo	$	OK	5.7	N/A	Nothing special hainan chicken, quite slimey
80	Daimin Sai Wan	Cantonese	Sai Ying Pun	$	Yay	5.7	N/A	Nothing great needs salt and sauce to beef up
81	Maria's	Cantonese	Central	$	Yay	5.7	N/A	Crumbly egg tart and pineapple bun doesn't hit
82	Andrea's Bagel Crust	American	Sai Ying Pun	$	Yay	5.7	N/A	Creative pizza idea but requires a lot more snap and crust
83	La Casa Burger & Pasta	Western	Sheung Wan	$	OK	5.8	N/A	Burger was cooked from frozen, no real taste in the wedges apart from salt and bland potato
84	LITE	Western	Central	$	OK	5.8	N/A	Salad served but not tossed
85	Pacific Coffee	Western	Repulse Bay	$	Yay	5.8	N/A	Okay sandwich but the bread was too buttery
86	Protein Plants	Western	Central	$	Nay	5.8	N/A	High price compared to an okay lunch, not worth
87	Quan Ke Fruit Stall	Western	Sheung Wan	$	Yay	5.8	N/A	If fruits expensive, I go here
88	REP	Western	Central	$	OK	5.8	N/A	Good ingredients but lack of real flavour
89	Alice Pizza	Italian	Wan Chai	$	Nay	5.8	N/A	Looks pretty, tastes fuckign average, not worth the money
90	Cross Corner	Indian	Sai Ying Pun	$	Yay	5.8	N/A	Kebab meat and chips tat doesn't surprise
91	Poke Love	Hawaiian	Sheung Wan	$	Yay	5.8	N/A	Looks tasty for other options, but not totally sold
92	Poking	Hawaiian	Sheung Wan	$	Yay	5.8	N/A	Too much money for not enough wow
93	Chung Kee Restaurant	Cantonese	Wan Chai	$$	OK	5.8	N/A	Massive dai pai dong venue but dirty and the food doesn't wow
94	Tung Kee	Cantonese	Sheung Wan	$	OK	5.8	N/A	Standard Cantonese, no flavour punches
95	404plant bagel	American	Sheung Wan	$	OK	5.8	N/A	Not the best bagels but good try
96	ARF Cafe	Western	Shek Tong Tsui	$	OK	5.9	N/A	Meh bagel no flavour but good price
97	Ollie's	Western	Sai Ying Pun	$$	OK	5.9	N/A	Big breakfast looks good on picture, but slightly watery for my taste. I needed a lot of salt
98	Premier Fruit & Juice	Western	Sheung Wan	$	Yay	5.9	N/A	Fruit which is cheap but poorly cut
99	Chef's Market	Western	Central	$	OK	5.9	N/A	Salads more expensive and sandwiches no flavour
100	foodbox	Western	Sheung Wan	$	OK	5.9	N/A	Nothing phenomenal just simple leaves and what not