Food and Drink Awards: Best Service
Caprice
Caprice raises service to a whole different level and sometimes you can’t help but wonder why other places in town don’t do likewise. Restaurant manager Jeremy Evrard has a lot to do with Caprice’s Michelin-approved success (he’s been with the French restaurant since it opened in 2005) and he’s trained a well-oiled team that manages to tuck you into your chair, recommend a wine, crack a bon mot, memorise your order, ask how your day/family/job/dog is doing, and maybe also throw in a bit of Bernard Antony cheese with such savoire faire that it’s impossible not to feel utterly charmed.
6/F, Four Seasons Hong Kong, 8 Finance St, Central,
3196 8860. Daily noon-2.30pm & 6pm-10.30pm.
Runner up
Yardbird
Everyone here looks like they’ve stepped straight out from an American Apparel advertisment. Thankfully, the service attitude is much more sophisticated than the fashion chain and the staff will cheerily pour your sake while complimenting you on your new handbag or hairstyle. Ooh, those silver-tongued devils.
33-35 Bridges St, Sheung Wan,
2547 9273; www.yardbirdrestaurant.com. Mon-Sat 6pm-late. Closed Sun.
Readers' Choice
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. And for you, that place is known as Posto Pubblico.
28 Elgin St, Soho,
2577 7160; www.postopubblico.com. Daily 7.30am-11.30am, noon-3pm & 6pm-midnight.
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