[Review 17] Bad Service @ Marco Bistro

Date reviewed on Openrice: 16/02/2006

I only tried this restaurant because many magazines have featured good reviews on it.

When I got there, there was quite a long queue, so I was expecting good food.

When we finally sat down, we ordered cheese fondue, which was quite out of my expectation.
The reason being that the stuff for dipping in the cheese was raw, ie beef, salmon, chicken.
For traditional fondues the side dishes are cooked, ie beef, poultry etc. Firstly you cannot guarantee the meat can be cooked 100% by dipping in the cheese. Hence food poisoning.

Secondly after eating the main courses that I ordered. I had the chocolate fondue as well, so before I ordered I asked what fruits were in the fondue, the waitress answered strawberry, banana and she wasn't really sure. So when the fondue came, there were no strawberries, but just bananas, melons, and some other stuff.
I mean this is meant to be a high class innovative restaurant, yet their combinations do not really go together. Melon and chocolate are such a strange combination. I think their chef is not a high class chef, ie first serving raw stuff to go with the cheese fondue, then the strange fruit combination.
For chocolate fondues, it is normally berries, and bananas, and pieces of bread/cake that go with it.

Also I ordered dessert buffet which was unlimited eating, however the waitress was so rude, she wasn't pleased that we were eating more than average.

To summarize, a Chinese restaurant faking it was Western!

Source:
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/bad-service-e96592

Marco Bistro:
尖沙咀山林道13-15號地下
G/F, 13-15 Hillwood Rd,, Tsim Sha Tsui