Wineshark HK Restaurant Review - Lobster Bar and Grill

This restaurant is in Island Shangri-La Hotel, offering a good spot for customers wanting to go for a drink, or a nice meal. Coming today before Christmas, the whole atmosphere is very festive, with many nutcracker soldiers on the corridor lining up to the restaurant, along with snowman and other decorations. 

Seated at a comfortable circular booth with an aquarium tank behind us, with some small coral fish swimming, the luxurious design, high ceiling with dim lighting, large windows looking out to the beautiful Admiralty view, create a very relaxing ambience, with each table having good space apart, and in no way feeling crowded even with full seating. 

Started with a glass of champagne ($220), I begin with the Oysters, choosing Antilope 1858 ($198 for 3 pieces). Coming from Normandy, the oysters are very fresh, with a good texture and not too briny. Adding a bit of lemon juice and shallot vinaigrette, I finish the three pieces in quick succession. 

Next comes the Salmon Balik Cut ($380). The staff pulls the cart to carve out four thick slices of the salmon in front of the table, and adds some pickled cucumber on the side. Lightly cured and gently smoked, the salmon is very moist and tender, delicious. The pickles have wonderful acidity to balance with the fat of the salmon to make it lively. There is also a Melba toast to go along with the salmon.

The Caesar Salad ($188) is prepared in traditional manner, mixing the Roman lettuce with croutons, bacon crisps, small herring fillets, and Parmesan cheese. The seasoning is spot on, without the sauce over-dominating the flavours of the other ingredients. The crunchy lettuce, coupled with the crispness of the bacon and croutons, are a good match in texture. 

Coming to the main course, I order another glass of Sancerre to pair ($180). The Grilled Lobster ($798) is truly delicious, with the chef removing the meat from the whole lobster to present on plate, together with garlic butter on the side. Wonderfully seasoned, the lobster is sweet in taste, and the meaty texture certainly is gratifying on the bite. The sauce adds a nice buttery note to the lobster, highly complementary in flavours. A fantastic dish that I highly recommend.

We have chosen Sirloin ($698) as our steak. It is of decent size at 300g, perfectly grilled to medium level as requested, with some herbs to infuse with nice fragrance, very juicy and tender, and fantastic in taste. Served with beef jus, we both like the steak very much as it is leaner and flavourful. The best steak I have for a while.

For dessert, I have Apple Bourbon Pie ($108). The crust is crumbly, with the apple fillings great in taste, having the right balance of acidity, sweetness, the fragrance and bitterness from the bourbon, and touches of cinnamon. With vanilla ice-cream on the side, it is another classic dessert that is so delicious that you will wonder why not that many restaurants are offering nowadays. My wife has the Fruits and Berries ($108) with an assortment of seasonal fruit and berries, light and refreshing.

Finishing with a cup of Double Espresso ($75), the complimentary cup cakes are also delicious. Overall, service is good, though I think the staff can introduce the dishes more. But when the staff mistakenly fill my glass with warm water instead of the bottled water that I order they immediately change my glass and open a new bottle for us, showing good service recovery. The bill on the night is $3,248 and is reasonable. If looking for delicious lobster and steak in a nice ambience, this is a good place to consider.