"We visited Hakkasan Hanway Place for our anniversary dinner. Food was excellent. We had the Shou tasting menu. The duck and pomelo salad was delicious and a great way to reuse roast duck. There was quite a lot of it though so perhaps slightly smaller portions of this would have been better. Dim sum was great. Mains very tasty and impressive. I could not find fault with the cooking (I very rarely get to say this . Service was generally good. Our main waitress seemed to have good knowledge of the wine menu. At one point a lot of tables were seated at the same time and service became a bit slower I think the reason for this is that most tables get the duck salad and the staff have been instructed to serve it manually, but it can take a long time to do that well. This step could be left to diners to do this since everything is already prepared when the dish comes out of the kitchen. (Ah, but maybe people would complain about having to serve their own salad at a Michelin starred restaurant… The decor in the restaurant is very dark with spotlights over the tables and a sort of club like vibe but without the loud music. It might not be to everyone’s taste, or if you want a more cosy, romantic atmosphere. We left after dessert instead of staying for coffee/tea as one of the tables that was seated nearby had a young adult who was watching TikTok videos on their tablet. Normally the behaviour of other guests isn’t our concern, but because it’s so dark in the dining area, this particular diner was highly distracting visually and we didn’t feel it was appropriate for them to behave that way in the restaurant. (Why would you go to a Michelin starred restaurant to have the equivalent of a TV dinner? We felt the staff could have addressed this."
