Vincybie L.
Google
We recently returned to Otto Mezzo in Macau, eager to relive the unforgettable dining experience we had two years ago. Celebrating our anniversary, we were excited to share this occasion with our invited guest. Given our previous visit, we had high expectations, especially since we informed the restaurant in advance that two of us follow a vegetarian diet. We were hoping Chef Ricardo would create a magical vegetarian menu for us, just as he did before.
Unfortunately, our experience fell short of expectations. This time, we were offered only a basic tomato salad and a pasta dish served with an excessive amount of black truffles. The menu appeared to heavily favor red meat dishes, which was disappointing for our guest, who does not eat beef.
We ordered a couple of bottles of wine, each costing over $2,000, but no one offered to decant them. The restaurant was relatively slow that evening, and we felt we deserved better attention and care from a renowned Michelin-star establishment.
Regrettably, the wonderful service team we had encountered during our last visit was no longer present, including Chef Ricardo. This change seemed to reflect in the quality of the food. The two pasta dishes we were served were bland and lacked flavor, overwhelmed by the truffles rather than enhanced by them.
Our guest tried a non-red meat dish, the kinki fish, and found the sauce excessively salty. Overall, this experience did not meet our hopes for an amazing dining occasion, and we felt disappointed for our guest, especially since we had previously praised Otto Mezzo as a vegetarian-friendly Michelin-star restaurant.
Given this experience, we are unlikely to return and will reconsider our recommendations to others. Otto Mezzo used to be our favorite vegetarian-friendly Michelin-star restaurant in the world, but it seems that has changed.
July 2025
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2 years ago⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review 👇👇👇
We need 2 to 4 weeks booking in advance if we wish to dine at 8 1/2 Otto Mezzo Bombana in Hong Kong, but not in Macau (by luck) during this Easter holiday.
Chef Riccardo specially made a 5 courses vegetarian menu for us which was amazingly delicious! From the gorgeous presentation of each dish to gustatory delights!
The garden salad seems like a simple plate of appetiser yet by using fresh ingredients and adding salt, lemon and olive oil, we could taste "Spring" on each bite, simply mesmerising. This is most probably the best tomato salad we've ever tasted so far. Chef also brilliantly turned a morel mushroom dish into a savory meaty work of art.
Thank you Chef Ricardo for taking our taste buds on a wonderful journey! And thank you to excellent customer service team! 👏👏👏Marino the GM who welcome each guest like his own house guest, Nancy Wang the restaurant manager who has so much energy! She seems to really love her profession and Gérard our man of the evening, he's very knowledgeable in guiding us through the journey though our foods were not on the menu. We hope we could come back again soon!