Bibo

Bibo is a French fine dining restaurant located near the well-known stairs in Sheung Wan, with its entrance hidden on Hollywood Road. It did take us some time to find it, as well as a way to open the door to this artsy restaurant. We were greeted by modern art pieces once we entered the restaurant. In fact, the whole restaurant is decorated with lots of paintings, statues, and installation art pieces from famous artists. The Restaurant Week 2019 Spring Lunch menu is a 3-course menu which started with two complimentary snacks: First one was these lovely cheese puff on decorative stones. The cheese inside was so creamy and delicious! We would definitely want some more of this bite size puff! Second snack was a crispy cracker with chili powder sprinkled on top. The cracker itself was quite nice, yet the chili powder made the cracker a bit too salty for me. First course was Scallop with Cauliflower and Haddock. There were three big pieces of meaty scallops. They were so fresh and juicy! Yum! What’s more, the creamy sauce in the bottom topped up the flavour of the scallops and made the whole dish really enjoyable. Second course was Quail with Water Spinach in X.O. sauce. The quail was larger than I expected. It had crispy skin and was quite meaty indeed. I don’t normal opt for lots of seasonings, therefore, the X.O. sauce was kinda too salty for me. Nevertheless, the whole dish was very satisfying. Third course was a dessert of Pineapple Genoise with Cream and Coffee Nibbles. I adored this dish most. The cake was soaked with pineapple syrup, which was so delicious! The cream and coffee nibbles just added texture and taste to the already amazing dessert. No wonder this is Bibo’s signature dish. Thanks to Restaurant Week, I was able to try out this fancy restaurant without breaking the bank.

The settings are beautiful and well thought, great atmosphere. We had a 6 course meal as part of a business dinner; have to give credit to the staff because they were able to satisfy all the most diverse dietary requirements, however not everyone was too impressed with the courses at the end of the meal, will try a la carte next time.

Tucked away in a speak-easy manner (there is a button) on Hollywood, the restaurant combines modern art (it's literally carved into the walls) with French dining. The food, like the surrounding art, is very well plated. The star was the celeriac risotto. Great for a special occasion.

An artsy french restaurant with well-served food. Felt delighted to be surrounded by many superbly amazing art pieces, especially many are, top-notched, most sought-after artists like OBEY, KAWS, Andre, Murakami, Yoshitomo NARA, etc. I especially love the cooking fusion method the chef has injected into their ingredients.

Such a lovely place and foods are nice. But, there may not have enough training to waiters/waitresses as there’s only one among them can really introduce the dishes.

Such a wonderful and grateful experience at BIBO. More than fine dining for me, feeling like in gallery with full of works of contemporary art. It was a big honor to experience it, say goodbye to bibo with great sadness...

Where to start: the art, the drinks, the food. All amazing and building on eachother. If you're interested in street art this is a must. Love good food and wine: it's a full night. Only for drinks you'll be talking about just like me.

Great experience. The place is amazing and very original, which will surprise everyone! Recommended for dates and celebrations.

I had lunch here and I'm looking forward to coming back. When I was reading up on Bibo, I was a bit unsure as I read about how much dinner can cost. Lunch is much more affordable and if it's your first visit, I'd recommend trying lunch first. FOOD Everything was nicely presented and satisfying. I enjoyed everything. ART Well there is definitely enough art to satisfy most cravings. This is good news since I'm sure that the art display is the main draw for Bibo. You can also expect an occasional rotation of the art. LOCATION It's not that obvious where their entrance is. My best tip is that there should be a nicely dressed guy standing outside.

Thank you yelp for helping us find the front door!! I actually enjoyed the hunt for it. This is a nice French restaurant with really cool art. The menu was printed on old train paraphernalia. I liked the food; the amuse bouche was creative. The bread and butter was clever as well. The portion sizes were fair and the Miyazaki beef was excellent. The service left a lot to be desired, unfortunately. It was slow and unfriendly. We would have ordered dessert, but we were ignored when it was time. This restaurant has great potential, but needs a little TLC or training on the floor, perhaps.

A colleague treated me to an ab fab dinner at Bibo. The Menu Gastronomique avec vin (set tasting menu with wine) was one of the best meals I've had in HK in my 2.75 years living here. Eating it, surrounded by the visually stimulating art and perfectly accommodating service with great attention to detain and lovely food presentation, was quite a special dining experience. We began with an amuse bouche of onion puree (topped with parmesan foam for the lactose-enabled) with a Thai-style seafood crisp cupping lump crab and pomelo. Course one was endive with crisp apple bits, a garden flower, and shaved truffle, with truffle dressing, paired with a light, mineral tinted white wine. We were also brought a small basket of delightful sourdough bread, served with two butters--one semi-salted and one made with seaweed. I was brought a small serving of very fine olive oil, because I'm lactose intolerant. So thoughtful where they that I didn't even have to ask. Course two consisted of layers of puree in what resembled a martini glass with no stem, resting in what resembled a small goldfish bowl with a wide mouth, filled with roasted Bonito flakes. We were warned the flakes had a very strong flavor and some guests do not prefer them, but we enjoyed nibbling them as we ate our asparagus puree topped with Bonito gel, caviar, and gold leaf. The course was accompanied by a very lovely, palate cleansing champagne--which the excellently informative sommelier told us was produced by the same house that made the very first champagne ever consumed. Oh, course three. Foie gras pan-crisped, topped with thinly sliced apricot and one baby spinach leaf, with a black cherry reduction. The wine was a dry white. Wonderful pairing. Course four, a halibut slice with diced tomato and capers, served with a swirl of pea puree and accompanied by another dry white wine, a Riesling this time, very fine, which the sommelier mentioned is his favorite at the restaurant, was quite a nice set of flavors. Certain parts of the fish were a bit gamey, which I wasn't expecting, but it was still completely enjoyable. Pre dessert, course five, was a small amount of very light ice, made with champagne and raspberries. Delightful as a summer's day. For dessert, course six, my colleague enjoyed a cheese plate with a selection of eight cheeses. I believe this election is usually limited to four, but as I am lactose-intolerant I donated my dessert to her. Her cheese plate was accompanied by a selection of scones and bread as well as sliced fig. The cheeses ranged from the lightest, a creamy young cow milk, to the heaviest, a very strong Stilton. In between, highlights were a 24-month aged Comte and a single goat milk cheese. I tried a tiny corner of each of the eight, and they were all delightful, arranged in a very good tasting order. Service was five stars, and they did a stunning job of accommodating my lactose intolerance, even subbing--for my dessert course at the end of the menu--a craft cocktail (a citrus-forward concoction smelling of apple pie and topped with an edible decoration made of the very same caramel-tonga bean delight I had commented on when I smelled the bartender cooking it on the way to our table). My only criticism is there appeared not to be much on offer for those of the vegetarian persuasion in the non-tasting a la carte menu. However as my vegetarianism departed over five years ago, it was my pleasure to indulge in everything Bibo had to offer. And though I wasn't picking up the check, the Menu for under 2000 and the wine-pairings for under 800 would bring me back again.

This restaurant was tucked away on the street and a bit hard to find and get into the building at first, but perhaps it was meant to be exclusive. The ambiance and cuisine are both Modern French, and it was clear that the chef paid attention to detail in preparing our entrees tonight. For appetizers, I ordered a delicately prepared prawn carpaccio that reminded me of fine sashimi. I had the guinea fowl breast which was pretty good, but in sampling my wife's wagyu beef, I was blown away. My favorite surprisingly turned out to actually be dessert, where our Le Chocolat was bursting with different textures and flavors. Not to mention a complimentary second dessert after that. I'd strongly recommend this place to others looking for fine French cuisine.

Anything less than a SIX star would be unfair. Ok I knew there was some sort of French restaurant down the Ladder Street (of course they didn't have a proper sign there). I knew there's a restaurant on Hollywood Road that my friends had been recommending to me. I didn't put two and two together, which was a nice surprise when I was there. Stood at the front door for 30 seconds figuring out how to open the door, we found the button 5 seconds before it was too embarrassing. Pretty neat by the way, blended well with the rest of the street. Greeted by the staff leading down the stairs, "Obey the Giant" was there staring at you making you feel very excited already. Oh and there was a mini sculpture from Koons, a skull by Hirst, a wall print of Le Fifre by Manet (which I suspected to be from Banksy), a graffiti by André, and the Princess Peach by The Invader. A few calligraphy graffiti by Tsang Tsou Choi 曾灶財 even. If you love arts, you will fall in love with this place already. You'd have noticed how the restaurant and the menu were inspired by La Compagnie Generale Francaise de Tramway, the original company resided at this very same address at 1930s. They didn't oversell it though, so it was a nice touch to have. We had a 5 course dinner menu to share and a daily special. Foie gras, slow-cooked eggs with crab cake, red snapper, etc. They were all way too good but as they keep rotating the dishes, it wouldn't be the most helpful telling you how they tasted anyway. Trust your servers' recommendations, if anything helps. (Looking back I don't even think I've ever rated any restaurant six stars just because of the food). What was worth the extra start was service here, which was top notch to say the least. Both myself and my partner noted that they had two different servers to recommend to us the food and the wine respectively, and each of the dishes was served by a different server. We kept looking at the arts around us during the dinner, and a server came by and offered to give us a short intro to each of the arts (which we eventually didn't have the time, but that's beyond the point). We also casually chatted up with the last server who served us the dessert. He asked if it's any occasion we chose to have a dinner here, and we answered, "Yeah, not a biggie but just a cheeky celebration of [something personal]." He later, as a surprise, gave us extra set of sweeties with a candle and the "Happy [something personal]!" written on the dish. We went over the moon. Will definitely come back, maybe to try their branch some time. (And if the manager sees this review, please let me know if Le Fifre was Banksy's work!)

Interesting atmosphere with all the artwork and food topped off the night. We tried the tastings menu which I think is a great option if this is your first time. The staff could use a bit more training as the venue was very busy but it always seemed to take forever to get service. As I am gluten free we informed the kitchen more than a day in advance which when we arrived the staff all said not a problem they handle this on a daily basis and that they could make anything gluten free. I was confident in them until 5 minutes later when the waitress came out saying that the chef wanted to know if rice was gluten free.....it definitely is. In addition even after clarify before our final dish it still came out with a wafer, which when we sought clarification the waiter said was gluten free but he would check. After almost ten minutes he came back saying everything but the wafer was gluten free. To which I had to tell him I could therefore not eat the dish. They quickly replaced it without the wafer. That aside all dishes were great and I would go back for more. Then general understanding of gluten free does not affect the mass of the population and I would recommend this restaurant to those interested. Keep in mind that the door is a little difficult to navigate. Look for a little button on top of the handle to enter.

If you are an art person, this restaurant has a lot of eye candies for you: kaws, invader, mr brainwash, murakami etc. It was a bit hard to find the entrance (needs to go in from Hollywood road) but it used to be harder to find the entrance, now they have made the button to open the door super super obvious. The food itself was good. I got the 6 course degustation menu for 800hkd it is one of the cheaper fine dining options in hk. The one that I really liked was the celeriac risotto with generous portion of truffles and mango -- pretty interesting combo. They used some techniques such as coconut foam and such but i wish the meal had more wow factors. Service was good but it was dead quiet when we went on Wednesday night. They used to have cocktails which i heard were amazing but unfortunately they have changed into a wine bar now. They do have happy hours deal at the moment for 50hkd per glass of wine!

This is an astonishingly cool cocktail bar. My little brother and I had a blast here before getting Omakase next door. So stylish and unexpected... you will instantly be the coolest person in your friend group.

Ah Bibo, what an interesting experience you bring to the people of Hong Kong. A restaurant and urban art gallery mixed together to bring you a taste of modernity style cuisine. I went there with my date on Saturday evening. We went to the bar first as we arrived much earlier than our reservation time. I had my usual Vieux Carré, one of my favorite cocktails while my guest had Corpse Reviver. Drinks were delis dee-lish! Perfect in taste and in presentation. I had drinks at Bibo before but the Vieux Carré is probably my favorite. We ordered some bar snacks: pomme boheme and Mac 'n Cheese. Pomme Boheme tasted good but too few pieces were provided (its a take on a kid's dish and brought back my childhood in Paris). We were quickly provided a table. The staffs are super super friendly. The manager Arturo is very knowledgable and make sure our time at Bibo was great. I opted for the Tasting Menu with Wine Pairing (1588 + 990 each) to get a full sense of what Bibo was about. Almost every dishes were prefect. I was a bit disappointed with the kobe tartare as i thought it had too much sauce (tasted heavily of ketchup) but everything else was superb. I especially liked the Foie Gras tucked into a Chinese cabbage life with chicken soup poured into the dish. A nice fusion touch there. I had a champagne tasting to accompany the food while my date had wine.. both excellent choices. 2 dessert to end it and a compliment to the chef/staff makes for a good night. The bill came out to about 5600 HKD for two so its a bit expensive compared to going to a Michelin restaurant but i have no doubt Bibo will get its own star soon. It was truly an experience with attention to detail and being submerged in a dinning setting full of amazing art. I'm not sure i would pay that much again at Bibo but the tasting menu is something to experience at least once. PS: the door is located on hollywood road and is a bit hidden as there are no signs pointing to Bibo. Its a bit underground like the art i suppose.

Cool, artsy interior so good initial impression... Unfortunately, the rest was a mess! I went to Bibo two times at what would be any restaurant's rush hours (1:30pm, 10pm), and the kitchen was oddly closed both times!! Before leaving the second time, I asked for the manager to explained the hours should at least be posted correctly online... No solution, no apology.

What a visual and savory treat! Since my company has been doing fairly good so our boss decided to give us a treat and asked us to pick a place (maybe he should not have - on second thought); and of course we picked this crème de la crème. This place was rather difficult to locate as its entrance on Hollywood Road was kind of obscure and surprisingly there was no signage but a gold and blue doorway. We would have totally missed the entrance had the staff at the door not told us this was the place we were looking for. The moment we walked inside and we were surrounded with all the arts hanging on the walls and the paintings everywhere. As the dinning section was located a floor down, we followed the staff and walked down the stairs passing through bar section. And everything just got even better once you reached the centre. There were so much detail in everything. For example, the tables carefully crafted and even the plates had their own design on them. I am especially impressed with the outfit the staff were wearing - kind of retro and funky. As for the food, we all ordered set lunches as they were only around $238 to $300 (depending on how much courses you wanted). Personally my pick was scallops with corn as the scallops were all nicely seasoned. Drinks there were overall reasonably priced as well. Make sure you bring your camera with you as this one will not disappoint you at all!

A very unique entrance design that confused me because it's simply a solid golden door (which turned out to be automatic), no signs or indication of what's behind it. But once you found your way down its graffiti-painted staircase you will be amazed by the rich decor, funky furnishing and numerous contemporary artworks all over the place. It was nearly empty when we visited at lunch although it's adjacent to a quite busy area around Man Mo Temple. Our 3-course set lunch that comes with free-flow juice/coffee/tea was reasonably priced at $380 (+10%). We were served decent, well-presented French cuisine. The lobster ravioli I had for my main was remarkable, the rest was fine. Overall I had a comfortable, satisfying experience.

This place has a great ambiance. Love the decor. Feels like a hang out spot you would find in NY or LA. I got the D1 (150hkd) and Water Lilies (160hkd) cocktails. They were decent but it comes at a hefty price, it's more about the presentation of the drinks. The D1 comes with a iced skull and you pour your cocktail over it. However, the problem is that you have pricing and ambiance of an upscale Western establishment but you have very local service, and it's downright poor. A huge disappointment from that perspective. You have wait staff who rather talk to each other then to try to serve their guests even when it's at 20% capacity. There's not a lot of people here for a reason.

Did a great dinner here. It gave me another fine-dining experience - not just elegant and classy it could be punk and fun! All waiters and waitresses are friendly and efficient at anytime. Food was average compared to other fine dining places , it could be better. Well, I must compliment the sommelier ! He recommended us a good temperature bottle of wine from France! Well done and luv it with exact wine awake

Culinary craftsmanship and precision to every detail. 8 courses, just under 4k hkd- and loved every tantalizing taste. The atmosphere is slightly hipsterish, but classy all the same- expect waiters in bow ties, tweed jackets, and glasses that wear fancy shoes and pour champagne to every guest.

This place was pretty amazing, in particular the decor. Decked out in mainly street art - KAWS, Banksy, D*Face, Invader to name a few along with others like Damien Hirst and Basquiat, this restaurant has enough eye candy to satisfy any fan of art. We went for lunch and opted for the more affordable 2 and 3 course options as we were there mainly for the art. The food, at least what we ordered that time, was also enjoyable.

Expensive as all get-up! But worth every dollar. I loved the art on the walls and the eclectic ambiance. The food was artfully crafted and presented with care. It was pretty tasty as well. This place makes me feel expensive, like a millionaire from New York City.

Fun place very NYC the food & service was amazing, little hard to find if you have not been here before.

Very cool setting although we felt the felt the tables were a little too close together. Food was very good & service was first rate. We had the four course set menu which was delicious and well designed. We will be back...

I was drawn to Bibo from seeing the artwork as I walked passed the window. It's an incredibly interesting place with unique decor (I'm a big fan of invaders art). The food is expensive but it's a real taste sensation. Go for a special occasion and you won't be disappointed.

They had me at the get-go. I wandered up the Ladder Street steps and saw happy people within, and my curiosity led me to their front door atop the stairs and, upon entry, to be welcomed to wander the subterranean space that is curiouser and curiouser. Live DJ spinning bluesy-jazzy stuff, modern art, inviting bar, perfect ambiance...I asked to see the menu to qualify the place for a business dinner the next night. Kitchen had finished lunch service but they offered to serve me at the bar. Perfect burger...the condition precedent to being deemed a decent bar. I made a res for dinner that night to test it out. Lyons (France) service with more than a smile - knowing and witty. My kind of place. Dinner was excellent. Made the important res for the following evening, insisting on the same service. Got it, in spades. Our foursome was thrilled with the evening in all respects. I would, and will, return whenever I am in HK. Fantastique.