Pirata

Loved dinner with my wife on my short trip to Hong Kong! Location on 30^th floor and a very vibrant ambiance made us stay till 11.50 PM! Great place to go with friends and for date night!

Went here for Brunch, I come to Asia a lot for work and this is the most legit Italian food I’ve found anywhere outside of Italy in 5 years. Brunch is a process, we stayed for 3.5 hours — it was fantastic. Do your self a favor and get a real Italian meal experience, so many Italian restaurants in Asia … but not many that are actually the real thing.

We went for brunch on a Saturday, and we were absolutely delighted by the meal. From a duck bolognese to a grilled mozzarella sandwich, everything was prepared nicely and served at a really good pace.
The atmosphere is very relaxing and the view is nice from its 30^th floor dining room.
This place is not cheap, but it certainly stands above many of the high end restaurants in Hong Kong. You’ll absolutely leave satisfied.

This is my best meal in Hong Kong of 2015. perfect food, though tonight only the set men was served. .A small pity is the waitress was a little tough maybe it was too busy.

Stylish, spirited, and smart, Pirata has become my go-​to restaurant when I’m aiming to impress.
As others mention, this space feels decidedly New York City (and I’m a huge proponent of this type of buzzy, super alive atmosphere). While things may be loud and lively, you can rest easy knowing that operationally, everything runs like a well-​oiled machine.
All items on the menu are meant to be shared which I always find to be great fun. My friend and I decided to try the Italian sausage crostini, the burrata and parma ham, the octopus salad, the Butcher’s cut (sliced flank steak served with cherry tomatoes atop a bed of rocket), and the tagliatelle with black truffle.
While all the menu items satisfied our craving for well-​done Italian, I’d recommend the burrata and parma, the Butcher’s cut and any of their handmade pastas as the standouts. Yes: pasta made fresh every morning in Hong Kong!
We washed it all down with a bottle of Barbera wine and unfortunately, we were far too stuffed to try dessert (yes, we over-​ordered!). For the price, servings are generous and don’t be surprised if you strut out feeling a touch cooler after dining at Pirata.
Love, love, LOVE this space! And there’s plenty of fabulous views to complement the fabulous dining experience.

What a fantastic restaurant! My boyfriend and I booked a table online (I love when restaurants have that feature) and headed in for what would be a delicious Italian dinner with superb service!
The space itself is marvellous. Reminds me of something you’d find in New York, actually. It’s two levels with the top being more for small bites and drinks, and more formal dining downstairs.
We enjoyed a flavourful caprese salad (tomato, basil and mozzarella). I’m not huge on tomatoes, but these were divine. You can definitely taste the quality. For our mains we shared a half order of The Butchers’ Cut flank steak. HOLY MOLY. Soooo delicious. The half order isn’t on the menu, but the waitress was nice enough to mention it to us (since we are fatties and wanted to try EVERYTHING :)) For pastas I got the tagliatelle with black truffle… do I even need to exclaim how delicious it was? BLACK TRUFFLE. i die. Boyfran got the purple potato gnocchi which I was also totally into, and I didn’t think I would be. It had a really nice sweetness to it!
On top of the great service and the lovely atmosphere, the prices are SO reasonable. On the way out the charming owner of the restaurant asked us how we enjoyed or meal and really seemed to care about our feedback.
Top notch restaurant for a date night or birthday!

We had a fantastic birthday dinner here with friends last month. The service is great and the food is excellent. The pastas were cooked to perfection, although the portions are small. Mains were equally delicious. Family style makes it fun — and they don’t charge cakeage.

This place is great! This is not part of a restaurant chain and you can really tell.
Its all there food, atmosphere, service and struggle to find any fault with it.
8 of us went so we had the opportunity of trying a lot of the dishes (everything is designed for sharing including the mains) and it was all excellent but the standout dish had to be the butchers cut meat, it was outstanding!
Without a doubt we will be back

At the time of my writing this review, this restaurant had only been open for 3 – 4 months.
I’ve only visited once so here it goes:
Our reservation was at 9:00 pm. We arrived at 9:30 pm. Oops!!! Luckily, they still held our table. So, the manager takes our order. I guess they want the boss to be more connected to the guests? Cool!
So we order the steak. Forgot what it’s called but it’s cut into nice rectangular pieces and arranged in a circle and topped with arugula and cherry tomatoes. This dish was very good! Juicy!!!
We also had the pasta with sausage– a full serving. Also very good and the pasta was just right– al dente!
We had a salad also — veggies are cut into cubes with mozzerella balls. It kind of reminded me of a Greek salad.
On to dessert!!! I can’t remember what our desert was called, but it had lots of nuts, had a texture or ice cream (but it wasn’t ice cream) and drizzled with chocolate! Ohhhh so good! The other dessert we had — the «Bornet” — not the best one. So skip that one.
See you soon!

TLDR: Great food (I think the owner said the chef is from southern Italy), great view, great atmosphere, but most importantly, GREAT owner.
Walking up an extremely steep hill in SOHO to get to the green minibus stop which would get me here, I wondered to myself, «Why Italian? My best friend’s family is from Sicily, I get amazing Italian all the time.» This was my first time taking a bus in HK, but certainly not my last. I felt bold. Bold enough to ignore Google Maps’ suggested bus routes. And I almost ended up in Happy Valley.
But I still managed to get to the restaurant on time – 10 minutes early, even. But my companion was even earlier. Drats. I decided to blame the bus driver and not my sense of adventure. What does all this have to do with Pirata? Absolutely nothing. But I’m supposed to be writing a paper and not a Unilocal review.
We decided to get the tasting menu, since it was our first time there. I was distracted the entire meal by how awesome a spot it was: the 30^th floor of the building with a north-​eastern view, so you could see across the bay. I guess I forgot to mention it was my first time in HK (I was visiting for a week). The owner came by with the wine list, giving an excellent Italian alternative to a Cabernet Sauvignon (they didn’t have any cabs there). He personally guaranteed that if the bottle was not to our liking, he’d be more than happy to take it home and drink it himself and not charge us a dime (or in this case, HK$ 1). Needless to say, he did not have the chance to bring that bottle of wine home.
The five course tasting menu came with dishes I don’t even remember, except that they were all excellent. Especially the dessert. Did the wine have an effect? Sure. Were the glittering lights of Tsim Sha Sui a distraction? Possibly. But my taste buds were more than satisfied – happy even – with the food. And this was one of the few times in Hong Kong when my appetite was satiated. Am I the only one who thinks that Asian portions are too small?

Came here for a company dinner and was thoroughly impressed by the food. The cocktails sounded intriguing but didn’t live up to the expectation, particularly the Torino-​Tokyo. But that was a minor point next to the great food:
Of particular note on the food side were the Vitello Tonnato (veal, tuna, capers, mayo), which was dynamite on their fresh bread, and The Butchers Cut, which is a gloriously seared yet rare flank steak.
The pasta, as in the noodles themselves, was very nicely done — I forget the style we had but we were all impressed by the noodles. The risotto was very good, I typically avoid ordering it as it is easy to screw up, but they did an excellent job. However, the gnocchi left us divided, some raved about the sauce but it wasn’t very special for me.
Desserts were good, but the standout by far was the Tiramisu. Might just be the best I’ve had in HK.
Overall came away very happy, its tough to find decent Italian around here and I’ll definitely be going back again.

New italian restaurant and the first Vermouth Bar in HK. Great food (Big portion! Good for sharing) and wide selection of vermouth! Definitely my new fav italian restaurant in Hong Kong.
Starter * Originally want to order the stuffed mini bell pepper but they recommended the Roasted Bell pepper with mystery sauce and it was amazing. Refreshing!
Main * The Butcher’s Cut. Flank steak, rocket and cherry tomato. Simply perfect!
Main * Honest Risotto with porcini mushroom, butter and parmesan. One of the best in town! Cook and serve by Chef Stefano Rossi.