CK Bistro 棋哥茶餐廳

Massive fan of pineapple bun, you’ll probably be disappointed.As a Hong Konger plus a massive fan of pineapple buns (with a slab of cold, thick butter), I traveled all the way to the south for the one from this restaurant. Though it was unfortunately a waste of time and effort.First time in my whole life I didn’t finish the bun.Presentation is lacking. The standard pineapple-looking crust on top of the bun is not crispy nor crusty and It is not thick at all. Its colour leaves a lot to be desired and it was not as buttery as the other options in the UK either. Overall the taste: It was quite bland. Not buttery, not sweet. I didn’t expect to be like that If I’m being honest.There is definitely room for improvement to achieve the authentic Hong Kong taste. It is 2/10 sadly.The upside is, the Iced Lemon tea is 10/10. Love the lemon and tea ratio and it is one of the best in the UK. Highly recommended.Would return for other choices on the menu at some point.

Great choices of Hong Kong Fast Food here and reasonable prices.Food are very nice but services are generally very average at best. I have received excellent services by the owner before, but when he is not there, services are always less friendly.

They offer quite a lot of classic HK ‘tea house’ (fast food) dishes. All the customers we met today were Asian. HK style is kinda hybrid of east and west and I am sure you will be surprised by those unique dishes. Hope there will be more westerners knowing this place.We had the cheese baked rice and both were authentic. The shrimp-egg Lo Mein and wonton noodles were our favourites and difficult to be found in other HK style restaurants in the UK. We didn’t try the pineapple bun today but if you haven’t tried this before, this is the must-have of HK bakery.

We visited on a Sunday at around 7pm for a family evening meal. Ordered a baked pork chop rice, beef brisket curry with rice and red bean ice.The baked pork chop rice (£12) was supposed to be a signature dish but it was so disappointed. Presentation was poor. Taste wise, the sauce was lack of tomato taste (as expected by the light colour) and it was certainly over sweet. One of the most important ingredients in this dish is it has to come with egg fried rice but this only came with plain rice.The beef brisket curry rice (£11) was also disappointed as the beef brisket was not cooked thoroughly to be tender and soft. The curry sauce was lacking flavouring other than a simple curry flavour and chilli. The sauce was also too thick.We by accident knock over the red bean ice (£6) and the drink was all over the table and floor. Multiple staff had seen it but had no intention to help at all. I had to go over to their counter to take a lot of napkins to wipe the table. And still no one seems to care. All those soaked napkins were only taken away when we finished our dishes. The floor was only mopped by request as we found this to be a hazard. The whole experience was a bizarre and miserable.In conclusion, as a HKer, I would not considered the food offering is authentic and with this price tag I would definitely expect a lot more. Improvement should be made not only to food but also another important factor - customer experience. The staff is lacking hazard awareness which is very concerning.

This restaurant is not far from Brighton station. They serve authentic Hong Kong food. However we ordered the rice noodle.Perhaps we had high expectation, the noodle soup base is not as good as we expected. We were kind of hoping it would taste like Tam Jai. Especially the sour and spicy noodle soup base I wouldn’t recommend. The sourness is just pure vinegar taste it doesn’t taste like those from pickled vegetables 酸菜, but anything else looks really good.From the table next to us, the baked pork chop rice looks really good. And there are many Hong Kong people were eating here, so I think other food should be very authentic.Their services is exactly like in Hong Kong, which reminded us of Hong Kong. The restaurant takes cards except American Express.

Great food and excellent service, such a hidden gem in Brighton.I'd recommend the noodles broth for main and please have 5toppings, choose whatever you want because all of them are both yummy. You have no idea how authentic it is! And I'd suggest that wings and pineapple butter bun for side dishes definitely, especially the bun is such a typical traditional hk food. If you are a rice person"

After few months and we come back again and the taste is so bad. The tomato pork chop was too sweet and the pork was still a bit pink! Like undercookedWe ordered curry beef brisket and it’s soo salty !The only thing ok now is the milk teaSo disappointed todayIt’s really nice to have some homesick cured here. We are from Hong Kong and I could easily say this restaurant are better than average standard in Hong Kong. If you are not from Hong Kong I would recommend you to try the grilled pork rice, it has juicy pork chop with fried rice, tomato source, cheese and a bit of pineapples!The milk tea was nice too. Hong Kong style milk tea is not easy to make and you should have a try. It’s rich and smooth.

We had really nice ramen here. You can choose your soup base and then 3 to 5 toppings. We had 5 toppings each, and it was a generous portion! For 13 quid in Brighton its a fair price. The beef slices and pork dumplings were especially nice. Food also came quickly. I would definitely come here again.

Good tasty food, very friendly service, fast delivery of food. A familiar taste when far from home. Authentic Hong Kong style dishes. Staff explained nicely what was on the menu. Recommended.