Orka Specialty Cafe - Hong Kong

Went for weekend lunch. Smaller menu than weekday, focusing mainly on breakfast dishes, burgers and build your own salad/pita. Chose the salad, with heaps of options and not expensive $88). Good size, loved the hummus on the side. Food took a while to come out, and the dressing was forgotten. I opted to add on vegan roast chicken, but it turned out to be a dense, processed, sausage-like substance that didn't resemble roast chicken at all don't recommend it). Staff were great, nice venue, happy to come back.

Let’s start with the positives, of which there are many. Awesome location on Wyndham St, next to the New Punjab. Airy, light, roomy… dare I say skandi… interior- great for lunch. Friendly wait staff. AND great vegan food and drink options. (The “butter chicken” curry was amazing, and I loved my hibiscus iced tea. What’s not to love? Well, the kitchen is clearly still getting up to speed. It took far too long to get our food, and when we did get it, a couple dishes were wrong (tasty though! . I have confidence they’ll get it right, the restaurant is new and these are strange times. I would also love to see meat taken off the menu. Orka’s vegan food is more than good enough to accommodate all tastes. I understand a restaurant would want to accommodate omnivores in tough economic times like these. However I hope meat is just a contingent that can be dropped when HK gets back to normal.

I gave this restaurant 4 stars because I am thrilled to see more restaurants in Hong Kong focusing on whole food plant-based options and making conscious efforts to source ingredients. The menu is beautifully curated. Although the food could use some improvement since the restaurant just opened, I am confident that it will get better with feedback. I tried the set lunch, which was reasonably priced, but overall prices tend to be high in Hong Kong for high-quality food. #Veganuary

We expressed that we were vegan and ordered only vegan dishes. However, it seems that there’s problem with their ordering system and kept serving us food that we didn’t order. They served us dairy cheese board while we ordered a vegan one. And they even served us a fish dish! Luckily we spotted the unusual look of the dishes and asked them to check with the kitchen. If we were not alert, we might have eaten cheese and fish! Also, the vegan dishes we ordered were seemingly overpriced. Won’t recommend this restaurant to vegans.

Orka is a good restaurant for vegans and non vegans alike. Menu is clearly marked for vegan and vegetarian options. The ambience was nice and I thought the tables were well separated so that you can have a quiet conversation. Price is on the higher side so I will save this place for special occasions or for their more affordable lunch sets.