Resto Review - Uno Mas

You have to hand it to these guys. When the restaurants beside you are Ebeneezers Kebabs, Outback Steakhouse, Spaghetti House ... you need big, swinging nuts to attempt to bring high-quality Spanish Tapas to Lockhart Road, Wanchai.

So the PR pitch goes: "Uno Mas (Spanish for One More) is the most authentic Spanish tapas bar in HK, with husband and wife chefs from Valencia". And I have to admit I am sold on the food. I enjoyed the bread with tomatoes, the tortilla de patatas. The tortilla was covered with aioli, which made it a lovely, hearty mixture of garlic, olive oil, and potatoes. Very filling and substantial for a $48 side dish. I usually find the garlic prawns at tapas to be a little off the mark, these were no different. The best tapas prawns I have ever had were at the Argentinian restaurant Azul in New York. Very simple, unshelled prawns brought to the table almost barbequed on a hot steel plate and smothered in garlic, olive oil.

One thing that must be said is that a little more work could be done on the wine list. I mean a tapas bar with only one sherry. I know nobody but me likes sherry, least of all the people of Hong Kong, but: a tapas bar that only serves one sherry, that we be like a Chinese cha chaan teng 茶餐廳 that only serves one type of fried rice.

To be fair to Uno Mas, it is not the only place that serves good food on Lockhart Road, the Chilli Club does also serves very good Thai Food.

Uno Mas
1st Floor, Lockhart Road (opposite Carnegie's, above Heat)
Wanchai

Chilli Club
1st Floor, Lockhart Road (opposite The Bridge)
Wanchai