The bar Ontop, 29/F, 18 On Lan Street is the biggest scam in Hong Kong.
I asked the sommelier to give me a bottle of good quality and good value wine and after 20 minutes he came back with 2005 Cote Rotie 2005 (les Grandes Places)….They try to charge HK$ 3,000 for the bottle.
I run several businesses and understand that we all need to make a buck but to charge HK$ 3,000 for a wine that is very pedestrian and costs less than HK$ 500 wholesale price is really dishonest. Also, the wine was too chilled. My mistake was I trusted the sommelier implicitly and they didn’t tell me how much it was before opening the bottle.
I asked my friend who is a restauranteur to taste the wine without telling him what it was and I asked him how much he would charge for a wine of that quality in his restaurant and he said maybe around HK$ 700.
Ontop, 18 On lan street is a scam so caveat emptor. If you are in Hong Kong avoid this bar; it is dishonest.