Maccha House

Terrible excuse for a «maTcha» place! Bleh.
I think the only redeeming factor is that it was a nice escape from the extreme heat outside during a Hong Kong summer. Maccha House serves as a Japanese restaurant that attempts to brand itself with their green tea related items, such as their lattes.
I have to say that I was extremely disappointed with what we chose to consume here! Each of us ordered some kind of maccha latte– mine specifically included red beans, green tea ice cream, and mochi. What I did not expect was the drink being nearly 90% ice!
My latte was so bland that not even the ice cream could save it. The entire time, I was fighting with the gigantic cubes of ice that were in my way of my beverage. If you removed the ice and add-​ons to my drink, you could probably have finished it within a few gulps.
This place makes Starbucks’ green tea lattes taste like drugs. You’re better off spending your HKD at a bar nearby than this spot.
…but the AC was definitely nice, so I can’t say it was the worst.

Japanese food plus green tea desserts: the perfect combination. It was super crowded when we arrived at 3pm on a Saturday. We finally got a table and had to wait a long time before a server came by to take our order. We had to wait again before we flagged down someone to bring us water. I ordered the eel and egg rice, which was sooo delicious; there was so much eel in my bowl. The little cup of soup it came with tasted like msg though. It was $ 89 and I thought it was worth it.
For dessert, we ordered the fruit cake and the tall chocolate matcha cup. It was way too much for 3 people to share. The cake was pretty big and wasn’t very special; it was a green colored cake on the inside but it didn’t taste like matcha at all. The tall chocolate matcha cup was pretty good. It had pieces of very rich fudge chocolate.
The service was what brought my rating down a star. We had to flag down the server multiple times to do things like give us spoons for the dessert, clear the table when we were finished eating, and to give us more water, because the servers never stopped by.

3.5 stars. My wife and I walked by this green tea place and decided to give it a shot. We had matcha chocolate with cream puff and it has to be one of the best plates there. We also tried the tiramisu and it is decent though the portion is small for the price. We ended the meal with a green tea with matcha ice cream and it was so-​so.
They also have full blown meals if you are looking for a real lunch or dinner. The place is quite comfortable though I am expecting better quality with the price tag.