G/F, Quarry Bay, 22 Hoi Kwong Street 鰂魚涌海光街22號地下 G/F, Quarry Bay, 22 Hoi Kwong Street 鰂魚涌海光街22號地下
2 reviews of Pizzeria Jacomax
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Hans C.
Place rating: 4 Hong Kong
This is your typical neighborhood pizza joint located in Quarry Bay next to Tai Koo Place. Jacomax is not very big, setting is simple with a few stylish decors. Service is efficient and friendly. They have a decent drinks list with some nice cocktails and mocktails. The selection for craft beers is nice, too. All the classic Italian dishes are on the menu. Pasta is cooked al dente to perfection, no faults there. The pizzas are great as well, crispy, nice selection of toppings, not oily at all. I like their salads as well which are fresh with a tasty dressing. Jacomax is inexpensive.
Bernard Y.
Place rating: 4 Hong Kong
Jacomax is a pretty unassuming pizza place in Quarry Bay, and the lunch sets are good value for money — you will most definitely leave full. They have lunch sets for 2 up to 6 people, and the structure is Pizza + Pasta + Wings/Sides + Salad + Drink. For 2 people, it would be one of each food and 2 drinks, so you can imagine the amount of food they give you. For 6 people you get 2 of each, plus 6 drinks, and one time when we ordered this set, they accidentally gave us 3 pastas but nicely let us keep the extra one for free — I was asleep at my desk for most that afternoon. The pastas are generally decent but harder than the al dente that other Italian places in HK do. The pizzas are great, and the selection is large, although a bit on the dry, biscuit-y side, and not as good as the more established(chain owned) pizzerias like Linguini Fini and Piccolo. I heard the owner Jacomax is usually based in the Sheung Wan shop and actually makes the pizzas himself, so perhaps that’s where you can find the best quality. One thing I appreciate is that they have a fun approach to making pizzas. When I first came to the area during October, they had a Halloween theme where the store was dressed up in a spooky theme and there were actually Halloween pizzas! It was pretty fun to see little ghosts and pumpkin scattered on your pizzas, squid ink(I think) was used instead of tomato paste to create a black backdrop and make it all the more spookier. And pricing is around HKD125/person(HKD750 for a 6 person meal), much cheaper than you can get at the chains I mentioned just now. Pretty sweet deal!