Butterfield’s

Butterfields is a members owner club that’s nestled away in Dorset House of Taikoo Fong– this place really is «nestled» and private to the point that you could only find it if you were looking for this place. On the several occasions I have been here I have always had a hard time of actually picking the place out.
Its a small club that has 2 restaurants and a bar, as well as a gym which naturally I haven’t used before. The restaurants are one Chinese and the other Western. The club itself is decorated in a pre-​war Shanghainese fashion hence it is wooded panels and stained glass the whole way through. The fact that it hasn’t changed one bit since I started going there in 2003 meant that the décor is looking slightly faded now but still I think its a charming place to be. Privacy is whole point to a club and I would say that till this day it still does a good job in maintaining that exclusiveness, partly thanks to the location.
The food in the Chinese restaurant is quite good, though on some occasions when there are big banquets some of the staff are less than professional and as such I see it as a point of improvement for such a nice place. The food in the Western restaurant is equally as good though a point of interest will be the paintings that surround you– apparently some of them are original copies hence if you are an art lover you may love this place even more.
The bar is a standard fare and it serves enough drinks– though I would prefer to drink outside as the atmosphere is more lively and it does become a little staid.