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814 Ilaniwai Street 1st floor, Honolulu
(808) 457-1322

Recent Reviews

Emily L.

Fun bar spot! Interesting how they have so many themes in one bar. Drinks were good and everyone had a great time.

ME23

Overall it was very nice it was even nicer in one of the lounges. You had the option to leave the door open or close. The only one thing is we had asked if we could have the check in two seperate ways, one for food and the other for drinks but it came back as one check we needed to go so I had no choice but to pay that one check. If you are not going to seperate it don't take the other customer bank card to hold also.

Kevin

Went there for Karaoke night and that was a blast. Had some tacos that were OK, but small. The dip cheeze was a bit strange but the hot sauce was good. Very good wait person who helped us get our order in before Happy Hour was over (7pm).

T Hardeman

This place was popping! Took family there bc it was recommended online as top 10 place for a margarita. It was so packed inside and out that we opted to go elsewhere. That Hawaii spirit was evident tho as this lady tried to get my wife to try her $300 cigar! ?

Elaine Natalie Lopez

We just experienced THE WORST treatment we have ever had at this establishment.If I didn’t know better I would say we just experienced flat out DISCRIMINATION and CLASSISM from the manager, MELISSA DIALLO.We came in to get some food and drinks, after work, chatted it up with the male bartender, nothing wrong on our part, just talking story and sports. When all the sudden the manager comes over, pulls the bartender aside and when he came back, the whole energy changed and the bartender told us that we had been cut off drinks even though we were not behaving in any way out of line.I know this place is a fancy-type place, and we do work construction and came straight from a hard day at work, but the way this manager looked down on us and basically ran us out of the place was unbelievable. We weren’t rowdy or disrespectful in the least, but the way that Ms Melissa treated the situation just does not sit well at all and was completely unprofessional for someone in the service industry.Being that she is in the service industry and part of the working class, the completely abrasive manner that she handled and disrupted our service was outrageous.I will be sure to tell everyone I know on this small island about this experience and treatment, and most definitely advise you to take your hard earned money elsewhere!We can not support businesses that treat hard working individuals with racial profiling, discrimination and classism.I will note that the bartenders are in no way to blame.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Hassan Zafar

Great atmosphere, very friendly staff. Nice cigar collection. Will visit again when I come to Honolulu.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Leontine Thompson

Loved everything about this place! Great combination of good food and service; enjoyable live entertainment; and a fun, hip vibe!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Street Tacos

J M C (Dad)

I want to know the purpose of the Jedi on the couch.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Kara B.

Came here on a Friday night with reservations. We assumed our reservations was for an outdoor area, but they automatically put us in a room. If you are in the room, you need a minimum of $400 spending or you just cover whatever else. Either way, you gotta pay $400 at least to have a room. The place was really nice & lit dim & just decor was beautiful. The food option is very limited, so trying to reach $400 minimum was a bit difficult. The Caesar salad was soggy, & didn't come with much dressing. I honestly would've been happy with a Costco salad instead. The steak nachos was dry & didn't have much toppings to enjoy it with. Would've been nice to have at least sour cream & salsa on top too. The steak tacos was probably the best thing we had. That tasted good, but then again, it was a bit dryyy. For the drinks, they didn't even have patron, so that was a bummer already. I tried the Lilikoi margarita and it wasn't as expected. You couldn't taste any fruity stuff & didn't taste much alcohol. I did like this pink d& something drink though. I'm always told the drinks here are good, but tbh, I didn't experience much of that this night we went.The service was not too bad. Towards the end, our waitress didn't come as often, & even when we wanted to close out, she was hard to wave down. We actually saw her in the corner talking to some guy. That was weird. But anyway, we paid on an iPad, & she didn't offer to give a receipt. She was a bit rude at times, and didn't seem as energetic as you would hope.Anyway, I would like to give this place another shot as it did offer good live music, so we'll try again.

Peter D

Great place to hang out with friends. Live music on the outside patio and inside the main venue. Great staff. Didnt try any food, was only there for drinks.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Jaime Mata

There was an active duty military lady from Uganda who walked away from the bar after she ordered a new drink. her friend and I stayed back at the bar. I seen the bar tender toss her drink out. She came back and asked about her drink the bar tender completely ignored us for a while as we called for her attention (8/26/23 1.00 am please fire all on duty) then answered by saying they didn’t know what we were talking about. I defended her and got kicked out. I’ve been here before I’ve never experience such ignorant and incompetent staff at that same location. I will never return to this establishment

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I went to dinner with some friends at about 5 PM on a Sunday. The food was good and the service was good. Although, I will say that there is a DJ who plays music. I felt like it was a little loud to the point where I felt like I was shouting while trying to have a conversation. In my opinion, it felt like I was in a club. For that reason, I'll probably sit outside next time or maybe go earlier.

Our server Ari was very kind and attentive. She made sure to inform us about the automatic gratuity for a party of 7 which is typical for most restaurants these days. There were a few hiccups with our orders due to not being able to hear a couple times on both our server's end and ours. But once the food and drink orders went in, it didn't take too long for food and drinks to be sent to our private room. We selected the whiskey room and it turned out to be the right size for our party at the minimum size requirement. I imagine it can be quite difficult to move around if there were the full amount of people in there. The quality of the food was fantastic. The drinks were also mixed very well. Our server was kind enough to get us a few items on the end of happy hour. Parking across in the brown structure is ok (the sign says 9pm but that's just one gate the other gate is open so you can exit. The servers were very reassuring about parking there. Make sure you have card payment for parking and to make it easier at the establishment it's easier to pay with card. The music has a volume control in your room but you don't have control in each room it's controlled outside so you're at the mercy of whoever is choosing music. Overall ambience caters towards a younger crowd but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and will definitely be back again. We even got to meet the owner which was a nice surprise. We recommend this place for a gathering or some after work drinks. Enjoy!~

Wakaba S.

It'd been a year since the last time I came here. This time, it was still early at 5:30 and kind of empty, so we sat outside hoping no one would start smoking. Luckily, no one did until later so we stayed there for the entire music performance by Jason and Mycle.The service was way better than last time, fast and attentive. I had three different tacos (chicken, beef, shrimp) and they were delicious. The margarita and wine were good as well. And the happy hour price was cool.The only thing I didn't like was in addition to smoking that started happening close to 7pm, various charges they put on the bill - entertainment fee and 4% credit card fee. I don't mind the entertainment fee as long as that goes to the musicians. But the credit card fee - I wanted to pay cash if that was the case, but it was too time consuming to ask them to redo the bill, so I just paid with the credit card. I wished I had a choice to pay by cash before it was automatically added.

So, we went for tacos after all the positive reviews but the tacos were dry, cold and made us sick the next day. My wife ordered a cocktail that was like a bad drink from a frat party. Outside, the cigar smoke overwhelmed us. They do have a smoking section outside but it works like a smoking section on an airplane in the 70's — not really at all. Our server was pleasant but our drinks arrived late, after the bad food. The karaoke bands were amusing but only a distraction. It is accidentally a restaurant. We will not return “for love nor money.” Sorry to be so tough, but it's the truth.

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