April S.

This review pertains ONLY to the visit I made 28 December, around 1:30pm. Was in area figured I'd come in for a late lunch/ early dinner. Please see the pic I posted day I came so you can refer to what I saw visually walking UP to the place. The menu table normally is at main entrance up against door so patrons can view the menu. Not the case this day. Also none of the doors were open, and all blinds were lowered giving the appearance they were closed. Patrons/guests would have to enter the premise block the entryway. I entered the building, no one was at the cashier/greeting table. I walk further in, then an elderly lady sees me and gets super startled - stating "Oh! We weren't expecting anybody to be here!" She quickly grabs menus and proceeds to take me to a table. All tables are already made up with paper lining and all, and with it just being me, I mentioned how I usually sit at the bar as I don't want to mess up the tables and waste materials, since I wasn't eating the boil. She gave this look of immediate disapproval, and just said 'Whatever'. Sit myself down, she slaps menus next to me and immediately walks away, disappearing into kitchen. Now I'm seated and no one come over to greet me, or at least bring me water for a couple of minutes. Finally get brought a cup of water by bartender, still no greeting walks away, and starts tending to getting supplies ready completely not addressing me. I FINALLY have to call her over just to order a beverage, and then she just nonchalantly 'What you ordering?' Now if you aren't getting the gist here ZERO customer friendly interactions when you have a completely EMPTY restaurant!!! I said I needed a bit more time to place food order but place my beverage order while mulling over the choices - something crispy but light refreshing and not to heavy that will paralyze me. I'm enjoying my beverage - bartender completely not monitoring the entryway - as this group of Japanese tourists enter, and are waiting at guest counter for seating. Not lying - this bartender completely unaware there was ANYONE around - I could HEAR them talking half way across the ROOM!!! I decide NOT to assist to see HOW long it would take for this person to use her Situational Awareness to SEE she had guests! I SWEAR it was almost 3-4 minutes!!!! The group was starting to shift uneasily about, unsure what to do. So I finally "Ahemmed!!" loud enough - the bartender FINALLY looks up at me - and I point to the door where NO ONE was and rather than rush over and being apologetic, slowly finishes up what she was doing, and calls for the elderly looking lady. That one comes out seats them - walks off and again it takes time for the bartender to even bother going over to properly greet and address them! That's when she comes over to me, muffles a thanks. I'm on E for my beverage at this point and request a refill. Was given a look like how DARE I get another beverage before eating, and was gruffly asked if I was ready to place my order. No sooner do I place my order, does refill my beverage, takes away all the menus (usually the Manager or the other bartender would leave them on standby in case I wanted to order take out) walks off and ignores me until the food is ready til food was just about ready. No friendly engagement at all. Truth be told I WAS wanting to do a to go item for my dinner later - but considering the unwelcoming behavior, rudeness of the bartender, I got up walked over to pay my bill - oh yeah ZERO tip - deservedly so! And from here on out - I will NOT dine or support this business when these individuals are on the clock. Will DEFINITELY take my business elsewhere because I sure the heck was made to feel MY business and presence there was EXTREMELY unwelcome and NOT wanted.

Kimberly W.

Literally AVOID AT ALL COST. I should've listened to the reviews for this one. There was a reason this place was so empty on a weekend evening when other restaurants were not. I love sea food, everywhere I've traveled, I've had this type of seafood boil. And this is probably the worst place I've had it. In the entire world. From Amsterdam to Canada to anywhere in the US. This is the worst place to have seafood boil. The seasoning/sauce is so bland. I got the white and black sauce as it seems to be their speciality. Where is the flavor. They might as well just advertise straight up boiled seafood without sauces. Definitely not worth the price and definitely not worth the visit. I usually give 2 stars lowest, just for service, but the service wasn't good enough to make up for the bad food especially for the price you pay for lobster. Tl;dr - food sucks, don't waste your time or money. If you really want to try it, don't get the black and white sauce.

Dystopian P.

My wife booked a crab boil for herself and her brother. They were the only place in Honolulu with king crab available at all. When we arrived, the gentleman was apologetic that all he had available was red king crab; a better crab at a higher cost. One might think this to be a problem, but it was better than she had expected and the higher price point was irrelevant. She and her brother, both true foodies, left walking on air.

Rebecca T.

Located on the 3rd floor of International Market Place in Waikiki along with a bunch of other restaurants on the same floor. Great ambiance, the space felt very open as half of the restaurant had no walls so it's like dining outside but with shelter. It was the weekend and there were only two tables occupied for lunch time. I walked past this place a few times and wanted to try it, so that was the day. We tried their clam chowder, gumbo, crab cake sliders and garlic shrimp with the garlic noodles substitute. The clam chowder was creamy and delicious. There were quite a bit of clams in there too, but I'm not sure if it's worth $9. My hubby said he liked the gumbo. I tried a bite and it was good. It came with rice as well. The crab cake sliders were decent as well. My biggest disappointment was the garlic shrimp. It seemed like a great deal. You get a shrimp plate with salad and rice and 12 pieces of shrimp for $22 (garlic noodles sub $3). But geez, I haven't had such old shrimp in a restaurant before. I mean, it wasn't to a point where it smelled, but the swimmerets and parts of the body of a few shrimp were blackened - a sign of getting exposed to air for too long. And even for those who weren't blackened, the shell was shriveled away from the meat already, and the meat itself kinda broke apart, instead of the fresh plump shrimp meat that one would expect. I was served 12 shrimps, but I think I could only eat 6, and forced myself to eat 2 more, but I really couldn't finish the rest. It's the first time I left shrimp on my plate like that! I let one of the kitchen staff know but he didn't seem to be bothered either lol. So I guess I won't bother to come back too. This place has potential and being one of the few (or maybe the only one?) seafood boil restaurants in Waikiki, it could really draw in a crowd. I hope they can source better shrimp as it's a staple for a seafood boil restaurant. Hopefully that was an isolated incident, but I don't think I'll spend money here again to give them another try. There are so many other restaurants in town.

Long N.

No. Just no. Very disappointing. Came for happy hour, prices were on the affordable side compared to other places around but still spendy since it's Hawaii. We did not try their actual seafood boils hence this was not a one star. Wanted to give them the benefit since there were others eating and their crabs and shrimp looked fresh and good. We got the calamari which was not very crunchy. Their batter was subpar, small portion size. And they literally just drizzled thai chili sauce from the store on it. Nothing special. The kalua nachos was even more basic, no special ingredients to speak of simple foods, not sure what we were expecting. Service was friendly and quick. 2 sides to the restaurant, a more open to air side and the ac side. Not busy at all during late lunch/happy hour time. Should've been our first clue to stay clear. Will not be back, but would give their actual seafood boils a chance and just avoid their other apps and happy hour menu. Happy eating!

Crystal D.

Located on the top floor of International Market place. It had a great view of the sky as you dined. We ate without reservations and arrived before the dinner rush so we were seated immediately. We ordered clam chowder fries as an appetizer. As clam chowder fans, we thought it was delicious. We also ordered one of their specials which was recommended by our waiter. A signature combo that included all three different spices that they offer. This included king crab legs, mussels, clams, shrimps, corn and spam. Also ordered a side of garlic noodles. Three sauces included lemon butter, cocoa with cracked pepper, and cajun. Most seafood boils leave the food in bags to retain sauce/seasoning and heat but they dumped our food on the table for us. After 5 minutes out the bag, our food quickly grew cold. Although all flavors were amazing, we wished to enjoyed it hot. Definitely a great spot to satisfy seafood cravings.

Meredith B.

Atmosphere: Located on the 3rd floor of the market center towards the back. Some of the tables do sit very close to where people are walking but we got a seat in the back away from shoppers. Food: I ordered the 1 pound head off shrimp with potatoes added, Cajun, hot. The option to add potatoes was not on the menu, but you can. It was good and spicy! There was a ton of shrimp, but there were not many potatoes added. My friend added corn to hers and it totaled one ear of corn. Drink: I got the pineapple drink. While it was pretty, it was overly sweet and I couldn't finish it. Service: I hesitate to define the overall service of a restaurant by one server, but he had to be one of the least attentive servers I have ever had and didn't check on us until we paid and stood around on his phone. Overall the food made up for the drink and lack of service.

Vanessa M.

Table for 5 under name Friday ... Omggg this place food is out of this world delicious. My husband and I ordered the king crab for 2 with red and black sauce spicy level 2 and my sister in law Dungeness crab with Portuguese sausage in red sauce. My brother ordered crab fried rice delicious. Family friendly and super efficient helpful staff. Yes another highly recommended must eat place in Waikiki and you will not be disappointed. Thanks for showing us how to properly use the tools for opening our king crap legs.

Chanson H.

Looks like I'm review number 13 for this restaurant. Despite all the hustle bustle and long lines of people waiting at the street level restaurants, we were able to get a table here without a long frustrating wait. Everyone who worked there was enthusiastic and friendly with their greetings and service. We got the signature combo with garlic noodles and the food came out quickly. It was a good amount of food, especially for the price. The signature combo comes with all three sauces. All of them were good in their own way. We got the sauces spicy and they were more like medium. Spicy without going very far up the heat scale. The Diamond Head Margarita was refreshing yet strong. It made it easy to drink. A satisfying, comfortable, and fun meal all around.

Anthony M.

Although we are dining out later with friend I needed a lunch nosh loved the tropical lemonade the with mixed strawberry and guava I stuck with the standard tea. We ordered the lunch crab fried rice, Guava soy wings and the Garlic Shrimp plate. Not the biggest place but quaint