We love to go there for lunch when we visit Honolulu. They have the BEST MaiTai's…read more The Joy crab sandwich is awesome as well as their margarita pizza. I highly recommend.

We had such a beautiful experience at House Without A Key while in waikiki. The view was absolutely…read moreamazing and created the perfect atmosphere for dinner. The live music was soft, relaxing, and uplifting without being overpowering, which made the whole experience feel special and peaceful. On top of that, the food was amazing. Everything together, the view, music, and meal, made it one of those memorable dining experiences you talk about long after the trip is over.

Lots of fun tasting all the different flavors of chocolate! 10/10 would go again! one of my…read morefavorite activities in Oahu. service was amazing and so cool to see the factory

Tour guide was very kind and informative! Loved the chocolate fountain samples and the spoon as a…read morekeepsake was cute. Worth a visit, would have loved to see more of the factory closed up. Overall worth the money!

Service is wonderful, everyone is so nice and informative…read more Get the honey and cheese box it's so good! If I lived on island I'd be back for sure, they provide a wonderful experience!

Cut off a Star as it's WAAAAY off the beaten path and has sparse parking (as in good luck finding a…read morespot) Once there , it's cute enough. Free honey samples. But you're here for the mead. They have flavored sparking meads which are the popular ones in the islands. Think mild champagne. Not bad They have stools around old barrels. Wish there was a brewery tour but I'm guessing it's super small Not sure it's worth the detour but if you're adventurous give it a go.

Lasagna serving got smaller compared to last time I bought. Little disappointed. Still ono though.read more

So far so good…read more I've been here three times so far and everything is delicious. I really can't make up my mind on what's my favorite. The chicken carbonara for sure is a 1000% must get. Chicken is tender, the Alfredo sauce is just enough to coat the pasta and dip the bread into. If one complaint it's there is no eggplant parmesan. The owner explained that it's rarely ordered a the veggies go bad quickly since he makes everything fresh. I can respect that. Overall five stars. Large plates at reasonable prices. The place is very clean with plenty of seating available M

No wonder this restaurant is so popular! Fantastic service, great portion size, lots of parking,…read morefood comes out fairly fast.... nothing but great reviews. I eat out a lot and definitely recommend. I noticed they get busy though, so would try and get reservations. House salad was yummy but id ask for extra dressing. Definitely order the house bread too. Only $3. Worth it!

We came here on a Friday night and it was packed! I forgot how large the portions were and we made…read morethe mistake of each ordering our own entree. We had the cheesy garlic bread, caesar salad and side sausage as appetizers. Then we had the lasagna, shrimp anchovy olio and seafood combo with garlic butter sauce as entrees. I thought the appetizers were great but the caesar salad was a little heavy on the dressing. I liked the flavor of the anchovy pasta a lot more than my garlic butter one. The garlic butter one was definitely lighter but almost bland. They were also having an anniversary special so we got a free kahlua cheesecake for dessert and it was really yummy! I'd definitely come back as the prices are reasonable, it's a cozy restaurant and the portions are huge so either come hungry or share!

This is a great little venue with a real local flavor. The deal is that there is no middle man…read morehere - it comes straight from the farmer or the artist or the baker to YOU!! You can find the BEST local tropical fruit in season (say LYCHEE or Mango...ONolicious) or gorgeous orchids, heliconia, ginger plants and cut flowers. Found some great mosaic mirrors and porcelain gift tags that you can't find anywhere else. It's cool that you can talk straight to the artist that makes it - and it helps the local economy as well. Lots of locals buy their produce here every weekend, which should tell you something. Come early for the best selections - it usually breaks down by 1PM.

Delicate, rich, smooth, works of art chocolates…read more You know you're special when you receive this beautiful box of chocolates. My favorite is the Hawaiian Sea Salt Caramel. You can see the flakes of salt and it off sets the sweetness of the outer chocolate. They were all delicious, took me a while to finish as I wanted to savor the moment.

KOHO chocolates was such a unique chocolate experience! Located inside of a shopping center, KOHO…read morechocolates had some of the most intricately crafted and unique chocolates I had ever seen. Ranging from flavors with guava, ginger and lilkoi to kona coffee there were tons of options to choose from. My boyfriend and I decided to get the 12 piece box which comes with any 12 chocolates of your choosing and each and every flavor was absolutely delicious! My all time favorites were hands down the Guava caramel and the Lilikoi chocolates. Definitely recommend checking out this cute little chocolate shop if you are in Waikiki :)

I had read about Mad Bene, I think in the Honolulu magazine, and wanted to give them a try. My…read morecousin wanted to meet up for dinner and I suggested here. Didn't realize it was out in Kapolei, but why not make it an adventure. They were busy, and we had to wait 25 minutes for a table. But little did we know that was only the beginning. My only complaint is the wait time between everything. The drinks took a while, then the apps took a while, but we were glad they came, because our entree came right as we were finishing up. Again, we're lucky the pasta came out and we could work on it because the pizza took a while. Timing is really important, and I'm not sure if there's someone expediting or not. A couple next to us had one entree come out, the husband's, and the wife had to wait a while. That's not good. But what is good is the food! We loved the meatballs and the caprese salad. We also loved the truffle fries! The mushroom pasta was delicious, and it was still delicious two days later when I finished it. The NYC pizza was great! And the MAD Garlic was really good, and we added pepperoni to it since we read people did that. I also liked the innovative egg nog bread pudding. However, it took a while to come out and I expected it to be warm, and it was not. Our server, Aleia? Alisha?, was great! She was friendly and welcoming which makes a difference. We could not fault her on the timing since it was the kitchen. Also, the hosts were friendly too! I would stop by if I was in the area. 3.5, but I bumped it up! Mahalo Mad Bene!

It's taken me a while to write this review as each visit asks for the opportunity to change my mind…read moreabout the place. I've been here four times already and each visit just affirms my two star review. The food is consistently bad. Pasta is consistently dry and appears to have been sitting too long to be served (Al Dente vs Al DRY). The service is good, always trying to amend my order but at a certain point I gave up trying to ask for a remedy.

We tried Jax Wood Fired Pizza today for the first time and were thoroughly impressed. No matter how…read moregood the food is at a restaurant it's the staff that makes it or breaks it for us. The staff here (and pretty sure one of the owners) were so kind and friendly. They all had smiles on their faces and were very happy/polite. They use sourdough here for their pizza crust and it was honestly one of the best wood fired pizzas I've ever had. We dove into it so quickly that I didn't get a chance to take a picture but we will definitely be back to eat here again in the future. 10/10 recommend. (Pro tip- come during the week for some amazing lunch specials!)

"What went well?" Yelp asks.... Almost everything!…read more Service at the counter was friendly, the space is cute and fresh feeling and the menu has so many options. I honestly don't know why I don't come here more so I've been in several times recently. The food has been fresh and delicious and has yet to disappoint. The only thing that I could recommend? Bring back the Cannolis that got me through the door in the first place! . It brought me in, I'm hooked and now they're off the menu! Help! Don't worry, I'll still come back.

This is such an authentic spot...I have had my 10th dinner here…read more *to be honest (sometimes I'm not even hungry, yet the hospitality and chef's make it feel like home) Mark, the owner is always present and Gabriel holds shit dooooooown

We ended up here as a fallback plan after the wait at Haleiwa Joe's got too long. Overall, this was…read morea pretty mediocre dining experience, but the biggest issue -- and the reason we would not recommend this restaurant -- was food safety. The restaurant itself is very small and, honestly, felt poorly managed on the Sunday night we visited. It appeared the manager had staffed the place almost entirely with high school-aged kids. To be fair, they were all polite and friendly, but they clearly were not trained professional waitstaff. The hostess in particular seemed completely overwhelmed and unsure of what she was doing. The food itself was average at best for the price point. Ambiance was okay, nothing particularly memorable one way or the other. We probably would have left thinking "meh, it was fine" except for one major problem. My wife ordered the seafood spaghetti, and the New Zealand mussels in the dish were BAD. Not "a little fishy" bad -- genuinely spoiled bad. The smell and taste were immediately obvious. We brought it to the manager's attention, and her response honestly shocked me more than the mussels themselves. She casually explained that sometimes they get "bad batches of mussels and you can't tell," as if serving spoiled mussels is just an unavoidable normal occurrence. That is not an acceptable answer from a restaurant serving seafood. To their credit, they did remove the dish from the bill, which was the minimum they should have done. Unfortunately, later that night my wife ended up vomiting after dinner. Thankfully it was not severe enough to ruin our vacation or require medical attention, but it absolutely confirmed our concern that something was wrong with the food. At the end of the day, average food and mediocre service are one thing. Serving spoiled shellfish and responding to the complaint with a shrug is another. We would not return.