I can't wait to return here for another meal! This hotel and its restaurants are stunning. We were…read morea free minutes early for dinner so we enjoyed a cocktail at the bar and took in the gorgeous views. Once we were seated on the patio, with the perfect view of the band, we settled in with our amazing server Melissa who went over everything for us We started with the lanai a roll followed by the ceasar salad large enough to share. The all occasion pizza with prosciutto and arugula was delicious and the coconut cake for dessert is perfect! Light and fluffy and delicate. The music is so soothing and a perfect accompaniment to the hotel If you want to check out the jazz room, make a reservation for sure. We poked our head in and it's like a little speakeasy Checkout the whole property. The pool area is gorgeous and makes you feel like you are not on a busy street. I can't wait to stay here

Stopped by House Without a Key while we were on a stroll around Waikiki. There was hardly anyone at…read morethe restaurant when we went, so it was super quiet and relaxing. The view is obviously great being right by the water. I ordered the fish sandwich and they accidentally put two fish fillets on mine, which I definitely wasn't complaining about lol. The fish was SO juicy and tender. TBH it was kinda flavorless, but I actually loved it that way. It tasted super fresh and honestly felt pretty healthy. We also got the pizza and that was great too. Service was really fast, but there were also probably like 3 other people there at the time haha. Overall, great restaurant by the water with a nice view, good food, and a relaxing atmosphere.

The ambiance is so quaint. A small hole in a wall spot surrounded by amazing samples of all the…read morechocolate nibs to eat. The crew is knowledgable and willing to fill your pallet and bellies with amazing chocolates. Cookie cheers...

Manoa chocolate is soooo good !…read more Favorites: breakfast bites and the milk chocolate x guava. Theres even a full chocolate bar to try samples at! Always fun to go in and get some chocolate for the family.

We came across the Manoa Honey & Mead at the KCC Honey Farm. The honey tasted phenomenal. They told…read moreus they have a Honey Bar on Koko Head Ave and Northshore where you can do mead tasting. At the Northshore farm, you can visit the bee hives plus mead tasting. Great fun and very smooth, tasty honey.

Have you ever wondered how mead is made or if the area bees are in effects the honey? Then please…read moremake your way to Manoa Honey & Mead's Bees to Mead tour! Our tour guide and Manoa's own beekeeper Evan was such a wealth of knowledge in both the beekeeping process and mead making that it made the whole 2.5 hour tour go so quickly. Evan took our group to the nearby beehive location and gave us an in depth explain on how the bees make everything fr the honey to the honeycombs and wax as well as how a queen is selected. When we made our way back we got to the best part: trying 6 different meads offered right at their location and bottled there as well. A nice charcuterie board was paired with our flight. For doing the tour you get 10% off all purchases made which came in handy when buying bottles of their Lilikoi mead. They also have a huge variety of honey available and even some goat cheese from nearby Sweetland Farms. If not for the tour make your way to enjoy a glass of mead or several and buy a bottle to support your local business!

Visited our local go to Italian place, Fratelli's Express. Another great meal and the owners are…read moresimply good people. I witnessed owner helping carry a fairly large take out order for a Kupuna all the way to her car. Now that's customer service. I have to share this bite. The dipping of their awesome garlic bread made with Love into the clam juice from their seafood combo. Broke Da Mouf!!

I would consider this a hidden gem in the Waipahu area, located in the smaller business area right…read morebefore Waipahu Zippy's and next to Nandings, this is a smaller shop but the Italian food their pumping out is top notch. It kind of reminds me of the old JP spaghetti, and they do not skimp out on the portions and the prices are awesome. Today I went with the 1/2 and 1/2 chicken parmesan with meat lasagna, and it was delicious and most filling. Keep in mind that if you are mixing plates that they do not mix more than one chicken dish together, for example you cant get a chicken parmesan with a chicken piccada, even so it was a good combo. The red sauce was not too sweet with the right amount of seasonings, the chicken was cooked great, not too dry and not to thin, with a nice amount of melted mozzarella cheese right over it. The lasagna was typical meat lasagna, not the greatest but makes you feel like you mama cooked it for you which I also appreciate. All orders come with garlic bread, as is should, and it's the perfect compliment to your meal. The staff was friendly and helpful and the service itself was pretty quick, so if you're even in the Waipahu area and are craving some cheap Italian food give em a try.

We started with the Italian salad and the garlic bread. The Italian salad comes with a Housemade…read moredressing that was very good. The garlic bread was soft yet crispy and had a great flavor. We ordered the spaghetti and meatballs with Italian sausage and the chicken Parmesan with meatballs, and the marinara sauce was the star. To end the night, we had the kahlua cheesecake that was so rich and creamy. The restaurant is BYOB, which is which is fantastic because you're able to share your favorite wine together for a cheaper price. They are short staffed, but they definitely hustled and still made you feel taken care of. Both waitresses were very kind and helpful too. The restaurant itself is small and cozy but the vibe was nice. It was home-y. Overall, I would recommend this to anyone looking for a great Italian restaurant on Oahu.

Very good portion sizes for the price. Fresh, quality food! Had a great time here with such…read morefriendly staff!

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.

Great pizza and even better service! The sourdough crust was delicious--fresh, flavorful, and…read moreperfectly baked. The customer service was excellent and made the whole experience even better. Highly recommend Jax Pizza in Haleiwa!

I've tried a few pizzas here and they are solid. I had a basic cheese pizza today and the sauce is…read morereally tasty with a good amount of basil in there. The sourdough crust is really great and I heard that they use a special flour that has a lot of protein. Something like 100g of protein for a whole pizza. I was surprised to hear that and if that's true they should definitely advertise it because there's nothing about that on their website. The staff has always been friendly when I've come in here. The interior is clean and you can see everything going on in the kitchen. Love that they use kiawe wood and a real wood fired oven. As good as the pizzas are, I have a hard time justifying the price for the size of pizza that you get. With how thin the crust is, you're not feeding 2 average people with one pizza. Thankfully they do have a kamaaina happy hour deal from 3-5 where a cheese is $10.99 and a pepperoni is $12.99.

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

Super disappointed on an old favorite…read more Tonight for my anniversary, I went to Baci Bistro bistro in Kailua. We are club members there and I have never had a bad meal But today, I was so disappointed in my experience We arrived at 4:56 for a 5 PM reservation The doors were open. The tables were set, and I walked up to the hostess and let her know we had arrived.. She advised me that we were early and that she would ask the waiter if it was OK to seat us early. (EARLY !???? 4 minutes!????) Ok - I thought this was strange, but kept my mouth shut and was seated after she came back and told us the waiter would serve us, even though we were early We let them know we were club members and as a member of the club, you pay $50 a month and your first visit each month you get a complementary bottle of House wine. So I asked what the house Chardonnay was and ordered a bottle.. When we ordered our meals, I ordered the risotto with peas and shrimp, but asked if I could substitute the shrimp for scallops. This is not the first time I have done this, in the past the Manager had recommended this to me as a good substitution since I don't like shrimp.. The waiter took our order and left and then came back and informed me that shrimp is less expensive than scallops and so there would be an up charge of $11 And so I asked, so what you're saying is I'm going to pay the $25.95 for the risotto and another $11 for scallops? And he said yes. OK whatever they've never charged me before but that is fine. Our meals came and I got three scallops, each smaller than the size of a quarter. Really!!???? instead of giving me 7 to 10 shrimp you are giving me three tiny scallops and charging me $11 extra.??!! But it was my anniversary and I didn't wanna ruin the evening so, OK fine. We eat our meals and we're ready to check out when the waiter came with our ticket and the bottle of wine was being charged with a 30% discount. I explained that as club members our bottle of wine should be free, and he said he had called the owner and the owner said / no it's only 30% off. And so I asked for the Manager. The manager said he also spoke with the owner and the bottle was supposed to be 30% off. So I brought up their website and showed them their own offering that if you are a club member you pay $50 a month to be a club member and the reward is that you get a free bottle of House wine every month. When you click on "learn more "it restates it again that every month you get one free bottle of House wine with your first visit. It is August 4, this is my first visit this month!! After much to do, the manager adjusted my ticket and I paid and we left. It wasn't until I got to my car that I realized that when I clicked on 20% tip, it calculated that automatically as $35 But my bill was only $120 So I got cheated on that too!!! I have never been so disappointed, this has always been an excellent restaurant with excellent food and somewhere that I always take people when they come to visit us. I felt very cheated and miss handled today.. what a disappointment! I never even got an apology from the manager after he realized the mistake. I'm sad to have to cross them off the refer people here list! Too bad