They do a great job of cutting keys and replacing door locks . Elton has been servicing my workplace for many years . Great guy.

I always have seen this place when going to check our PO Box. I walked by this one time and notice they had Hello Kitty Keys displayed prominently when looking into the front door. When you first step in, it feels like you stepped into a time zone. Its really homey feeling which is run by a family. It looks like they do alot of onsite jobs and the retail store front services the downtown / china town area. I can tell they have been there for at least 10+ years because some of the stuff in there looks that old if not older. The lady there that cut my hello kitty keys did it quickly and in a timely matter. I had about 4-5 keys already cut by them. All Hello Kitty keys. All the keys they cut have worked with no problem. I have referred alot of people in my office to them because of how close they are to the office, how inexpensive they are, and with not having any issues when the keys are cut. I will go here to get my keys cut from here on out. read more

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Fast key service but cash only. Parking lot guy who was sitting next to the shop was and is alwaiz very rude.

Elton went out of his way to help me. It was a small job for very little money but he still took customer service to a new level. Its obvious why this family business has been around for generations. read more

lost my mailbox key not too long ago and was trying to look for a good locksmith and thank goodness, I chose Modern Key Shop company! Elton did such a great job with great service! and the fees for it, wasn't too bad. check this company out! read more

Modern Key Shop Closed I've been asked by more than a few people if they are still open. The store front- Modern Key Shop is closed but there is still the locksmith and services on the Mobile Key Locksmith only which has an aol email address - but I don't think it wise to put it on the Yelp page unless someone tells me that is ok. read more

The retail location is now closed. I went there yesterday and saw this sign in the doorway. "Closed December 15th, mobile locksmith will continue to be available". Had the contact info on the sign. If I can post the pic I took, I'll attach. read more

Modern Key Shop - Closed sign - Keys & Locksmiths Near Me

Elton Yoneda, Owner, is great to work with and has years of experience in the key business. He makes keys correct the first time unlike your average hardware store where the employees don't know what they're doing and make mistakes after mistakes with making duplicate keys read more

Wow, all this time I've needed keys to be made, I've wound up going far and wide around the island to get them done. Sometimes with little success, since some places can't do certain keys or are closed at a time when I can be there... Then one day my landlord needed to make copies of my new apartment keys & the mailbox key and told me about this place in Downtown Honolulu. Color me surprised when I found out that they are a few blocks away from my office and can make copies of practically any key, which included my somewhat oddly shaped mailbox key! If I had only known that this place was nearby to me, I wouldn't have wasted time and effort going around to different places in town to get them made. Right near my office, does a good variety of keys of shapes and sizes... We've got a winner! read more

Rushed over after I finished work at 4 to get keys cut for tomorrow by the time they close at 430....but sign in door says CLOSED. So super lame. Not happy about these random closed days. :( Heard they're good making dup keys but didn't have the chance to see for myself. I'll have to update my review..if I ever come back. read more

I've never had to call them for house calls but I have had several keys made here. The service there is always great and everyone's always friendly. I've never had a key made from here that didn't work and have always appreciated the speed with which they work. Only thing is they close for an hour midday for a lunch break (On their hours sign it says 11:30 - noon) but unless you're trying to get mid-morning/mid-day errands completed it's usually not too problematic. read more

Super convenient location on Bethel, on the backside of Macy's. I work in an office and we need a lot of duplicate keys for our millions of cabinets and this shop is great! The shop is usually quiet and it's old & charming. 1. There's a little pom named Makana. She is the cutest little dog, very well behaved, doesn't bark or yap, just looks cute. I asked permission to pet the little ball of cute and little dog totally let me. :333333333333 Adorbs. 2. I've gotten maybe 7 or 8 keys cut here and only one didn't work perfectly. I brought it back and they apologized and said if the second key (cut for free) didn't work then they'd give me a refund. Second key worked, but it's possible that the first cut didn't because my key was kinda funky. Good service. Cool. read more

In a veritable sea of possibilities, it is hard to know to whom you should turn when you need help. This company can be trusted; its staff is completely reliable and trustworthy, in addition to being incredibly friendly and helpful.. Need a locksmith? Call these guys. You will not be disappointed. read more

One evening not long ago I got locked out of my condo..actually the key would not turn and was stuck. Security called Modern Key who showed up in a reasonable amount of time considering the hour. He had to drill the lock and replace the cylinder. I was sure the bill was going to be HUGE. Stunned when it was very, very reasonable. I would recommend Modern Key to everyone. He was kind, efficient, and not going to rob me blind for and evening emergency call! read more

Needed to change our locks and make new keys ASAP! Called and he said he will be there in 10 minutes. He really was at our business in 10 minutes. He came and did what we asked and he delivered. read more

We had 2 file cabinets that we were having trouble locking. We called another company and they were going to charge us about $600.00 to fix it. (Funny when the other locksmith came, he didn't even try to see what was wrong with our file cabinet. He just said he would have to put a bar down the front of the cabinet and put on a "special" lock that cost some outrageous price). Someone recommended we call Modern Key Shop because they were very reasonable and good. Sure enough, when Elton came by he actually looked at cabinets and gave us a quote of what it might be, saying that it could be more or it could be less, depending on what he found when he opened up the cabinet. He took the time to explain the kinds of problems the file cabinets that we have end up having. He said sometimes those cabinets might lock one day and not the next. It had something to do with the alignment and sometimes the shifting of the weight might also cause a problem with the locking mechanism. We ended up spending about $80.00 to fix the file cabinet and like Elton said, the other file cabinet locked without him fixing anything, the cabinet was just being temperamental. We saved $500.00 by calling Modern Key Shop! Thank you Elton. read more

I needed to make copies for my house keys and I went to Home Depot and Lowe's, but both places did not work for my doors. I went here and got my keys done and when I went home, it worked!!! It was perfect! This place will get the job done! I had a far drive to get here but now I know if keys are to be made, it be here. read more

UPDATE 7/2/13: I've been informed that if you want to get your Keyport Slide blades cut, that The Key Guy in Aiea (http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-key-guy-locksmith-aiea) will do them with no hassle. I wish I had known this before sending all my keys off to Las Vegas to have Keyport custom cut the blades themselves! IMPORTANT WARNING if you are a Keyport Slide owner: Modern Key has a policy of *not* cutting customer-supplied key blanks! So they will refuse to duplicate your keys to Keyport blades, even if you explain to them that the Keyport blanks are made from geniune, original key blanks from Ilco, etc. To say that I was annoyed and disappointed by this is an understatement. I'd have gladly paid $5-$10 per key in order to have them do it for me, as their location is very convenient, and because my time is very valuable, paying a bit more for their labor (and to offset any revenue loss by the fact that I'm not purchasing the key blank from them) is more than worth it to me. Make sure you call ahead to any locksmith/cutter to make sure that they are progressive and "Modern" enough to support the Keyport Slide blanks! read more

I've had to have locksmiths come to my home at 4 different times. MODERN KEY SHOP was the BEST! Not only fast and professional but also: - Arrived on time and did not keep me waiting - Organized and diligent to change 6 locks - Conscientious; instead of just doing the basic, he saw that some screws were missing from before and took the additional initiative to find some in his truck and replace them. AND, extremely reasonably prices! For the 6 locks with 4 keys on each, I paid only a little more than what I was charged by the other guys who changed only 1 lock! read more