The food Is okay average Korean BBQ portions are good the cost is starting to get higher lately the establishment is clean but they need to work on their customers service skills read more

Been calling for half an hour straight. It ends up hanging up automatically. Must be 30 plus times I tried calling. Went in and phone is ringing but they just don't bother to answer. If they don't want people to call, and make phone orders to make it easier, maybe just remove your number or advertise you don't like to answer your phones. read more

Fill that tummy. It's a local place close to the house and I come here often. Like clockwork, I come here to pickup food after flying in from the mainland. Sorry zippy. You can never go wrong with Kalbi and BBQ chicken. And the sides are sides. Overall five stars. The service is quick and getting that fresh BBQ Kalbi is worth the wait. And the wait isn't too long no matter how many people order in front of you. Prices seem to keep going up but it's inline with all the other restaurants. Now excuse me, time to grind. read more

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I've been calling for awhile to get my phone order in. No answer. Went inside to place my order and asked them if their phone is working they said yes but they're busy. Ok! While waiting the phone rang several times and still didn't answer and mind u they wasn't busy. On top of that limited on sides and it was only 6 pm read more

Food here is always nicely done. Service is consistently good with those ladies and it's always clean there. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Veggies to chose from - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

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I called in my order before going grocery shopping and picked up Fish Jun on my way back. It was ready right on time, fresh, and very tasty! Service was great, and checkout was quick and easy. A smooth and delicious experience--I'll definitely be back! read more

Good portions, tasty Korean food. Service is friendly. I usually order to go, and service is quick. We've catered from here, as well, and have been satisfied. I like their yook gu jang soup. Comes with rice and vegetables on the side. Very tasty and u can get it as spicy or not as u like. Lots of shredded beef and glass noodles. Meat juhn, bbq chicken and kalbi are always good. I like a dry chicken, so I ask for mine to be extra well done/slightly charred...and they always comply. I definitely recommend! read more

Food is always good and the side dishes always freshly made and the portions are big. Service is good. Ambience is nice clean and A/c is good. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Party menu - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Ordered 2 mini Kalbi plates, 1 bbq chicken combination plate + 2 4 piece mandoo. Got charged for the mandoo but they didn't put it in. I tried calling them when I got home when I realized they didn't put it in but they decided to pretend they're closed when on the phone while I was ordering they said they closed at 8:55. They need to hire better workers. Check your plate before leaving, you can't trust them to even pack your food correctly. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Service was fine, the wait didn't take long... but the problem was that I found SOOO MANY EGG SHELLS IN MY MEAT JUN!!! Couldn't finish my plate, it was such a waste. read more

I always order here every week and all of us my family and friends love their food that's why i keep ordering and the price not bad

Usually get my Korean fast food plates from bbq hut in kunia but their UE was not working. Decided to give this place a try and at first I was amazed at the portion size! Plates were heavy and full, however the taste of everything was just bland and unsatisfying. Sides were terrible!! Only flavorful side was the shoyu potato. The Mac was horrible!!! DO NOT GET THE MAC!!! Tasted like cheap mayo mixed with boiled Mac no seasoning or anything else just plain Mayo and boiled Mac. The tofu was just cut into chunks, again no sauce, no seasoning, no nothing just plain tofu! Kalbi was so tough my fork broke! What a waste of sides and meat!! Two stars because the portion was huge but the taste and quality was lacking BIG time! Very dissatisfying!!! read more

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went in today, girl on the cashier took so long to ask me what i wanted and kept repeating "huh?" when i asked how long it would take. wtf??

Came in today and ordered BBQ chicken plate with various vegetables on the side. I enjoyed my food. The staff is very polite and the place was clean too. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - BBQ Chicken - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Soooo disappointed! This place was really good in the taste, quality and quantity when they first opened. Now, terrible. I keep giving this place a try being so close to home when craving Korean BBQ. Yesterday July 23, 25 I ordered a regular BBQ Beef, worst ever ate. Meat was hardly cooked with hardly any favor. Just landed so was to tired to take it back. Then ordered a regular Fish Jun for my daughter, on the last piece of what was supposed to be Fish turned out to be Meat Jun. Like wtf! Being it was dinner yesterday and almost gone, didn't think I could bring it back. Now I had it. NEVER RETURNING and I'm telling everyone I know not to go there. Over priced and quality is gone! Sad read more

Picked up my phone order around 8pm & drove home to eat. As i was cutting into my Meatjun i noticed some white spots on the meat. I cut another piece & had more white stuff & so i opened up my meatjun & that sh*t was undercooked. There was a huge amount of flour still on the meat. I wasted $21 on this plate that i never even finish because i lost my appetite. Called the store multiple times about 15 mins before closing, but no one like answer & i couldn't leave message. If i could rate negative i so would!! Dont ever come here. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

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Good food and great portions. Sure prices are up, they are up everywhere. This place stays true to the portion sizes from the time they opened in Ewa Beach. Their regular plate can feed 2 adults and more depending on consumption. I don't go often but when I go, I don't have any issues. Food is consistent and their staff is nice, polite and will let me know if I need to order a different way to get bigger portions and/or a better deal. The inside is run of the mill. Not spectacular but expected for a Korean bbq restaurant. read more

I've always ate at Pearl's even with the mix reviews but today I ordered a plate with potatoe salad & found a dead roach in it. Lost my appetite after that. Seems like it's a common thing there. 1 stars for their chicken katsu cause it's my fav there & their quick service for taking my order over the phone. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Potatoe salad - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Debated on eating Pearl's KBBQ for a late lunch or Little Caesars pizza. I decided to do a takeout order here. I ALWAYS get my regular meat jun plate, it's one of my favorites besides kalbi. After placing my takeout order through the phone. I give it a good 10 minutes before I showed up into the restaurant to pay for my food. There were three people in front of me and about two other people waiting on their food. So i'm thankful i did a takeout order because they seemed busy. The ladies up front seem nice and catered to my needs. The experience itself was a pretty normal day when I buy food here. The food on the other hand was pretty disappointing. Which is sad because I love meat jun and never had a problem with their meat jun until now. Just by the photo you can just tell the food was so rushed, the egg was rushed and messy. The bottom part didn't even have egg on it. It just wasn't coated well with the meat. Some parts tasted good and other parts were just hard and meh tasting. There was 3 pieces of meat jun and I literally had to make use of all my sauce just for one piece of meat jun because it wasn't all that good to eat alone that I needed to drench it with sauce to make it taste better. If i'm being completely honest, I threwout the rest of my food and i just felt like I wasted $16. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

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We've been coming here since they opened and it's been consistently delicious and very generous! That's definitely a draw for us, especially when we have a large crew to feed ;) The plates are average priced around $15-20 and they come stuffed to the brim. We usually order the mix meat plate as well as spicy beef or pork. This time we switched up for the garlic chicken instead of a spicy dish. Granted the chicken had some "less than crunchy" spots because we did do takeout, but that did NOT take away from the enjoyment of the meal in any way. It was a solid enjoyable dish that we would order again. And reheating in an air fryer makes it close to fresh as new! The mix plate was overstuffed as usual. Overall made for 6 meals for me. Granted, I eat a small bowl per meal, but I just can't get that many delicious meals out of one plate from anywhere else! The meats are all fresh as are the veggies. I'm usually partial to the seaweed, corn, broccoli, and bean sprouts... nom nom nom And while we didn't order anything spicy last time, hubs finds it consistently delicious and satisfying! I would say the only downside is that they don't carry more boba variety. LOL kidding... they have a few basic flavors with basic boba and I will definitely get it out of convenience; but let's be honest... that's not why we come here ;) read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Side of Garlic Chicken - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

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This Korean BBQ (PEARLS) in ewa beach is very tasty and delicious. They BBQ sauce is well blended into all thier ENTRÉES, it doesn't overpower thier entrées at all. In which is A VERY EXCELLENT thing when one engage with sauces and thier entrées. Thier side dishes that comes with any of thier entrée order it not bad, but do need some TLC ON thier Kim cheese sauce, this is just my personal opion cause I like mine kim chee sauces HOT. Other then that they get a 5 stars for thier EXCELLENT ON ALL THIER ENTRÉE DISHES. read more

This place sucks. Staff don't give a rip on promptness or quality. This one guy had been waiting for 25+ min (1 hour!!!) for his phone order and staff (manager!) dismissed his question on status with "they are busy" and "new kitchen guy" not even checking in with the kitchen. (After a minute she said she'll check with the kitchen and said another 30 min) Would not recommend this place ever but I was told to grab from here. Update: Corrections in parenthesis. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

I ordered the meat jun plate it was so tasty and delicious. I will go back in the near future..Very friendly staff.. Fast service.

For a Korean Plate Lunch place this place is great! Big portions, tasty food, great location. Just parking not the best. Clean interior. Friendly staff. Reasonably priced for the amount of Korean Yuminess. Quick service. We phone ordered and food was ready in 20 min. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Meat Jun plate. 4 pieces of thick meat jun. Big side portions. - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

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I'm going to be honest, the reviews here have steered me away for a while but somehow I still made It here to try the food out. Sometimes I have my days of "idk what to eat" and then I make my husband choose. We ended up outside of pearl's and I even hesitated when my husband pulled up lol. He asked me again if I wanted something else, I didn't want to be annoying so I told him just order something and we'll share It! He comes out with one bag and passes It to me in the car, having no idea what he ordered. I grabbed the bag and my first thought was "why is It so heavy, what did you get?!" It had to be at least 2 pounds. As we get home I start to unbox our food, we had the bbq beef & bbq chicken plate. It came with a HEAPING amount of rice, I wonder how big their rice cooker is. It also came with 2 vegetable choices and 2 sides. We got the cucumber and bean sprouts for our veggies, then the Mac salad and japchae. The bbq beef and chicken were pretty standard, just like your local drive in. The Mac salad was very heavy in the mayo flavor which founds funny because it's mayo base lol. But there was no balance of other flavors, just kinda like straight mayo. Japchae was subpar, it's one of my husbands favorite Korean side dishes. This one wasn't very special. On the plus side the portions are really big, you can definitely make a couple meals out of a regular plate or share it like we did. The side dish portions were smaller compared to the mountain of rice. Just my preference but i would've liked It to be better rationed because I feel like it's a waste of rice if you don't finish It. I just don't like wasting food lol. I mean overall everything wasn't that bad, but also just didn't stand out. I don't know if i would ever choose to come here again read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - BBQ Beef and Chicken on a mountain of rice - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Despite many excellent experiences on previous visits, our most recent visit to Pearl's in Ewa Beach was quite disappointing. Hopefully our bad experience was caused by the early dinner rush that we saw when we arrived. Portions remain very generous at this location, and that is one of the big draws. With mini plates starting at around $12, we can fill up our family of four on just 2 plates. The selection is standard fare for Korean BBQ in Hawaii, with sweet meats, savory sides, and bowl options like bibimbap. The meats on our recent visit were the most disappointing as far as the food goes. The bbq chicken was overcooked and hard, the k albi was chewy, and the bbq beef was cut too thick resulting in an odd texture. The sides were a little better, with the gyoza being quite good, and the long rice was tasty. The shoyu potatoes were a little on the hard side, while the potato salad was cut too large (it was very tasty, just hard to eat because it was so large). The restaurant did not have any dine-in seating, so come with a plan for where to eat. Overall, this Pearl's failed to meet the high expectations they set on our previous visits, and that was a significant disappointment. We'll probably go to our other favorite location near the Navy Exchange for any future Korean BBQ cravings. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Mini bbq beef with shoyu potatoes and potato salad - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

This place is trash now. Don't go here, you're better off with better quality food at yummys. The sides are down to like 4 diff options maybe 5?? Idk, but don't make the same mistake I did. Won't be eating fast food Korean for a while. Yuck. read more

Considering the Kalbi is $18.99 a plate, you should be plating it the same. Why would one plate have 2 pieces kalbi ? I didn't order a Mini Plate, I ordered 2 REGULAR KALBI. I used to come here for the portions but sad to say it has changed. Sorry, I like being fat with my food especially with the price point it is at. If it was priced less, I wouldn't have a problem. How do you even begin to explain that to the people we bought the food for, it looks like we messed with the food? One has 3 pc and the other has 2? Make it make sense. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - These are both REGULAR plates. Why would one have only 2 pieces of Kalbi? - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Basic White Rice they can't get right need to learn how to measure water when cooking rice it was more like pudding spend over $30.00 you can at least get that part right... will never order from there again read more

We just bought food here and the fish Jun was raw. The fish could not even pull apart. Check your food before you leave the restaurant, even tho they bag it and tie it up for you. read more

What do they put in their Kal bi? Chewiest meat ever! About an hour of diligent chewing before the meat is ready to be ingested. By then, my jaws are locked! read more

Very disappointed brought 2 combo plates $45. Very poor quality. This will be my last time.

The Korean Food here is ono. I just sticked to their kalbi, spicy bbq pork and fried chix and of course the usual sides liked long rice, tofu, chowsum, seaweeds, and kimchee. Can't really screw-up these dishes, you know. Good customer service. All the Filipa are so nice! As for ambiance ... well kinda sucks, you know. I mean what do you expect from a fast food place. This ain't Wolfgang Puck or Ruth Chris or Morton's, you know (LOL). Would I recommend this joint? Ah no ... Don't go ... I no like long line! (LOL). Mahalo and Salamat!! read more

Every time I order Pearl's on UberEats, they always get my order wrong and it's really disappointing especially when you have been craving or hungry. This happened 4 times now, they always get my order wrong and never reads special note. I'm so sad and hangry. :( read more

My husband and daughter likes their meat jun. The staff are not so approachable but it's like that at most bbq shops I go to, so I didn't deduct a star because of that. I deduct it because the cost of the food is on the pricey side. The parking is good although it can be really full due to the other shops. The ambiance could be more lively. read more

I was trying to enjoy a meat jun bbq chicken combo plate but first thing was the bbq chicken was a little over cooked rather than perfectly. Taste was alright. I was enjoying my fave part the side veggies when I felt something odd in my mouth. So I spit it out and looks like a thing from one of those cleaning scrubbers if you know what I'm talking bout. I feel like I wasted money to be honest. I feel grossed out to finish the rest. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Very simply, Pearl's Food is delicious, and this is just a routine comment. If my routine comment states this fact, then you can assume that you and your family's order will be consistently WONDERFUL! I have eaten a number of the *"Pearl Plates (perhaps all)" and, I'm being very honest here, I haven't tasted one I thought was a failure; that's why I'm a return customer for over a decade so far. *** It's not fine dining, but the dining is FINE...! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * "Pearl Plates" is what I call their Yummy food submissions... ** There's only one negative. Their doordashers have demonstrated a consistent inability, or non-desire, to read the delivery instructions on my online delivery order, about 70% of my total online order history for the "Pearl Plates," resulting in a multi-legged subterranean horde of food thieves Invasion of my delivery because it was placed on the ground and not on the table I provided. I've had to dispose of my food order twice so far. It's Very frustrating having to throw away food and reordering a new delivery and realizing that the potential for the mistake to reoccur is high, and I have again paid twice as much for a single order. *** This is my slogan...so send a royalty checks to my agent(s) at...! (hehe, joke...but if you still want to send money, feel free) read more

Gross! Who wants to eat raw fucking chicken katsu!?! How difficult is it to cook chicken katsu?? Seriously read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Gross - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Food is good but do yourself a favor and order it ahead of time. I tried to phone order but their line was busy around 5:40 pm. Got here and placed an order at 5:50 pm and waited for almost an hour for my food. I think they forgot to make my order, they asked me for my order number and went to check it in the back and then told me that "we're making it ma'am" , i just nodded. I didn't throw a fit or anything but I AM upset because I kept seeing people get their food ahead of me. Overall, food is tasty, i get the Kalbi Mandoo combo plate but customer service is lacking . read more

Whether I visit weeks, months, or a year apart, I'm disappointed each time. I keep visiting just to see if its the workers or the location itself that's a reflection of the food. I think it's just this location that's bad. The garlic chicken does not have a hint of garlic at all, the breading has an oily and sweet taste that just isn't good. The mac salad always has way too much mayonnaise. The kimchi is pretty good, the noodles are okay. I couldn't eat more than 2 pieces of the garlic chicken and several pieces of the mac salad since there was so much mayo. read more