Pearls never disappoints. Prices have gone up like everywhere but their portions are still good. Today we shared a meat jun + BBQ chicken plate and we were nice and full after. Our little one shared our plate with us too and was happy. Service was great, the seating area inside seemed clean and everything was great. Check them out. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - 6/27/26 $21.99 meat jun + bbq chicken combo. Enough for 2 and a little one. So good! - Korean Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

Amazing lunch plates inside of the Queen Ka'ahumanu Center! This restaurant is located on the second floor of the mall. It's a hidden gem honestly if you're nearby i highly recommend stopping by and grabbing some of the most delicious food and the portions are perfect no skimping here. For the price, the quality and amount of food you're getting this place is 100% worth it. We ordered: Kalbi Ribs - just the best Spicy Chicken -seasoned well and not dry Korean Chicken - didn't love it Macaroni Salad - my favorite side Potato Salad- delicious Pickled Kimchi- so yummy Japchae noodles - I love these noodles Service was quick and easy food came out fast! It's in a mall so atmosphere will vary depending on how busy the mall is but we went on a Tuesday afternoon and it was calm and quite we ate on the left side overlooking the parking lot and water nearby. read more

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As a Lahaina resident I stop into this place sometimes when I have errands in Central Maui. I've been a customer for many years. My preference is for very spicy hot food; my girlfriend is Thai and I guess I just enjoy chili too much. My problem with this establishment is that they now seem to wanna dictate how I am allowed to season my food. For years they made a squeeze bottle of hot sauce available to me and I could apply an appropriate amount for desired flavor. Now they will only give 2 little tiny plastic containers of the spicy sauce I like or will attempt to extort you for more. I certainly do not enjoy dropping over 20 bucks for a meal only for these K-holes to begrudge me the condiment I need to season my food to taste preference. I'm gonna give these futher muckers a wide berth for a few months and avoid the crap sassy attitude of the cherubic counter girl who calls me uncle. I'm so tired of fighting over the hot sauce with them. This could have gone a much different way but they chose to make it their fault- and for what? If I ever do return to this place and have the same issue I'm gonna love writing another terrible review- they messed with the wrong spice addict. read more

This place is located in the food court for Queen Ka'ahumanu Center. We wanted a little snack so we ordered some side of chicken katsu, we thought it could be better and the sauce tasted like A-1 sauce. The service was pretty quick and a lot of people seem to pick-up to go orders! Food court vibes for sure and I would come back to try the other menu items! read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Katsu Side - Korean Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

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It's always so good the bbq chicken. The meat jun, mayo potato, shoyu potato kimchi too. I haven't had a bad lunch, dinner , always enjoy their food. read more

Go to spot for Meat Jun and Fish Jun. I noticed the Combo Plate for Meat Jun and Fish Jun was just a dollar difference from ordering each plate individually so I chose the Combo. My four sides were Mac Salad, japchae, kimchi and wakame Salad. The whole Plate was excellent. Delicious and very filling. A little over $19 but worth the price for all of that. Ladies at the counter were friendly and everything looked clean and organized. I've been coming here for years and will continue to do so when I can. read more

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My fiancé and I came across pearls Korean bbq when we searched meet jun on yelp. The restaurant is located at the Queen Ka'ahumanu center on the second floor, located on top of Starbucks and next to panda express. We ordered the meat jun and chicken barbecue combo, and the meat/fish jun combo. Both combos come with four choices of vegetables, and two scoops of rice. When we got the food, we were surprised on how much it actually came with. The box was packed to the very top and fed our party of five. The fermented vegetables tasted fresh and added a nice touch to the meal. The meat and fish jun tasted just as we thought with the thinly sliced meat cooked to perfection It tasted sweet yet savory along with the soy dipping sauce. I'm giving this restaurant two stars because either the manager or the owner was pretty cheap. To me, service iseverything despite how good the food tastes, whether it's a McDonald's to a Michelin star restaurant. I told him we had a party of five and asked for three small plates to share with my family and he said I can only give you two. Seriously? What's one extra paper plate to your business? I asked for a small cup of ice, and they also charge for that. I do recommend this restaurant to try the meat Jun but don't be surprised of the frugality that the restaurant offers. Also, sit outside. It gets super stuffy in the indoor seating area. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - a woman behind the counter - Korean Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

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If you eat here alone beware. Only get half a plate, trust me. And if you eat here with 2 people share. A. Full. Plate.

I love pearls because they give you a lot of food and pretty quick when it's not busy. However, the prices that are displayed on their screens are NOT accurate as of 8/29/2023. I ordered a shrimp plate- advertised at 18.99 (under its picture and on their menu), but was rung up at 19.99. I asked the cashier about it and she showed me that's the price on the register button & apologized that the prices up on the screens are different. I let it go cuz it's only a dollar and not her fault. Just makes me wonder what else is priced wrong and by how much of a difference. Isn't it good business practice to have the correct prices displayed for your customers? read more

Food was really good!! 육개장 yuk ge jang is sooooo good!! Mandy noodles and bibimbab was nice, too

The service is great and the food does not disappoint. I love the choice of sides; and the kimchi is delicious.

Great Kimchi Soup.. wonderful assortment of side dishes ... & always my favorite food stop when I'm at the Queens Mall ..

Food was delicious! They give a lot of food and I love how they give you choices on their sides. The service we get all the time is awesome! Meat Jun is my fav. We ate inside and some of us ate outside , but either way, it's always clean and fun to meet other friends and family. This is my go to Local Korean BBQ place to eat read more

I ordered the Kalbi and Chicken Katsu combo plate which comes with which wasn't on the menu. Good thing I asked! It comes with four sides and two scoops of rice. I also added a side of mandoo for 3 bucks more. The plate could barely close it was so heavy with food. The Katsu was crispy and the Kalbi was sweet and savory as expected. I had a ton of leftovers but expect to pay around $25 for a most combo plates. Eating at the mall provides people watching opps and it's always nice to find in the open air under the tented roof. I enjoyed the experience! read more

Favorite plate lunch on the island. Super quick and comes with plenty of sides so can do double mac salad every time!

Delicious plate of food and for what u pay u get huge portions and u get to make ur own mixed plate. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - BBQ mix plate - Korean Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

People you are missing out if you haven't eaten here. My goodness it's great! Lots and lots of food for you to enjoy. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Chicken and Beef platter. - Korean Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

Place was really good about a year ago, every time I've gone there lately it's declined in quality. This time I ordered bulgogi and it was just dry beef with rice, no sauce or seasoning at all. Nasty. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - bulgogi - Korean Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

The owner is RUDE. HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS. HE IS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL, AND HE WOULD NOT GIVE ME HIS NAME WHEN I ASKED FOR HIS NAME. For clarification, I have been a customer of Pearl's for the last 25 years. You become a repeat customer because of the food and service. I LOVE the staff there. The girls are amazing and friendly. Recently, a new owner took over the place. I have always bought the same thing. A BBQ chicken plate or a Meat Jun/BBQ chicken combo. I LITERALLY grab a plate lunch from there at least four times a month. This past week, I happened to go there four days in a row, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and today, Monday. I ordered the same thing each day for a family member, a BBQ chicken plate. There were no problems with the plate on any of the days except today. Today, my order was a bit different. There was a sauce on top of the chicken. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but the person I bought it for does not like sweet foods. So Teriyaki sauce is a no. For people who don't like certain foods, something as small as a sauce can ruin an entire meal. This is also a $20 plate lunch. Anyway, I called the establishment because initially I thought they made a mistake and made me Teriyaki chicken, not BBQ chicken, because of the teriyaki sauce. When I called, I was transferred to the owner and told him what had happened. He proceeds to tell me, "That's not possible because we started putting sauce on it a month ago." Then I told him, "oh well, idk what to say, I've had it these past four days and ordered the exact same meal, and this is the first time there's sauce on the chicken." Mr. Owner got really defensive and said, "no, there was definitely sauce on it every day you came because we've been making it like this for a month already." I tell him again, "Well, im sorry, but there was no sauce these past three days because if there was, I would have asked for no sauce today." MR. OWNER says, "No, there was sauce on it cause I made it myself." I said, "Oh, you did, did you? What time were you there this past weekend, and what days?" .... "Well, I don't know what time it was at!", and I say, "You have no idea what time you were cooking at, but you're so certain that you made my food, "...he says.. "Yeah, I did." Then I ask him what his name is....he tells me, "I'm not giving you my name." I ask again, "You're not going to give me your name?" ... "No, you're not getting my name." It's also not just about what he said. It's how he sounded when he said it. He was very accusatory. MORAL OF THE STORY.... All I really wanted was to be able to let them know and see if i could swap my $20 plate lunch for one the same on I've had all weekend without the sauce *I have pics to prove it. This entire situation was completely blown over. Had the owner been nicer, more professional, apologetic even, and handled the situation like any professional business owner would. It would have been the end of the conversation. Instead, he accused me of lying, got immediately defensive, and didn't offer a solution. If I was the owner I would have said, "I am very sorry you don't like the way we prepped the chicken and I am surprised it wasn't on your order this past weekend when you visited us because we recently changed it up and started applying sauce on it for about a month now." But instead of de-escalating the situation, he accused me of lying, and that is where the problem started. Funny enough, I have pics from this weekend's order after getting home and separating the food, putting my mom's portion in a container for later, and sending her a pic to show her. Pictures below are just a comparison for Mr. OWNER to see I definitely was not lying, and there was absolutely no sauce on my previous orders. Two pictures are from over the weekend with no sauce and two pictures from today with sauce. read more

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Located in the mall food court upstairs next to Panda Express. Food is served fast casual style, like Chipotle and Panda Expres. I ordered the BBQ chicken with cucumber kimchi and mac salad. Reminds me of the food we ate growing up at Korean church cookouts. Great comfort food! read more

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Big portions. Authentic Kimchi for Korean Mom from California Hope they offer separate containers for Side dish and Main dish. It will present food more tasty read more

I like coming to Pearls BBQ located in the Queen Kaahumanu Center upstairs in the food court. It's newly renovated. They have different varieties of Korean/Local plate lunches. If you order a regular it's huge enough for two to share. It comes with 4 choices for your sides. If you order a mini it cones with two choices for sides, it's still a lot to eat. The girls working the front counter are always friendly which is always a plus with me. Place your order choose your sides and wait on the side for your foods to be made. The chicken katsu is always yummy. So is the kalbi plate. You can do a chicken katsu/kalbi combo. Some of the sides are tofu, green salad, pasta, corn, bean sprouts, kimchee, seaweed, potatoes prepared two different ways and of course mac salad. read more

Come to find out, Pearl's is owned by Peter Kim, who also owns the Yummy Korean BBQ chain. Not sure why the name changed years ago at this location as the Yummy name still exists on Oahu. Oh well, as long as the food is still the same! He also owns Liliha Bakery and Lahaina Chicken Company. While Pearl's serves some everyday local dishes that are widely available elsewhere such as hamburger steak and chicken katsu, I choose to come here due to their delicious banchan (side dishes) selections. Why settle for just a scoop mac salad at L&L when you can get 3 more choices here? And the portions are almost twice as big. Hell yeah! ATMOSPHERE: The QKC food court location underwent a total makeover last year, sporting new TV menu screen, and a fresh, updated look. Great job! MY FAVORITES: BBQ Pork - The insanely tender, marinated and lightly barbecued slices of boneless pork just melts in your mouth. The takeout tray is lined with steamed rice, then the grill-hot pork is laid out on top with all of its drippings soaking into the rice. Ahhhh! Then there's the 4 banchans you add to the dish. My favorites are the macaroni salad, bean sprouts, and potato mayonnaise. Huge portion! Chicken Katsu - Geezuz, this is probably the biggest plate lunch in the state! 2 to 3 huge pieces of breaded chicken were perfectly deep-fried and sat on a bed of rice with my usual 4 banchans surrounding it. I have a good appetite, but this turned out into 2 separate meals for me. That's how I like it as I hate small portions! As for the katsu sauce, I always use the Kagome brand bottled sauce as NO ONE does katsu sauce like them. Pearl's version is too tangy for me. Hamburger Steak - This one sorta doesn't belong under "my favorites" as my biggest complaint is that the onions that top the dish are raw. Yuck. I'm sure if I ask they can at least grill them a little. The rubbery patties I can deal with especially since I can get 4 choices of banchan, lol! Fried Chicken - Compared to their other dishes, this one was pretty small in portion size with just 8 pieces of chicken wings (4 wingettes and 4 drummettes.) They're not battered or floured yet were fried perfect and had a nice subtle & savory flavor. SERVICE: The staff are always friendly and welcoming. The food is fresh, so there will be a wait. I always call in my order and it's ready in 10 minutes. TIPS: Half portion sizes are available if you're not a pig like me. But then you'll only get 2 choices of banchan, lol. A second Pearl's location will be opening up in the Maui Marketplace food court sometime in 2016! Yes! OVERALL: A little pricey, big portions, delicious food, and that damn banchan bar is the best! read more

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I've been coming here forever (I still remember it being called Yummy's!) and it's my husband & I's go-to place for fast Korean food. There really aren't too many good Korean places here on Maui, but when we need a quick fix, we come here. They offer a good amount of items on their menu and their portions are big. 1. Regular menu items come with your choice of 4 sides. 2. Mini size orders come with your choice of 2 sides. 3. Certain soups (e.g. Mandoo Soup) don't come with sides. Our favorite items are: - Meat Jun - BBQ Chicken - Mandoo Soup (or Mandoo Kook Soo if you want noodles included) read more

The portion sizes are HUGE! There are plenty of banchan (side dishes) to choose from. The bean sprout side dish is one of my favs! We came 15 minutes before closing and they were able to get our food out super quick! Note that they actually close at 8 pm and not 9 pm. Shoutout to the janitor who let us stay past closing to eat. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Seaweed Soup - Korean Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

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One of the best meat jun plates I've had in n Maui. Great food choice for lunch at the mall or dinner. Regular and mini size portions available. My advice is get the mini plate. The portions are huge!!! PROS: Meat jun Large portions (mini plate) Macaroni salad Reasonable prices Extensive menu read more

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Pearls we takeout every week. Always order the shrimp plate, no rice substitute a fifth vegetable choice and the bbq chicken or meat jun plate mini with two vegetable choices. Service is quick and the food is consistently good. Ambiance depending on time of day as the restaurant is located at a strip mall. Can be quiet one day and noisy and chaotic the next. read more

I got the dumpling platter that comes with 4 sides and 1 rice. The dumplings tasted really good. It had a nice crunch and was flavorful. The dumplings tasted especially good with the hot sauce. The side vegetables did not taste that great. The cucumbers were a bit too sour for me and the other vegetables didn't have much flavor to them. I tried my friends bibimbap and the meat was seasoned well, not as crunchy like how kbbq usually is though. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Fried Man Do - Korean Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

Terrible service. I usually go here every couple of weeks or so and typically they display decent service. However, today was different. I ordered a chicken katsu curry and I figured it would be done rather quickly in like 10-15 minutes. I ordered around 215 ish and I had to leave around 240 to get back to work from my lunch so I went away without even eating! All of the workers just stood there, as well as the manager. Horrible customer service. I probably will still go there because it's pretty ono, though I walked away extremely disappointed. All I have to say is when you order be prepared to wait at least 20 minutes maybe even longer. read more

Yessss Pearl! Yumi Pearl! =) Pearls special. #16 or 17 maybe? 3 diff meats, 2 scoop rice and you pick 4 sides. Lemme help you: Mac Salad, Long rice, Kim chee Cucumbers, and Shoyu potatoes! Solid! This will run you about 20$, but its so mucch food. It feeds my fam of 3... yup, just 1 plate lunch from here and we all stay feed. read more

Seriously how do you lose someone's plate? Almost 20 bucks for a plate and not only does it take long, it apparently gets "lost" and they have to make another one. Which is also going to take forever. I had to wait almost 30 minutes for one meat jun combo plate. ONE. One plate. Worst of all (and this was my biggest gripe), there were absolutely NO apologies or anything for the inconvenience. Kinda disappointed because this has always been our choice to eat at when we go to the food court at the mall. I can see a worker accidentally giving someone the wrong plate and apologizing to the customer about it. I wouldve been fine with that but the customer service was pretty bad and it seemed to be a pain for the girls to have to get my vegetable choices again. Hopefully the next time we have to stop by here, service will be much friendlier and no food will be lost. read more

It's located inside the food court. My GPS kept taking us to Jolibee. The food was delicious. We ordered the shoyu chicken and bbq pork. The portions were generous. You get to choose 4 sides and they were all delicious. read more

I've come here multiple times. If my last meal on Earth could be anything, it'd be pizza. Lol. But the meat jun from here is a close second. Everytime I've gotten a plate from here, they LOAD it. I'm sad cause I don't ever take a picture before I demolish the plate. But if any tourist wants local food, they should come here. Hawaii food is generally expensive but they give you your money's worth. read more

My favorite place to go when I'm craving Korean bbq. The portions are so big you could easily feed 2 people with one combo plate (awesome considering they cost $15-20). I love the sides, their kimchee is so yummy! Pearl's is definitely one of my top recommendations. read more

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Good food. Quality ingredients. Reasonably priced. Plenty of indoor seating and outside roof restaurant space. Friendly and quick service.

Huge portions food was adequate, BBQ Chicken was overcooked and dry, I loved the sides. Kim Chee was perfectly hot but no too hot.

Finally a great korean bbq place for the family that won't broke da bank! Kalbi is delicious and the lunch/dinner plates come with 4 sides, 2 scoops of rice, and 1 scoop mac salad. Each plate can feed at least 2 adults. Soup noodle is also quite tasty. This place is located in the food court up on the second floor of Queen Kaahumanu Shopping Center Mall. If you go on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, the first floor of the mall has a farmers market of fresh fruit and goodies. read more

Again, ready to kite and need a quick bite, so yelp directed me to this place, didn't realize it was in a mall, but thought, it had such good reviews might as well try it. The food here is pretty good, ordered the chicken, short ribs, and pork, each is served with 4 sides of your choosing. All the entrees were actually good, especially for this being "mall" food. Nothing was dry and they were all well flavored. Sides: all three types of kimchee were good, the macaroni salad was not good, WAY too much mayo, the baked sweet potatoes were my favorite, the noodles were pretty good, the corn was okay, had a couple of other sides too, they were also okay. Service was fair, I thought the prices were a bit on the high side, especially for this being a mall, but the portion size was huge, so I guess they were okay. read more

Damn you, BBQ chicken plate! Three years later and inflation has made the price go up even more! Over $11 after tax! Unfortunately this time I went for the Meat Jun, which was even more moolah! Over $13 after tax. Luckily this heavy plate lunch will easily feed me over two meals. Still delicious Korean BBQ goodness on Maui. Banchan, glorious banchan! Required kim chee, long rice, seaweed salad, and shoyu potatoes still on the menu. And all still pretty good. Pearl's even though I've had better Korean BBQ here in LV, your place is a welcome vision back home. read more

Pearl's Korean BBQ - Korean Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

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Last day and we needed a quick meal before the airport. One combo plate is enough food to feed two people. We ordered the meat jun/bbq chicken combo. Let's just say the meat jun coating was kind of rubbery as well as the chicken =(. The bean sprouts had a funny, kind of not fresh taste. The jap chae was super slimy....yeah, I wouldn't eat here again. Also, they take forever for the food prep. read more