My kids can't resist stopping by the arcade every time we see it! The arcade is always clean!…read morePrizes seem to be the hot new trending items. The prices are good and my kids tend to usually walk away with something so that means they are happy! The games are setup for people to actually win, I've seen people win some of the grand prizes which is good to see from an arcade. Would recommend letting your kids have some fun here, especially if they were good on your shopping trip :)

Cute little arcade by the bathrooms and office towards the front side of Waikele shopping center…read morecalled Island Games. Games were two credits which comes out to about $2 if you buy the minimum amount of credits. They had prize vault gashapons which looks like instant prizes for 4-5 credits. Advertised as a family friendly arcade with full size cranes, spin to win and gashapon capsules. One of the machines had plush that looked like (fake) Labubus but so cute! They also had cute squishmallows, pokemon, sanrio, nice addition to the shopping center!

This is my favorite farmers market. Let me start by saying it helps to know the prices of your…read moreproduce but if not I find most of the vendors to have their produce at a reasonable price and a great value considering how fresh it is. My favorite vendor is PIT FARMS for their bananas (both apple and ice cream varieties), salad mixes, and romaine lettuce. And not far behind is SMALL KINE FARMS (who is usually there the second and fourth Sunday of the month) for their baby portobello mushrooms. The workers at both booths are friendly and very helpful in answering any questions that you might have. There are several HANDICAP PARKING stalls near the entrance to the market.

This place is great! Small but great! All the vender were nice and service was fast and kind. I got…read moresome really good sweet pineapples, dragon fruits, and sourdough bread. Parking was easy too so that's a plus! Definitely would go back!

After a 20-year absence, the Mililani High School Carnival returns to the community!…read more 2015 dates: Feb 20, 2015 Friday from 3 PM to 11 PM Feb 21, 2015 Saturday from 11 AM to 11 PM Feb 22, 2015 Sunday from 11 AM to 6 PM PARKING is to be found along the side streets or you can pay $5 at Mililani Waena Elementary for parking. Ride tickets = one coupon $1.50 or a book of ten for $15.00 RIDES by EK Fernandez = there's a mix of rides for the tiny tots to the Screaming Fire Ball - the 360 degree roller-coaster where you go around in circles upside down and hope the Funnel Cake you ate doesn't come flopping out of your gut onto your face. Kiddie rides include the carousel, Magic Maze (hall of mirrors and a slide), Crazy Plane, Helicopter, Super Slide and the speedway (fixed rail car buggys). Other rides for tweens/adults and daring kids include the Zipper, Area 51 UFO ride thing (a slow human centrifuge), the ferris wheel, the jungle twist (like a teacup zippy ride in a car-shaped cart), Pharoah's Fury (like the Pirate ship ride, goes back and forth like a crazy banana) and the Fire Ball! Kiddie Rides are 2 coupons. Pharoah's Fury, Jungle Twist and Ferris Wheel are 3 coupons. Zipper, Area 51 and Fireball are 4 coupon rides. Bathrooms = you can use the high school toilets (unless locked) or the luxury porta-potty trailer. Sinks are outside of the trailer. FOOD = Not sure how much food scripts cost, but Beef Stew and rice with mac salad is 10 scripts. Some booths take cash, some scripts. Funnel cake $6, Cotton candy bag $6, Cotton candy $3, Candy apple $3, hot dog $3, corn dog $3, whole pepperoni pizza $28, pizza slice $3. Variety of soft drinks, Icee. GAMES = Your typical carnival fare, i.e. dull darts aiming at somewhat deflated week-old balloons; knock over milk cans. Aim gun ball at cans on a pedestal; shoot water gun at target to win florescent squid hats. The only game we "won" at was the fishing for a turtle in a turtle-pond-game for $5 - guaranteed to win a large nubby rubber ball or a plastic helicopter you assemble yourself - no time limit. Great for people who want to win something and not shell out $30 to win a stuffed animal. WHAT WOULD MAKE IT BETTER = a White Elephant or Garage sale type event in the cafeteria including plant sales. If I'm going to waste money, I'd rather buy other people's junk and I guarantee the school would make tons money off of other's donations. RETURN FACTOR = yes. It's a small carnival but the money goes to the Mililani Trojans so its for a good cause.

The sky was gloomy with a light drizzle, but it didn't stop the crowd from showing up to the annual…read moreMililani High School Carnival this past weekend. It seemed very well organized. There was ample parking on campus for a $5.00 fee or drivers could take their chances finding street parking nearby. The uniformed military personnel and students at the gates were very polite, respectful and helpful in providing directions upon arrival. Next, the layout of the event was sectioned off well. As families entered, I noticed the childrens' eyes fill up with excitement as they ran in towards the carnival rides pulling their parents' arms encouraging them to hurry-- my daughter included. Coupon booths were strategically placed in all of the right places for customer convenience. The rides were separated for the "big kids," then a little further in, on the left, the little ones could enter "Keiki Land" for their rides. Ride coupons cost $15.00 for a sheet of 10 scripts and $1.50 for individual tickets. Most rides were 3-4 scripts by the big kid section and 2 scripts in Keiki Land. Directly across Keiki Land, were booths from HPD, where parents could sign their kids up for a free photo ID (fingerprint included), and The U.S. Vets, where the children could pet a few service dogs while they waited for their IDs to print. Other booths included a place where kids could get temporary tattoos ranging from 4 scripts to 14 scripts depending on the design choosen. Again, script booths were strategically placed for customer convenience. Adjacent to those specialty booths was the dining area and food booths. There was a variety of options to choose from, such as Tacos in a Bag, Filipino plate lunches (the pork belly is roasted right in front of you), as well as desserts like shave ice and ice cream. All seemed like popular choices judging by the formation of the lines in front of each booth. Then, inside the cafeteria were even more booths, such as the official photo booth for the event, which cost 8 scripts for one sitting. Going back outside, you'd find the carnival games and circle back to the "big kid" rides again. Overall, this event was a very well thought-out, well-planned and well-executed event. At the end of the day, my daughter told us that she had a lot of fun and the 4-star rating was actually hers, which I thought would be appropriate to ask her for her opinion being that this was a family event geared toward kids.

I recommend! We happily rented out the whole play place for my sons birthday party and it was so…read morefun! The employees were so sweet. Didn't even bother us. Helped each of us. Depending on the size of your party it may be too small or just right. It was just right for us. It has play areas for all ages from 1 year to 10!! Super fun!

Keiki Republic is an indoor playground next to The Shack Mililani. This is the second location on…read moreOahu, the first one is located in Windward Mall. This facility is for kids ages 10-months to 10-years old. Socks are required for both kids and adults. Compared to other indoor playgrounds for kids, this one is on the small side. There's a good variety of play areas and activities that my kids don't get bored with the small space, and I enjoy it because it's easier to monitor them versus the larger playgrounds. They have a room for toddlers with a small ball pit, slide, oversized blocks, and toys. Next to it, there is a small rock-climbing wall with a foam pit below, a merry-go-round, kitchen, market with fresh produce, an ice cream stand, a doctor's office, and a dress up and makeup set. For the larger kiddos, they have a huge jungle-gym with a 3-way slide, mini zip-line, larger ball pit with a wall projection that you can throw balls at animated characters and score points. One of my children's favorite areas is the sand pit. Only, the pit isn't filled with sand, but plastic Nerds-like particles. There's a large climbing dome made of netting and sand toys in this area. Monthly passes are available, so is a small party room, and there's a nursing and changing room for your infants. Wipes are available if you need them. Stamp cards are available and you can earn a stamp for each hour-long visit you purchase. After 10 hour-long visits, you can get a free hour for one child. You usually have to ask for the card and for the stamp, as its given upon request. At the time of your exit, they provide your kiddos with balloons. My kids have gotten to choose from animal, sword, and flower balloons. Overall a great place to bring your kids to move around indoors, and give yourself a breather.

As a big fan of goat milk moisturizers and soap we decided to check out this place…read more We were pleasantly surprised to see many families out and enjoying the farm as well. They have a little gift shop which sells their merch and delicious goat cheese and goat gelato. The cheeses are sold individually or in a four-flavor flight; along with crackers it made a delicious snack. We tried the four-flavor flight with crackers and boy were they good. Their big hit are their goat gelatos. They have quite a few flavors which were all very good. We got the chocolate and coffee flavors. It was very creamy with a slight twang. Very good!! After eating we bought some goat food and visited the goats. They also offer a tour which takes people behind the scenes to other areas of the farm. The drive out is not too bad. It's just past Kemo'o farms. Lots of signage leading to the farm. Big open lot to park. A great family friendly place to take the keikis and eat goatlato.

The cutest goat farm! I came here for a play date and the girls had so much fun!…read more Things to do: 1. Feed the goats ($6). The girls loved it & my daughter kept picking up the hay on the ground. 2. Try goat ice cream ($3) for a Keiki cup. 3. We did not do but you can take a tour of the farm. 4. I'm not sure if it's every Saturday but they had a small farmers market. Overall, a great little play date!

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!

I love Wahiawa Botanical Garden. I grow and collect plants of my own but seeing them growing…read morenaturally in the wild is very inspiring and awe-inducing to see them thrive at that level in nature. I especially love seeing the monsteras crawling on the trees, and the tall bamboo garden. The cherry blossom trees here are also my favorite place to visit when it is spring in Hawaii :). This place is one of the locations where you can view cherry blossoms. I don't usually frequent this area since it's a bit out of the way but the views and beautiful plants are worth it! Definitely bring walking shoes because this was actually a work out...Felt like I was in Jurassic Park - I was having fun jumping on rocks and stuff but I decided not to go too deep into the jungle of this botanical garden this time because I didn't want to get my shoes *dirty* I am very particular on keeping my shoes looking good... LOL

We visited the botanical garden today as a family, but unfortunately, it was below our…read moreexpectations. It is nice that the entrance is free, but the garden was not as well maintained as we had hoped. There was not a lot of area to explore, and the experience felt more like a walk through a forest rather than a traditional botanical garden. That being said, it can still be a peaceful place to relax, enjoy a quiet coffee, read a book, or simply spend some time away from the city. It is a nice spot for unwinding, but it may not be the best choice if you are looking for a well-developed botanical garden experience.

What a fantasic place to have an outdoor party…read more Outdoor only can hold up to 200 people. Rental time: 8am - 8pm. They have a couple of covered space to keep your food if you wish. They have chairs and tables to rent, and as much as (6) 20 x 20 tents. Notes straight from their website: https://hichawaii.com/ Privacy - a very private setting, no neighbors, no outside traffic. Flexibility - No vendor preferred listing. Use your own favorite vendors. Lots of space for many activity. Parking - Free amble parking. Options - Rent our PA System, tents, stage. You can even bring your own. Safety - With no outside traffic, guest can spend time at the party with control. Time - 4 hours of party time. 2 additional hours of setup. 1 additional hour for clean up.

Great venue to host a private party outdoors & really affordable for all the things you are able to…read morerent out. They already have their own tents, chairs, tables, speakers, stage, etc. We had our baby shower and it was an amazing time, so much space & the bathroom is really clean with lots of parking space. You rent your own vendors we had our own bounce house, backdrops, & food. We all had a great time here!!

A good place to visit when you can't decide on what to eat. A lot of different vendors to choose…read morefrom. There are also craft vendors out selling their goods

The vendors are great! The food is fresh and amazing! They have live entertainment, places to sit,…read morekeiki activities, local clothes etc. Shuttle buses are available from different parts of Mililani. Also, parking in the neighborhood is available although it might be a little walk (5-10min). Overall, I'm very satisfied and cannot wait for the next one in Mililani!

We had such a fun time visiting the farm. The owner is a great host and is very passionate about…read morehis fruits. We got mangoes, star apples, chempedak (a special jackfruit unique to his farm), papayas, bananas. We especially love the Alfonso Gold mangoes, they are very fragrant and sweet. All the fruits are really delicious. Our only regret is not finding this place earlier in our vacation so we can make multiple trips for fresh fruits. If you do go, text or call ahead of time so you can get GPS to parking area and the gate code or you won't be able to get in.

This review has been a long time coming. We visited Thanh's farm back in July and had the best…read moretime. He gave us a tour of the farm and we were really lucky to be able to try all of our favorite fruits. At the end he let us try all the varieties of mango grown on the farm and we got to take back with his a big box of all our favorite fruits. This included soursop, mangos, abiu, etc. if you're on the island, be sure to check out Thanh's farm. It's definitely worth a trip out to this side of the island to try the most amazing fruits.