What an amazing restaurant featuring comfort food roots with a modern twist. Ordered the Grandpa…read moreRolling Beef, boom boom chicken and Zong Zhi rice. Reasonably priced and extremely popular. The chicken was fried in bite sizes with a crispy coating and hints of Chinese 5 spice. It was served on a bit of cabbage with fried basil. If you order the sauce that goes with it, you'll get a slightly sweet accent to the chicken. Grandpa Rolling Beef is a creative braised beef rolled in a scallion pancake with extra veggies. Great flavors with a crunchy texture. The joong or zong zhi was mochi rice with pork and preserved egg. If you were looking for home style sticky rice, you got it here with a bit of a light sauce. The preserved egg brings back memories of Popo's kitchen/ your childhood. We tried Taiwan tofu pudding for dessert. You should order it even if you order nothing else. Perfect for two. Silky tofu in a slightly sweet sauce with shaved ice, boba and peanuts combine for a perfect dessert. Not heavy and just sweet enough to tempt a non-dessert person. A return to this restaurant is always warranted! Give it a try!

Very good! Good service and it was clean, good bathrooms. Place is so pretty inside and Fun. Food…read moreseems to come very fast!!!! The honey toast is absolutely magnificent!! We come here just for it sometimes. We love the Grandpa roll! The scallion beef and noodles (could of used more flavor this time) The monster pork chop! Holy moly! We love the spicy wontons and noodles! The scallion pancake! For a family of 5 it was right over $100. Not too terribly expensive.

Mahalo Ms. Winnie & family for a wonderful food!…read more MANY MANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS PLACE! They're closed on Mondays. So Tuesday-Saturday opened with specific hours. So many people has said they come here to cater or to just eat some yummy pork when they need that taste. Had a peice and I must say... it's really tasty! Imma come back for a plate FOR SURE! And I think imma do a holiday order from HERE this year. TIPS ARE ACCEPTED! Anything goes so show your thanks, hiki nō! If CAN... CAN! Okie dokes mahalo for your time and ENJOY!

I stopped by on Thursday, at 1:00p on 8/20/26, to get some Roast Pork, and a 1/2 Char Sui and…read moreGinger Chicken Plate. The other day I stopped by to get 1/2 a Roast Duck with Cake Noodles. Of course their Roast Duck is savory and one of the best on the island hence their restaurant name. The skin is crisp and the meat is warm and flavorful. The cake noodles come with a sauce to pour over the noodles. It also comes with a Gau Chee as well as a side container of hot mustard and shoyu to add a little kick to it. My husband enjoys the roast pork. The skin is crisp and crunchy and the meat is glistening and marbled with fat that is so tasty. I enjoy the Char Sui that is nice and sweet. The ginger chicken is good as well. Overall, I love coming to Roast Duck Kitchen for the Roast Duck. I will definitely be back. Make sure you come early, sometimes they run out of the Roast Duck, Roast Pork, and Char Sui.

My mom and my friend both had amazing reviews about this restaurant. They both raved about how…read moredelicious their crab dishes were that I couldn't wait! It's located next to EARL and Cafe Kaila in the corner of Market City Shopping Center on Kapiolani Blvd in Kapahulu. There is a parking lot for customers and an overflow lot in the back where Ben Franklin is. Both times, I came with my family, and we ordered a variety of food and shared family style. The food here was absolutely delicious! Some items that we had ordered were: - Singaporean Rice Noodles - delicious! So flavorful with a lot of shrimp. It was even better with the curry from the curry crab. - Hong Kong Style Garlic Shrimp Prawns - well seasoned with a delicious crispiness and crunchiness! Shrimps are always a favorite of mine. - Thai Style Pork Cheek - great appetizer but the others really outshined this dish. The sauce was incredible, though! - Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Wing - beautifully coated with a layer of salted egg yolk. One of the few unique dishes that is a must try. - Fried Green Beans w/ Minced Meat & Sambal Shrimp Paste - the minced meat and sambal shrimp paste really brought out the flavor of the green beans, complementing it extremely well. - Salted Fish Chicken Eggplant - the salted fish really enhanced the flavor of this dish. I honestly thought without it, the entire dish would have been mediocre. This was a surprise! - Beef Chow Funn - this was ok. I thought there wasn't enough wok hay and flavor to this chow fun. - J.J. Chicken (Half) - this was one of my least favorite dishes only because all the other dishes outshined it. It was still good - just didn't have a great WOW factor like the others. - HK Style Beef Fried Rice - this was actually a lot better than the beef chow fun in my opinion. It was especially good with the leftover curry from the crab. - Curry Crab w/ Naan Bread - the star of the meals! There were different ways to prepare the crab, but we ultimately decided on the curry as it was #1 of the 3 or 4 styles. I did want the Singaporean one but was worried it would be spicy for the grandparents. Next time! Regardless, this was an amazing decision as the curry was soooo good. I couldn't get enough of it! The crab was delicious, fresh, and meaty--one order was plenty for our group of seven! It was definitely a messy meal, but well worth it. We even had so much leftover curry sauce that I couldn't bear to waste it, so I took it home to enjoy with rice the next day. - Hong Kong Style Garlic Fried Crab - well seasoned with a lot of flavor, but it was much drier than the curry version. Still delicious but that curry crab was still a winner. - HK Style Ice Milk Tea w/ Frozen Bear - this was a cute drink that they heavily advertised in their drink menu. I thought it would be a gimmick, but the drink itself was strong and delicious. This restaurant honestly stole my heart! So many delicious options that continuously wowed me. I definitely can see myself coming back often for family dinners.

My friend wanted to try it so we went! Not busy, but made reservation for a Thursday night. Popular…read morefor their crab dishes, every table had crab. Crab was a little expensive, but we did it. Curry crab- sweet curry, kind of an Asian style curry flavor. Not Indian. It's in between a Chinese and Thai curry. fried rice- it's not salty enough. It was okay. Hong Kong lemon tea- not strong enough, watery. True Hong Kong lemon tea is very strong. Black pepper sizzling beef- the most flavorful and tender dish. Chili oil- I asked for chili oil and they really gave me chili oil. I asked for chili oil with the pepper flakes and they said they charge money for that. So I just opted for the chili oil to make my friend rice more flavorful and a bit spicy, the oil was spicy, that's it, no flavor. Customer service- the male servers were very attentive. A typical Chinese restaurant inside

Lee Ho Fook has the best Minute Chicken Cake Noodle. Second to none…read more Don't ask questions. Just try it. You'll understand.

9/22/26 This was a hard review to write Fate has it's ways…read more.. Eva (owner) said my wife n I were the first ones to know They received a letter from the Plaza's Mgt this morning that, after March '27, their lease ends This goes for all the businesses there Kinda lost my appetite but only for a little while, LOL, because their food is always so tasty! Tried to make the situation positive since she's always been such a nice n friendly person Told her that we'd just have to come back more often! We already visit Fook's once a week Support Local

Living on Maui, one of my favorite noodle dishes is chow fun…read more The child phone beef dish here made Maui chow look like dog poop. My girlfriend ordered the Singapore bitter melon doodle dish, and it was crazy fantastic. The melon was bitter...It was an odd flavor... But new to my pallete. Once I added hoisin sauce, it took it to the next level. I don't think I could go here every week, because the flavors would probably blend together... But once a month, 100% I am hitting this place. If you're in the area, you need to make it a point to come here. Service was on point.

FIRST time customer - Growing up only 2 blocks away from this location 70 years ago I vividly…read morerecall walking with my POPO and mother headed into Chinatown to spend the morning shopping at the open MARKET and after to have LUNCH at either Char Hun Sut and or Tin Tin - Our favorite order was soup'n noodles , a steaming HOT bowl of "Won Ton Mein" and or "Wor Won Ton Mein" - Mmmmm - After the KAPOLEI Chinese restaurant in KAPOLEI "closed" so abruptly and PERMANENTLY I was shocked and extremely UPSET since very few "old school" Chinese restaurants here on Oahu still cook the type of dishes that my CANTONESE pallet craves and savors - Still reeling from this loss and desperate to satisfy my hunger for just a DELICIOUS bowl of "Won Ton Mein" - So desperate for this specific cuisine I went on line searching "YELP" to search for a recommendation and came across this restaurant "Lam's Kitchen" - I drove from my home in EWA Beach (West Loch Fairways Townhomes) into Chinatown in the old RIVER STREET neighborhood hoping that this restaurant would have something that would satisfy my desperate craving for a great bowl of "Won Ton Mein". I arrived at noon and was very lucky to find a metered parking spot across from the restaurant on the very first try - As I entered I noticed that the room was very crowded and that here was only ONE open table so I sat down immediately and ordered the "Won Ton Mein" as the waitress approached me with a menu - I have to note that although this restaurant was located inside of a very old building the interior was a very sharp contrast - Everything appeared fresh and modern with very basic hand built picnic type bench seating and dining tables constructed of varnished raw wood (very spartan but practical and comfortable) - The bowl of soup was of average size and appeared very sparse with not much color - There was "NO" Pork Char Sui slices, only steaming hot clear chicken broth, a clump of thin Vermicelli white opaque noodles accompanied with a few small pieces of both chopped Mustard, Napa Cabbages and slivers of Green Onions - Extremely simple and basic. There were exactly "4" individual Won Ton that were filled with a tiny chunk of SHRIMP mixed into minced PORK HASH and regular spices (basic Soy sauce and Sesame Oil) - The "won ton PI" was very thin and light and the saimin noodles were made of the same Rice Flour mixture also - The broth was hot and savory but nothing special only because it was so "bland" to the taste. Although the restaurant was crowded to its Maximum Capacity within 15 minutes of my arrival it had practically "emptied itself out" with only myself a one other table of 6-dinners getting their food too. I will probably return to eat at this restaurant if and when I get another pressing urge to satisfy one of my insatiable cravings to drive all across Oahu from EWA Beach to Chinatown in the city of Honolulu . The "PLUS" about this visit is that it was clean and the service was average but not disappointingly "long" despite how busy and crowded the entire restaurant was when I first arrived

Ordered take-out. They were accurate with the orders. Ala carte seems small but they are hefty…read more You should try the stuffed bitter melon and the curry Singapore rice noodle.

Maile's Maile's Maile's, LOL…read more We love eating here no matter how our experience goes for that visit, we ALWAYS come back.. Today *sigh* We sat immediately, there were about 2 tables dining in, so not crowded, seems like we missed the lunch crowd, which is nice. We ordered and I *bleep* u not, our food came out less than 10 mins *crying* I dont like to make a fuss, so We started plating our food. We got the house noodles, bitter melon w/pork, crispy fried chicken, marinated pork (red sauce) and steam buns.. House noodles-was warm, not hot just microwave warm. Thats my favorite so I was excited to dig in. One bite of the broccoli and I was disappointed:((( The broccoli tasted old and stale, everything else in the noodles was fine. Marinated pork-not hot again, microwave warm :(( Steam buns-nice and hot and that took a minute to come out Bitter melon-my husbabe enjoyed it Crispy fried chicken-now this what made me say something. that chicken tasted old and literally just warmed in the microwave. I called our waitress over spoke quietly and asked for a fresh batch of crispy chicken. They apologized, took the chicken and came out literally 5 mins later with the same chicken we gave back :((((((((( they literally dipped it in the oil and brought it right back out. Now did I see them do that? No, I did not. But did I know it was the same chicken YES i did bc I took a picture of the pieces and what it looked like and there was NOOOO way our FRESH chicken would come out in 5 mins and that thing didnt even taste fresh *crying* it was soaked in oil and we just didnt eat it. But of course we will be back bc during dinner the food is always great and fresh

I came here last time and got da pork chop plate and it was good so I came back again to try der…read morekatsu plate which they are running a special (reg chicken katsu or reg korean chicken) for the week: 930am-2pm 11.25$ After 2pm 12.25$ Honestly dis is a heavy plate easy 2 meals for me. Chicken katsu is juicy and crispy and the rice is nice and fluffy. The katsu sauce is ok, its too thin for my personal preference, I like um thick, so im not taking account for that. Service was ok. Over all you can't beat dat price and portion size, will come back again!

First time here. Lots of free parking. Good prices, nice staff, tasty food. They have a few tables…read morefor dine in. Majority of customers get take out. We ordered a Cheese Burger, mixed Seafood Plate, Minute Chicken with Cake Noodle, Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings, Mini Loco Moco. They have a catering menu as well. I absolutely recommend! NO RESTAURANT FACILITIES.

All I come here for is their salt and pepper fish. I noticed they have wings, shrimp, and even pork…read morechop... so I wondered... hmm do they have fish? And they do! You just have to ask for it and they'll make it for you. And it's so good. You get the spicy, salty umami of the onion and pepper mixture coating the freshly fried fish fillet... actually heavenly after a long Sunday morning service. Their rice is usually just ok, but it's rice yknow? I'm not expecting the finest quality rice from a food court place lol. So it does its job well!

I ordered duck & chicken cake noodles $22 Looks good on…read morepics posted What i got was like nite & day from pics I Got 5 little bony pieces of duck on my plate, not going back dere again

Came to our favorite local dim sum spot and discovered they have moved to a new location! However,…read moreit's bigger and has a little better parking situation than the old spot. Service seems to have improved from the speed of the kitchen too. Loved the new decor inside. Much brighter and more modern.

We had been to Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant several times at its old location across from Ala Moana…read moreMall, and it used to be a five-star place for us. The new location is only about a block away, with a much nicer, newer interior. Unfortunately, the food seems to have changed much more than the address We ordered four dishes: mochi rice, pork buns, siu mai, and chicken feet. Almost everything arrived cooler than it should have. The chicken feet and siu mai were warm rather than hot, while the pork buns were closer to cold. More importantly, it wasn't just a temperature problem. The chicken feet in particular tasted noticeably worse than before, lacking the flavors and spices we remembered. The mochi rice was the most normal of the four, but even that felt fairly unremarkable There was a table next to us that came in excited to have dimsum. And watching their reaction, they came to the same conclusion as us -- food was cold, and flavors were off. We went on a weekday, so it's possible the kitchen was different that day, but the drop in quality was hard to ignore. The restaurant wasn't busy, service was good, and prices seemed unchanged from our previous visits. The new space is a clear improvement, but based on this meal, the food unfortunately went in the opposite direction. We likely won't be coming back

Located inside Chinese Cultural Plaza. Staffs are very efficient and friendly…read more Fook Lum has various types of dim sum like shrimp dumplings, Siu mai, etc. Everything is freshly made. Prices are reasonable by using Hawai'i standard. Highly recommended.

Our experience here was average overall. The restaurant is located inside the Chinatown Cultural…read morePlaza, with the dining area facing the waterway, which gives it an interesting setting. We came specifically for dim sum and ordered several of our favorites, including Siu Mai, Har Gow, and custard buns. Unfortunately, the selection felt somewhat limited during our visit, and several of the dishes we received were cold when they arrived. Flavor-wise, we found the dim sum to be fairly average. The service itself was friendly and welcoming. They had several dim sum carts circulating through the restaurant, and we appreciated that we could also ask the staff directly if there was a particular dish we wanted that wasn't currently on one of the carts. The overall experience wasn't bad, but there wasn't anything about the food that particularly stood out to us either. Between the limited selection during our visit and some of the dishes being served cold, we probably wouldn't make a special trip to return.