Stadium Camellia Restaurant

Needed to find a new AYCE kbbq place outside of town, and boy does Stadium Camellia not disappoint! We arrived around 545p on a Sunday and needed to wait about 15 mins for a party of 2. Even with an earlier dinner time, the restaurant was packed! Recommend calling in to make a reservation. On just sitting and waiting, we saw 3 servers who were running around taking orders, serving, replace grills, non-stop. Even the owners pitched in here and there to turn around tables or bring out food ingredients. Roomy space with lots of ceiling vents to make it less smoky.

On to the food - the quality of the meats were pretty good. My favorite was the kalbi and garlic pork belly (wowowow was it garlicky ?, sorry for my breath afterwards lol). The servers weren't shy with the portion sizes or checkin in to see if we wanted to place more orders in. For pupus, we had the karaage, mandoo, japchae, and kimchi stew which were all pretty good and came out nice and hot. Next time I'll try some of the fried calamari, as lots of tables had that.

Banchan was placed at the table once seated and were pretty good (and refillable). Be sure to ask for raw garlic and jalapeños to throw on the grill. The closing dessert of samurai blue vanilla ice cream, although super full at that point, was a great close to the meal.

What really won me over was how sharp the scissors were to cut up the meats. It's the little things, cause my pet peeve is when you get blunt scissors that you have to hack through and don't cut - these snipped so smoothly. One con is that they don't serve single diners.

Overall looking forward to our next visit. They have some specials, like birthday, seniors, and military on certain days.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very nice owner … and good customer service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nothing fancy, the quality is in the food and the staff.
It’s the typical home-cooking we were looking for.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Pork Belly

Today was my Birthday ? and my Best friend took me here, IT was our first time eating here. Front row parking, we were greeted when entering. Restaurant was clean, neat and it wasn't crowded at all. We ordered Brisket, Pork BELLY, Shrimp, BBQ CHICKEN, Teri Beef, Mushrooms, ZUCCHINI, Mandoo, Calimari, We Were given side vegetables KIMCHEE, Kimchee Daikon, Choi sum, PICKLED Seaweed, rice, sauces, drinks. Let you tell you " THE BEST 41 BIRTHDAY EXPERIENCE ?, I EVER HAD " I ❤️ how you get to cook your own food, We got refilled vegetables, Our waiters was on it with the service in refilling our drinks, clearing our table and time to time checking on us. Vegetables all were 10/10 Flavorful, Made fresh to order, Taste was on point and everything was a Wow Experience ? all 10/10. In the end we shared the Sumurai ice cream tasted like A lychee Coconut flavor it hit the spot. 100/100 I told the owner too thank you so much for making my lunch/dinner THE BEST FOOD RESTAURANT, I Will definitely come back and I already shared my experience on my social media Tiktok. Oh and if it's you're birthday you get 50% off proof of ID so all this we paid only $60 and something cents. We tipped our waiter $15.00. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Vegetarian options: They serve Vegetables

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: At the Table, Sauce, BBQ Beef, Brisket, Mandoo Plate

I loved it! the food was great! Service too! •my personal favorite was the Kimchi, the kalbi meat, and the calamari! Celebrated my mom's birthday and she got half off her meal! 5 stars ????? ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had a very bad experience here today. Ashley one of our Servers, was not attentive to our requests. We had asked for Forks, in which she said she will “come back” and we did not get it till 10 minutes later when I had to get up from the table and ask another server. My kids were already starving and we had hot Food at our table that was turning cold. This was Just the beginning of a trainwreck of an experience. During our dining stay, we did not get any refill on our water, not even once. This is straight up neglect of Job duties at this point. When we were done eating the main course, we asked for desserts and refill on our drinks, she returned with dessert but said she Will “come back” again. Again, we did not get any of our refills. However during our stay, we did notice everytime she went to the front desk she did not forget to constantly check her Phone And have conversation with the other staff as they made remarks on whatever was more important than attending to their guests. One more thing, our Grill plate was never changed even once. It was already blackened with the carbon build up and we did not get the Grill plate changed during the entirety. This place needs to replace this worker for someone that will benefit the Business rather than make their guests feel unwelcomed.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

Place was busy on Saturday evening but got seated within 3 mins as there’s only 2 of us and it was before the dinner rush hour. Service was decent as nobody greeted us when we came in and people just kinda looked at us but maybe it was just busy, 4 stars for the service because our server sean only came back twice to either take our order and that’s it, not even checked on us or refilled our water or extra napkins… got saved by another server that was very nice and patient with us who checked on us often offering we wanted more meats or needed anything else. Other than that the food was great! Well seasoned meats and great cuts of meats that are available all day for the weekend. No need the sauce unless you really wanted that yum yum! ? the sides were huge portions, we got the calamari and mandoo both were good and came out really fast as we were very hungry after being at the beach all day. Also the japchae was very good and flavorful. Everything was good with their meats and sides. Also got some soup which was very good to pair with the rice and the lettuce that are FREE! With no charge compared to other places that charge you extra for veggies!! Like what?! It should be free and unlimited lol ? foods and meats came out quickly and orderly, and got to cooking right away! Just didn’t like the vent smoke seems like to wasn’t working cuz the place was a bit Smokey and the smoke stayed in our faces for a while, kinda hard to eat and breathe at the same time ? but overall a good experience first time at camelias, with reasonable amount for the food you can get. Service was ok as i mentioned above, but the food was good so it makes up for it just except for the service.

Parking: There’s a big parking lot but it quickly gets taken by other businesses on the weekend as the ice palace is nearby and other restaurants

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Crab and Shrimp, Zucchini Green Peppers Shrimp Onion, Mandoo Plate, Flap and Jowl, Vanilla Soft Serve Ice Cream

I haven’t left a review on a restaurant in a couple of years, but because of the amazing customer service, I felt I should. It’s usually impossible for us to go out and eat with our 1 & 2 year olds without feeling stressed out and food flying everywhere, but the service at this place was so awesome! They immediately asked if we needed high chairs, got us waters with covers and straws for our little ones, and because it was our first time, recommended the chicken karage for them because it’s close to chicken nuggets (which kids love). And the food was SO GOOD! Especially the kalbi!

Not sure if this is what they usually offer, but one of the women who work there asked if our kids wanted those fruit gummy packs as a dessert, and I thought that was such a sweet touch (especially for families that come with kids). The banana ice cream was so good, too! Overall, it was such a nice experience for us and our kids. Mahalo for the great customer service and super good food! We’ll definitely be back!

Kid-friendliness: Very welcoming and sweet with families with young kids.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was worth it!?

Parking: It’s fine before the crowd arrives.

Kid-friendliness: Very kid friendly!?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sauce, Bulgogi and Kalbi, BBQ Beef, Teri Beef BBQ Chicken Kalbi Ribs Mushrooms & Onions and Shrimp, Zucchini Green Peppers Shrimp Onion, Garlic Pork Belly, Strawberry Softserve, Beef Bulgogi

Told us 45 min waitlist so we signed in for the wait...then we checked 45 min later, told us 2 more hour wait....WHAT? Must have gotten a big group reservation after we put ourselves on the wait list. Had plenty of empty tables, Wow!!! very disappointed. Money before honor is the new name of the game.

Service: 1

Can’t eat here if you are by yourself
Must have 2 or more people .

Service: 1

Staff were great and friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Told us 45 min waitlist so we signed in for the wait...then we checked 45 min later, told us 2 more hour wait....WHAT? Must have gotten a big group reservation after we put ourselves on the wait list. Had plenty of empty tables, Wow!!! very disappointed. Money before honor is the new name of the game.

Service: 1

Food is great but the guy host or whatever he is NEEDS A ATTITUDE CHANGE!!! You’ll lose customers with that attitude, so my family and I walked away!!! And we’re regulars there

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

One of very few local family owned Korean BBQ buffet restaurants on the island. You cannot dine in alone. Must be 2 or more.I love the spicy chicken. The kalbi is also tasty. If you are bulking this is a great spot. They have good dipping sauce options. Recommended the chilli and garlic one if you like a little heat spice to it.Doesn't include a drink besides water so it's extra.Great service although they seem short staffed.Plenty of free parking.

Recommended dishes: Bulgogi and Kalbi, BBQ Beef, Beef Bulgogi