Food was very good. But for the price I feel it could be a little better. For instance, they serve ice milk instead of ice cream.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Hawaii Food Reviews
One of our favorite buffets for the price and quality of seafood. The Handrolls are very tasty! Only $84 and they now offer a permanent 20% Kama'aina discount!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi
Jon Ogata
Food was decent for a buffet, but not worth the price. The pool deck is next door, so if they are blasting music, it does impact your dining experience. There is a nice view of the sunset though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Simon Cai
GQ is the best! If he's your waiter, you will be taken care of!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Marcus Williams
The only thing that saves this place is the location. Please don't waste your money here. The fact that this is $84 per person is nuts. It's very obvious that alot of the food is frozen and sits out for a while. The crab legs were very mushy and old due to being frozen and sitting so long. I genuinely have food safety concerns. Not fresh at all. Highly disappointed. The steak table saved the day for me.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
FC Katie
We thoroughly enjoyed the food. Sushi, poke, oyster, crab and banchan were so fresh and so delicious!! The dessert section had more options than we expected too. We especially loved the kama'aina discount and appreciate that locals are being welcomed into Waikiki to enjoy this restaurant. While we didn't need it, they did offer to validate parking. Good to know for nest time. We were seated at the end of a wall and on the actual end so it was a little awkward. Our party was a party of three and we were on a smaller round table, with a bucket for shells on it so it was a little small, but we'd definitely go again because the food was really good. We couldn't see the entertainment at all, but the music was pleasant and the waiter was nice. Aside from water, drinks were not included.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shawnda Padilla
We ate here Feb 8, 2024 and it was awful!! Do not pay $80 for this gross food. The service was great but it was a buffet.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
brian chapman
Great dining experience. The made to order sushi was amazing. Great selection of food. The servers are really nice and friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi, Chilled King Crab Legs, Slow Roasted Prime Rib
Tracy언니 In NewYork
Absolutely the most horrible buffet I ever experienced in my life!!! I saw bad reviews but I decided give it a try. “BIG MISTAKE!!!” Pictures & YouTube totally tricked me!BBQ-wasn’t hot, tasteless, dry, greasyOyster-bad smell(I decided not to eat)Sushi-no traditional sushi! very few selection of hand rolls(fish wasn’t fresh)Soda:just 1 time refill(very stingy)And Poor selection of other dishes(sad)When customers pay $80+tip we expect good quality food but it wasn’t.Very very disappointed. Totally waste of my money.Only one nice thing was they have friendly staff that’s all.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
kim kay
Going to this buffet was a big mistake. The boiled crab was so salty that I couldn't eat much of it. The Korean style bulgogi and pork were salty and the taste was below par for the price. No drinks are provided and you have to buy them all. Everyone who ate the oysters, which were edible, suffered from diarrhea. The quality of Korean food and the number of eggplants are disappointing for a place that promotes sea food and Korean BBQ as its flagship products. If the price is $79 per person, I definitely don't want to go there.
The food did not meet the standard for a $80 + tips buffet. I won’t try again unless it’s under $40.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Jonathan Louie
We had our New Year Eve supper there and food was terrible. Not too many selection and hot food were mostly cold, dry and not too tasty. Sushi and oysters were not very fresh. Ice cream machine was not working. Food tables setup were very choppy and some of the food were next to the reception table at main entrance and we didn’t see them until we were leaving. It did not worth for $100 per head. I would not recommend it to anyone.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Ivy Jones
We attended the buffet for Christmas dinner of 2023. And a simple word is awful. It was $120 PER PERSON..... it offered a seafood bar which provided frozen snow crab, a dessert bar that was a disaster of cross contamination of other foods, the cold bar that only offered a salad for your American food craving and lastly no meat options except beef and pork.I know this may seem odd to complain about, but for that kind of money I should be able to get any meat I want and a variety of fresh fruits and veggies at an extremely basic level.Unless you only ate 10 plates of snowcrab, you could never eat that value. It was disappointing and honestly unethical. I would rate Izzy's as 10 times better food. For taste and freshness.Wait staff was wonderful and are doing great for what they are working with.It also appeared that this is what their buffet looks like all year round. Unless it's $20 to $40 per person you are not getting your value.Vegetarian options: There were minimal offerings for vegetarians. That is if you don't eat fish.There was a salad, roasted veggies, spicy tofu and white rice.And they cross contaminated items. So I wouldn't trust it.Dietary restrictions: Everything was cross contaminated. They did not replace tongs with new dishes and people don't put things back where they belong.Wheelchair accessibility: All the tables were back to back. A stroller couldn't fit past a table let alone a wheelchair
Food was very good. But for the price I feel it could be a little better. For instance, they serve ice milk instead of ice cream.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
One of our favorite buffets for the price and quality of seafood. The Handrolls are very tasty! Only $84 and they now offer a permanent 20% Kama'aina discount!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi
Food was decent for a buffet, but not worth the price. The pool deck is next door, so if they are blasting music, it does impact your dining experience. There is a nice view of the sunset though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
GQ is the best! If he's your waiter, you will be taken care of!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The only thing that saves this place is the location. Please don't waste your money here. The fact that this is $84 per person is nuts. It's very obvious that alot of the food is frozen and sits out for a while. The crab legs were very mushy and old due to being frozen and sitting so long. I genuinely have food safety concerns. Not fresh at all. Highly disappointed. The steak table saved the day for me.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
We thoroughly enjoyed the food. Sushi, poke, oyster, crab and banchan were so fresh and so delicious!! The dessert section had more options than we expected too. We especially loved the kama'aina discount and appreciate that locals are being welcomed into Waikiki to enjoy this restaurant. While we didn't need it, they did offer to validate parking. Good to know for nest time. We were seated at the end of a wall and on the actual end so it was a little awkward. Our party was a party of three and we were on a smaller round table, with a bucket for shells on it so it was a little small, but we'd definitely go again because the food was really good. We couldn't see the entertainment at all, but the music was pleasant and the waiter was nice. Aside from water, drinks were not included.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
We ate here Feb 8, 2024 and it was awful!! Do not pay $80 for this gross food. The service was great but it was a buffet.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
Great dining experience. The made to order sushi was amazing. Great selection of food. The servers are really nice and friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi, Chilled King Crab Legs, Slow Roasted Prime Rib
Absolutely the most horrible buffet I ever experienced in my life!!! I saw bad reviews but I decided give it a try. “BIG MISTAKE!!!” Pictures & YouTube totally tricked me!BBQ-wasn’t hot, tasteless, dry, greasyOyster-bad smell(I decided not to eat)Sushi-no traditional sushi! very few selection of hand rolls(fish wasn’t fresh)Soda:just 1 time refill(very stingy)And Poor selection of other dishes(sad)When customers pay $80+tip we expect good quality food but it wasn’t.Very very disappointed. Totally waste of my money.Only one nice thing was they have friendly staff that’s all.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Going to this buffet was a big mistake. The boiled crab was so salty that I couldn't eat much of it. The Korean style bulgogi and pork were salty and the taste was below par for the price. No drinks are provided and you have to buy them all. Everyone who ate the oysters, which were edible, suffered from diarrhea. The quality of Korean food and the number of eggplants are disappointing for a place that promotes sea food and Korean BBQ as its flagship products. If the price is $79 per person, I definitely don't want to go there.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Restaurantji Recommends
Love this retaurant! Great, friendly service and a good price! Food is fresh and crab legs are the best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This buffet had everything. Seafood, Sushi Bar, Kali bi etcYou will enjoy yourself and service was excellent!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi, Chilled King Crab Legs, Chocolate Haupia Ube, Roasted Hawaiian Kampachi, Poke
The food did not meet the standard for a $80 + tips buffet. I won’t try again unless it’s under $40.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
We had our New Year Eve supper there and food was terrible. Not too many selection and hot food were mostly cold, dry and not too tasty. Sushi and oysters were not very fresh. Ice cream machine was not working. Food tables setup were very choppy and some of the food were next to the reception table at main entrance and we didn’t see them until we were leaving. It did not worth for $100 per head. I would not recommend it to anyone.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
We attended the buffet for Christmas dinner of 2023. And a simple word is awful. It was $120 PER PERSON..... it offered a seafood bar which provided frozen snow crab, a dessert bar that was a disaster of cross contamination of other foods, the cold bar that only offered a salad for your American food craving and lastly no meat options except beef and pork.I know this may seem odd to complain about, but for that kind of money I should be able to get any meat I want and a variety of fresh fruits and veggies at an extremely basic level.Unless you only ate 10 plates of snowcrab, you could never eat that value. It was disappointing and honestly unethical. I would rate Izzy's as 10 times better food. For taste and freshness.Wait staff was wonderful and are doing great for what they are working with.It also appeared that this is what their buffet looks like all year round. Unless it's $20 to $40 per person you are not getting your value.Vegetarian options: There were minimal offerings for vegetarians. That is if you don't eat fish.There was a salad, roasted veggies, spicy tofu and white rice.And they cross contaminated items. So I wouldn't trust it.Dietary restrictions: Everything was cross contaminated. They did not replace tongs with new dishes and people don't put things back where they belong.Wheelchair accessibility: All the tables were back to back. A stroller couldn't fit past a table let alone a wheelchair