Came here for birthday dinner since I was staying at Four Seasons Ko Olina. Despite reading the mixed reviews decided to gamble and give Minas Fish House benefit of the doubt . The next day I wrote this review and didn't feel great about the experience and wanted to share it with people who are on the fence eating at Minas.
Tuna and fois gras 2/5 Fois gras was perfectly seared but tuna steak had too much tendons in the muscle and eating it raw was a challenge. Noe's tuna appetizer just blows this dish out of the water. Can't recommend this dish..the attention to details and care is clearly missing .
Spanish squid 3/5 Mediocre. The chunks of squid was cut too small. The seasoning and the greens were okay but it was thrown into a bowl and tossed around and visually plated like a salad. If you've never had Spanish squid before this one definitely ranks at the who bottom. I felt like the management decided to put it in the menu because it's a popular item at other restaurants. They need to rework the visuals and also the recipe. It's it's really lackluster. Nothing exciting.
Tomato salad. 1/5. ( Terrible) Mostly arugula and a few chunks of flavorless tomatoes. Totally missed the mark. They should take this off the menu and not serve it.
Bartenders special 5/5 Decide to take a gamble and go with a bartender special. It was a really unique cocktail made with mezcal. Hard to describe what salad it was terrible but flavor notes were complex. Smokey sweet sour umami.
Final thoughts If you want to stay someplace close to your hotel at the Four seasons Mina's fish House is a great option for beachside views and livemusic. Set lower expectations for the food and of course you're going to pay resort prices and that's just the way how it goes. You're not going to recommend your friends this restaurant.
Tips: If you sit on the lower level, you'll be eaten up by tiny biting bugs. They're so microscopic but there's a lot of them there. Try sitting up on the upper deck away from the upholstered patio furniture. If you come for seating around 6:00 p.m. The sun is still out and most of the customers sun shiny directly on their face at an angle. I noticed that the restaurant offers diners personal umbrellas as there are no actual umbrellas on the lower deck.
The one Negrete
Food was excellent, atmosphere was great with live music, we had a large group and billing got messed up but that was the only issue. Dessert was delicious and good wine selection
S S
Best restaurant and service. The food was five star perfect!!
Andrew Rumney
Service and Vibe was great. Food was average at best. The tuna I ordered didn’t seem like it had seasoning on it at all, but was cooked correctly. The child grilled fish was overcooked and tough to eat. The Cod had a good mix of flavors and was cooked correctly.
Goldy Wong
Inside four seasons Oahu hotel. Excellent cooking. Fishes are exceptional fresh and most importantly they are cooked well. Delicious sauces. Highly recommended
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic & Duck Fat French Fries, Drunken Crab, Michael's Tuna Tartare, Mina's Lobster Pot Pie, Chocolate Mousse, Tuna, Japanese Hamachi Crudo, Lobster, Fish House
Spencer Pem
Caught a Marlin the day before and Mina’s made the family tacos, over the top experience!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Helen Bollinger
Extremely overpriced and food not worth the price at all. We have no problem going to an expensive restaurant but the food and service better be worth it. You should definitely pass on this restaurant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
윤꼬부부
It was delicious and friendly!! It was seafood so good in the Four Seasons atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Gray S
Good food, but not worth the hassle.
I don’t typically take much stock in low reviews, but trust what the others are saying for this place. Our experience felt like a comedy of errors more than anything. Coming from someone who’s worked in the service industry, the whole experience felt off.
- We were seated 20 minutes after our reservation time (we’d even arrived 30 min before reservation to check in) - Drink menus not initially handed out when seated - Waited another 10 minutes before waiter first appeared and then 5 minutes after that he brought drink menus to the table. - Waited another 15 minutes before ordering food (he said he was planning to take our order AFTER drinks arrived) - Took 15 minutes after ordering drinks to inform us that one of the drinks wasn’t available - 10 minutes after ordering food, informed that on of the menu options isn’t available.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Shelly Yo
It's overpriced. You're paying for the location and view. If you want to drink and pick on something, just go somewhere less expensive.
Best Spam fried rice. I'm not joking. It was a delicious combination with my seared fish. The Octopus appetizer and cold oysters are also an excellent choice.
Skip the dessert. That ugly coconut desert is terrible.
From the moment we sat down, the service was incredible. Davey our waiter was professional, knowledge , funny and kind. The food was extraordinary . Don’t order the lobster potatoes with lobster, lol , there was basically another whole lobster on top. It was incredible. My husband loved the local fish Ono and nori. He did feel the rice was a little starchy. We ordered the malassadas and baked Hawaii for dessert which were delicious, not overly sweet and surprisingly light. Mahalo.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Malasadas, Lobster, Fish House
Brittany Burrell
10/10 on every little detail. The food was fantastic. I highly recommend the spam fried rice. The lobster was also amazing. Drinks were awesome. Service was awesome. View was gorgeous.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lobster
Alex B
Close to five stars but just missing something. Polished, friendly and attentive service from all staff and the food was very good but it all felt a little rushed - drinks followed by four courses and they still managed to turn us around in an hour and a half. As an example, we were each finishing our last bites of a shared ‘intro’ appetizer and they were already serving our actual appetizers. Overall it’s a feeling I’ve had at other celebrity chef restaurants, and accounting for the fact it’s in a hotel, it still just seemed to be missing a bit of soul - corny I know. But as I said the food was excellent (smoked marlin dip, broiled octopus and malasadas all stood out) and the service attentive yet refined. Given the price point and myriad of fine dining competition on Oahu don’t know if we’ll be back (as a comparison I’d go back to MW in a heartbeat). Oh, the other issue was, after making a reservation stating it was for a special birthday and asking for a nice table they initially seated us in the ‘overflow’ area by the pool (no ocean view); it’s an area that looks like it’s probably normally used for the hotel’s buffet breakfast or something. We almost left but my wife fixed it and we were reseated (hence the 4, instead of 5 stars for service).
Had the most amazing family meal At Mina’s fish house. The views, ambiance, staff, drinks apps and food were top notch! Very much enjoyed our meal and night ! Lovely place for a an upscale experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic & Duck Fat French Fries
Jon Conaway
Mina's was AMAZING! Excellent food, service, and setting! Thanks for a great dinner!
Came here for birthday dinner since I was staying at Four Seasons Ko Olina. Despite reading the mixed reviews decided to gamble and give Minas Fish House benefit of the doubt . The next day I wrote this review and didn't feel great about the experience and wanted to share it with people who are on the fence eating at Minas.
Tuna and fois gras 2/5
Fois gras was perfectly seared but tuna steak had too much tendons in the muscle and eating it raw was a challenge. Noe's tuna appetizer just blows this dish out of the water. Can't recommend this dish..the attention to details and care is clearly missing .
Spanish squid 3/5
Mediocre. The chunks of squid was cut too small. The seasoning and the greens were okay but it was thrown into a bowl and tossed around and visually plated like a salad. If you've never had Spanish squid before this one definitely ranks at the who bottom. I felt like the management decided to put it in the menu because it's a popular item at other restaurants. They need to rework the visuals and also the recipe. It's it's really lackluster. Nothing exciting.
Tomato salad. 1/5. ( Terrible)
Mostly arugula and a few chunks of flavorless tomatoes. Totally missed the mark. They should take this off the menu and not serve it.
Bartenders special 5/5
Decide to take a gamble and go with a bartender special. It was a really unique cocktail made with mezcal. Hard to describe what salad it was terrible but flavor notes were complex. Smokey sweet sour umami.
Final thoughts
If you want to stay someplace close to your hotel at the Four seasons Mina's fish House is a great option for beachside views and livemusic. Set lower expectations for the food and of course you're going to pay resort prices and that's just the way how it goes. You're not going to recommend your friends this restaurant.
Tips:
If you sit on the lower level, you'll be eaten up by tiny biting bugs. They're so microscopic but there's a lot of them there. Try sitting up on the upper deck away from the upholstered patio furniture.
If you come for seating around 6:00 p.m. The sun is still out and most of the customers sun shiny directly on their face at an angle. I noticed that the restaurant offers diners personal umbrellas as there are no actual umbrellas on the lower deck.
Food was excellent, atmosphere was great with live music, we had a large group and billing got messed up but that was the only issue. Dessert was delicious and good wine selection
Best restaurant and service. The food was five star perfect!!
Service and Vibe was great. Food was average at best. The tuna I ordered didn’t seem like it had seasoning on it at all, but was cooked correctly. The child grilled fish was overcooked and tough to eat. The Cod had a good mix of flavors and was cooked correctly.
Inside four seasons Oahu hotel. Excellent cooking. Fishes are exceptional fresh and most importantly they are cooked well. Delicious sauces. Highly recommended
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic & Duck Fat French Fries, Drunken Crab, Michael's Tuna Tartare, Mina's Lobster Pot Pie, Chocolate Mousse, Tuna, Japanese Hamachi Crudo, Lobster, Fish House
Caught a Marlin the day before and Mina’s made the family tacos, over the top experience!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Extremely overpriced and food not worth the price at all. We have no problem going to an expensive restaurant but the food and service better be worth it. You should definitely pass on this restaurant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
It was delicious and friendly!!
It was seafood so good in the Four Seasons atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Good food, but not worth the hassle.
I don’t typically take much stock in low reviews, but trust what the others are saying for this place. Our experience felt like a comedy of errors more than anything. Coming from someone who’s worked in the service industry, the whole experience felt off.
- We were seated 20 minutes after our reservation time (we’d even arrived 30 min before reservation to check in)
- Drink menus not initially handed out when seated
- Waited another 10 minutes before waiter first appeared and then 5 minutes after that he brought drink menus to the table.
- Waited another 15 minutes before ordering food (he said he was planning to take our order AFTER drinks arrived)
- Took 15 minutes after ordering drinks to inform us that one of the drinks wasn’t available
- 10 minutes after ordering food, informed that on of the menu options isn’t available.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
It's overpriced. You're paying for the location and view. If you want to drink and pick on something, just go somewhere less expensive.
Best Spam fried rice. I'm not joking. It was a delicious combination with my seared fish. The Octopus appetizer and cold oysters are also an excellent choice.
Skip the dessert. That ugly coconut desert is terrible.
Drunk 9 oz wine for $30. Might as well!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Yellowfin Tuna & Seared Foie Gras, Octopus, Broccolini
Restaurantji Recommends
From the moment we sat down, the service was incredible. Davey our waiter was professional, knowledge , funny and kind. The food was extraordinary . Don’t order the lobster potatoes with lobster, lol , there was basically another whole lobster on top. It was incredible. My husband loved the local fish Ono and nori. He did feel the rice was a little starchy. We ordered the malassadas and baked Hawaii for dessert which were delicious, not overly sweet and surprisingly light. Mahalo.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Malasadas, Lobster, Fish House
10/10 on every little detail. The food was fantastic. I highly recommend the spam fried rice. The lobster was also amazing. Drinks were awesome. Service was awesome. View was gorgeous.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lobster
Close to five stars but just missing something. Polished, friendly and attentive service from all staff and the food was very good but it all felt a little rushed - drinks followed by four courses and they still managed to turn us around in an hour and a half. As an example, we were each finishing our last bites of a shared ‘intro’ appetizer and they were already serving our actual appetizers. Overall it’s a feeling I’ve had at other celebrity chef restaurants, and accounting for the fact it’s in a hotel, it still just seemed to be missing a bit of soul - corny I know. But as I said the food was excellent (smoked marlin dip, broiled octopus and malasadas all stood out) and the service attentive yet refined. Given the price point and myriad of fine dining competition on Oahu don’t know if we’ll be back (as a comparison I’d go back to MW in a heartbeat). Oh, the other issue was, after making a reservation stating it was for a special birthday and asking for a nice table they initially seated us in the ‘overflow’ area by the pool (no ocean view); it’s an area that looks like it’s probably normally used for the hotel’s buffet breakfast or something. We almost left but my wife fixed it and we were reseated (hence the 4, instead of 5 stars for service).
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Malasadas, Grilled Yellowfin Tuna & Seared Foie Gras, Octopus
Had the most amazing family meal
At Mina’s fish house. The views, ambiance, staff, drinks apps and food were top notch! Very much enjoyed our meal and night ! Lovely place for a an upscale experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic & Duck Fat French Fries
Mina's was AMAZING! Excellent food, service, and setting! Thanks for a great dinner!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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