Absolutely LOVE this place. Every single dish is amazing and the prices and portions are perfect.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
V
Smehh.. lol they do give you a lot of food... the food is like any other local spot that serve BBQ chicken, kalbi etc. Nothing special really other than you get more bang for your buck. I ordered the chicken wings with fried rice, forgot what flavor it was cuz neva really had much of the flavor on it lol.. just regular fried chicken.. I think salt & pepper?.. anyways it was okay.. nothing tasted bad, just regular. The Mac salad was perfect tho.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Scott Siemers
Gross food and rude staff behind the counter. Dirty disgusting place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
november0168
Everything is delicious! Not only delicious, but affordable. May this small little gem of a restaurant always prosper may the hands that prepare these delicious meals have many more years of service to come. I'm not one to take time out to write reviews, but Garden Island Cafe deserves it. Thank you.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
P RANNA
Family owned Cheap Eats hole in the wall restaurant that serves Local and Chinese food. Prices have adjusted due to the rising costs but you can still get Weekly Lunch Specials for $8.75 and All Day Specials for $9.75. Friendly counter lady that gives excellent customer service everytime i visit. Cant be beat these days, their plates are massive and usually dont fit in the food containers. Their Chicken Katsu, Cold Ginger Chicken and Korean Chicken are my faves. *Tip. Call in your order to avoid waiting since parking lot and restaurant can be busy at times*
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Bitter Melon
Maria T
Small place with few tables but don't let that stop you from their delicious dishes. Shrimp was good size with lots of flavor and pork with eggplants was delicious.Also don't forget dessert, rice cake was one of the best I ever had.Fluffy and just sweet enough.Very friendly service!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork and Eggplant
Ron Rey
Good food. Big serving of food. Great
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
John Gonzales
My favorite place for great food, the amount of food and the price. The pork eggplant is the best! The fried chicken is really good too. Really, everything on the menu tast absolutely delicious.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jordan Chang
This place is my new favorite Chinese/local lunch spot. This should be at the top of your hole in the wall list.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic
Jason Aiu
Great weekly plate lunch specials, hefty portions, and friendly service!
A little place in Waipahu. The food is very good and they give you abundant servings for a very reasonable prices.
K C
Excellent prices with the 20% discount they run and they give a lot of food. They don't disappoint. We found this place couple years ago and have been going since. Very decent prices compared to other places.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Ueta V.
Food is great only mac salad seems to always taste spoiled. Must order it on the side. I've complained about it several times.. Nothing done about it. Once i ordered 30 plates. Mac salad had a weird smell. Next day I needed 30 more. Had asked if they can make it on the side. Cause yesterday lots were wasted cause the mac. She said okay but have to charge for every container. Sad cause the food is good, i think they put mac salad in too early. Also not sure why, all those businesses don't put money in to fix their lot full of pot holes. It's been like for ages.
Akemi O.
Holy moly they give choke food. I'm a fan of the S&P pork chop. Comes with 2 scoop rice, sits on a bed of cabbage, and normally mac salad. I got it with tossed. My tomato was a little green, but that's better than being gushy. Hubs got the lemon chicken. He enjoyed it but I thought the chicken batter was too heavy. The sauce is clearer and not as goopy as a lot of other places. Hubs said good. So much food even he couldn't finish it. YUM.
Najier T.
You can't beat the lunch specials. They give you a TON of food for dirt cheap. Their plates will fill you for lunch and leave you with leftovers for dinner. 10/10
Absolutely LOVE this place. Every single dish is amazing and the prices and portions are perfect.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Smehh.. lol they do give you a lot of food... the food is like any other local spot that serve BBQ chicken, kalbi etc. Nothing special really other than you get more bang for your buck. I ordered the chicken wings with fried rice, forgot what flavor it was cuz neva really had much of the flavor on it lol.. just regular fried chicken.. I think salt & pepper?.. anyways it was okay.. nothing tasted bad, just regular. The Mac salad was perfect tho.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Gross food and rude staff behind the counter. Dirty disgusting place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Everything is delicious! Not only delicious, but affordable. May this small little gem of a restaurant always prosper may the hands that prepare these delicious meals have many more years of service to come. I'm not one to take time out to write reviews, but Garden Island Cafe deserves it. Thank you.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Family owned Cheap Eats hole in the wall restaurant that serves Local and Chinese food. Prices have adjusted due to the rising costs but you can still get Weekly Lunch Specials for $8.75 and All Day Specials for $9.75. Friendly counter lady that gives excellent customer service everytime i visit. Cant be beat these days, their plates are massive and usually dont fit in the food containers. Their Chicken Katsu, Cold Ginger Chicken and Korean Chicken are my faves. *Tip. Call in your order to avoid waiting since parking lot and restaurant can be busy at times*
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Bitter Melon
Small place with few tables but don't let that stop you from their delicious dishes. Shrimp was good size with lots of flavor and pork with eggplants was delicious.Also don't forget dessert, rice cake was one of the best I ever had.Fluffy and just sweet enough.Very friendly service!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork and Eggplant
Good food. Big serving of food. Great
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
My favorite place for great food, the amount of food and the price. The pork eggplant is the best! The fried chicken is really good too. Really, everything on the menu tast absolutely delicious.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is my new favorite Chinese/local lunch spot. This should be at the top of your hole in the wall list.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic
Great weekly plate lunch specials, hefty portions, and friendly service!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hamburger Steak
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A little place in Waipahu. The food is very good and they give you abundant servings for a very reasonable prices.
Excellent prices with the 20% discount they run and they give a lot of food. They don't disappoint. We found this place couple years ago and have been going since. Very decent prices compared to other places.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Food is great only mac salad seems to always taste spoiled. Must order it on the side. I've complained about it several times.. Nothing done about it. Once i ordered 30 plates. Mac salad had a weird smell. Next day I needed 30 more. Had asked if they can make it on the side. Cause yesterday lots were wasted cause the mac. She said okay but have to charge for every container. Sad cause the food is good, i think they put mac salad in too early. Also not sure why, all those businesses don't put money in to fix their lot full of pot holes. It's been like for ages.
Holy moly they give choke food. I'm a fan of the S&P pork chop. Comes with 2 scoop rice, sits on a bed of cabbage, and normally mac salad. I got it with tossed. My tomato was a little green, but that's better than being gushy. Hubs got the lemon chicken. He enjoyed it but I thought the chicken batter was too heavy. The sauce is clearer and not as goopy as a lot of other places. Hubs said good. So much food even he couldn't finish it. YUM.
You can't beat the lunch specials. They give you a TON of food for dirt cheap. Their plates will fill you for lunch and leave you with leftovers for dinner. 10/10