Reviews for Pagoda Restaurant & Catering in Honolulu, HI
Ate breakfast here Sunday 10/9. Really enjoyed my time there. Parking is available across the street at Ross (don’t forget to... get validated). Welcomed and sat in a timely manner. Service was friendly and always checked in on you. Food came out hot andtimely, egg was moist and not overdone, bacon was crispy, coffee was hot and fresh. Definitely want to commend the staff fortheir hard work; everyone from front of house to the cooks in the kitchen. Read more
The $5 complementary breakfast was limited but good for the price. We ate the eggs Benedict. It was alright for $20.
This review is of the new location inside the International Ballroom of the Pagoda Hotel. It pains me to write this, given the... many golden memories I have of the Pagoda Floating Restaurant in its long-time historic and picturesque location next door. ButI am soundly disappointed in the greatly diminished new operation. Maybe if they'd just called it "Fish Neighbor Cafe," they'dget a star back. It doesn't feel like a restaurant, because it's not -- it's tables in a former hotel ballroom supported with acatering kitchen. But that would be fine if the food was good. But it's not. You know how an attentive server comes by to askhow things are going, and you just nod and make affirmative noises because no one really cares? This time, my family regretfullyshared its litany of complaints with the poor employee. The rice was dry and hard. How do you get white rice wrong in Hawaii?The mahi was tasteless and dry. The oxtail soup was not "fall off the bone," it was "gnaw off the bone." The basic breakfastplate was just okay. Nobody in our party of four finished what they were served, and nobody wanted to bring anything home. Igreatly miss the Pagoda restaurant. The name probably should have died with the venue. Maybe the food wasn't that great in theold location, but the location made up for a lot. Read more
# g r a t e f u l This restaurant is so amazing. Esa and Kelvin were so helpful and conscientious. It is a full 360 degree... window restaurant surrounded by a koi fish pond with at least 10,000,000 koi, last i counted. The loco moco was dope. They selllocal bread from da big island and they serve it before breakfast with homemade papaya and pineapple jam. They have freshsqueezed OJ, which is really great. Hopefully the buffet will come back soon. If you come before 9am you can see the koi be fed,which is crazy! Such a unique experience. If youre nice to the manager kelvin he might give you some koi food so you can feedthem yourself! Read more
We ordered one of Pagoda's 4th of July take out meals. Our order included prime rib, clam bake, with extra snow crab legs. Pick... up was fast and easy. The food was awesome. The prime rib was very tender. I would say one of the best I've had. The clam bakesmelled and tasted so good. If you try it, I suggest some good crusty bread would go great with it. The snow crab legs werefull of meat. Overall, an excellent meal that held up well during the drive to Kaneohe. Read more
Took my daughter along with her mom and grandma to celebrate her passing a major nursing licensing exam. The Pagoda Floating... Restaurant has a buffet lunch consisting of many local dishes and we describe some as comfort food. The garden atmosphere andkoi pon were very nice and the workers friendly. Read more
A place for food, not atmosphere. Good food, we had the Saturday buffet, the prime rib was tasty and tender though fatty, the... various fish was good, vegetables were cooked well with plenty of flavor. The sushi was okay, it tasted like it was just pastits prime. It is buffet on the weekends and plated M-Th so make sure you are looking at the right online menu. The restaurantis a place you go to for the food, the atmosphere is a little dated as in stuck in the 60's and 70's. With a good refurbishingit could be nuce again. The one complaint I have is the restrooms, they need a deep clean, some dirt had been there a longtime. 4 stars for food, 3 stars for physicality of the place. Read more
We stayed at the Pagoda Hotel and Restaurant for 4 days. The rooms are comfortable and up to date. The Hotel does give discount... coupons for breakfast and the food is excellent. We would give it 3 stars ???? Parking is $25 a day. With a $200 deposit. Thereare several problems with the room card needs reprogramming frequently. Make sure you are registered to the room or you can'treprogram the room keys, and you would need the registered guest to come down to the front desk to reprogram the room card.Hassles... Hugs Wes n Wanda Anzai Mililani Hawaii 11/1/22 Read more