John "The only way to rid temptation is to yield it" O.'s Profile

Comfort and great food at the newly renovated Bistro.

Happy Hour is from 5-7pm and offers specials on pupus! Beer is priced at $5-6 for bottles and pint drafts.  Wine is at $6 and specialty cocktails run $8. Most of the patrons are guests of the hotel, but quite a few locals are discovering the place as well.  The bartender, Earl, has been bar-tending at various Honolulu locations for over 30 years!  He is very outgoing and loves to "talk story" with the guests at the bar.  

The restaurant has a view of Fort DeRussy Park.  There is a TV which is either on sports or sometimes an interesting SciFi or sitcom.  

The Bistro is open for breakfast and dinner daily. Breakfast consist of a hot and cold buffet from 6-10am (7-10am on Sundays and holidays) and dinner is served from 5-10pm daily.  Free valet parking for three hours while dining and free wifi.

Don't forget the Doubletree Cookie Sundae for only $5! Pure BLISS!

If you have not been here you have got to try it! The place is incredible!

This review is for my experience during Happy Hour. They have an excellent Happy Hour and I will have to make sure I stop by more often.

I had my New Orleans withdrawal (I travel for vacation there at least once a year).  I was very excited to try the garlic shrimp (side of Tabasco of course) and a daiquiri.  The daiquiri was maybe 8 ounces but was very good.  The garlic shrimp were huge and simply divine!

The service was great.  I expected general bar service but I was impressed to find the server very friendly, made suggestions with the menu and delivered exceptional service!

The bar is very comfortable.  They have some large screen TVs with sports showing on them.  

I was even offered a small plate of dessert that was delicious! :-)

My first impression when I visited this place was Sushi dive Bar!

the prices are rather inexpensive and the quality and presentation is actually really good.  There are a couple different menus, so look over them carefully.  One of them describes all the sushi available along with other entrees.  Another is for their specials.

The restaurant is rather small.  There are booths mostly in the back and some tables in the front as you enter the restaurant.  There is a sushi bar with about eight seats.  This place does get crowded at times so come prepared.

They have a Happy Hour as well.  I believe it starts at 9pm and draft Kirin Beer is only $1.95 for a pint! That is super cheap!  Also, on Tuesday you can get a pitcher for $6! Nice!

Hawaiian Airlines is still a great carrier!

I prefer to fly them going back and forth to the mainland than any other carrier.  Why, because they always serve a good Mai Tai and the food is a little better than most of the other airlines.  I prefer to bring my own though.

I have flown both coach and first class with them.  Personally, the first class service is not that great.  Other than a larger seat and maybe a little better food, that is about all you get.  I like the fact that they have those Digi-Players.  They cost about 15 dollars, (free to first class passengers) and they have a wide selection of movies, music and shows.  Good if you don't like the movie they are showing, or, have seen the movie already.

For short flights to the other islands, any airline would do, but I usually use Hawaiian for the points.  After all, why not get a free flight to Maui just for flying them!

Their website has improved greatly! I love the inter-island vacation deals they have.  Sometimes they are much better than Expedia.  I do like the idea of their fare search, it is much easier to see how much your flight will be or how many points you will have to use for a free flight.

I love coming to this KBC for a nice glass of Kona beer and to also get my turkey club sandwich and Caesar salad for the flight.  

The bar area is not very big but I am usually very lucky to always find a seat.  I am not sure how the service is at the tables, but I usually just come in here long enough to grab a beer and order the food for the flight.  It is also convenient to charge your phone here.

The service at the bar is always good.  I never had any complaints.  There are plenty of TVs all geared toward sports.  That is a major plus!

oh, by the way...I hate coming to airport restaurants because bags are always laying around! Ugh! Here is a hint if your bag is not too big, they will usually fit just nicely under your chair!

This storage place is awesome!

The building is conveniently located on the corner of McCully and Kapiolani.  Easy access from either street.  The building is very secured with lots of CCTV cameras.

The cost of the storage units I found to be a little cheaper than Public Storage.  The staff when I started my rental were friendly and very nice.

They have a convenient store where you can purchase all your packing needs and reasonable prices.  They also offer a free truck if you desire.  

The building is new and all the storage units are kept clean.

If you are in need of a storage unit and live in the Waikiki area, this is the place for you!  The place is not huge so no need to go through a maze just to access your storage locker.

They offer an incentive if you recommend the place to friends or family with a $25 discount applied to your monthly rental.  They also offer a website where you can conveniently pay for your storage locker on line.

A great shop with some of the best tasting Kona coffee that can be found! They have a large store with different varieties of Kona coffee.  they also serve coffee as well.

The coffee is a bit pricey but worth it.  Very smooth and delicious!

The store also has various Hawaiian gifts, macadamia nuts, teas and chocolates!

The first time I came here my first impression was NYC!

I will admit the pizza is pretty good! Not quite up to par with real NY pizza, but as close as you can get for Honolulu! It was the whole atmosphere of the restaurant that reminded me of NYC especially when it is very crowded inside. the only thing missing was Yuengling or Brooklyn Lager!

This is a cool place to come to during football season.  I came here for the LSU and Alabama BCS game (No comment!) and they had set up a special menu just for the game.  I order a crab cake po boy! It was very tasty and I will give them an "A" for effort although nothing compares to a real po boy in New Orleans!

Overall, this is a fun place and a great crowd can always be seen here.  Good times!

Certainly not a date place!

The best thing this place has going for it self is the pizza.  Probably one of the tastiest pizzas I have had on the island!  

The drinks are hit and miss here!  I pretty much stick with the beer though!  At $2 for an iced cold mug, you just can't go wrong!

Be very careful where you sit.  I highly recommend NOT sitting at the bar unless you like watching roaches running by.  You will certainly lose your appetite real fast!

The cleanest plce to sit and enjoy your pizza and beer is in the back to the left of the juke box!

This place opens as early as 6am! You can imagine what kind of people you will find in there at that time!

I saw a flier for this place and decided I would check it out!  What a disappointment!

As I walked into the restaurant, I noticed that the old Hard Rock Cafe was pretty much stripped of all the Hard Rock Cafe memorabilia and was not replaced by anything!  The place just looked boring.

I went to the bar to sit down and order a drink. I waited, and waited, and waited.  There was absolutely no one at the bar and no one was serving.  I started to wonder if the place was even open!

Finally, a man comes to my side and ask if I had been helped.  I said "no, is there a bartender?"  He replied, "I am the bartender".  So he walks behind the bar and ask if I knew what I wanted.  I asked for a drink menu.  He failed to provide a drink menu so I just settled for a beer!  Keep it simple!

As for the food, well, I am not a buffet person.  There were tables set up with the buffet line but no one was eating from it except some of the employees.  

My friend joined me and also asked for a drink menu.  He settled for a glass of house wine as the bartender could not provide a drink menu or even knew what type of wines were available.  

All my friend and I could think of was the expense it cost to run this place and the lack of people in the entire restaurant.  There was maybe five people in the whole place including us!

I hope things turn around for the owners and employees, but it really did not seem like they were really trying to produce a quality restaurant!