Pearl Factory Hawaii's Original Pearl-In-The-Oyster — Local services in Honolulu

To be fair, we knew what we were getting into by asking lots of questions. We asked specifically how they can afford to roll the dice on $15 pearls, and the answer makes 100% sense: because they own the farm. If they didn't and were buying the oysters from a wholesaler, they could not. That being said, it was a really cool experience for our girls, both of whom are born in June, so their birthstone is pearl. We learned a lot and the girls chose reasonable settings for their necklaces. Mom got a bonus peal and bought the setting she liked (I already have a chain for it) and everyone left happy with new knowledge and a fantastic memory from our 2nd trip to the Islands. Thank you, Edmund and crew. You were so patient and kind to our children. I hope others can be reasonable and do this activity for what it is...cooler than just picking an item from a display case. Who wants to bring home a loose pearl...

Turned off by this place. Their sales tactic is very gimmicky - borders on feeling like a scam - and is clearly aimed at naive tourists.

We stopped by after being offered a free pearl (normally $14.99) following a purchase at Na Hoku, their more respectable parent company. It's a fun gimmick to pick an oyster and crack it open to find your very own pearl.

We picked a pearl and immediately heard how we had picked the rarest one and the saleswoman has always wanted the one we picked but never gets it. Sure. She then starts showing us ring settings and we quickly learn that the one my wife likes costs $799. Seriously? Offering people pearls for $14.99 and then pushing settings for $799? Nonsense.

I have no knowledge of the quality of the pearls or whether they're real or fake but common sense says the company would be bankrupt if the pearls were high quality. We took our...

Falisha was amazing. Really cool experience, I had never seen pearls coming out of an oyster so it was cool to see for $17. The jewelry they sell to compliment and wear the pearl you get is a bit more expensive but they have a wide range of options from silver to rose gold, the chains were really affordable I think starting at $20, but the pendants to put attach and hold the pearl tends to be start around $60. Overall I think it was reasonably priced for the experience as Falisha treated us really nicely and taught us about pearls and the science behind it. I will say the other man working there, named Benny, kept giving us bad looks and started making sour comments towards us and his co workers that seemed sour as if he didn’t appreciate our business, he was the only off putting pat of...