eight50 — Restaurant in Hawaii

I came here by myself looking for a quick drink and some food not expecting much but was very surprised with the quality I received. I was greeted as soon as I came I and sat down and the service continued to be great. They checked on me, and made sure I got everything I wanted quickly.

I started off with a whiskey (Burbon to be specific) and it was very nice to have it served in a tulip shaped glass. (Not pointing fingers but from my experience Manifest could take a lesson from that) Once I got my food I ordered one of their beers and it was well made and delicious. Not my favorite beer, but that is a personal preference and has nothing to do with the quality.

I ordered some food (the fish and tots) and I got the food delivered quickly and it looked awesome, and tasted as good as it looked. The ranch like sauce I got with it elevated the taste. For the price it was quite a lot of food (always a huge plus in my book) and was certainly good quality.

It took me a few min to find the place, it's on the second level above the drug store for those like me who are lost, but that is just me not being familiar with the area. When I first walked in at 8ish I thought it was closed because there were only a small group in the corner I couldn't see at first. As it got later more people started to come in. For how good this place was more people should be here at all times. The interior was nice, I liked the colors and the chalkboards and the overall feel was great.

Overall, I loved the place. It was relaxed and not too loud, my bartender knew what he was doing and made sure I was taken care of. I will...

Initially I thought the bar had a cool vibe. It was a group of five that visited the bar last night. This was a horrible bar experience; not fun. We were the only group sitting at the bar around 10pm. The male bartender took drink and food orders from everyone in the group except me. I so I waited patiently watching a barbaric fishing show on the TV, then high school baseball game. The bartenfer never came back to me. I had said excuse me twice to get his attention. Then a friend asked him to come over. He came promptly. She placed two drink orders for me. It took so long to get my drinks. The Whiskey Smash and pink liqueur were brutal tasting. Yuck! Our group's food order took about 45 minutes to one hour. I didn't order food but I ask the female bartender for a Heineken and she gave it to me immediately. She was nice. I was ready to leave this establishment so I told the owner I needed to pay for my drinks. She gave my card to the male bartender. He charged the entire group's food and drink orders to my bank card; roughly $130 plus a $15 tip. He never asked for my ID. The others in my group told him the orders were separate and he blamed the bar's owner. She didn't run the card, he did. No worries, my friend gave me cash for their orders. Last night I was ignored and overcharged by the male bartender. I will never return to this...

Came in after work at about 4:30 on a Monday, There was only one other person at the bar, only had about six beers ontap on the chalk board (advertised 12 rotating beers ontap on website). Ordered the one that sounded good to me only to find out it was gone also. Got a bottle list, only to have the bartender tell me that there were a lot on the list that they didn't have also so just tell me what you want and I will search and see If we have it? Beers were a bit over priced and there was also no happy hour prices as advertised on website also? (had two drafts with no discount, was advertised on website as $2 off drafts). This place could be a gold mine if it was organized a bit better, the west side of the island is slim pickings for beer/whiskey bars and I think it could do very well with a lot of work. Might try it again in the future to see of things have changed but a definet letdown, downtown and ko olina is where it's at I guess for happy hours and...