Peggy's Lounge — Restaurant in Hawaii

A friend that used to go to college in Hilo recommended this place as it was across the street from the Edith Kanakaole venue where we were attending a benefit concert later in the evening.

ATMOSPHERE: It reminded me of a mix between a Korean and country bar with squeezed-in, button-studded booth seating, and dim lighting. It looked shady but was the total opposite, and was very clean. Truly a local watering hole.

MENU: App-sized fare of sashimi, chicken wings, fries, steak, calamari, and shrimp.

BEVERAGE: My Bud aluminum bottles were cheap and ice cold.

We all did shots of lemon drop that were refreshing and not too strong.

FOOD: Sashimi The small plate of ahi were fresh and came with the usual shoyu-mustard sauce for dipping.

Steak Though the menu didn't state "sizzling", another table's one was but ours was not. No biggie as the bone-in New York was perfectly seasoned and cooked exactly to our medium request, and sliced. Highly recommend.

Wing Dings I'm not sure how many came in the basket but the one I tried, definitely frozen, was crispy with a savory seasoning.

Because we ordered more than 2 beers, we were treated to a generous spread of complimentary apps. What the? You'd NEVER get that anywhere else!? I was told that's what Hilo bars are known for. We received 3 pieces of chicken wings that were seasoned differently from the wing dings, a plate of kau yuk (Chinese pork), kalua pig & cabbage, karaage chicken though the batter was a bit undercooked, and a green salad. Thanks for that, Peggy's!

SERVICE: 2 younger female servers helped us, one friendlier than the other, but we're both good. The elderly male dish washer employee was very friendly and pointed bme in the right direction to the restrooms when he saw I was lost.

OVERALL: Quaint vibe, cheap beer, good food, great deals, friendly service. Definitely was not on my list of to try's but will be...

Best bar every with the worst staff! The little girls "waitresses" dont know basic math. They all have bad attitudes. NO ALOHA! I've been coming to peggys for years and this new batch of waitresses have got to be the worst. Please peggy get some new waitresses because your losing money big time because of it. They charged me for a water back for my shot. 3$ for a water. Theres clearly some fraud happening. I took my party of 20 and left to joannes bar where there was...

Service was slow. One girl was nice and the other one was very rude and had a attitude problem. The pupus took forever to come out and they forgot a few items multiple times. Drinks were weak. Asked for the karaoke book at the beginning of us arriving and never got it left an hour later because our drinks kept staying empty for a long time before we had to start yelling as the...