Carval Cafe — Restaurant in Honolulu

5star participating business. Can drinks; no fountain or all you can drink. Iced tea of the week rotates; this week was strawberry basil, with fresh strawberries! No refills but discounted when purchasing a meal.

Burger was generously portioned, bun was grill-flat topped with hash marks, garnished with fresh green leaf lettuce. Provolone was decent quality. Burger needed a little more seasoning and a little less filler but for the area, was still a good value for the money. Side of sweet potato fries was plentiful and okay. Love that they use recycled-cardboard Earth friendly takeout/plate lunch containers! Would like to try some other menu items. Looks like breakfast is a really big deal here.

Eat-in seating is comfy and there is a lovely patio dining area for the restaurant too. Overflow seating is available in main area of Restaurant Row; with its benches and patio umbrellas, it's a good seating option too.

Clientele are primarily workers in the area, from Kaiser some other businesses in Restaurant Row; a tourist group here and there.

Area is kid-friendly with plenty of parking in the structure (enter on Pohukaina St, off of Punchbowl or South St). Just make sure to validate your parking ticket at the register. Bathrooms available on the second floor, as you're exiting to the parking structure. Handicapped ramp next to bathroom; super convenient for strollers too.

Free WiFi.

Accepts credit cards.

Validated structure parking.

Withholding 5th star until several more visits to see how consistent business is....

Hands down my favorite lunch spot when working downtown. Their panini and soup of the day is always terrific. I've had their French onion, tomatoe bisque, chicken soup, and corn chowder. Every one was a fully developed soup. I waxed bold and tried the grilled vegetable sandwich and was glad I did. It was so big, I had the other half the next day. PLUS, they have a scrumptious, crunchy, chocolate chip cookies that come in bags of three.

I look forward to trying thr ribs soon.

You'll also have a rewards option that landed me a free tea.

I've tried the ribs and loved them. The Furikake Salmon was terrific too. Honestly, this is the spot!

Their chocolate chip cookies are my...

We were greeted with a dirty look from a grouchy face older male wiping tables, and had our order taken by an equally grouchy looking older female who barely said a word, not even a greeting or a thank you. Then they have the 'tip' feature pop up as you pay at the counter. I added a small tip, I don't know why I did since there was no table service. $15 for a 'Carval Cobb Salad' that was about 90% romaine lettuce, barely any bacon, blue cheese, chicken, egg, avocado or tomato (the Cobb part of the salad). 1 tiny ranch salad dressing. It was worth maybe $8. Cute, clean place, great location, but ruined by the bad attitudes and...