Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant — Restaurant in Honolulu

We arrived around 11 am and there were already people waiting to go into the restaurant. You leave your name with the ladies at the front and they call you as tables become available. You complete a form to order dim sum. If you want noodles or something other than dim sum you need to wait till after 10. The restaurant is very clean and the staff very friendly and accommodating. My friend and I had 5 dim sum items- taro with pork, shrimp lookfun, Shanghai pork dumplings, shrimp dumplings, pork buns and beef chow fun. The food arrived in stages so we were able to eat without being rushed. Most items were flavorful with the exception of the taro filled with pork. That was a bit bland. You will need to request ice water but the waitress brings you tea with the place settings. The tables seem to rotate quickly so I think the wait is not longer than 15 to 30 minutes. I will be adding this restaurant to my take out list for the week. Apologies for the lack of food items in the photos as I forgot to take pictures until we had devoured most...

Kapiolani Seafood is known during the day for their dim sum. It's one of the few places I like dim sum from...

This time, we went at dinner time, chinese new year day and had the 8 course dinner. It was good, but nothing stood out...definitely a nice change from eatting another place, the past couple of years. Lol

Favorite dishes are the egg shrimp noodles, sweet and sour fried fish, egg soup, and honey Walnut shrimp. Dishes came out of order, the jelly fish and char sui came out separately (suppose to be together) and I forgot to take a photo of the dessert. It was a sweet bean soup.

Service was crazy...ngl They were under staff and very busy. Along with many waiting outside. On a normal day it's not that bad.

Atmosphere was good...unlike most Chinese restaurants, interior is clean and well kept. Best of all, we saw the lion dance...

Chinese Dim Sum restaurant in the heart of Honolulu. Parking was non-existent in the lot due to other businesses in the plaza, and street parking was limited. Interior was very crowded but we found a table at 11:30 just walking in so that was good but I could imagine a wait if we came later. Staff was helpful, but when they discovered one of us was new to eating sim sum, they tried to sell us everything on the menu, starting with the expensive seafood. It was a very clear sales push. The prices also seemed high. The food was good but not exactly like the Cantonese fair I am used to. Char siu bao was okay, but meat was not as flavorful and was not characteristically red. The har gao and, siu mai were good. Pork spare ribs were so so. The Singaporean Fried Noodles were okay and not as flavorful as other places I...