Lewers Lounge — Restaurant in Honolulu

Overall 9.5/10 Lowers Lounge consistently delivers one of the best cocktail experience in Hawaii, bar none.

Location: 9/10 Located in the heart of Waikiki, Hale Kulani is easily accessible with friendly valet service. It's also a short walk from the entrance.

Ambiance: 10/10 It doesn't get better than this. A quiet, elegant live Jazz bar, gorgeous decor and perfect lighting. The smoky vocals are only matched in smoothness by the smoke rings cocktail.

Seating: 8.5/10 With bar, table, booth and chair seating, Lewers Lounge offers a nice, comfortable environment. Unfortunately not all seats give a view of the live jazz, but a majority do. Make sure to either show up early if you want good seats. The music starts at 830pm, but doors open at 7.

Drinks: 9/10 $24 for a premium, artisan crafted cocktail in Waikiki is a steal! In a town where bottle beer costs between $8 and $16, these drinks are an amazing value. The Smoke Rings drink is a solid entry if you enjoy an old fashioned. It wasn't the best smoke infused cocktail I've had, but it was very good. My wife's The Very Thought of You is their take on an espresso martini. She didn't like the squeeze of lemon they finish it off with, while I love it. Other than that, it was another strong effort. We've never had a bad drink here.

Food: N/A Since they only offer light food options, we usually go to dinner after our drinks. The free mixed nuts they offer, however, are warm and slightly toasted. They...

We were hoping our experience here would be quite better. However, the last two times we had the same waitress, the thinner, taller Asian waitress that tends to work evening shifts per her statement. Both times, we waited 30 minutes before we had to wave her down to ask to get waters and rushingly get our orders in fearing she wouldnt be back for a while. After we finally got her to help us (when we were 2 of 20 people in the bar, with two other waiters working), we had to ask her twice to bring us the food menu and after waiting 30 more minutes, had to flag her down again to get our order in. Both times she seemed annoyed with us, surprisingly not noticing how much actual time had passed in between our requests. We realize that service workers being understaffed, overworked, and underpaid is a real struggle for people in the service industry so we make an extra effort to be patient and understanding… however, in this situation it felt quite warranted given the blatant instances of ignoring us as customers and proceeding to give us attitude when we would make reasonable requests around our order requests. It took us 45 minutes the first time and 55 the second time to get our drink orders. Otherwise, as per usual the ambiance and pianist were quite amazing. We hope to get the other waitress next time; as every time we see her and have had her wait on us; she has been more aware of us. mahalo and sorry for the...

Perception of this place really depends on personal preference. There were many great aspects of this place and others that left me disappointed.

The atmosphere - very cool classic cocktail piano lounge. I'd rate the atmosphere in the top 5% of piano lounges I've been to.

The cocktails - simple and classic. If you order an old fashioned, negroni, sazarac, etc that's exactly what you'll get. I personal enjoy more creative reimagined variations of classics so I was somewhat disappointed. The drinks were good, don't get me wrong, but not unique or special.

The price - $18 for a cocktail in Hawaii is a very good price. Other lounges are much more expensive so I found the price point to be a positive.

The music - the night I went was a gentleman playing solo piano. It was pleasant but lacked the energy of a jazz lounge. I've been to other lounges where the musician is playing solo to a backing track and it does make for a better entertainment experience.

The food - overpriced and not good. Just don't bother getting food here.

The service - friendly but slow and not attentive. It'd be difficult getting a buzz with the pace of...