Came here for the first time with my friends. Everyone knows and loves Leonard's Malasadas, but my friends swear by the Olelo's Malasadas being either just as delicious or even better whaaaaaat. Anyways, we order about 10 malasadas. They're definitely larger than Leonards. In fact, they look like the buns used for the McDonald's hamburgers. Anyways, it is very delicious as well and even more so when it's warm. We basically smashed most of the box within minutes lol. Overall, definitely something to grab while you're here. I probably wouldn't drive all the way here to pick it up, but l'd say it's delicious in its own way so I can't really compare the 02 malasada shops, but at least one doesn't have a crazy long line and another has the beautiful surroundings of Disney characters.
The staff were fast and friendly. Parking is located in their paid parking garage, but don't forget to validate your ticket. Lots of tables in and around the Aulani Hotel. If you're not a guest of the hotel, I believe you're not allowed outside so be...
Read moreSadly as someone that eats a lot of sushi, I would not be able to recommend this place to anyone. My wife and I had dinner here and ordered maguro nigiri, torched hamachi nigiri, unagi nigiri, sake nigiri and a Godzilla roll. It should be noted that maguro here is ahi tuna (yellow fin tuna), and not blue fin. I didn’t find it very good as nigiri, might be good as poke. The torched hamachi also had a mayonnaise sauce on it that was not appetizing. The salmon, unagi and roll were decent but at $15 dollars per nigiri order I would go to an authentic place in Waipahu, Kapolei or even Honolulu so you don’t feel like you wasted money. There is a ton of better sushi in the area. The atmosphere was great, they had a live band and the property is amazing. The drinks were good, but our server only stopped by our table once when the place was fairly empty. Overall we were not big fans and would not return for food, maybe drinks. You do not have to be a hotel guest to dine here either, anyone is welcome. Definitely has...
Read moreHighly recommended even if you have young kids. NO LONGER A BUFFET. Excellent full service fine dining. Our Server was Norman; I have never encountered a more forgiving and graciously tolerant Man. Here we were, settled at a lovely table and ready to appreciate an excellent eating experience when our 2-year old granddaughter nocked over a glassful across a third of our table. Norman didn’t utter a sound and quickly order to our table. Later when our 4-year old granddaughter loudly objected to her specifically ordered Disney Pizza, we were not ejected from the restaurant; instead we noticed 4-year olds objecting with similarly loud sounds … it was a soundscape. With that said, the food was excellent and worthy of praise. The courteous service was aboveboard and appreciated beyond words; thank you, Norman. Dinner was more than the fixed price of $62, i.e., more than $100 per adult because we tipped generously and appreciatively for the excellent food quality and willing service. (Please click 👍🏼....
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