Staying at the Pagoda Hotel, we had to eat breakfast at least once, especially since they gave us coupons for the $5 breakfast. Service was filled with aloha and the food was absolutely delicious. We had the island muesli and the pancake sandwich.
We were married in the Pagoda gardens 25 years ago and we were really disappointed when we returned. The actual restaurant had moved to a ballroom at the back of the property and a Korean restaurant had taken over the main building. The dining experience was not the same. However the wait staff were super and the btakfast was good. Plus you can still walk around the garden and Koi ponds.
We were married in the Pagoda gardens 25 years ago and we were really disappointed when we returned in the fact that the restaurant had moved. The dining experience was not the same. However the wait staff were super and the food was good.
It’s a shame that the great service and food is in a hopefully temporary dining area.
The food was excellent and the servers were so attentive. My coffee barely had time to get cold before it was topped off. I have always liked the food at Pagoda, even before the move in locale. Highly recommend the lup Chong fried rice! The atmosphere was unremarkable as it was in a ballroom and felt like a cafeteria. It was easy to overlook however because of the quality and well made food.
The service staff makes up for loosing the ambiance of the floating restaurant which is now occupied by another restaurant. The wait help was friendly, helpful and very pleasant.
Team took great care of us. If you haven't had their breakfast, I would highly recommend it.
This review is of the new location inside the International Ballroom of the Pagoda Hotel. It pains me to write this, given the many golden memories I have of the Pagoda Floating Restaurant in its long-time historic and picturesque location next door. But I am soundly disappointed in the greatly diminished new operation. Maybe if they'd just called it "Fish Neighbor Cafe," they'd get a star back.It doesn't feel like a restaurant, because it's not -- it's tables in a former hotel ballroom supported with a catering kitchen. But that would be fine if the food was good. But it's not.You know how an attentive server comes by to ask how things are going, and you just nod and make affirmative noises because no one really cares? This time, my family regretfully shared its litany of complaints with the poor employee.The rice was dry and hard. How do you get white rice wrong in Hawaii? The mahi was tasteless and dry. The oxtail soup was not "fall off the bone," it was "gnaw off the bone." The basic breakfast plate was just okay. Nobody in our party of four finished what they were served, and nobody wanted to bring anything home.I greatly miss the Pagoda restaurant. The name probably should have died with the venue. Maybe the food wasn't that great in the old location, but the location made up for a lot.
Sorabol replaced Pagoda ownership. Good Korean food. Glad the koi fish are still there at the restaurant. Same appeal and beauty seeing the fish and nice private dining areas for family and friends.
The food at Pagoda breakfast menu that they serve is very delicious !