Makakilo
Germaine's Luau

Germaine's Luau

91-119 Olai St, Kapolei, HI 96707, United States, Makakilo

Pub • Vegan • Buffet • Drinks


"I do not recommend this luau. We were a bit late from driving from Turtle Bay and this place was at a cul-de-sac with gates closed. After circling around, a man pops out asking us if we were here for the luau and after we said yes, he opened the fence for us. We parked at the first spot and walked in. Everybody was already seated and watching the show by the time we got our shell necklace and drink tickets. We weren't too sure where to sit down until a luau host lady pointed out that the wristband was color coded to match the table cloth. We had the green one so we had to sit at the green table and those were all at the back or the right hand side with a bad view, but near the beach. I stood in line for the drinks, you get one comp drink of choice. We got the virgin piña colada, as my daughter liked that drink and he got the mai tai rum drink. Most of the green tables were full and so we sat at the blue table and someone told us to squeeze in to sit on the green one. And the one Caucasian lady told me directly at my face to sit somewhere else. She wasn't happy about us sitting there with other strangers. Other people said it was ok for us to sit down, but I got up to leave because I wasn't comfortable with what she said, and everyone on the table was Caucasion. I got up and asked if we could just sit at the blue table where we were and the first gentleman said that he would allow it while the first lady said that we could not and had to follow the color rules. Well, I said that the one lady was prejudice about us sitting at the green one. And the guy named Lawakua, a customer host, said that if anyone asked us to move, then for them to speak to him. We sat and waited for our table to be called for dinner. The two ladies that sat before us already had their food and we were just there, it just felt awkward the entire time. I felt like we weren't welcome. I would have left if I could but afterall, we did purchase tickets online weeks ago, looked forward to this event. Btw, this wasn't my choice of the luau. I only remembered the Pacific Cove Luau long ago and had really enjoyed that and the one from Maui. This Germaine's luau wasn't as popular and had a bad review and I should have known, but I wasn't the one who bought the tickets and couldn't cancel them. I went with the flow and tried to enjoy it, but it just wasn't up to par. And the food wasn't even hot. And the macaroni salad was mixed on with the potato salad and that was strange like I was getting leftovers. I didn't even see the roast pig as I have at the other two luau that I've been. It just wasn't a good day for me. I tried to eat half but it went to waste!! Never again would I attend this luau. I was greatly disappointed. And I'm ashamed of that lady asking us to move to another table. There's still people like that at this day and age?!?! Hawaii is a mixed culture, how dare she? I didn't even care if we had moved to the next table, the whole experience was just tainted and I just couldn't wait to leave. We were one of the first ones to leave. Just couldn't wait to drive back to our hotel to end the day."

Seoul Jung

Seoul Jung

2460 Koa Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815, United States, Makakilo

Asian • Korean • Fusion • Barbecue


"My mum and I came here for dinner with our Korean tour group. The tour agency, USA Tours, has a relationship with this restaurant and often brings its clients here. It is located on the second floor of the Waikiki Resort Hotel, which apparently is owned by Korean Airlines. Our tour guide had called them before our arrival so we were immediately seated at two 4-top tables (we were a group of 8 for dinner . Stew was already cooking on the burners on the table and servers soon brought out rice bowls and four side dishes. We had a vinegar cucumber/seaweed side dish, sliced radish, kimchi, and beansprouts. I get that a lot of older Korean people may not like to try new foods or just want to eat a nice Korean dinner after eating Western food all day, but I felt like this was a waste of a meal that could have been spent eating local Hawaiian fare. And if you are not Korean, there is definitely no reason to come here because the food isn 't even good. While I am biased against most Korean restaurants because my mum is such a good cook, Korean restaurants in LA are far better than this. (Granted, that shouldn 't count since LA also has the highest population of Koreans in a city after Seoul. I found the stew to be just mediocre and thought the same of the side dishes. Not much to say about the rice. I really just ate because (1 it 's free (included in our tour cost and (2 I was hungry and I had no other options. The service was just okay. Our servers were fast in the beginning to bring out everything, but then we never saw them again except for when someone at our table would yell for service (where are the table button thingies I 'm so used to seeing at Korean places?! . I can 't comment on the cost since our tour guide took care of it, but I don 't think whatever the price was would be worth it for such mediocre Korean food. This review isn 't completely fair since I didn 't even get to see a menu and they might have better food offerings, but I guess we 'll never know..."