Pa'ina Restaurant & Lounge

Luca Fox

Nice place to have a beer in the sun. Beers were $6-7 apiece or $26 for a pitcher; a pitcher was about 3.5 pours so not really a price benefit.

Mei Fu Lee

Came here after work with a friend for their happy hour. I wanted to try their taro drink, but they removed it from the menu by the time we went. Inside was really big with two levels and tables set up outside as well. It was already pretty busy at 5pm (I believe a private event was happening), but we were seated indoors promptly. We were impressed by their list of drinks and ordered the nachos, kimchi noodles, tacos, and chicken wings. We tried the mai tai and the drink was so strong. My friend thought it was really good, but it was a bit too strong for my taste. The kalua pig tacos were dry and would pass on them. The kimchi noodles were my favorite and the beef quality was really good. The nachos and chicken wings were pretty good too, but nothing spectacular. Overall, I thought this place is a good place to meet with friends and have some drinks, especially since this place would be good for groups.

Jeffrey Ho

My meal was enjoyable. On Tuesdays, the Kabli and Kalua pig tacos were $2.50 each. The duck and shrimp ones were $3.50 a piece. With a Hawaiian meal, I usually order some sort of spam dish. Their spam musubi $5 was, let's say, adequate. I can't say their house wings $9 were spectacular. Their kitchen was a little slow on some items. The bartender was quick though. My drinks came out fast. The waiter seemed like he didn't want to be there. Who can blame him, he had a lot to do. Overall, the presentation was nice. With that said, sometimes that could be a bad thing. For example, the margarita had this black salt around the rim of the glass. It looked unique. But, the black color dye rubs off. The next thing I knew, my lips were black and so were some of my fingers. My meal was $50+ with tax and tip.

Luis Turrubiartes

We were not impressed by this place. Food was bland and didn’t meet expectations we have for Hawaiian Food. The outdoor seating felt isolated and cold since we were seated in the non heated section although reservations had been made. Timing on how the food came out was very bad. The dishes we thought would come out first due to prep times, came out last, which meant one of us was eating while the other waiting for food. We were never checked on during the whole meal. Can’t run a restaurant like this, I know we’re all running on fumes, but the misses here are hospitality basics.