PARIS HAWAII

13 Hidden Restaurants in Waikiki, Honolulu | Eater

"The Zetton group has a knack for tucking cozy, well-designed spaces into forgotten corners of Waikīkī. The group renovated one of Waikīkī’s few remaining buildings from the 1930s, restoring the original wooden beams, which had been plastered over when the building housed scooter rentals and a nail salon. On the ground floor they installed Zigu, an izakaya that combines locally grown ingredients with modern Japanese flavors, but head upstairs to the top floor to find Paris.Hawaii. The restaurant offers a more formal space with just eight counter seats fronting the kitchen. Yuya Yamanaka, previously the sous chef at Clown Bar in Paris, offers a quarterly tasting menu that fuses French techniques with local classic dishes, from poke to poi. Reservations are required. [$$$$]" - Martha Cheng