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Editors spotlight its lunch sets with stone-pot rice, chige, and eight or more banchan; at dinner, marinated kalbi and classics anchor the menu. Run by a team with ties to Choi’s Garden, it feels warmly local.
Generous banchan variety, savory kalbi, and stone-pot rice specials
1683 Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96826 Get directions
$20–30
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