Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant

Stopped by Kapiolani Seafood and was pleasantly surprised. It’s in a blue, slightly run-down building, but don’t let that fool you. The food was good. I ordered the clams with black bean sauce, green beans, dumplings, and fried rice. Everything came out flavorful, hot, and fresh. Service was fast and straightforward, and there’s parking available, which is a big plus in this area. Overall, a solid spot if you’re looking for good, no-frills seafood and Chinese dishes. I’d definitely come back.

We arrived around 11 am and there were already people waiting to go into the restaurant. You leave your name with the ladies at the front and they call you as tables become available. You complete a form to order dim sum. If you want noodles or something other than dim sum you need to wait till after 10. The restaurant is very clean and the staff very friendly and accommodating. My friend and I had 5 dim sum items- taro with pork, shrimp lookfun, Shanghai pork dumplings, shrimp dumplings, pork buns and beef chow fun. The food arrived in stages so we were able to eat without being rushed. Most items were flavorful with the exception of the taro filled with pork. That was a bit bland. You will need to request ice water but the waitress brings you tea with the place settings. The tables seem to rotate quickly so I think the wait is not longer than 15 to 30 minutes. I will be adding this restaurant to my take out list for the week. Apologies for the lack of food items in the photos as I forgot to take pictures until we had devoured most of the food.

It's not another dim sum place. They have their own flavor. Service was fast and efficient. We got their with people already in line, but we got called after 15 minutes even after listing ourselves 5th in line. It was crowded but surprisingly not noisy and having your (personal) space. Enjoyed the food, especially that it was fair priced. Crispy green onion = exactly what it sounded comparable to that Crispy seafood pancake fresh off the grill Chicken feet - yum, fall off the bone, melt in your mouth. Mild flavor but satisfying. House dumpling - nutty, crispy with umami taste. We enjoyed all.

Authentic Chinese food. Have all day dim sum. Nice wok fried noodles but wish they wiped the wok a bit longer. Wontons weren’t that good. The beef chow fun and peppered steak was good! We skipped the lobster it was $40/lbs

The dim sum was delicious and enjoyable. We ordered the hagow, shiu mai, spare ribs, and other familiar favorites. Everything was tasty and reasonably priced. The stuffed bean curd was the standout while the baked manapua was flavorful although I was not a fan of the sugar coated topping. Personally, I prefer having the cart service with steaming baskets rolling by so I can pick what looks good but that is just personal preference. The staff did a great job being attentive and bringing the bamboo steamers straight to the table and everything arrived hot and fresh from the kitchen.

Solid choice for dim sum with generous portions. Most of the dim sum dishes we ordered were tasty and satisfying - none of them stood out as mind blowing. One or two of the dim sum dishes were not to our taste - not sure if this was due to a difference in style or if they just didn’t have a good day for the dish. The whole steamed fish was very enjoyable and the whole steamed oysters were cooked just right. The dining room is spacious and very clean. The servers are attentive.

This is a fine dining Chinese restaurant. Service is great, the food is delicious, very clean, and the ambiance is welcoming. The only complaint I have is they don't quite follow instructions of how you want your food cooked. I'm not sure if it's the server not relaying the instructions or the cook just sticking to their way of cooking. For example The lobster, I wanted it steamed plain, and with some melted butter, instead they had some kind of ginger garlic paste sauce they totally missed it here. Everything else was delicious. The ung choy, was off putting, they had some bright green and old looking pieces here not very appealing. Their prices are reasonable.

Kapiolani Seafood is known during the day for their dim sum. It's one of the few places I like dim sum from... This time, we went at dinner time, chinese new year day and had the 8 course dinner. It was good, but nothing stood out...definitely a nice change from eatting another place, the past couple of years. Lol Favorite dishes are the egg shrimp noodles, sweet and sour fried fish, egg soup, and honey Walnut shrimp. Dishes came out of order, the jelly fish and char sui came out separately (suppose to be together) and I forgot to take a photo of the dessert. It was a sweet bean soup. Service was crazy...ngl They were under staff and very busy. Along with many waiting outside. On a normal day it's not that bad. Atmosphere was good...unlike most Chinese restaurants, interior is clean and well kept. Best of all, we saw the lion dance performance.

Went there for lunch and everyone enjoyed the food they were out of the baked char siu manapua, but the steamed manapua was great everyone enjoyed the dim sum! The steamed char siu boa was tasty and the buns were hot and fluffy. The black bean spareribs also was very good and tasty. The steamed pork hash is one of the most flavorful seafood pork hash. The chicken feet was also different and flavorful with an abalone sauce. The baked char Sui manapua was very good it had a sugary topping and the inside was tasty pork char siu inside. The fried crispy shrimp won ton was also very good and tasty. The Jin dui was tasty and it came out hot and not too greasy with black bean inside. Shrimp look fun was also good with good amounts of shrimp inside Restrooms are clean and shared parking lot and also they have metered street parking Good for large groups

We actually drove about 25 miles to try this place after seeing all the good reviews. First time here! We ordered quite a few dishes: the beef tripe was a bit rubbery for our liking, and my mom was craving chicken feet but said she preferred the ones from other dim sum spots in Chinatown. The stir-fried look fun also lacked flavor and was a little chewy. We tried the crispy green onion cake too, but my family wasn't too impressed. On the positive side, the baked pork buns were really good! We also enjoyed our usual go-to dim sum items ...pork hash, shrimp dumplings, and spare ribs . Those definitely hit the spot. Maybe we just picked the wrong items to try this time. Service was quick, and the staff were friendly and attentive. I also noticed they had a BYOB sign, which is nice. Lots of parking and there's a restroom available too. Overall, not bad, I might give it another shot and try some different dishes next time!

Kapiolani Seafood is definitely the place to go if you care about volume. The dim sum portions are huge and you really get a lot for what you pay, so there is strong value there. That said, I do wish there was more focus on quality over quantity. Still, it was enjoyable overall and worth it if you're in the mood for big portions and a filling meal.

Fresh dim sum til 9pm!? Where have you been all my life??? TLDR: Not the greatest dim sum restaurant, but I'll probably still be back. Came in on a a Saturday night at 7:30 for a friend's birthday, party of 8. We had reservations and were seated right away. The place was busy, but not so much that our party couldn't have been seated even if we'd shown up with no reservation. Service was friendly and attentive. The parking lot was FULL but I found a spot along the building on the sketchy backside under a big tree (which resulted in my car being completely covered in A LOT of bird droppings). Siu mai and har gow were good, but those are pretty hard to mess up staples. The minced pork and string beans was also good (even better than the famous Din Tai Fung one I just ate a couple weeks ago in Portland). The pan-fried turnip cake with XO sauce and pan-fried shrimp and chives dumplings were good, too. The beef tendon sizzling pot, spare rib with black bean sauce, and mushroom siu mai were all okay. We tried 3 different look funs and unfortunately none of them were good. The pan-fried one was way too dry (there's a difference between pan-fried crispy and just dried out). The crispy roll look fun was a huge disappointment (it's just unflavored bread in an unflavored skin). The shrimp look fun came swimming in an unpleasant five spice sauce that made the whole thing unedible to me. The pan-fried turnip cake was a little undercooked and soggy. I like mine with a nice crunchy bite. But overall not bad. The crispy onion cake had nothing especially wrong with it, but was a bit too doughy and uncrunchy for my liking (although I'm spoiled by the amazing ones from Volcano Skewer House that I eat on the regular). Similarly, the salt and pepper pork chops were also not necessarily bad, but a disappointing lack of flavor when this item is usually one of my favorites. The shrimp fried rice was completely flavorless. We had about 10 other dishes that I felt completely uninspired to take photos of and have since forgotten what they were. The ordering system left much to be desired. We started off with spending 10 minutes filling out our first order paper. Only after which the waiter came to review our order and tell us 3 things we'd selected were out (with an additional 2 more things ending up being out after we'd waited for them for half an hour). The order form is in both Chinese and English, but once they put your order in the system, it prints out a list in only Chinese which is what you get back and what the servers use to check off when they bring each dish--so we had no idea if they were checking off the right things and couldn't remember what we were still missing. And a few times the server gave us food without checking anything off, which left them confused as well even when they could read the order sheet. We got 2 different dishes that we didn't order, which turned out to be for other tables. We had 4 orders of shrimp look fun that hadn't come out yet by the time we finished eating 90 minutes later, but when we told the waiter never mind just cancel them cuz we're full, we were told it was too late to cancel them because they're already being cooked. For 90 minutes?? All in all, a passable dim sum/Chinese restaurant. With 8 people, we got to try a lot of things on the menu. Some of it was good. A lot of it was a hard pass. If not for the fact that I can get dim sum at night here, I'd probably never come back and choose this place over another dim sum restaurant. But it IS open late. So I WILL be back. I just know now what to order, and more importantly, what not to.

We tried the braised e-fu noodles today and were underwhelmed. No discernible sauce or flavor beyond 'salt', and while the mushrooms and snow peas were good, a few more peas (or anything) would be nice for a dish that's almost $20. The chicken feet here are excellent though, and we really love both bean curd dim sum dishes - the crispy is chock full of shrimp and the soft one is saucy and full of veggies. Service felt almost non-existent today and we had to flag people down for anything. Still a good meal but won't be rushing back quite as fast for our next one.

***4.75 STARS*** Finally got my cherry popped. You see, Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant (KSR) has been under my radar since they opened in September 2022 in the spot previously occupied by MW Restaurant. They were the new kid on the block which had the Chinese community buzzing as the go to place for dim sum and Chinese food. Prior to coming here for dim sum this past State holiday, I've been to their sister restaurant Honolulu Seafood Restaurant (HSR) on Alakea St, which took over previously well known restaurants of The Mandalay and Yong Sing Restaurant. I was impressed with HSR on 2 visits with family where the bar was set high. Was so excited to finally try KSR. Met up with the whole family before favorite nephew by default started work. Was advised they don't take early reservations but because I've heard the restaurant isn't that large and fills up quickly, I arrived early before the agreed time to secure a table. It was empty when I arrived bit shortly after, people started to shuffle in. Impressive. I used the waiting time to dissect the menu and checked out the food gallery on Yelp. I immediately noticed that the menu changed slightly as abalone sticky rice in lotus leaf has been replaced by chicken and you get 2 smaller bundles rather than 1 large one. I took liberty in ordering and asked my family what they wanted. To no surprise, I ordered a storm where our lazy Susan was soon filled and multiple baskets were piled high. Star of the meal was not dim sum but crowd favorite was the beef chow funn dry style, which is served from 1030am. Had great wok hei and noticed sliced red onion was used. Amazing execution. Highly recommended. Other standouts were pan fried shrimp and chives dumplings, deep fried shrimp balls, crispy look funn roll, seafood tofu skin rolls, siu mai, har gao and steamed book tripe. Service was above average for a Chinese restaurant. Not all staff spoke English nor Cantonese so we had a little difficulty speaking Mandarin. Restaurant was clean but a little tacky with Christmas lights decorated in August. Overall, a great brunch with family at KSR where I yearn for a return visit. This time I'd like to dine with family to try their entrees. Very promising and KSR lived up to its respectable reputation in the Chinese community.

I heard this is new in town in Hawaii. So my family took me here, very good food. Tight seating. Quick service. Ambience: 4/5 Food: 5/5 Price: 5/5 Service: 5/5

Love the dimsum here. The food's always steaming & fresh. My only wish is that their menu is a bit bigger but the OG items are always good

When we're in town, we used to go to YYK across the way before it closed. 2nd time trying this place for dim sum and I felt it was better the 1st time. Both times we walked right in as a table opened up. Love when I go to places and they speak Canto here, giving it a homey feel. For some reason when I saw the beef tripe on the menu, it sounded good to me. It's rare to find a place that makes it tasty and tender without it reminding you that it smells like beef tripe. So glad I ordered it bc it my was favorite dish. The Baked BBQ Pork Bun was okay this time. It wasn't as fresh out of the oven "hot." All the beef items were also my favorite. The beef balls over bean curd and the beef rice noodles (aka look fun. Still not sure why it's called that on the island). Tea was pretty generic. I don't even think they asked us what tea leaves we wanted. The go choy gow had a nice filling. But the skin was really thick and tough. Siu Mai was very....peppery and fatty. Overall, it was alright. Not my favorite dim sum but it'll do until I find another place

Had to grab Dim Sum before we head back to the mainland. Luckily, you can always depend on Yelp ratings to help guide you to good restaurants. We came here on a Wednesday at lunch time and it was pretty packed. It's a bit off the path of Waikiki on Kapiolani Blvd. but there were lots of authentic Asian people in the place, so it must be good! We ordered SO much food because we couldn't decide which items to get. We figured it would be a good snack later on. All the food was delicious! Service was attentive but somewhat inconsistent as the place got busy. A couple items from our large order were missing, but they were kind to just cancel it off since it took too long to get to the table and we were already stuffed. It is a bustling place so don't expect a quiet meal. Prices were about average. We would definitely be back to this place next time we are visiting.

Heard from my friend this is a must try place newly opened for 2yrs. We got here around 12:00 on Sun and there were a long line but it was efficiently seated. We waited about 10 mins tops. Services were quick and foods came out hot! There were two of us but we ordered quite a varieties. Pleasant decors and bright. I like the flavors of the food. I also think the price point wasn't bad. We loved the tripe. Lava salted egg custard buns, black bean pork ribs, char shu buns, turnip cakes, soybean curd rolls the best but everything we ordered we liked. Will be back again

We came here for dinner because the place is known for its seafood and dim sum. The Shanghai pork dumpling was too dry -- no soup inside and a bit of a strong pork smell. Personally, I felt that the salt and pepper Dungeness crab was quite disappointing - however my husband was a big fan But the hargow, shumai, shrimp look fun, and shrimp fried rice were really good. Most of the staff were friendly, but one tall female server was noticeably rude.

What great dim sum restaurant. The old MW was changed into something amazing. A good dim sum place in town and not downtown. Finally. We were seated immediately. Pictured menus made it easy for me to order. We ordered so much because the price was good. What stood out to me: The fried rice was actually addictive, the pork hash and the shumai were top tier, and the look fun was absolute crack. I can't wait to come back here again.

We were choosing between this restaurant and the more traditional (Asian decorations, pushcarts etc) jade dynasty and it was a coin flip that simply came down to who was open earlier since we were time zone adjusting like most Americans here. The name is very appropriate as the dim sum does have a seafood bent to it, the seafood rolls were the highlight for me as they had fresh shrimp and were a little bit crispy but not too greasy like an egg roll or too soggy like a bean curd roll. Also loved the baked custard buns, and menu was solid all around. Super fast service too, when we arrived at 9:05 looked like some folks had ordered and received food already !

Been here for dim sum and also dinner. Really enjoy the food, and dim sum here. Service is good. Prices are on high side. But, the taste is good. Small parking lot, free parking. Kapiolani location, close to First Hawaiian Bank, and Don Quijote. Restroom located inside restaurant. Can request for hot mustard and chili sauce. Highly recommend.

First come first service. They had a table available so we didn't have to wait at all. They have a dim sum check list, mark how orders you want and they bring them out from the kitchen. They don't have rolling carts. The dishes comes out in good time and hot. Burnt my tongue because I couldn't wait to eat! The restaurant is nicely lit with fancy lights. Free parking.

Best dim sum in town! Prices are reasonable, restaurant clean, and they don't skimp on the fillings! Lots of parking available, especially if you go after 2:00 pm. The only downside to going at this time is it is during the employee meal, so only one or two servers are running around while the rest are eating. Not a big deal, but noticeable.

Ordered a few dim sum, still good as ever. Also had half an order of free range chicken for take out.

Sunday January 12, 2025. We decided to try here as we were in the area. The food was easy to order as it was by numbers and you marked down the quantity on the order sheet. The food came out shortly after. It looked good and it tasted good too. We ordered too much and ended up taking it home to eat for tomorrow. Eyes bigger than the stomach. Never go to a food place really hungry and this is going to be your first meal for the day. The service was fast and friendly. The ambiance was casual and not needed to dress up unless you want to. There is plenty parking in the lot and street parking is rare. With seafood in the name of the restaurant name. I would think there would be lobster, crab, mussels and so on. They had only shrimp for their seafood dishes. Oh, wells. It was still good.

Party of two, Came in at 3:30pm to have dim sum. Place was practically empty, but it took a while before we were acknowledged and sat. Bar b q char sui dumplings were lukewarm, spare ribs in black bean sauce was made earlier and heated up. Chicken wings were undercooked, beef ball tasted terrible. The pork and shrimp dumplings were not fresh. The best item was the house special chow mein. Service was slow and unattentive making the ambiance uninviting! I was very disappointed after reading many positive reviews.

Yikes! I swore I updated this to a 5-star! After several dining experiences after my initial review, Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant has got me "Drunk Happy!" Their hours are all day now from 9am-9pm (weekend opens at 830am) instead of a short break in the afternoon. The partition wall that was used for the private dining area was removed which really opened from the whole dining area. It feels more bright, spacious, and comfortable. The biggest difference is the dim sum. So many people thought this place was expensive early on, but now that all the other restaurants have raised their prices, Kapiolani Seafood has remained about the same, making it quite affordable. The portions are huge too! Every dish and dim sum were tasty and delicious. -Chicken Feet - Soft, tasty, and tender. -Beef Balls - well prepared, firm but still tender. -Pan Fried Shrimp and Chives Dumplings is my absolute favorite now. Packed with BIG pieces of shrimp and chives. Skin is spot on. -Bean Curd Rolls was amazing. Instant top favorite. Bean curd was soft and super juicy. Filling was packed with shrimp, pork, and other vegetables. -Pan-Fried Chicken Dumplings was yummy. Tasty chicken filling. Excellent wrapper. -Beef Tendon Look Funn Sizzling Pot was good. Tender and tasty tendon and brisket. Needed a little more sauce on this one. -Daily Rice Soup seems like it's always been pork and preserved egg. Delicious! Added a fried dough stick, which was nice and crispy. -Crispy Roll Look Funn is good! Stays crispy! Love the accompanying sauce. -Young Chow Fried Rice was excellent. Stir fried very well with each morsel of rice having flavor and color. Though, fried rice getting kinda pricey? -Stir Fried Chinese Broccoli was good. Nicely prepared broccoli. It was a bit on the salty side, and too much ginger for me, and the slivers of ginger looked too similar to the dried flounder. -Royal Chicken was good. Tender meat. Flavorful ginger/scallion sauce. Nicely presented. Overall, Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant has really turned the corner and provides consistent, quality dim sum with nice portions at reasonable/on-par prices. They must be doing well as it opened a Downtown location (took over the Yong Sing and Mandalay space), a casual Kaneohe location, and a Pearlridge location coming soon. Why does this sound EXACTLY like where Eastern Garden was located back in the day? Service is excellent. Friendly and attentive servers. I must say this dim sum restaurant has vaulted up my list. Can't say it's #1, but super close!

Delightful and grateful to enjoy conversations with dear friends that love dim sum! Free parking, modern ambience and no carts. There's a two sided dim sum menu with pen to write in quantity, and a regular menu at the table. Place all orders with Server. Pork siu mai: moist and flavorful, goes well with dipping sauce. Char siu bao: soft, tender pieces of pork. House dumplings: tasty and great crunch from water chestnuts. Filling falls apart easily. Beef look funn: very flavorful Shrimp look funn: plump and moist. Salted custard bun: eye catching, gold lining steamed bun with savory, custard filling. Smooth transition to desserts. Sweet custard bun: top was less flaky. Filling offered perfect texture and sweetness. Dan tat: Firm, rich custard tart and crust. Slightly burnt at top. Singaporean noodles was very tasty. Ordered entree from regular menu. Staff was very kind and accommodating. Complimentary hot tea served in a pot and glasses of iced water. Staff checked in with us periodically, offered water refills, extra napkins, to go containers, and a reusable handle bag. If driving, enter from Kapiolani Blvd to maximize parking options. First come, first serve only for breakfast and lunch. Reservations accepted in advance for dinner. Next time I'll save some room for congee.

Our party of 8 enjoyed dinner tonight at Kapiolani Seafood. I made reservations for 7:15 and our table was ready when we got there a little early at 7:00. Our waitresses were really nice and the service was good! We ordered a lot of food and everything was delicious! The only thing we didn't care for was the super bright lighting. I wish they would change the lighting to make it a little darker so it would be more comfortable in there. But the food was amazing so we would probably go back there when we get the craving for Chinese.

Dang Yeah- Dim Sum ALL DAY LONG! The majority of our favs are here and we don't need to go to Chinatown (especially for parking hassles). They even have my favorite string beans and spicy fish, too. They are fast on service and very attentive. I've been here over a dozen times and it's great alone or with a whole huge party which we do quite often. The vibe here is chill for both locals and visitors. I recommended this place to EVERYONE. I've even did a huge take out for one of my clients. It's our go to especially when it's closer to home so check it out!

Another great meal. Tuesday around 1:30. Seated right away. Restaurant was about 1/3 full. Ordered our usual and tried some new dishes: ongchoy in garlic and oil: ton of flavor. Very good Shrimp dumpling with celery: very mild celery flavor with juicy shrimp. Wrapping was chewy like a mochi. We enjoyed this one a lot. Spare ribs in soy: very fatty but had good flavor Steamed egg custard bun: bun was soft with delicious egg filling.

If you want consistent dim sum and you want the right way then I have to highly recommend this place. I haven't tried their sister places, but it's definitely one that you would wanna go to this customer service is by far the best that I have ever been to it beats out any that I have been

We decided to try out the newly opened Kapi'olani Seafood Restaurant, located at the former site of MW Restaurant. There was a wait list, but we didn't end up waiting very long before we were called. The menu was quite extensive and after a bit, I gave up trying to photograph the entire menu. I was surprised to see "roast crispy pigeon" on the menu. Not a lot of restaurants have this item on the menu. Some items were already sold out, so we had to change our initial dim sum order. Service wasn't the greatest. However, we still enjoyed this meal and would definitely return in the future to try other items on the menu. I uploaded over 10 ++ photos, but they're not showing up with this review.

Nǐ hǎo. Hi. Today's linner is with Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant. There's two ways to enter their shared parking lot. One on Kapiolani Boulevard right across Target or Makaloa Street. The restaurant is cleaned and I like the fixtures that they've used to decorate the restaurant. The restaurant is also unusually quiet for a Chinese restaurant. I'm used to loud noises but this place is nice and quiet. I think you'll find it enjoyable to come to this place and be able to hear your parties conversations without having to talk louder;) They have regular menu and dim sum. You decide which you'll have. We ordered from the regular menu because I wanted the Dungeness crabs ;) We ordered: Dungeness crabs with ginger and green onions sauce. They served it with chopped parts on the shell of the crabs. I wish that they cut the crab legs more to easily eat the crab meat. The flavors were gingerly sweet. It was seasoned well. Half order of Peking duck with buns. I'm not a duck fan but it's good. It's better with the bun, oyster sauce and green onions. Steam garlic sauce shrimp. I've never tried this before. This is good. It's sitting on clear noodles and the sauce its mixed in with garlic is sooo yummmmm!!! The ong choy with preserved bean curd is always a must have at any Chinese restaurant. This one is cooked perfectly. It's crunchy. It's not over cooked or undercooked. The flavors on point too. For dessert, we tried the sweet custard buns. It's not flaky, it's sweet but not too sweet, buns soft and chewy. I like it! It's a nice flavor after all the salty and savory flavors from our main dish. Our server, Calvin, is superb! He was thoughtful and consistently checked in if we needed plates, napkins, water, and cleared our tables by transferring our dishes to smaller plates to make space on our tables. He even provided us with a reusable bag for our takeouts/leftovers. He recommended the sweet custard buns. Thank you, Calvin. Thank you for reading my review. Have a good night!

Very clean, modern, upscale restaurant and the prices reflect that. Not your standard dim sum place. The tables were also fairly spaced out compared to other Chinese restaurants I love that you can order dim sum for dinner and there's no time limit in which they stop serving it. Tried a few dim sum dishes and a couple entrees. Got the fried seafood bean curd roll, bean curd roll, fried shrimp balls, chicken feet and abalone sticky rice. The bean curd rolls were both great! The abalone in the sticky rice was kinda chewy and overcooked. The chicken feet had a different flavor than the standard black bean flavor I'm used to but it was good. We also got crispy beef noodles and stir fry fish and veggies. The crispy noodles had a lot of gravy on it so the noodles were mostly all soggy . The fish and veggies were good though. Overall, most of the food had great flavor and I would recommend it!

I'm from SF Bay Area so I didn't expect to get the same quality here but I was pleasantly surprised. The dishes were quite good and we enjoyed it. We ordered the typical dishes like har gow, siumai, chicken feet, beef ball, fried shrimp ball, portable spare ribs, sticky rice and all tasted pretty good. The service was good and it seems like a lot of locals come here. Their sister restaurant is Honolulu Seafood Restaurant.

Came in on a Friday around noon and the place was packed. Lucky us! one last two-top left, and we were seated right away. This isn't your traditional cart-pushing dim sum. You order off a sheet, and everything comes out fresh. The onchoy with bean curd sauce? So good, savory and tender. Chicken feet were solid, no complaints there. But the standout was the shrimp and chive dumplings, so plump, juicy, perfectly balanced. Almost a five-star moment right there. Then the clay pot pork ribs and look fun showed up... and kind of dragged it down. bit bland. Still, overall a strong 4 star

A new delicious dimsum place in the old MW space! This place is a little pricey but nothing crazy, plus the portions are all huge so it's well worth it. We found some of the wrappers to be a little thicker than other places, but other than that everything was good. Parking here is difficult (the lot is TIGHT) and it's always very busy inside, even on weekdays, but if you can get in it's worth having a meal

The restaurant ambience is clean and new , convenient parking. But that's where the good ends. The service was terrible down right rude. The food tasted mediocre at best. We most definitely will not return.

1st time there...the workers at Honolulu Seafood are so nice...same thing here! Aunt did the ordering so way too much food: - Soup - tasty. Baby ate a bunch! - Char siu'd pork belly and jellyfish - THought the pork lacked flavor and was too fatty. But the jelly fish was probs one of the best of the night. Little kick and surprised baby liked that. - Duck in buns - Oh.My.God. Best bao bun I've had. Light and chewy but not too light and chewy. I don't know what it was but delish. Duck good too. Baby ate almost the whole thing. The rest of the duck I didn't taste b/c I was full by the time it came. - Crab - good - Lobster and noodles - little bland. Not enough sauce - Ginger Chicken - The head on the plate turned me off. I don't like birds, so pointing out that it is a bird is not good for me. - Mixed Veggies okay - I really liked the mushroom. - Fried Rice - suuuuper tasty. So full by then, but enjoyed the leftovers. - Tapioca dessert - baby liked that. And the cut oranges. Food was pretty good. What killed me...the phone kept ringing. And it was in the speaker system or something. I was ready to go and answer it myself. Very distracting. That was part of the 1 star that isn't there.

Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant, right on Kapiolani Street, is now our go-to for dim sum -- a surprising shift after years of defaulting to Fook Lam. The prices here are higher, yes, but the portions justify it. Shu mai the size of golf balls, chive dumplings that feel engineered more than folded -- big, in the best way Everything we ordered was a notch above in terms of both texture and flavor. The chicken feet were gelatinous but not soggy, the chive dumplings had a clean bite without that weird gummy drag some places can't avoid, and the shu mai actually tasted like pork, not just filler. The standout, oddly, was the ong choy -- it arrived first, stir-fried with garlic and perfectly crisp And then we waited. Twenty-five minutes before anything else came out. It was clear something was missed, especially when we overheard staff asking the kitchen to "push" our order. The rest trickled in slowly, each with another 10-minute gap. The rice roll with braised beef was the only miss -- bland, thin sauce, no depth. And no chili oil, which I know is a small thing, but garlic chili paste is not a substitute Still, the space is clean, the food (mostly) great, and we'll definitely be back -- perhaps for dinner next

A friend said this was his new favorite dim sum so I wanted to give it a shot. We came on a Sunday and it was really packed, which is always a good sign. Ordered the shrimp with celery dumplings ($6.50), shumai with rice and pork ($6.50), seafood bean curd rolls ($6.50), and the shrimp look fun ($8.50). It was probably too much shrimp - our favorite of the group was the shrimp look fun. Very delicate and rolls were perfectly cooked. Shrimp with celery dumpling was also good. It was the same filling in the seafood bean curd roll, though, which was a little too heavy for our tastes - we weren't expecting it to be deep fried - thought it'd be steamed. Shumai with the rice was fairly flavorless. Tea was free and there were lots of tea options! Overall it was good and we would come back if looking for afternoon or evening dim sum, but would probably try to order some other dishes. Service was responsive. Parking was easy and it's in town, which are two pluses.

Finally got to dine at Kapi`olani seafood. There were 4 of us and we ordered too much food . Chow funn and chow mein, harm siu gok, Jin dui, siu mai, char siu bao, steamed char siu bao, Chow fun roll with shrimp, crispy roll with shrimp, black bean spare ribs, chicken feet, ... Tasty, although there were a few I would not order again. I actually was a bit disappointed in the noodles... I felt they lacked flavor. My favorites were the harm siu gok and Jin dui, Parking is nice, server and service was good.

Quality here is a 10/10! Service is also very fast. Honestly this place is better than most of the places that I go to in California.

We got here at 1:30 and waited about 15 minutes. Not too bad for the amount of people waiting ahead of us. The food was really delicious. Shrimp dumplings were excellent, full and plump. Pork has was huge but nothing special. I love the seaweed shrimp rolls. The crispiness without being oily is amazing. The house dumplings had pork, vegetables like zucchini. I enjoyed them. The taro puff was not oily but could have had more filling. The food was delicious but the service was unfortunately not good. When I asked the male worker what is in the house dumplings, I understand it's busy, but he answered very rudely and left because I wasn't ready to order. All I needed to do was find out what was in the dumpling and I was ready. No one came back to us and we said excuse me to someone else who didn't hear us. I walked my check to the worker on the computer to get my order in. I hate waving down people but I had to give a huge arm wave to get an additional order of egg tart. Sadly at 2:30 they ran out egg tart! They open until 9pm and dim sum is all day, so not sure why. I really enjoyed the food. I know dimsum places don't really serve you, but I didn't appreciate how the male worker spoke rudely to me then walked away and never came back to get my order. Not sure I'll be back to this location if there's other ones. I'll probably try the locations instead or take out.

The food was very good, the service was prompt, friendly, and accommodating to our needs and request at FIRST. It was lunchtime . The restaurant was filled with customers and it became louder as we sat at the restaurant; as previous customers left , tables were moved closer to each other to accommodate the customers waiting to come in. This made the ambiance uncomfortable , LOUD and and literally , we could barely talk to our guests . The purpose of our meeting was to enjoy the food, the ambience and the company of our guests ... but, unfortunately , the noise became louder ; hearing conversations from our guests was almost impossible and the crowded restaurant did not make it pleasant . We went there several times before and have never met such a chaotic time! We felt rushed towards the conclusion of our lunch, as staff were constantly trying to bring us take home containers The owner 's food is epic , but the atmosphere of too many guests shoved into the restaurant made what was supposed to be pleasant , turned into an uncomfortable , loud and not something we would want to partake in the future! Wake up and see that YOU are destroying your Own restaurant by NOT PAYING ATTENTION to DETAILS of what makes a restaurant want to be a RETURN VISITOR and become a FREQUENT dining customer !!! This experience was something I do NOT want to repeat again ! I am sure we WEREN'T the only ones that had this BAD EXPERIENCE that day!

Dim sum is one of the best in Honolulu. Small group of friends ordered char siu bao (steamed), baked char siu tarts, har gau, pork hash, shrimp with chives, Shanghai dumpling, beef look fun and custard tarts. Also ordred dry beef chow fun. Lots leftover and we were stuffed and satisfied . Would give 5 stars but one waitress kept bumping into my friend's chair and actually hit him (softly) on the head. All unintentional but my friend was upset. I would still go back! We went early and it wasn't too crowded.

Probably one of, if not THE best Chinese food on Oahu. They have amazing selections, best siu mai bar none, and everything is made very well, flavorful and delicious. They do tend to get really busy at peak times so there can be a long wait. We always get the regular siu mai, shrimp hacao, steamed buns, spare ribs, and occasionally the chicken feet for dimsum. We also like their salt and pepper shrimp and pork, the sweet and sour pork, choy sum either in garlic or with oyster sauce, the green beans, and the beef with bitter melon. We always go when we're craving Chinese food. Bonus is that they have dimsum at all hours!

Came here for dinner on a random saturday. I hadnt really looked into the restaurant before arriving so I was not expecting too much. It wasnt busy at all so we got a table for 6 right away. Scanning thru the menu they have a huge variety of dishes like most canto restaurants do. Whats nice is that they offer dim sum even during dinner time. We ordered a couple dishes. the quality is fairly good, nothing really stuck out a lot but overall it was a good meal.

This is our new go-to place for Dim Sum. The dim sum is definitely a cut above other dim sum spots - fresh and full of intense flavors. We ordered the dried fish with Chinese broccoli- YUM!!!-a great healthy dish to balance out the chicken feet or carbs from all the dim sum. Warning- don't come here for a chat with friends, the place is busy and LOUD!!!

Parked in Ali'i place garage on Alakea street and walked over to eat lunch! It was about 11:15am on Monday and the two of us got seated right away. They are very attentive here. One of the workers saw us from across the restaurant and asked us how many. She sat us very quickly! I was impressed. There's enough tables that you can most likely walk in and get seated. They bring you hot tea , which isn't the watery light stuff. It has good flavor! We ordered a bunch of items off of the dim sum menu and it did seem a little bit pricier than normal. However, we were so impressed on how much shrimp and meat was in each. Very tasty too! Don't even need to dip in Shoyu/mustard or the chili sauce. Super good flavor. Very happy with this place! And I just love their take out bags.

We came here for lunch as a group one afternoon. I think the biggest issue for me was that someone else at our table ordered for the whole table and I didn't get a lot of what I would have wanted. Everything we had pretty much had shrimp in it (which I love) but I would have definitely chosen other things as well if given the chance. The server was friendly but the service itself was slow. The place was very crowed and we ordered a good bit so that's understandable. Nothing that I ate was extremely good, but all just ok. It was fun to try new things though. I'd give it another shot and order for myself for a hopefully more pleasant experience.

I LOVED this place. Sadly I haven't been here since January of 2024. We came here to eat dim sum breakfast before going to the hospital to get induced. The wait for our seat was long and the wait for our food was also long. They seated people who had came before us and after us although we had put ourselves on the waiting list. I kept checking in to see if our seats were available too because I couldn't understand how people that came 10-20 minutes after us got their seats firsts. Anywho, our food was great and it came to the end where we had to pay for our food. We paid by card and we gave tip. The waiter took our check and came back and told us "the minimum tip is 18%. You have to tip 18%". We looked at each other and was so confused. It is not mandatory for us to give you 18% if the service was ok. I don't remember what we wrote down for the tip but it was AT LEAST 15%. I don't know if he said that because we are locals and trying to trick us but sadly I don't think I can come back here again. We ended up leaving the tip as is and left the place.

The food here is excellent. Really great dim sum and I highly recommend it. Some of the best pork dumplings I've ever had and that's almost enough for me. The service was kind of funny but was great in anticipation and moving things along. No empty spaces on our table! The space feels like an update on a typical dim sum place- a bit more modern. Parking is easy. BYOB and have a dim sum celebration here!

Complimentary tea to start you off. Need to ask for water if you want water. They also do not serve hot mustard, so if you need that you have to ask for it too. Interesting way of ordering, which seems wasteful to me. They give you a takeout menu, which has a box at the bottom so you can mark how many of each item you want. It does help to see pictures if you dont know what things are called. But it seems like a lot of paper waste. They also have a regular menu to order family style dishes if you dont want dim sum. When youre ready you need to flag someone down. Took a bit to explain to them what main dishes we wanted to add since english was not their first language. So pointing to what you want helps a lot. Dishes came out relatively quickly at first. Then slowed down. And then at the end we didnt even get our last dish so we just cancelled it because they hadnt even started on it, even though it was on our ticket. Everything on the receipt is printed in chinese and they cross it off when they bring you the dish. So unless you can read chinese, you wont even know whats what on there. Overall food was pretty good. Char siu was tender with a lot of flavor. First time ive seen char siu su in a restaurant (forget what the americanized word for it is, which is how its listed on the menu). Har gow had actual small shrimps inside and wasnt just chopped up or full of filler. Choi sum was hard to eat though since the stems were so huge and you dont get a knife. We definitely ordered a little more than we needed. I guess it was good the last dish never came out.