Kaliko P.
Yelp
I've been discovering that not all of Waikiki is hella expensive...well, maybe except for the parking, and even this wasn't that bad = $8.00.
First, the parking situation. I always come to Yelp to look for parking information. Most people come for the food information. I come looking for the parking information. I am not sure why that is so important to me as I don't mind walking, but I like to know what I'm getting myself into, and if I need to bring an umbrella or tazer or mace or something similar.
Normally I am a cheapskate. I will park and walk for free. I hate spending money on parking. On any good-weathered day (or night if you're brave), you can park along Kapiolani Park and walk to Mac 24/7 on Kuhio, but it was storming and raining on this day, and I had to valet park, which is the only option here at the Hilton Waikiki Beach.
It's $3.00 validation for the first 3 hours, then the rate is $47.00 after that. This was told to me by the manager after I asked about it. Ridiculous. Must eat and get the heck out! We were at a private party and it rolled past the three-hour mark so the manager said he'd sign our cards, he'd make this one exception just for us. At the valet claim, the valet guys said, nah, don't worry, as long as it's validated. I tipped them $5.00 so that made it $8.00. The $3 validation price is added to your food bill.
Now the food. HUGE PORTIONS for Waikiki. Fish and chips so large I had to get a take out container (additional $1.68 for the container). My friend had a fried fish sandwich that was so HUGE she couldn't wrap her mouth around it (ha ha). It looked like they fried a whole side of fish in batter and plopped it down on the bread. Both our meals were $22 a piece, a pretty good steal for Waikiki. I was told that this place appealed to locals because the portions were large.
The Fish and Chips came with some unmemorable slaw, good thick curl-shaped fries and juicy fish. The problem with the fish was that it was somewhat undercooked inside, which wasn't a problem since I brought it home and nuked it to perfection.
I hear this place serves breakfast all day, must try that next time.
Return factor - YES. will get the fish and chips again for sure, and next time, well-done.