McCully Shopping Center

They have great shops there but the street level parking stalls are so extra small I think even those little smart cars have a hard time. Forget about the covered parking, they have video surveillance but that doesn’t prevent your car from getting broken in to which I hear is quite frequent. No physical security guard or lot attendants.
There is also a street gang that calls it home there so just be aware.
Too bad, again great shops!

It was Christmas Eve when I stepped foot on the premises of McCully Shopping Center. I was accompanying three other individuals that night. We wanted dessert and Snow Factory is located here at the shopping center but the establishment was already closed for the night. Our group ended up going to 7 – 11 instead.
From the looks of the parking situation… it’s very crowded. Stalls can be entered from two different ways so it’s best to pay attention to the other drivers. It was a very tight squeeze in getting out from the drivers side… trying not to give the parked car on the left side of the vehicle a dent is very hard to do especially if the stall is small.
Many years ago I remember coming to McCully Shopping Center when I had a four hour break between classes at the former Cannon Business College. Back then I would always walk it from Keaaumoku to the McCully Shopping Center to have lunch at Taco Bell.
With the many changes throughout the years I would like to revisit McCully Shopping Center in the future and sample the grindages from the different food establishments.

Three stars because parking sucks here, and the way their lot is setup I’m surprised there’s not more accidents.

Great place to hangout with your friends and family, with many choices for places to eat! HOWEVER, in the morning there is this one security gaurd that is always there and I was eating inside of Phở 777 with my family at the time. He then told one of the workers to let me know to move my car and threatened to tow it… This was not the first time this had happened and it would always be with the same security!!! I would give the restaurants a 5 but service at the shopping center itself a 1…

Nice variety here from Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, to Taco Bell, and Curry House! Parking is very tight with more available parking in the garage below the shops. 7 – 11 and Taco Bell drive through open 24-​hours a day!

McCully Shopping Center is a mixed bag. I grew up near here so this is a very comfortable and familiar place to head to! However, because I lived close by — I usually walked. It wasn’t until I moved away and started driving more that I realized parking here is complete hell. I almost avoid the parking out front and go straight downstairs instead. The parking in front has super tiny stalls that are narrow. It’s not as bad downstairs but still narrow.
I used to come here a lot because my family LOVES Fook Yuen! This Chinese restaurant is upstairs in the corner. McCully Shopping Center also offers Yottekka-​ya, which serves ramen. My friends love this place but I’m not so fond of it. I come here often for Coffee or Tea?, which offers boba milk tea and smoothies, as well as other beverages. My favorite items there are the papaya shake and taro milk tea with tea jelly. Phuket Thai has been there forever, along with 777. Both places are all right. Curry House is also popular, although cash only. I like their food a lot and it’s affordable. The 7 – 11 here is convenient — it’s in the middle of a lot of residential area but within the thoroughfare to Waikiki and the rest of town. I personally go to the Waxing Co a lot! Rachel over there is AWESOME! I haven’t been to the Face Shop but my good friend and her other girlfriends LOVE this place.
ATMs are available and public bathrooms (with a key or code) are also available.
Parking — 1 star.
Selection of shops — 4 stars.

Quick and Simple: The Yin and Yang of all places.
Worst place to find parking!
Best place to find great food!
Is it worth it to go here if you are hungry and nearby? YES!

Not my favorite place to visit =/
Parking:
The parking here SUCKS! Stalls are very limited and very SMALL! You will probably get a ding here if you come here a few times. I got my first ding here, my current car, when I first came back from CA. Not very happy about that! It’s busy here during the evening which is frustrating. You fight traffic to get here then you fight to get a stall. Not fun!
Restaurants & Misc:
They do have several choices here from Curry, Thai, Chinese, Phở, Ramen, Hot Pot, Milk Tea, Desserts and Plate Lunches. If you need something quick then they have 7 – 11 there. There are two ATM’s here (ground level — one in 7 – 11 and one next the elevator). The elevator here sucks! It’s slow and HOT! It’s scary to think it would break down on you and you would be stuck in there. Restrooms are on the top floor next to the elevator (you need a code to get in). I try to avoid coming here but I recall a travel office and a shop where they sell clothes and outfits. If I missed anything then I apologize because usually I try to limit my time here when I do come.

A relatively quiet shopping center despite the fact that it’s smack dab in residential-​and-​busy-​as-​heckville.
I only spent a short amount of time here, but so far I know that the Regal Diner opens at 6a so that’s really nice :)
They have cute places. I saw mainly food places. but then again when I went there I was looking for a place to eat and didn’t care to take notice of anything that didn’t have a picture of food in it’s window LOL

One of the coolest shopping centers in town. They have coco curry house, and one of my favorite ramen places yotteko ya. There used to be an excellent Korean resturaunt on the second floor but its just been recently relocated.
The Thai place at the ground floor is o.k.
The hotpot place on the corner is decent. Much like sweet home café with a few less perks.
Parking sucks, its tight and cramped and I have to squeeze out everytime.

This place houses some of my favorite places to eat, Hot Pot Heaven, Yotteko-​Ya, Curry House… However, many times I come here on off hours because the parking in just ridiculous! Don’t drive a big SUV or truck here, you’re just going to just give yourself a headache!
If you are planning on just making a quick run to 7 – 11 then there is parking stalls assigned to them, or even a Taco Bell run.
Overall, parking sucks here, but if you want your fix, whether food or services, then be patient, stay calm and wait your turn for a stall.

Never before have I been in such frustrating shopping center. The parking lot is by far the worst lot I’ve been to on the island. I think it just makes customers angry.
I went there tonight to go to coffee and tea and get a bubble drink and I had a crazy experience.
Looking for parking was bad enough but I have a taxi behind me complaining that he can’t get past me, but the parking lot is to small for me to move any more than I have. The driver proceeds to get out of his car and comes up to my window just to swear at me. I got out of my car and almost got into a physical altercation.
Now I can’t stand taxis on the road for a whole lot of reasons but I’m convinced that if they take the time and money to re-​do the parking lot and create a better flow that situations like this could have been avoided.

When I think about McCully Shopping Center, a deep philosophical question comes to mind: «What constitutes a ‘shopping center’? Does it actually have to have places to shop at?»
McCully Shopping Center has, like, one clothing store, a nail shop (haha all I hear is Anjelah Johnson in my head – Pretty Nail!) and a bunch of random restaurants, plus a 711. That pretty much sums up how much excitement there is going on at this little strip of boringness. Honestly, I think people would be happier if it got converted to a high-​rise. Blah blah yeah there’s Snow Factory and that hot pot place and the tea place that people seem to be into right now. And you can’t forget Fook Yuen, which hopefully has food that tastes better than its name. There are also plenty of kids who look like wannabe K-​pop stars (either that or they’re an Asian gang) hanging around at all hours. The bathrooms are yuck, and once, a homeless guy looked like he wanted to trap me at the end of the hall, so there was no way I was going to hang around. Maybe he’s on the payroll of the Asian gang. Obviously the parking situation is atrocious, even downstairs.
Not much else to say.

One of the best shopping centers to come to because of the different eateries available! Plus, the eateries tend to be open later than the shopping malls, so a great place to go for a late night dinner.
My favorite places to go:
— Hot Pot Heaven: my favorite hot pot place.
— Curry House Coco Ichibanya: the Curry House I go to for my curry udon fixed.
— Yotekka-​Ya: ramen combos… enough said.
— Snow Factory: a light dessert. So many options with all the flavors and toppings.
— Coffee of Tea?: momi coffee :)
Why the four stars? I need to say it — the parking. It is the biggest let-​down when I am craving food from one of the eateries listed above but cannot find any parking. However, the hunt for parking is always worth it once you get a bite of ramen or curry, or maybe a sip of that momi coffee.

I dread having to go to mccully shopping center during dinner time. I used to pride myself on being able to park in their tiny stalls, but I just don’t bother trying anymore. It’s not worth it. I’d much rather convince everyone I’m meeting to go to ala moana instead.
Yes, Phuket Thai, curry house and hot pot heaven are delicious, but there is a Phuket Thai at ward with ample parking and curry house has many other locations. As for hot pot heaven, I’ll go during non rush hour times or just go to sweet home. It’s really unfortunate that the parking at mccully shopping center is so dismal, otherwise I’d be there more often. Take your business elsewhere, the parking just isn’t worth your time, energy or gas.

Sigh, I’d like to try some of the restaurants here for lunch one day but unless I am walking I guess that won’t happen. Parking is horrible it’s always crowded probably because there are some good places to eat there but how would I know I can’t find parking to try them out.
Street level parking no deal always crowded does anyone ever leave?
Below street level parking uh a effort in futility sigh okay I remember a Long long time ago when I used to be able to find parking well not anymore darn place is to popular now… on the off chance I have enough patience to wait for parking by that time my lunch hour is almost up sigh
oh well one can hope…
yes one day I’d like to try
Yotekko-​Ya — never made it there yet
Phucket Thai — the one time I was able to get there it was pretty good.
Curry House — I might as well go to Ala Moana.
Fook Yuen — never made it there yet.
7 – 11 — Ha! I’m better off at another one.
etc…

Yes, parking sucks… but I still like going to Hot Pot and Coffee or Tea afterwards. That Chinese place Fook Yuen or whatever is a place that my family likes to go too… I’ll pass on Yottekkoya (ramen) and recently So Gong Dong has gone down hill. Their tofu soup isn’t as great as it used to be.
Bathrooms are upstairs, but you need the key to get in.
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PARKING IS RIDICULOUS HERE. Small stalls and never ever a parking stall open! UGH! I am usually optimistic on my way here until I find myself 3 minutes in their parking and I just want to kick someone!
However, there are a lot of really good businesses here that make it worth the hassle finding an open parking stall. I love to frequent this place for my favorite vendors which are:
Yotekka-​ya — Japanese ramen
Coffee or Tea? — boba milk tea
Phucket Thai — Thai food
Curry house — Japanese take out curry
777 — Vietnamese food
Fook Yuen — Chinese food
of course, can’t forget 7 – 11

McCully Shopping Center has 2 levels of shops and restaurants with 2 levels of parking. There’s an uncovered parking lot (street level) on Kapiolani Blvd; the second level of parking is covered and underground with the entrance on the one-​way street Pumehana. Warning: if you think the parking stalls on the street level are tight, just wait until you park in the underground lot. Door-​ding central.
I would actually term this deficient «shopping center» as a «shopping plaza» or «strip mall» instead. I think the term «shopping center,» in this sense, is quite misleading. I think these terms have developed and transformed beyond their original meanings over the years, especially with the rise of new types of specialty malls (i.e., vertical malls, regional centers, superregional centers, outlets, outdoor malls, strip malls, community centers, and others).
Anyway, you’ll find places like Hot Pot Heaven, Snow Factory, Phuket Thai, 7-​Eleven, the newly added Face Shop, Coffee or Tea?, Curry House, Fook Yuen, So Gong Dong, and more. My favorite of the restaurants (more like my guilty pleasure) is Taco Bell, even though their service sucks – it’s the only drive-​thru Taco Bell in the area that’s open late.
All in all, McCully Shopping Center is pretty good, especially for the nice assortment of restaurants. I go here on a somewhat regular basis bc of convenience and also bc of a few of the restaurants I like (Hot Pot Heaven and Taco Bell). Parking in the underground lot should be avoided like the plague unless you want a door full of dings, or save it as a last resort.
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McCully Shopping Center is the gateway in-​between Ala Moana Shopping Center and Waikiki. This shopping mall is essentially a strip mall with mostly restaurants that is anchored with a 7-​Eleven. Sometimes, I would go here because I am passing through here on the way to work and need a quick bite to eat.
There are great dining options here. I would personally recommend Phuket Thai or the Chinese restaurant upstairs, although I started to ban Chinese cuisine in my stomach a while back, since it screws with me. The Korean restaurant is tolerable, but I never did try that new Snow ice place, which took over a fast food joint recently. The parking can be tight at peak times, but you can find great value here, versus Waikiki and Ala Moana shopping centers.
Located on Kapiolani Blvd, this may be the best mall ever.
B+