Kapolei Korean BBQ

This is the biggest, baddest, and most delicious Korean plate lunch on the west side.

Ordered the regular spicy chicken plate with 4 sides. I’ve been there a few times, food was just okay. Anyways, as I was picking my 4^th side, I noticed that the guy (cashier) said something to the girl who was plating my food. He must have told her to remove 1 large potato from my plate! I told her I couldn’t believe what she just did!
The food was okay despite the removal of that 1 potato! Won’t be returning there.

This is my go to Korean fast food/​plate lunches. They are located in the KAPOLEI MARKETPLACE shopping center… which on the side where Tesoro gas station and Fun Factory is located.
As soon as I walk into this establishment, it feels so clean and sanitation is very important to me.
They have a large selection to choose from. My favorites are their spicy pork which I request for them to cook it a little on the burnt side. I also enjoy their Saba! Yummy! Along with your plates you get the regular 4 choices of banchan but if you can opt to have 6 choices of banchan and no rice.
You won’t be disappointed dining or doing a take out order from this place. Food is delicious!

Been going to this restaurant for quite a while. The food’s good there, but most recently a run-​in with it’s owner made me realize how unimportant their customers are to them. Hence the one star and the vow that I will NEVER, EVER spend my money at this business again.
Here’s the story. Planning my son’s birthday party and expecting about 30 people, I decided to include a pan of meat juhn. I called and received a price quote of $ 39 for 30 pieces of meat juhn. I budgeted that amount along with other food and placed my order. So excited! On the day of the party, I called in the morning to confirm my pickup time of 4:30.
Fast forward to time of pick up, went to pick up the food and was charged $ 78! I asked the girl at the counter and she confirmed that she was the one who took my call and she did quote me $ 39. The cashier, I think he was the son of the owner, disagreed and went to consult with the owner. She appeared from the back and immediately acknowledged me recognizing me as a frequent customer. She proceeded to tell me that they made a mistake, but she «couldn’t lose money «and sell me that platter as I was quoted. I was told to take half the platter for $ 39. But I have 30 people at my house… I would not have enough food. I offered $ 50 for the whole pan, as I had not budgeted that much $ for the meat juhn and I had other food to pick up. I’m sure she wouldn’t take a «loss», it’s a few thin slices of meat with egg batter for heavens sake!!!
Forgot the part about the owner admitting their mistake and then going on to tell me that «you should have known better that the quote was wrong because You are a long time customer «. What!!! I called for a quote! I don’t question what I’m being quoted! What ever happened to «customer is always right»?
To shorten the story, the owner refused, blew me off and showed me how much she valued me as a customer. Yup, ZIPPO!!! I’m sorry, but I went there for years and she didn’t value my patronage. She even recognized me as a long time customer! So good riddance Kapolei Korean BBQ, there are Korean restaurants are all over! Don’t go here, they are over priced and don’t appreciate their customers!

This place is really good.

I want to believe that their food is microwaved. It only took them 3 minutes to have our order ready, really? My bf and I both got sick the night we were there. Never again!

Great service. Great food. Ordered a mini meat Jun and chicken plate. First time here. Not bad at all since I’ve been always to Kapolei’s old Tastys by Pandas.

This place has the best Korean BBQ in Kapolei! If you like spicy food, the spicy BBQ chicken is go to sleep after you eat good. Many of their plates are also yummy, but the spicy BBQ chicken is my fave.
Hint: If you don’t see the teagu out front as a choice for veggies ask for it anyways. More often than not, they have some in the back.
Service is also top notch. They remember repeat customers.

What can I say about this place but straight greatness… i dont know what kind of sauce they use to marinate the meat but it is sweet and good… i recommend this place if you love korean food… get there before the rush…

I ordered mini BBQ chicken and meat jun combo. The mini size is more then enough and it comes with 2 sides and rice or if you don’t want rice then it will be 3 sides. They also have brown rice option for 50 cents more. The meat jun here is not bad. Service is fast here and you can call in phone orders in advance.

The food is great! Price is reasonanle
Portion is a lot. I take my family here all the time. Staff is friendly.

I only order their pan stir fried pork spicy. Not because the rest of the menu is junk but because it’s soooo good and they’re the only place that has it on the leeward side. Highly recommended! Sides are very tasty. The shoyu potatoes are the best.

The service was prompt but it was just okay. Unfortunately, the food tasted pre-​cooked and warmed up as well. It wasn’t terrible but both my husband and I got sick later that night.

Been coming here for a couple years… I stopped eating here because I worked next door and was over it. Now that I don’t work near by, i decided to stop by and pick up a meat jun & bbq chicken plate and a meat jun & shrimp tempura plate. The chicken and meat jun tasted like it was pre cooked and thrown in the microwave when I ordered it. The food tasted terrible! I spent $ 25 on two plates that we didn’t even eat… food has gotten crappy. oh and not to mention the awesome counter help! (sarcasm) who when I walked in was yelling at someone on her personal cell phone & didn’t bother to smile not once!

The Kim Chee Fried Rice is amazing. The veggies are always fresh. Although they take a bit of time to prepare, if you have the time, it’s worth the wait.

Came here for lunch with the siblings while running errands — sister found it via Unilocal when the brother was craving for BBQ.
Place wasn’t hard to find, but going in was not what we expected to find.
It’s a hole-​in-​the-​wall kinda restaurant with honestly ono kine food.
Korean BBQ is nothing new to us, but we’ve gotta admit… When we just told the cashier what sides we wanted, I noticed the plates going to the kitchen for re-​heat. I was terrified that the flavors would be lost, but I was wrong… Everything still came out good!
Prices were reasonable for 3 meals too, and we felt comfortable eating there.
Was kinda surprised at the amount of people placing orders for pick-​up, but I was listening to the cashier greet her regulars, so you know this place has got loyal patrons.
When I go back home to visit the cousins in this area, I’ll be sure to go back.

Gosh the customer service here sucks… the past 5 times we been here we just tolerate the really junk customer service because the food is good.

I finally got to try this place since Tasty BBQ closed and we were in the area. Got the spicy pork and I liked it. Big serving with lots of vegetables!!!

This place was formerly Tasty BBQ, not to be confused with Kapolei Korean BBQ even though both are in the Kapolei Shopping Center. $ 14 for one piece chicken katsu & two pieces of Kalbi? In the past I guess I was lucky to get two pieces of chicken katsu with two pieces of Kalbi but I verified with them that the combination plates only come with one piece of chicken katsu. Had I ordered Kalbi & BBQ chicken combination I would’ve had two pieces of chicken with two pieces of Kalbi. Does it really cost that much more to make chicken katsu rather than BBQ chicken that they have to withhold one piece of chicken katsu in their combination plates? I was a loyal customer for years but will be hitting up Kapolei Korean BBQ instead.

Every neighborhood seems to have one of these places. Nothing fancy, just serving the local Korean favorites. Some dishes are better than others, but in general, portions are generous and prices reasonable. The Kapolei Korean special is huge and can easily feed two, maybe even three. I thought my bi bim kook soo was on the wet/​watery side.
While dining in is possible, take out is more prevalent.

I tried this place once before and I wasn’t impressed with their mini bento (I think it came with veg coroquette, fried mahi and stuff). All the fried stuff pretty much tasted like from mass produced freezer items, and they prob were.
So this time I tried their Kapolei BBQ special. It comes with BBQ chicken, teri beef, meat jun, 1pc kalbi. I liked the BBQ chicken and teri beef. Meat jun was good but it was hard to bite off… I think Corner BBQ in the same mall serves better meat jun. Kalbi could be more tender too. But all in all, I had a better experience the second time.

I love that I’m finding all these great places to eat in Kapolei. My boyfriend and I were on a Korean BBQ craving for the whole week and we decided to come here after looking on Unilocal.
Clean space, great ventilation, your typical Korean BBQ menu. I ordered the Kapolei Special which came with everything, mandoo, kalbi, etc. etc. After I ate the meat jun I kind wished I got that plate instead. The meat jun was moist and juicy not over cooked which I loved. The dipping sauce could’ve been better but man the kalbi was marinated so well and it was tender. I feel like that’s hard to come by these days at Korean BBQ plate lunch spots. Big portions, definitely had left overs.
I was bummed by the customer service, the workers or owners were arguing right in front of us which turned me off so when they took our order they weren’t friendly at all. That just messed up the whole mood and ambiance of the place. I was going to give 4 stars but since the service was like that I took down one star.
I hope next time I come back they’ll be on better terms so I can enjoy my food.

Note the change in name but the food and prices remain the same. Expect gigantically portioned food, decent sides and reasonable prices.
A good choice if you are on that side of the island and craving for local Korean BBQ.