Reviews of Side Street Inn (Restaurant)

Gary Roisentul

Great family joint. Everything is comfort style and delicious.

Gwen Otake

Awesome food! Very popular place among the locals. Old charm feel.

Isis Comma

This is the location to go to. Love the dive feeling and staff is just too cool! Portions are big and definitely enough to share between 2-3. Lup cheong & kimchi fried rice is to die for. Full bar, affordable, with clean restrooms.

Ednalyn Nocom

Really good food. Great for family events. Staff is very friendly and awesome. Will definitely recommend and come again

Hapa Kama‘aina

The portions! And the food is hella good.

Wendell Wen

Good food, good beers, and excellent services. Had a great time!

The Legend of Paco

Split the family meal which was supposed to feed 3-4. We had 6 adults and it was more than enough. Even had leftovers. Everything was sooooo incredible! Highly recommend.

Harvey Jau

Ordered Kal bi (market priced at $29) and kimchi fried rice for me and my wife. When they say about family portion they are not kidding. The left over was enough for anther meal. Dishes are a little too salty for my taste but still delicious. I would recommend having beer or cocktail to go with the meal. Totally deserve the high ratings on google reviews.

Colby Henderson

Good food and good service. Definitely need to be in a group to take advantage of the portions.

A Cardoso

Love the spicy chicken ... great food overall.

Lauititi Togafau

I like the food. What I didn't like was being told that "I can seat you now (which was about 2pm) but I'll need the table back by 5pm"...not to say we're gonna be there for more than 3 hrs...but really?!?!

Josh Campbell

I am in town helping a friend move and searched for the best fried rice in Honolulu. I was not let down here, and the spicy garlic chicken is amazing as well, on top of the extremely friendly staff. I will be eating here every time I'm in town.

I'm Ungabunga

Absolutely DEEEEEEELICIOUS!! Our waitress was AWESOME!!

Marisa

Best pupu and lychee martini is bomb

Mahmood Hassan

Love this local restaurant in Honolulu. Food was awesome and the staff was

Krazy99

Good food. All orders are family style, so it's a lot of food.

Joella Ferrer

Omg!!! Food was amazing!! Service was fabulous as always! We'r showed up as a party of 11 with no reservations... no problem... everyone enjoyed!

Cedric Ferrell

Great Food and service!

Doug Kinoshita

Huge portions and awesome.local food. Had the garlic chicken and pork chops, again, and my boss says "how can you go wrong with fried meat?" No truer words have ever been said. Come with 4 people and share some dishes and drink ice cold beer and have a great evening.

Debbi Hershberger

Fun place to hang and watch a game on tv and good beers!

Derek Jensen

This place has MASSIVE portions, with each bite being delicious. The set menu is an amazing deal (108 for 5 dishes, great for 4+ people). Each dish is to share! (Except for the ribs, unless you like only having one rib) Also, they accept reservations, and around ~6PM they gave us an odd look because we didn't have one... apparently its a super popular place.

Justice Callander

I would give 5 stars but it's a place that sells meal items for groups but you can't split the bill more than 2 ways? Honestly great food nice people cheapest food you'll get while here but why can't I split my bill? Created kind of a hassle

Arlen Balanon

Love their Porkchops and Fried Rice.

Ivan Orozco

Pork chops and fried rice are a must!

Richard Blacketer

Katsu was a little too greasy but the teriyaki chicken was excellent. Atmosphere was hampered by a cluttered floor plan.

Justin McPharison

My boss claimed this was his favorite place to eat. The drink selections were minimal and the food was ok even though it looked really good.

EJ Kowal

Always delicious. Havent been back for a few years but was just as delic as I remember.

Mike Travis

Excellent food, the price is awesome. A locals place,

Jacob Buscher

It was phenomenal, had big fish, very good. Teriyaki steak, very good. Fried rice, very good. Service, very good.

James Mishina

Chow is AWESOME! It's family style ordering. The atmosphere is a bit mom and pop, but the food is worth the trip.

DeMesha A

Great hidden gem that the locals frequent and love! Farmers Salad was amazing, Spicy Chicken was great, Bone-in Kalbi had good flavor but was a bit tough due to being a thick cut and over cooked a tad. We also got the Fried Rice and Pork Chop which I was not overly impressed with but it wasn't bad just not what I'm use to!

Mark Eastman

Awesome food. Best service in town and super frendly staff

Melvin Johnson

The side street inn serves a variety of local foods, with ample portions. They serve a favorite fried pork chop that is awesome as well as one of the best fried rice dinners on island. Little pricey but worth it.

jeff escuadro

Great food. Award winning fried rice. The fried chicken and the ribs. I'm drooling just writing about this. Cocktails were really really weak. Thought it was a virgin cocktail..

Cortney Nadig

Food is delicious, atmosphere lively, but restaurant needs a bit of an update.

Jonathan Castillo

Great spot that's been around for a while. Everything we ordered is family style portions so either be prepared to share and chow down or to take home. The staff is friendly and attentive to help out if you have any questions, there was so much to choose from that I kept on telling our waitress we still need more time and she just smiled and said take our time with a smile every time. Will definitely come back and recommend to everyone.

Barry Fong

Always a favorite. This. This is modern Hawaii since the 90s.

Gary Furukawa

Haven't been here in awhile, but the place hasn't changed much since the last time I visited. The food is served family style and you will be pleasantly surprised by the portion sizes of your food selections. You really have to try the fried rice, pork chops, spicy chicken, and ahi poke. They also have their own brewed beer, which was a little pricey, but pretty good. If you haven't been back in awhile like me, you should check them out again.

Kumar Manian

Great food hands down. The service was also great although we went there just after they opened at about 1330

James Nguyen

Fantastic food place. Extremely highly recommended.

Jonathan Oh

Great place to eat and drink. Lots of local dishes and very good food. Popular with people who work in the restaurant industry. Recommend this place if you want to eat really good local food. Not to expensive about $25 a person for drinks and food. And you will leave with a full belly and nice alcohol buzz. Check this place out.

Kelley Blaine

Excellent food, huge portions

Alexander Alika Keone

Generous potions, pleasant service but dry pork chops...had them before and sorry to see quality change. Will try again soon.

Precious Precious

I feel like the other location on Kapahulu has better fried rice. The ribs were dry and tough. The calamari was nice. Meh. Also no parking so yeah...

Trever Osburn

Good food, ok service!

Doug Olive

One of our favorite places to eat.

Eugene espinda

Always great food and service. Pork chops and fried rice is killer. Gotta have it.

Heather Frost

Family style at its best. Food was phenomenal. We were in a group and ordered ten different items and there was plenty to be shared.

Paul Harris

Exceptional food. Great bar manager and service. Decor a little old but everything else was pretty good

Stephen Hasha

Kalbi beef and island rice are terrific.

Nick Kwan

large portions and great garlic chicken

Howard Wong

Never disappoints. Large portions makes it easy to share allowing you to try more dishes

Pete Stebbing

Delicious unpretentious fusion food. Quick service, reasonable valet parking. We enjoyed our food- and there is a lot of it. Bring your appetite!

Jim Triz

Great atmosphere and good to talk to people from other countries at the bar. Good food! ,

Daniel Tischler

Huge portions, so bring friends.

Chris Avak

Fun little place down an alley. Parking costs $6 with valet service. Fried rice and Kim chi are off the hook. The mules are a little light on the alcohol but have a great ginger zing to them. Awesome venue all around!

Andrew Hassard

Bone in Kalbi. The best!

Xavier Harrison

Food and service that is equally good as restaurants which charge double the price only down the road in Waikiki

brian carlson

Delicious family style eating. Go with three or more for best bang for your buck. The best pork chops I've ever had!

holly corsaut

Food is awesome, but air conditioning is awful, can't enjoy the food because we were so hot.

Eddie Cabrejos

Great food and Service!

ERROL MATTHEWS

OMG this place was amazing. My wife and I were vacationing in hawaii last month and stopped by this place. the spicy garlic chicken is unlike any chicken i've had state side. the sauce was amazing and the crispiness of the fried chicken....holy cow! definately a family style restaurant! LARGE PORTIONS!! cant wait to go back on our next trip to Hawaii! i'm trying the pork chop next that i've heard so much about

Cindy Stephens

Excellent food and service! I recommend the spicy chicken and side street style friend rice. The Portuguese sausage in the rice is to live for!! Careful on ordering - service is are ginormous & can feed a family of 3-4.

Shawna Harris

Overated food, but its a cool group experience. Pork chops were okay, mostly bone. Portion sizes were huge.

Larry B.

Excellent food. A little hole in the wall that turned out to be a great family style restaurant.

Michael Powers

Ate here okay visiting my, and had to come back to days later. Awesome food got to have the spicy garlic chicken!

Hung Jen Lai

You may need to make reservation if you wanna go after 6 pm. BTW, the food is a lot. One dish can share with at least three people.

Lee Almstrom

Great food with great presentation it is always a fun time here. Shout out to my nephew chef Sean Nonaka. Hes hard at work in the kitchen!

B W

Great late night spot, our go to for fresh & reasonable food and a cool crowd. Unfussy, very friendly, easy on the wallet (which is rare on a Hawaiian trip). 5 star staff who treat everyone like old friends. No frills & perfect.

King Lee

Great place to eat. This place was packed on a Tuesday night, luckily we called in and made reservations. Service was excellent and the food was great. The Lani and spicy chicken I could have done without though.

J M

Large portions! The side style fried rice is the best! Awesome food..

Tyler Watanabe

Great family style restaurant with great local food. Valet service in front for $6 makes parking a breeze. Very tasty food and good quality.

Charles Hornsby

Huge portions , great service !

kikaida 1977

Yeah it’s the best. Especially with family and friends.

Brandon Rogers

Great portions and very tasty food!

Sharon Little

Great burgers/food, small place but just delightful find, like "locals" would frequent!

LuSana

Yummy plate lunch! (Offered about 11-1:30, depending on how things sell out). If it hasn't yet been, would nominate to "Good Eats". I enjoyed the turkey plate... so tender! (Downside is limited parking.) Local businessmen ate there while doing business, retired folk enjoyed while talking story. The TVs were on much lower volume (compared to loud afternoon/evening Sports Bar feel, that still offers fabulous food.) A gem for lunch. (Used to offer Valet pkg at night, not sure if still available).

Scott K

Great place tucked away from all the usual suspects. Came here at the recommendation of a friends for the pork chops and they did not disappoint. Added some Kalbi beef and fried rice to the mix and it was a great feast. The wait staff was fast and friendly while the restaurant itself was a little like you would expect, old n dingy, it didn’t take away from the food. Cheap beers to top it off and this is a great place to bring a group of friends or family.

Francis De Castro

Big portions, affordable price. Boneless kalbi and fried rice was delicious. Staff was wonderful and sweet.

Peter Rojas

sometimes incorrect order other than that everything is good.

John C.

My husband and I went here this past Wednesday and the service was terrible. We walk in and we’re pretty much ignored by the “greeter”. He basically looked at us until we told him we needed a table for two. He proceeded to grab menus and motioned for us to follow him, not saying anything. We follow him to a table and proceed to sit down. As we get seated, he tossed the menus on the table as he was turning to walk away. It was EXTREMELY rude. I felt VERY UNWELCOME at that establishment. It completely through my husband off. He just kept walking. A waiter came over to the table, but we had already agreed to just go find another place to eat. The waiter saw how we were treated. Before the waiter even said anything, my husband told him, “we’re just gonna go”, the waiter replied “yea, I understand”. I explained to him that the greeter was quite rude, and that was that. Ended up going elsewhere. I wouldn’t go back to that place. Not cool to be treated like that at all, for no apparent reason.

Saksee Isanpayu

This is definitely one of my fav spots now. Good food Big portion.

DA JOKER

Haven't been there in a long long time. Went back for lunch,the menu changed. Great food with big portions. Had fried rice,garlic chicken,lilikoi ribs n was all good. Great service A little pricey Place was hot,a/c wasn't on Parking was nuts, unless you valet park on them

Ellen Linsen

Great food; generous, sharable portions; nice casual vibe

Benjamin Hubert

Awesome food at a hole in the wall restaurant. We stumbled across this place a number of years ago and always make a point to come back when we are in town. Large portions, great service and fair prices.

Wilber Amaya

What can I say other then food was superb. Great taste and drinks were excellent for us as well. Price can be a little deep for some meat plates but for a once in a while dining experience I say it's worth it.

tom najjar

The locals here are so warm and welcoming. I recommend the Kim Chi fried rice and the garlic fried chicken. Absolutely delicious. Call for reservations because they get busy quick.

Cassandra Oliveira

Nice place to stop in for a drink. Friendly bartender.

Jenny Ramos

Try the Chef Special if you have about 5 or 6 ppl. Good food and large portions.

Sheryl Toh

We went to the restaurant at night and it was really crowded. We had to wait for around half an hour to get a table. In addition, we encountered a hard time calling for the waitress to pick up our order. We ordered pork and steak. The steak was good and the mushrooms were really nice. The pork, however, was too dry. Overall, I won't really recommend; but i guess you could give it a go if you want to try something new.

Chuck Lent

This place has awesome food and beer and is an all time favorite.

Marlon Ramos

The food and service here is great! Definitely a hidden treasure!

Katheren

I don't usually post but I have to on this one. Awesome food! Fried pork chops, fried rice, ahi belly, clams, even my margarita was perfection!! Would have given five stars but was super warm in restaurant but even for me I didn't care because of the food!!

Jonathan Le

Great food and gigantic portions! Make sure you get reservations if you have a group. Parking can be problematic though.

Galen Kakiuchi

Good place to have a few. Good portions on some stuff others can get really pricey.

Karlon Young

Better last time. Fried chicken not as crispy. Dry and disappointing.

Allen Agapay

Always a joint my family and I frequent when returning home to Hawaii. Ono-licious, brok' da mout' food. Fun family ambience. A truly Local Kine Grinds!!! And da Li Hing Mui margarita. . .a pau hana Friday standard

Gigi Nodda

Wonderful family restaurant.! Huge portions for a fair price. Thank You Side Street Inn the Food was great, & service was excellent. Other than the parking this is a great spot to take your family & friends.

Rosanna Namoca

Family style restaurant with local menu selections. Food was reasonably priced and tasty. Limited free street parking; valet for $6.

Mark Charles

Pork chops are good. Calamari is great. Fried rice was too much - 3 more meals worth. 3 of us could barely finish the rest. Bartender was very friendly.

jessalynn808

Great food, large family portions, plenty of space. Come one an empty stomach when you got time to spare or else your bring home tons of left overs. Place stays pretty busy and didn't have crazy amounts of parking. They do valley for $6 I think.

Elliott Leandro

My best place to go been going over 15yrs great pork chops

Nao Yabumoto

Food is delicious. Service was even better. Auntie sat us down with much love and speed despite a reservation being made before us. Waitress was also superb: smart, intuitive, and prompt.

Hunter Foote

Very nice atmosphere, food quality, and selection. Kind and courteous staff. A little bit creepy of an area however. Maybe we just went in the back entrance, but the alleyway / Street was a little bit disconcerting. Definitely recommended everyone. I guess it's been featured on some television programs but I can't remember the names.

Flois Brown

Great for late night snacks.

Alexandros Brownlee

You can't go wrong with anything you order here!!!! Everything is awesome. The portions are huge family style. Be prepared..but enjoy yourself.

David Hasiak

Food is awesome! Wait staff is really good!

Giacomo Benincasa

Very good food, reasonable prices.

Eri Ane

Pork chops

Ryan Scalf

Soooo good! Family style portions. Always great service.

valerie hafford

The food was pretty gud,many of the prices were listed as "market value" Thee sservice was absolutely lousy..We arrived at 7:45 and didn't get our bill so we could leave till 9:45...

Chae Lee

Great local dining. I always get the farmers salad and a big plate of fried pork chops with a beer. Rice on the side. Big quality portions and laid back welcoming atmosphere. Valet parking.

Kleph Gaming

Friendly staff. Food was great. REALLY big portions.

Rictor Smith

I came across this gem from a local friend who lives on the island. The food here was really good. The portions are pretty big and a few of us just shared a bunch of different items off the menu. That spicy chicken is more garlicky and amazing than spicy. Must try.

Jennifer Menor

Quick Service! Delicious Food! Friendly staff!

Haixing Wang

Try something new everytime you go there 'cause everything is yummy here! It just might surprise you. Every plate comes in large portions, enough to share with the whole table, or take home and skip cooking for couple of times. I always order the fried rice and spicy chicken and sometimes i haven't try before. I never disappoint. Highly recommend!

Allen Leong

Very casual place. Parking tricky but they have valet.

Heraclio P

Big portions. Can be a little heavy if you don't like fried food. Local favorite.

Vitorio Lope

Excellent food such good service waitresses are very kind. Although outside looks outdated but you must try the food honestly totally worth it and reasonably priced. Very happy with everything about this place definitely come back next time we come back from hawaii. Such an awesome experience.

Abigail Hughes

Family style large plates keep the bill low and the bellies full. Great service in a great dive restaurant!

Alicea De Guzman

Good food.parking sucks

Tara Tyerman

Always good food and great service

Pauseandposephotobooth Mike

Service was okay fried rice and spicy chicken was amazing althought it was not spicey at all

Michael Clancy

It's a good place but I prefer a little more healthy dishes, so if you are down with comfort food that tastes great but will probably isn't the best for you check it out! Usually the waitresses are quick with beers, but my last time there the waiter was really slow.

Mark Adams

Great comfort food.

Michael Grizer

Kimchi fried rice was amazing. 45 minute wait for a table, but they had space at the bar. Excellent service and food. Highly recommend.

Nelson Green

My wife and I decided to try this pleasant restaurant based on a review on the Food Network website. We arrived at about 5pm on a Thursday and were seated immediately. Our server was quite nice and gave us assistance with the menu. All items are ordered individually and are absolutely huge! The pork chops were tasty if a bit chewy and the fried rice was excellent, but large enough to feed substantial family. Not realizing the quantity of food we had ordered, we also obtained a Happy Hour side dish. Overall, I was pleased with the food and service. A few things to note: Soft drinks are $3 per glass, no refills, parking is $6+tip for the valet, and the location really is down a side street and a bit difficult to find.

Matthias Allred

Fantastic authentic island food. Go get some. The fried pork chops were delicious.

Daniel Boatwright

An absolutely must-do restaurant when on the island! The food is served family style. Me and three other guys ordered the fried rice, pork chops, kalbi, and spicy chicken. The spicy chicken is to die for! It is lightly spiced, perfectly battered and fried, and boneless. The pork chops were also tender and delicious. Now, a warning: as the name implies, this restaurant is down a side street that looks less than appealing and can be difficult to find parking. However, do not let that deter you. This is a true hidden gem!

Vicki Lee

Ono food! Kalbi beef and fried rice a must to order! The pork chops are yummy too!

Desmond M

food really good..big portions

Zab

Great food, great service, great atmosphere

Yuri Hwang

Pork chops and chicken were great!

Jeff Mcclean

Can't get enough of this place especially Garlic Chicken and Kimchi Fried Rice. Favorite spot on the Island.

Paul Dobson

DONT order the Mozzarella sticks. They cook them for like 3 seconds. Food otherwise was decent and the quantity makes up for most things including the dreadful ambience. The place should be shut down and given a HUGE cleaning!

Randy Geltman

Small place. Locals. Spicy chicken really good (dark meat). Nice little getaway from the strip.

Steve D.

Side Street Inn is one of my favorite places to dine. The service is friendly & fast. The food is fantastic. The prices are reasonable. There's even a nice bar there! TVs everywhere to watch whatever sporting event you're interested in. Highly recommended!

Joni Iwasaki

Family style sharing of food. Best with party of 3 or more due to quantity if food served. Fried pork chops are the best along with their fried rice

Nichole Neal

Great local Korean restaurant. Large portions, pork chops seasoned well, beef flavorful and kimchi is a nice addition!

Familian Santiago

The fried rice, Teri Steak, and pork chops were

Victor Yoshimura

Reasonable price, big portion, taste is ono. Comfortable nothing fancy. Home style

Tom Lee

Portions are insanely huge with reasonable prices, but found the quality was just ok. The rice in the signature fried rice was hard as if not cooked fully. Service was prompt and friendly and drink selection was good. Fun place to go with a lot of people to chow down on the huge portions. I’m guessing I went on an off night terms of the food product.

jeffrey mendoza

Nice and friendly staff. Great food and its family style eating. A relaxed atmosphere while you eat, watch games, and enjoy your company.

Ana Tan

The food and drinks at this place are BOMB. Favorite find during our vacation in Oahu. If you love all types of asian foods including hawaiian and american foods, this is the place for you. Great service as well.

Kelly Polido

Tonight service was horrible! Never ever have i received poor service eating at dis side side street inn...this was actually worse then dat side! Food however was the bomb as usual! The waiter obviously had issues! Everytime we would order 2 beers he only bought 1. He refilled our water glasses once. Everytime we needed something we had to ask other waitress passing by or i had to wave my hand to the host to get her attention so she would come and ask what we needed! Just FYI....other times we been there we got excellent service and food came out quickly. We actually waited 45 minutes the second time we ordered food to actually get the food that we told them to make it to go. People that were seated after we ordered actually got their food before us. The waiter ssid the next time we come in they would comp us for the bad service we got...i asked for it in writing then the comp changed to comp beer. I was nice to tip him but honestly... he did not deserved the tip he got.....he should have gotten a penny! We all work in the service industry and know how people should be treated....this guy needs to learn!

trinidyAnna Travelogue

My Uber driver told me if I wanted really good food to come here. Decided to come through with an hour left of the restaurant open, even with 6 of us they were more than happy to take our group. The food is family style, we ordered 6 dishes to share it was more than enough. The good, every single dish! Was absolutely amazing! Flavourful , lip smacking goodness! To be fair though , I have only tried the following photographed plates. I recommend getting the fried rice and spicy chicken.. but I also recommend grabbing it for takeout. The place itself isn't the best location and it also need heavy updating. A new carpet especially as it kind of smells like a gym bag. But my five stars are strictly for the food at this specific location! If I could I'd make it 4.5 stars overall because of the place itself. There is another location though that I haven't tried, but I was close to this one.

DALE skjerseth

It is a great place to eat with friends and family

Dennis Smith

Pork chops and Kalbi were great, fried rice too. Large portions, family style.

Gloria Ma

Delicious kimchi fried rice, but the service felt below average in attentiveness. For example, I was eating alone and I was not warned at all that the portion size was humongous (it literally could have fully fed 4 people). It seemed like an obvious thing they could have told me when I was ordering. In addition, when I then asked if there were any homeless shelters I could donate the extra food to, I was met with a confused "umm, no we don't do that," with no follow-up of where I could try to find someone who could use the food. I ended up wandering around on the streets myself with probably 2lb worth of fried rice in a takeout box to try to find someone.

David Duncan

I'm here often...both location. Great locals and local foods. Ok, I like the bar and over all service too.

Mike Sharpe

Excellent share platters of fried rice, fish, pork chops and chicken. Great local flavor at a reasonable price

jovy cleofe

Had dinner here with friends from Fiji and Guam. Loved the food! Manila clams, pork chop, vegetable salad. big sized serving. Must try if you are in Honolulu.

Gary Gindlesperger

One of my favorite restaurants on Oahu. Great food, and great service. Take your appetite because you get plenty of food. You gotta save room for dessert. My favorite is the peanut butter crunch brownie with vanilla icecream.

Aloha KaiNiu

The restaurant is on the side street. Parking is kinda hard on peak time unless you get lucky. The inside is small and cozy. You have to try the kimchi fried rice, fried pork chop and the ribs. We usually order a few plates to share and flush it down with beer/soda. Great place to hang out out with friends after work or watch a game.

Herbster TV

Easily accommodated our party of 8 at one of many large tables. Family style portions mean you WILL be full when you are done. Don't eat too much because desert is equally excellent to the main courses. Don't sweat the location/ally this great place is in. A very welcoming restaurant and staff made this our best Honolulu dining experience. shockingly affordable. Dinner for a table of 8 with 3 deserts and adult beverages for all 8 was $200

desiree tullos

Amazing food in a low key space. The kimchi rice is so good. Huge portions, so be prepared to share.

Hans Lombardo

As always great food, great service! Boneless Kalbi beef ribs still amazing!

Jason Wrisley

Great food and huge portions, plus they have their own beer by Rogue brewing.