Blue Ribbon Bar & Grill

Great atmosphere, it gets busy so definitely should try to reserve. They have open karaoke and karaoke rooms. Rooms are a good for small parties.

This is my favorite chill spot for drinks, food, karaoke & hanging out with good friends. Mama Pam, Natalie, Brendan, Jazzy & rest of crew are awesome!! I always have my birthday get togethers here

Happy Hour in Honolulu, Hawaii...My friend, Irene, was going to a birthday party at Blue Ribbon. I told her that the name sounded familiar... I looked it up on my Yelp app...Gosh - I had photos from when I was here over five years ago! It looks like my friends and I had a private room and we ordered Soju in a large watermelon-shaped bowl and lots of different types of food! Haha!Well... This time, Irene and I went for Happy Hour from 5pm to 7pm because her party didn't start until 7pm. She ordered the Gin Ger Berry drink and I got the Watermelon Sugar-Hi. Both drinks were creative and strong.We shared the Kalua Pig Quesadillas, Onion Mushroom Cheeseburger with Fries, and Agedashi Tofu (with Furikake). Surprisingly, everything was delicious - we ate EVERYTHING! The tortillas of the quesadillas had a slight crisp from being toasted just right and the burger was nicely grilled! The fries were crisp and had the perfect touch of salt!We told the bartender how pleased we were with the food. I confessed to the friendly bartender that I was here at Blue Ribbon about 5 years ago and I don't remember the food being so good. The bartender explained that they had a new cook. She introduced us to the cook who was a petite, older, Asian woman. The cook was so happy with our compliments about her cooking skills! I think we made her day!I wouldn't mind returning! The place was clean with little festive blue lights up above and a cool aquarium in the back. PARKING: There were about twelve free parking stalls in the front. Metered street parking is free after 6 pm! Note: The guys at the bar were watching Korean drama on the big screen television... LOL! This was a Sunday evening...

Food, drinks and karaoke with your besties makes it a Blue Ribbon night!!They do open at 5 so I came earlier to check the place out with Nadine C and decided to get an early start on the happy hour and we had the Agedashi Tofu, Kalua Pig Quesadillas, and Onion Mushroom Cheeseburger with fries (On the specials menu), we loved it so much we had to thank the lovely lady who prepared it and made sure she knew it was delicious!Along with our meal we had some cocktail Watermelon Sugar Hi for her and Gin-Ger Berry for me...omg super strong as it took me all night to finish it, we both didn't care for our drinks though later in the night several of my groupies all enjoyed the Ume Chu-Hi...and drank it way too easy, we also tried several soju including POG and Guava super yummy! This places certainly doesn't give you the blues as it can cater to all right in the heart of McCully having basically the lot to it's own at night makes it a great place to gather to celebrate an occasion like what I was there for with a group of 20+ easily as we did reserve one of three private karaoke rooms available though it didn't fit all of us the introverts made themselves comfortable on one of many booths and tables in the main dining room.They do have happy hour from 5pm to 7pm but everything we tried was yummy and reasonably priced including the karaoke is $1 a song the singer in our group sang their hearts out joyfully all night long.We all had a blast as the staff there is super friendly and polite as we all had fun getting loud, the food came out wickedly fast it's a great quick late night hangout for the group or with just your bestie. :-)Thank you!

I used to go to this place pre-COVID. It was an awesome karaoke bar, happy people, awesome vibes, great staff. NOW? Some of the same staff, same bartender that first introduced watermelon shoju to me years ago... and what was cute was it was served in an actual watermelon ceramic dish, which just made it cute and delicious and enjoyable for me. TODAY? Idk what was bugging the bartender but the watermelon soju was warm, no ice, and less than the normal amount in the watermelon serving dish that it comes in.. then she insists on a card because I wasn't sure yet if I was going to pay cash or card - I was waiting on a friend. I know- I get it, that's the standard. Cash or card yada yada, but we've been there so many other times that they never insisted on the card before so to not make a scene, I gave a card. It wasn't the card to charge, but I gave a card. They usually don't charge a card right away without permission anyway. But she went ahead and charged my card without even giving me a receipt to make sure I'm getting charged appropriately.. comes and says real loud, YOUR CARD GOT DECLINED. So now my friend is mad and upset, and embarrassed LOL me? I could care less, wanna play dumb games? i'll play. So I gave her another card that I really wanted to pay on - AFTER I got a receipt to make sure I'm getting charged appropriately first.. and she looked surprised. Now mind you, the whole time there, she's opening beer bottles and slamming the beer bottle opener on the counter in the front of us.. Got the WHOLE bar with several other empty seats that she can do that too, but no, she wants to do that in front of us.. And as for food service?? Two of us, ordered pupus. We usually order a whole lot of pupus, but they gave us NO little plates to eat off of.. so dropping bits and pieces of our tofu and shoyu all over the counter was expected. NOTHiNG. So hey, NO TIP.

Participated in several Happy Hour Karaoke UYEs at Blue Ribbon Bar & Grill in McCully, so it's about time for a review! Located on makai side of King Street past Hau'oli Street, if you get to Pumehana Street, you went to far. There are a small amount of stalls in front of BRBG, watch out for the reserved stalls. If the business tied to the reserved stalls is closed for the day, you can use them. There is street parking available on King St after 6:30 pm. BRBG is an older small neighborhood bar. Walking in, you go directly into the main area with a good amount of tables. The first time we went, we were nearly the only ones in the bar. The second time we went (on the same night a week later), there were several other groups and it felt relatively crowded. There are also several private rooms for about 8-10 people that are available. Happy Hour is 5-7 pm everyday. There are 9 HH food items, $.50 off select bottled beers, and $5 beers & well drinks. We started with HH food and added one or two food special or regular food items. Impressions:HH Agedashi Tofu. Light breaded, deep fried, and served with a soy dashi sauce and daikon- very good, will repeat!HH Cold Tofu. A generous amount of tofu with a soy sesame oil drizzle, with ginger & green onions. More neutral tasting than the agedashi.HH Edamame. Nothing fantastic, but a good item to start.HH Tater Tots. Nothing fantastic but good, will repeat.HH French Fries. Crinkle cut, Nothing fantastic.HH Kalua Pork Quesadilla. A decent sized quesadilla layered with kalua pork, very good, will repeat!HH Karaage Chicken. Probably my favorite! A good amount of boneless chicken, deep fried. Excellent, will repeat!HH Seafood Pancake. Decent sized and full of calamari. You should get one of the two pancakes! Very good, will repeat!HH Kim Chee Pancake. Decent sized and full of kim chee. You should get one of the two pancakes! Very good, will repeat!Food Specials:Spring Rolls w/Chili Sauce. Decent taste, but a small amount, avoid.Local Style Fried Noodles. A good amount of noodles with luncheon meat & vegetables. Very good!Regular:Kalua Pork Nachos Supreme. Good amount with meats and veggies and decent taste, will repeat!Local Style Fried Rice w/Egg. A decent amount of fried rice with a good proportion of meats and vegetables, good! The karaoke is only $1/per song. I'm a terrible singer, and shy. Had to get a couple of bourbon shots in me before I tried one song. Yeep Mari T, in contrast, sings like an angel! Aunty Nadine C & Peter Y's buddy Ben fell somewhere between those two extremes. With tax and tips, total came up between $35-48, not bad. In the neighborhood, very good Happy Hour, reasonable karaoke, good food, decently priced drinks, and great friends- what more can you ask for? I think we found our new favorite karaoke bar! Recommend and will repeat!

This hidden gem is great! I've been here a few times late at night and it's always packed. The one time I did come early, literally right when they opened, it was nice to grab a room with friends. The food is bar food but very affordable yet tasty. The workers are very attentive and make sure to monitor when you need something. As more of my friends trickled in, we moved to the main room to sing karaoke. The ambiance was nice and comforting. Everyone took turns singing and the shared atmosphere was great. I would highly recommend.

Awesome food reasonable prices We took advantage of a private karaoke room that was only a dollar a song ..good selection of songs too

Nice people. Always trying to improve and do what's right. Conscious. Even has next generation taking over.

Foods good, vibe is always fun! Parking is a little tricky but worth it, Service is good.