Leslie's Place
"You would think Leslie's on Kokea St would be this seedy little joint, but it's not so bad. I used to come here often with my co-workers because one of the supervisors knew the owner. The place is pretty big. It has a full bar upstairs and downstairs. Downstairs has booths and a small dance floor. Usually a horrible low paying CD DJ will play some crappy tunes. There is karaoke for $1.00 but the song book is very outdated.Upstairs has a bar and a few booths available. They can close off the upstairs portion for private parties. There is also a private room up there. If you book the room upstairs, the private room is usually used for the food as that is where they set up the buffett trays. Upstairs and downstairs has restrooms.The bartenders are friendly enough. The food was always yummy. There is an assortment of domestic beers and some imports. No one bothered you - no thugs or rif raff. There's enough private and street parking. It's fairly clean and the biggest plus is it's probably one of the only bars in Kalihi that is open until 4am.The only gripe is the beer and alcohol here is a little pricey considering it being a Kapalama canal bar. The rest of the bars on the strip of Kokea and Kohou St. charge a bit less."
Tings Cocktail Lounge
"This place was around a while, if I remember correctly the name changed from Ting's Place....This bar is for the older crowd...They have electronic dart boards and karaoke, and for the old timers thats good enough......This lounge is located in waipahu, right up the road from the fire station on leoleo street which runs parallel to farrington hwy. ocean side......So if your looking for that laid back, not to wild place to just relax and have a few drinks....This is your stop....But I must warn you these old timers can get pretty wild...LOLIt's been so long since I walked in this place must have been at least 15 years or so ...A really good friend of mine suggested we go check out this spot, because the lady that cooked here was his neighbor, and she kept telling him to drop by, but he never had the time or was never in the area, so this was his chance to show face....So the time comes and we finally get to meet aunty, tiny, filipino, older lady but really nice, after she has her chat, she heads to the kitchen....And man the food started rolling out, filled up our whole table......I wish I could remember what we ordered because everything was so good.....I could not remember cause I had a slight case of amnesia after swallowing so much brewski's ......Money well spent in my book....Next day was a whole different story....Bad hang over....Every small bar or lounge has it's regulars that stop by to have a few, some on a daily basis......And this place has a few of their own...Really cool place.....I will certainly like to check this place out again....Another thing is the parking situation, there's a small parking lot on the waikiki side of the entrance, it's small and fill's up pretty fast...There's also on street parking which is on a first come basis....So good luck with that......Aloha"
