King Restaurant & Bar

My good friends - Chi & Lin were home from Germany, so we decided to make a small get together with da intermediate skool/high skool/college gang, and "King Restaurant & Bar" was the place of choice for our little get together.I've seen quite a few of my Yelp buddies post wonderful reviews & pics of King Restaurant & Bar, but what really deterred me from coming here sooner was the nearby sketchy bums that mainly hang around the front area off of the Kapiolani Blvd. entrance area.Unfortunately for me, I didn't know there was a large parking lot & a back entrance of the restaurant. This parking lot & entrance faces the Keeaumoku Walmart & Sam's Club.Had I known about that, I would have come here sooner, as this restaurant serves up some pretty yummy Chinese grub!I originally thought we were gonna do the dim sum thing for lunch, buy my friend Matt K. went all out and ordered a menu more for like a Chinese dinner. We had ordered the following grub -Peking DuckPeking Duck Skin in BunSteamed Fish Filet with Ginger & Onion SauceBeef Chow Fun (dry style)Shrimp Look FunSalted Fish & Chicken Fried RiceHoney Walnut ShrimpDry Fried String Bean with Minced PorkWhat can I say about the grub?I must say the food was outstanding! It was really hard to pick which dish I liked better, as all of the items that we ordered was so tasty & flavorful!Service was wonderful, and the food came out quickly (probably due to my friend Matt pre-ordering the menu before we came here), and it was nice that we had a private dining room so we could take our time eating, & having long fun conversation.As good as the food was, I was even more happy to see all of my intermediate skool, high skool, & college friends, as we don't get to see each other all of the time.

Still consistently good authentic Chinese cooking, not too Americanised, retained some Hong Kong style.This time we ordered some freshly steamed oysters in XO sauce whichIs very tasty, with no sand residue.Good service, not hovering over the table.Highly recommend.....

King Restaurant has been here for 8 years, but we only now got around to trying their dim sum. The dim sum menu starts at 10am and the rest of the menu is available at 11am. The dim sum menu is limited, but everything was pretty tasty. My favorites were the siu mai and beef short rib (mostly because it's an unusual dim sum selection). The gin dui (fried sesame mochi balls with red bean paste) were small, bite-sized and hot. We liked that.The service is friendly and the restaurant is very nice. There's free parking in the back. Overall, it was a good experience. I had to knock off one star because there were a few menu items that weren't available and the restrooms weren't working. We may try again another day...

"Icing on the top of the cake"King Restaurant & Bar is located in the older, nondescript bldg. just before the Runner's Route on Kapiolani Blvd. parking is to the rear of the restaurant Assuming more emphasis on "restaurant" during the day and "bar" at night. Had heard good things about their Chinese cuisine but never had a chance to trytill recently. Was drawn to their recent announcement that they were now serving dim sum from 10am to 3pm. For the dim sum offerings, most items are $5.95 or $6.95 per plate. The service was great, although we did have to wait awhile as it was pretty packed with diners and take out orders within 10 minutes of our arrival. The tables and the concrete floor were clean and not cramped. The servers welcomed us with fresh hot tea and water upon request. As busy as the two servers were, they were attentive, pleasant and were observant of our needs. Never an empty pot of tea, they always checked. Because the floors are concrete, there really was really nothing to absorb the sound so it did get pretty noisy. Was the wait worth it? Absolutely! Seemingly, nothing really premade so the dishes came out hot and fresh and delicious. We had the usual pork hash, steamed shrimp/chive dumpling, bbq pork bun, shrimo dumpling and shrimp look funn. The shrimp look funn was amazingly thin with fat shrimp inside- really soft and delicious with just the right amount of sauce in the plate. Clean and spacious seating, delicious dim sum and to top it iff, great and pleasant service- the @icing on the top of the cake".

We came here for my grandma's birthday. We had the private room which was very spacious for about 20 of us. The room was pretty cool. It has a large dining table and a smaller table with couches around it. It also has a large screen for karaoke and a karaoke machine, obviously.While I waited for everyone else to arrive, they brought us some snacks like peanuts and chips. They would not, however, bring us more snacks until we ordered food. this was a problem because I was hungry and my mom could not figure out what to order. This was soon rectified, however, and I got more snacks! Service was prompt. We even got instructions on how to use the karaoke machine after wefinished dinner. It was a surprise because I didn't even know we could use it without paying extra, but it was free. The food was pretty good. I enjoyed the honey walnut shrimp, the noodles, the fried rice, the clay pots, and everything else! We ordered quite a variety of food and everything was yummy and perfectly seasoned. For dessert we had a cake we brought in and they were so nice to give us plates and utensils. They had even offered to refrigerate the cake before the meal.I came here a second time for takeout and it was very easy to call my order in and pick it up. No issues and the food was again really good. There are some dedicated parking stalls in the back of the restaurant. There aren't many though so get here early! I think there is a number of street parking stalls available in the evening anyway.

First time trying their dim sum. It was delicious. Har gau is always good theirs had large shrimp inside no fillers. The black bean spare ribs were large full of meat not all fat. They lay on a bed of taro which was delicious too. Then we had the shrimp look fun which came with choy sum. Usually doesn't come with veggies but theirs did which is unique but I liked it! We also ordered the black pepper short ribs which was very flavorful! Full menu is available at 11am. We were able to order spicy salt and pepper shrimp. It wasn't spicy but it was delicious! The shrimp wasn't overcooked at all. We really enjoyed the food. Next time we need to come with several people to order other dishes. They have three private rooms two of which can hold 12-15 and one for 8-10 people. The two larger rooms are partitioned can be removed and used as one big room. For 24- 30 people. Audio visual is available which provides ability for presentations. What it's used for is karaoke! So you can have a private party and sing! $400 and $300 minimum spend for private too. during the week and $450 and $350 minimum over the weekend.

King restaurant has decent Chinese food. They are pretty busy and sometimes packed especially on weekends. Good variety of dishes. The dishes are pretty good. They are tasty and well seasoned. They are also pretty pricey though and the portion seems to be less and less over time. The kitchen entrance in the back sometimes keeps on leaking with a puddle of water.

I have been here twice and have enjoyed King's Restaurant both times! My favorite dishes to order are the:-Garlic seafood fried rice-Black bean clams-Deep fried chicken-Ong Choy-Salt and pepper shrimpYou cannot compare King's Restaurant to other Chinese food restaurants. The menu has some similarities but it's not like Fook Yuen, Legend's or Jade Dynasty. I don't know how to describe it. But it's not your typical Cantonese/ Hong Kong style Chinese restaurant (in my opinion). The service is quick for dinner and you're basically in and out. The parking situation can be tricky as the lot is small and sometimes you have to find street parking. The reason why this restaurant doesn't receive a full 5 stars from me is because of the smoking situation. The restaurant smells like smoke and there's nothing you can do to stop it. I don't know if the karaoke rooms are smoking allowed, but the cooks smoke in the doorway leading into the restaurant and they won't stop. I'll admit the smoke is a huge turn off, but I think this restaurant has the best black bean clams and I'll just deal with it. They also have a very distracting electric blue light for bugs that makes a loud startling zap every time a bug is buzzed!

Celebrating my birthday milestone on my actual birthdate at King Restaurant this year took on additional family memories since I was able to celebrate as a family group of eight. My husband and I arranged a fairly lavish 9-course Chinese dinner since family from far and near were coming to celebrate our August birth month. We tried to coordinate the banquet menu according to Chinese food symbolism traditions to represent happiness, longevity, prosperity, abundance, harmony and family unity. The chef/owner was very accomodating as he offered his expertise in our menu planning, portion sizes and a private room for our family. Also, we took into consideration our guests' Westernized Chinese palates and possible food allergies. FOOD: -Shrimp Balls & Salt and Pepper Deep-fried Squid-Crab and Fish Maw Soup-Chinese-style Braised Pork Belly with Preserved Cabbage-Steamed Sea Bass-Chicken & Abalone Casserole-Pumpkin, Chinese Yam and Wood Ear Mushroom (fungus)-Beef Tenderloin in Black Pepper Sauce-Pan-fried Noodles with Shredded Pork-Dried Scallop & Egg White Fried Rice-Sweet Red Bean (adzuki) SoupWe requested to have each dish "staged" rather than brought in all at once, but we understood that the food would come out according to the preparation time and kitchen workflow. The service was friendly. They did their best to keep our group hydrated with chilled water, hot tea, and the wines and soft drinks we brought along.King Restaurant & Bar is one of our favorite Chinese restaurants to eat at on a weekly basis or to entertain at.

I ate a $140 " live " fish. Which was Very very bad experience. When I tried to order$26 fish soup, a waitress told me the fresh live fish tastes very good ,and $48 per pound. I double checked the fish is live fish. However! The fish definitely was not live fish, it was not even fresh! I told another waiter, and asked him if the fish is live fish, He said the fish is from fridge!!! The waiter said he will tell his boss about it. However they still gave us over $200 bill with $140 terrible fish.Worst experience ever!