McCoy Pavilion

Sad that this once revered iconic facility in Ala Moana Park has been allowed to become a contractor's pawn. Shame on them for not finishingthe work they were contracted to do in a timely fashion.

Shoots...as of today's drive-by, the Pavilion is still "closed for repairs/renovations". Such a great beach park venue for all kinds of public & private events. Hope it reopens before the end of the year.

OPA!!! Well, that's as far as I know about the Greek language..........but today, after attending the 2016 Greek Festival, I learned a little bit more of this beautiful culture.2016 marks the 35th year of the Greek Festival, and I'm not sure how many years they have held the Greek Festival event at the McCoy Pavilion. I must say the Greek Festival is a great venue to learn about the beautiful Greek culture, foods, music, dance, Orthodox religion, & art! I mostly enjoyed the unique music, as well as some of the delicious food that was served here. Entrance to the event was just $3.00 smackaz, and upon entering, you can get your hand stamped, so incase you decide to leave, you can comeback later. After entering the event, there's a table where you need to buy "scripts" so you can buy your food & other items. The McCoy Pavilion is pretty spacious, but may seem a bit cramped when there are a lot of people attending an event. Luckily the Pavilion has an indoor area, as well as a spacious outdoor area. I noticed the outdoor area had some beautiful ponds, as well as large trees that provided some very good shade in the outdoor area (which was very helpful). What a lifesaver, them trees! Especially when it's scorching hot outside (like today)!!!The McCoy Pavilion is located in the Ala Moana Beach Park..........located towards the Ewa end of the park. Parking can be a little tough at times, especially over the weekend because Ala Moana Beach Park is heavily used. If you cannot find parking at the park, may I suggest to park at Ala Moana Shopping Center, or like us today.........we parked at the Hokua Building, and then walked across the street to the McCoy Pavilion.

Thank You EMI and Yelp again for the complimentary Tickets to the Greek Festival at the McCoy Pavillion 2016. The check in for the Yelp Guest List was on the Ewa Entrance of the Pavillion, it was an easy Check in. Regular Pricing is 3$ for adults and Kids 11 and under and military are free. Food-Scripts are needed for food, they take Cash or Check NO credit/debit cards, there was an ATM in the FrontFood Prices were a little pricey but I didn't mind becuase I love Greek Food and this is the place to get authentic items. At the Festival there was a Jewelry booth, clothing booth, Greek Coffee, Greek Alcohol tent, Desserts, breads and jellies, cookies, marinades, market items and many authentic foods. There is also a separate area that serves Chicken and Vegetarian plates. The reason that I like this festival is because the atmosphere is really chill. I enjoy walking around to the booths and sampling Greek food that Ive never tried before. And an Alcohol tent with Greek wine and beer, I was sold! My favorites this year was the Gyros which were awesome! and the Baklava Cheesecake was so unique it was a baklava top, cheesecake in the middle and the bottom layer was a cake, so it was a perfect combination of the flakiness of a Baklava and its toppings, then the sweet creaminess of cheesecake with the bottom being like a white cake it just evened everything out. Background-2016 marked the 35th year of the Greek Festival. There are NO outside food vendors here, this is put on by less than 40 Greek families that are part of the Yassas from Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Pacific, proceeds go to the ministries and other local charities. Entertainment was great, i didn't understand a word, but the singers and musicians were so good and a lot of people were dancing traditional greek dances. The atmosphere was lively and entertaining. The McCoy Pavillionj-is a great place for this festival however, I really think that the state needs to keep this place up, there were cracks in some areas that they had to put cones around, and a crumbling concrete slab in the middle with caution tape around it, it really made the area look dilapidated. There's a lot of potential with this site, definitely needs a face lift. Overall, I enjoyed my self and I'll need to hit the gym this week. Disclaimer: this festival is not as big as the Okinawan festival in Hawaii this is on a much smaller scale but I like the intimacy and the atmosphere and I love tasting and seeing a glimpse of other cultures that are in Hawaii. OPA! (celebration of life, you will hear this a lot at the festival!) or after you take a shot of Ouzo

Ópa!!!You can't help but have fun at the annual Greek Festival held at the McCoy Pavilion across from Ala Moana Center and not that far from Magic Island. We park at Ala Moana Center and walk over. Bring a hat. It's very hot outside. We took the whole family. I love that Hawaii has festivals for all the cultures to represent the multiculturalism in the islands. It's a great to visit festivals to learn about languages, cuisines, music, dancing, religion and history. The cost of admission to this particular festival is quite reasonable. $3 for adults and children under the age of 11 don't pay. There's a discount for active duty military members. The food is probably the biggest draw of this festival. Greek food is scrumptious. Lamb, souvlaki, Greek Salad, gyros and even a vegan Greek meal are all wonderful. The food is probably the biggest draw to most who attend the festival, but there are plenty of options beyond what I listed.Best: the gyros. We had several gyros because once you gyro you can't stop. The pastries are decadent. You won't be able to resist the delicious looking desserts. The classic baklava is my favorite. It's reasonably priced at $3.50. There are other pastries including a chocolate baklava for the chocoholics. See the dancing in air conditioned comfort. We especially enjoyed the dancing done in traditional Greek attire. Greek dancing is lively and engaging. Have some ice cold lemonade.The pork souvlaki which is a pork tenderloin on a wooden skewer served with a pretty dry tasting pita bread was a complete miss. But you win some and you lose some. This is not a huge festival with thousands of people. It's a small to medium festival and I like that. Overall, the festival was hit with us and we plan to visit again next year.

Beautiful enclosed area would be perfect for an intimate wedding reception, birthday celebration or grad party. Two entrances one off Ala Moana Beach park and another just off Ala Moana Blvd. There are also a few ponds and fountains which adds to the elegance of the Pavilion.

Here is a lucky I live HI if I have ever saw one.Back in IL or NY you have city venues that you can rent for this or that.Here is a place that is the very best location for events that I have had the pleasure of volunteering for when HI TESOL an ESL like club and Head Start have had to have events for groups of people.It is a great venue with a kitchen when we need it and a location that offers surf and sand with chairs and tables when needed!So lucky we live HI!

Free parking, but may need to walk far. Nice air conditioning; clean; safe and centrally located. No food or beverages allowed in the hall. Flies hovered around us as we ate our bento meal at the picnic tables. Good sound system and elevated stage. Great facility for our annual meeting of the Credit Union!

I think this is one of the high lights of Honolulu. Just walking through the ponds and the pavilion is a nice retreat from the buildings and traffic of downtown just across the street. I just came from the Story Telling Festival there last night, and I had a pretty good time there. Just a nice and peaceful place.

I've been to a few events at this location and it's been hot every time LOL. It's located right in the center of alamoana Beach Park right next to the tennis courts. The best thing of this location is that they have a little stage area inside where it's air-conditioned. The most recent event that I went to with the Latino Fest where all the vendors came together and sold their yummy food. I had a good time.