Reviews for 1938 Indochine in Honolulu, HI
The service was great. The first class. But the plates we ordered were just not that impressive. We were not there for their... #happyhours but the plates delivered to us did look/ taste like typical “happy hour batch cooked foods”. We parked atSalt and was able to validated at the Starbucks because my hub wanted some after meal iced caramel Mochiato (i didn’t see anydigestif liquors, like Limonchello or Averna at the restaurant) Their outside seating area is lovely - and live music adds tothe peaceful atmosphere . #covidsafe #kakaako #eatlocally Read more
I loved the ambiance! There’s live acoustic performers. It’s a place where you can chill with friends/coworkers after a long... day’s work! Food is good and i loved it because they serve Red Horse beer, a Philippine brand of beer. I haven’t drank thatfor years! Read more
The indochine soup, curry & scallops were immaculate! Everything was decently priced & portion sizes were meant for sharing.... Definitely will be back to try something different. Service was fast, attentive & friendly. The atmosphere is so relaxing fromthe bustle of Kakaako Read more
I really enjoyed the atmosphere and ambience of this place. The staff was underwhelming, but the food options definitely made up... for it. I went on an Saturday night and there place was full of fashionable people celebrating birthdays and enjoyingthemselves. My major complaint would be the uncaring method they delivered the food itself. With the live music the server wasalmost yelling. The drink menu is pretty extensive with a lot of spirits. I would definitely go back and give them another shot Read more
Had the pleasure of both dining in and taking away food from 1938 Indochine. If you are able to, I'd recommend dining in. The... ambiance is warm, exotic and welcoming. The restaurant is clean and the service is 5 star. The food comes in beautiful dishwareand if you go during certain hours, there is local live music playing during your meal :) The take away experience wasn't asamazing. For some reason the food just wasn't as good . The portions seemed a bit smaller? Just the entire experience was sodifferent from dining in. I will definitely be back to visit dining in :) Read more
I wanted to enjoy this meal a lot more than what it was hyped up to be. I imagine their more experimental and innovative items... on the menu would be a lot better. A lot of what we ordered are similar to dishes that I grew up with. So I give credit toauthenticity and flavours that remind me of home. But I was hoping for a bigger impact in flavour and interesting dishes thatweren’t masquerading as something else. For example “Imperial Roll” is just a fancy title for a spring roll. Cocktailswere great, and would’ve liked to have tried their whiskey/bourbon flight. Read more
1938 was a good experience all around, we started at the bar while we waited for our friends to join us. We had a fabulous... ginger whiskey drink made with homemade ingredients and it was good. Once our friends arrived we moved to our reserved table.The atmosphere is fantastic, love the decor!! We ordered just a bunch of different plates and everyone pretty much shared. Againcan't complain about anything we ordered, really the only compliant and this is with everything is that the plates are gettingsmaller and the prices are getting higher but not limited to just one place of course. Everything had good flavor and wascooked well and to order. All said and done it was a good meal and good experience we would definitely go back. Read more
Very odd experience: we came after reading reviews and hearing great things from locals about this place. There was not that... much for us to eat cos 80% of the menu coked with pork and bacon. We specifically requested our food to have none of these, butstill got it. Ordered 6 dishes, barely ate just one. Cocktails were sub par. We left hungry. Read more