Reviews for Sura Hawaii in Honolulu, HI

Value wise, this KKBQ place is pretty good. Made a reservation for 5:30pm as we were wrapping up some hiking and came famished.... I was put off by the 3 meats/3 speciality items at a time (e.g., lettuce wraps are more of a side, why is that counting againstme...?) But didn't run into any issues while ordering with the server. You arrive to the table with Mac n cheese and cheesy cornalready in the grill - the server comes after and pours in the egg. All of these cook while you eat and capture the grease fromyour meats. If you don't eat these soon though, they tend to crisp up and can burn by the end. I appreciated the many sides andsauces you can order. I love love LOVE that they have pre-roasted garlic. Like I hate having to wait to cook raw ones and takeup valuable real estate on the grill, so having it come already cooked and develop that roasted flavor is awesome. Pickledjalapeños were also good with good spice. What I didn't enjoy, however, was the mixed salad. It's essentially spring mix withtheir house dressing, but what's annoying is that half of it will be wilty or gross with the dead sludgy leaves. Like I had topick them out, which ended up being like half the salad each time. The meat quality was pretty good with your standard picks ofbrisket, bulgogi, kalbi, steak, pork belly, etc. Shrimp come with shells on, which is kind of annoying to take off as you justwanna eat them but gotta wait for them to cool down. We also ordered the Terra beer, which instead of a pitcher came out in abig plastic bottle. Servers were attentive and frequently changed out the grills after they start to burn, especially aftermarinated meats. Someone mentioned this in another review, but there is indeed a hole at the bottom that spurts out hot grease -this happened multiple times where I felt a stinging sensation while eating....quite a PITA. Parking also seems to be a pain. Read more

This is such a fun experience!! Each table has a grill in the middle where you cook your own meat. With delicious mac and... cheese, corn and cheese and eggs cooking around the outside. Delicious! But don't sleep on the other items on the menu. Thegarlic shrimp bibimbap was so good! Read more

The huge shrimp were fresh and sweet, brisket and steak were good too. Service was extraordinary wait staff were attentive. ... Overall it beats our expectation in every way. Read more

First time we ever had Korean BBQ. It was an amazing experience. It was all you could eat. Our server was amazing. He... recommended the spicy seafood soup and it was very tasty. My only suggestion would be for the shrimp to be peeled for you priorto cooking. Very busy place. Definitely make reservations ahead of time. Read more

Disappointed. That is my word for this restaurant. It was so much better when it was called. “6-7-8” years ago. If you fell... in love with that Korean BBQ you will be disappointed with the changes. It is now all you can eat and while the meat was fine,it has lost its allure. I would no longer recommend this restaurant. The all you can eat menu is now $27 per adult. Not sure whythey offer Australian beer but they do, and graffiti in bathrooms is less than inviting. Read more

This restaurant is AYCE and you’re able to eat until you’re stuffed for up to an hour and a half. There’s many sides and... meat to pick out. For 2 people, we were only able to eat one round of food. If your don’t eat everything, there is a $10leftover fee. I liked the restaurant when it wasn’t AYCE. I feel like the meat had more flavor then. A lot has changed fromwhen we went often a few years ago. Be sure to book a reservation as the place gets crowded quickly! Read more

Food is delicious, but I feel like they've made the portions smaller and now charge for everything, including banchan. I do... like that they're open pretty late and the line to get in usually moves quickly. They have great employees and they work reallyhard here. There is little parking around the back and side of the restaurant but I usually find street parking and thenwalk. The late night prices and all you can eat for $25 so we usually go after 1030pm. Also, when the place is packed andeveryone is cooking, it can get a little uncomfortably warm inside. Read more

Came here during happy hour and made reservations at 1030 pm, but had to wait an extra 15 minutes to be seated. We were sat in... the corner and had a very unhappy waitress. The food came out very slowly, though it was somewhat busy, so it wasunderstandable. Cooking the food was a hazard. Firstly, we could not see how done the food was done because the lighting was sodark. There were pools of fat and oil around the grill and would shoot at us. As we were flipping the meats, oil actually hit usmultiple times. The options were limited and meats were ok. In the end we were charged the wrong price and had to ask the onduty manager to adjust it. Overall it was a bad experience and do not recommend this location. Read more