Reviews for Pounders Restaurant in Laie, HI
Had a nice meal here. Tasty dressing and sauces on my salad, however there wasn't anything standout about it. We also ordered a... Pili pili chicken that was also good and filling. Great service! Read more
Very nice dine in area for community and tourists alike, really friendly service and wait staff. Desserts were delicious as was... the food, you won't be disappointed with anything on the menu and we tried a variety of things including Desserts. Liked thedessert options mango cheesecake, taro haupia bars, taro rolls. Read more
Service is great, food is bad. Especially for the price, it’s not worth it. Yesterday we ordered the pizza of the day which... was a spicy volcano pizza ($16). It was supposed to have bacon on it but this is what came out. Other than that, my husbandthought it was fine. It was essentially a spicy pepperoni pizza. I got the “Grahmburger” ($18) which was actually prettygood. I enjoyed that. I miss the old Pounders menu, it was so much better Read more
Firstly, our server Shareef was wonderful, he was friendly and efficient (honestly the only reason I gave 2 stars). Our food... unfortunately told a different story. I was so excited when I found out that Graham Elliot is the executive chef here, being afan of his from Master Chef Jr, I made a reservation over a month in advance of traveling to Oahu. As for the food, the wedgesalad was a sloppy plate of bagged romaine lettuce, with a pile of unripened papaya on the side, the bacon was the highlight.The margarita pizza seemed as though it was made earlier in the day and not even reheated in the brick oven, it was soggy andnot cooked in the middle, and it had sliced beefsteak tomatoes, not traditional Roma, it was very off-putting. The short rib wasjust okay, the meat was cooked well, a little under seasoned and completely drowning in BBQ sauce. The special surf and turfwas absolutely a salt bomb overload, the little seaweed asparagus looking things tasted like they were plucked directly from theocean, the steak was cooked well, but also salt overload. The entire meal was disappointing to say the least, especially becausemy expectations were set too high. Read more
Made a reservation with OpenTable and was able to get seated right when we arrived at the restaurant. Very nice and clean... restaurant. The staff were also very kind and accommodating. The food was nothing to write home about, it felt like very genericfood that you can get from any major chain restaurant with a Hawaii theme sprinkled on top. Their housemaid drinks were prettygood. We were too full to try their dessert menu but it looked good on the displays. Read more
Had a chance to grab lunch here a couple weeks ago. Beautiful restaurant with lots of indoor and outdoor seating. With... celebrity chef Graham Elliot at the helm here, the food is delicious. Burgers, pizzas and entrees featuring fresh fish. Had theGrahamburger with Brie cheese and sautéed onions is incredible. I would definitely get it again. Read more
Made reservations online through Open Table. We arrived a few minutes prior to 6:30p on this Saturday and it took them a few... minutes to get us seated. Inside was pretty white and loved listening to the older local music! It took the waitress a fewminutes before she took our order: the New Zealand Mussels in curry were super delicious, but it was a bit too spicy for me - Icoughed a couple times ????, Grahamburger with Brie and fries was also yummy (good size burger too) and the Hawaiian Mango pizzawas also delicious. We were stuffed and couldn’t order any dessert. They have a small bakery to the right of the hostessdesk that had some delicious looking sweets and a few pastries. Read more
Crispy shrimp tacos with mango slaw were divine. Served piping hot and big portion too. The fries were crispy on the outside... and soft and hot on the inside. So good. Husband had the pepperoni pizza from Pounder’s pizza oven. It was also delicious. Wewill be back! Read more