OMG.. where has this place been all my life. I pass this restaurant almost basically everyday cuz I…read morework on Kapahulu. We've always had this place in our 'places to try', and we finally made our way here. Of course, recently, one day after work, the wife picked me up, figured we don't want to cook dinner. Decided to eat out, as is always the question, between me and the wife 'where you like go eat', 'what's for dinner', 'where we going eat', 'what you hungry for'. As we're driving on kapahulu, we're pointing out all the restaurants, passing them, and as we're getting closer, we make a last minute decision and a sudden right turn on to Campbell Ave lol. There's a few parking spaces in the back of the building, otherwise you would need to find street parking, and I'm pretty sure it would be okay to park at Zippy's since they have a bigger lot, but that's up to you if you want to risk it. Honolulu Skewer House is on Kapahulu, in between Uncle Bo's and Pho Saigon. I believe Guava smoked is upstairs. Walking in is a little bit dark on the inside, and first thing they ask is if we have reservations. We said no. But they were able to sit us on the bar table tops. With that said, I would say reservations are probably recommended. This experience was so cool and needed. On the table top had the skewer grill. Then there's another set of bars above the grill to place the cooked skewers.
Anyway, we ordered the combo for 2 at $90 which is basically like a prefixe set. Came with sizzling oil tofu salad and braised beef salad cucumber appetizers. Came with 2 skewers of each - beef, brisket, pork jowl, lamb, chicken thigh, Kauai shrimp, king oyster mushroom, zucchini, and mini sausage. And came with baby Chinese cabbage w/ sesame sauce and scallion pancake as hot dish side. We ordered rice on the side and it came with desert- 2 tanghulu, it's like candied fruits, 1 strawberry and 1 orange. We were so surprised and happy, that was so cool. We've never had it before lol. Did I try it? No, but the wife did. She said she liked it. Anyway, cooking the skewers, u just place it on the rotator wheels put it in place, and u just let it cook!!! It automatically rotates cooking the meats thoroughly over the fire. There is a flat grill for the veggies and shrimp. When the skewers are done cooking, you place em on the bars above the grill, and eat!!!
This was such a fun and great experience. The servers were nice and friendly the 2 boys. I got to have a Sapporo. The food, the drink, the place, the experience, was much needed. Thank you Honolulu Skewer House. Would we come here again? Yes, definitely. And again, reservations recommended. Go check em out guys.