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I love the food at millions There is a lot to choose from and it was my 1st time trying something new which was the pork's feet and I love it because I can wrap it and add in some vegetables that they gave us with it. The service was great and understanding our orders for how many people.
Million Restaurant I usually come here for yakiniku, but I tried the bossam this time after hearing it was good--and it did not disappoint. It was so delicious. The cucumber mul naengmyeon is still my favorite, and the kimchi dumplings were also really good. The staff were very friendly, which made the experience even better. Next time, I'd definitely recommend the bossam with the cucumber mul naengmyeon.
Read about this place in the newspaper and had to give it a try. Very unassuming from the outside. We got street parking right across and the meters are free after 6pm. Came early on a week night so didn't have to wait. Got the seafood pancake, yook gae jang, oyster jun and soon du bu jigae. The potato salad was obvi the BEST banchan and our nice server made sure we got more rounds of it. All of the offerings were good but that was my fave since potatoes are the best food. Oyster jun was a little soft/undercooked but the portion was huge (it was not cheap but you get a lot for $28). Flavor was good and the sauce with the rice was delicious. Seafood pancake was a nice texture and flavor and the sauce again was the star. That sauce with anything was good. The mild soon du bu was slightly spicy but even the baby ate some tofu. She really liked the jap chae ban chan and rice, as usual. Overall it was good, we had a decent amount of leftovers, but the prices were a bit high. I don't eat a lot of meat so I think this might be a bigger hit with the kbbq crowd.
This place used to be worth looking past the worn, hole-in-the-wall feel, but higher prices and shrinking portions make it hard to justify. Kalbi in Hawaii is expected to be pricey, but for $25.99, getting a skimpy plate is unacceptable. When I brought it up, the lady dismissed it saying pieces just come small sometimes; only after I really complained did she offer more. She brought two small extra pieces that were undercooked--friendly service can't outweigh this sharp drop in quality and value. It'll be a while before I return or recommend them anymore.
Yang Ye Park and husband Sung Yong with their 5 children grew up in Jeonlado, a region of Korea's countryside known for cooking up delicious traditional cuisine. The family's recipes are based on this foundation, but make their own spin on the flavors. They previously were in the restaurant industry and decided they wanted to open their own restaurant. Thus, Million Restaurant was opened in 1989 in a hole-in-the-wall spot on Sheridan St. and continues to be popular, but Yang Ye Park has since retired, Sung Yong has passed away, and daughter Diana Park and the rest of the kids have taken over. On 4/11/22, the Paik Family opened Million Kapiolani, a bigger, more elegant space with private room options not available at the Sheridan St hole-in-the-wall location. The Paik Family also opened Woori Sohn Mandoo near Beretania and Punahou streets in lower Makiki in April 2024. Specializing in housemade mandoo, they sell them in takeout frozen quantities, as well as various bentos. Million Restaurant offers an extensive menu of delicious Korean bbq and noodle dishes in a casual atmosphere. The menu includes: * Soup: pollack, kim chee, beef intestine, Korean miso, chicken, short rib, ox tail, beef tendon. * Noodles: chilled soup, spicy sauce, house. * Grilled/Fried: spicy pork, kalbi, bulgogi, chicken, fish, oxtail. * Pan Broiled: pork belly, fish. * Sides: rice cake, mandoo, kim chee pancake, pig feet, egg battered beef/fish, chicken wings, cold tofu. * Yakiniku sets: seasoned meats, seafood & veggies that you can grill your own. * Lunch specials (11a to 3p only): meat jun, kalbi, bulgogi, pork/chicken cutlet, mundoo, fish, hot stone pot, buckwheat noodles. * Special plates: similar menu of lunch specials during non-lunch hours. Most meals served with shredded cabbage with dressing, rice, seaweed soup and complimentary banchan. Banchan includes: cucumber kim chee, fish cake, won bok kim chee, bean sprouts, potato salad, taegu, seaweed, and more. Additional servings of banchan are complimentary upon request. All banchan are tasty and can be an easy meal just with rice! We are usually there during lunch, so I always order my favorite lunch special of kalbi plate. Love their long lunch hours that end at 3p. The kalbi is freshly grilled in the back kitchen and is served piping hot and has the perfect kalbi taste after being marinated in Millions' special sauce. Hubby's choice is usually meat jun and bbq chicken combo, which is also grilled in the kitchen, served piping hot, and is so savory and flavorful. Portions are generous, so there are always leftovers for another meal. Excellent customer service provided by the Paik Family, who have been in the restaurant business their lifetime and are very attentive and friendly. A loud welcome greeting is happily shouted as you enter, and they quickly guide you to a vacant table, bring out the banchan and menus, take your orders, and bring out water, hot tea, rice, and soup. As your orders are quickly prepared and served, they ensure that you are adequately provided for, replenish your water, and bring out your bill for efficient processing. As you leave, they loudly thank you for your patronage and then say goodbye. What a great dining experience! Hours of operation are Sun to Thur 11a to 10p, and Fri/Sat 11a to 10:30p. Millions is housed in a warehouse-like complex with other businesses. Nothing fancy, so no ambiance, as you're here for the food. It is almost retro, as mimimum renovations have been made, as you'll see enormous smoke suction piping from the ceiling to the tables to eliminate excess smoke while grilling. While unaesthetic, it serves its purpose. Tables are appropriately placed for dining in. The interior space is clean and bright. You can enter via its front entrance on Sheridan St or the back entrance from the parking lot. There are a number of free parking stalls assigned to Millions in the private lot in the back of the restaurant. Be sure to read the signs, as the private lot is shared with other businesses, and parking may be limited during the peak lunch and dinner times. If you are parked in another business' space, your car may be towed. There is also metered and free street parking. Unless we're entertaining, the Millions on Sheridan St does its job for us! Savory and delicious food, as well as excellent customer service puts this restaurant on our lunch rotation list. Thank you to the Paik Family for their hard work in their Korean cuisine businesses in all these years with many more to come! Support local!
Still good Korean food. Potato salad is the best. Enjoyed the spicy chilled noodles too. Spicy wings were a bit meh too much sauce and too much batter
It's one of the favorite go to places for Korean lunch specials because they have variety of meats and fishes choice like meat Jun, chicken, kalbi, bulgogi, mandoo, mackerel, salmon, corbina, fish Jun and some combination during lunch time. They even sell frozen Woori Sohn mandoo here. The owner works here or somehow related to here. If you come early, they make in the morning some grab and go chop chae (meatless). Somehow I love the Hawai'i Banchan Company's. On the menu is the full order with beef. The Ban Chan were good too, but there were some I like more than others. Recently I had their spicy pork and it wasn't too spicy even if you may be fooled by the red color! It was just right! The thinly sliced marinated pork belly was tasty, tender and delicious stir fried with onions. It's one of the better one I've tried! I would get this again but just can't take home to share with my mom since she doesn't eat spicy foods. My absolutely favorite is the Kalbi Jjim! Just loved the taste here or at their Milllion2 where I first had it. It's just on the pricier side but worth it. I've tried other places but I personally like Millions! They use the big bone short ribs in a sweet and savory broth. I can taste the rice wine -mirin? It's a dish you will be thinking about it for awhile afterwards! Treat yourself to a kalbi Jjim! Parking in the designated area in the back lot or metered parking in front.
Million was my first introduction to Korean Yakiniku oh so many years ago in the last century. I was definitely a fan at that time and it has been a while since I've gone back to the original. Too bad it wasn't what I remembered. Still at the same location along Sheridan St, near Kapiolani Blvd., and next to Hyung Je. There's parking in the back of the building, entering from Makaloa St. The inside still feels and looks exactly the same as 25+ years ago. Small, dank, dim-lighted, with the long, red colored booths, dark carpet (at least looks newer), and grill smoke all around (less with the overhead vents). Service is the same. You have the older, friendly mama-san that always smiles and is friendly, welcoming, and makes you feel like family. But you have the cold faced, middle aged one that always seems bothered or annoyed when you ask her for things or if you need an extra minute to order. The menu is the same as the one on Kapiolani sans the Wagyu meats. The prices seem to be exactly the same between the two places, which I would think the smaller Sheridan location would be a touch less, but you still get a TON of food! Be that as it may. It was a decent experience. The Banchan was excellent. Loved each one: the mashed potato salad, Kim chee, bean sprout, bean curd, and Korean spinach. Fresh, tasty, and flavorful. Let's start off with the bad (yes, bad) dishes. The Beef Tendon soup had zero flavor. No salt or any seasoning was added. Tendon was tough (no flavor got in). It was just tendon and glass noodle with scallion on top. That's it. Pass. Or ask for salt, black pepper, chili powder, sesame oil, and maybe some soy sauce and MSG. The Mool Naengmyeon suffered from very light flavor as well. Not AS bad as the soup as it had some broth flavor, but ate overall bland. The Jok-Bal was okay. This was "steamed" Sliced Pig's Feet (not braised or boiled?) per the menu. Meat had no taste and was more toothsome than I'd like. It came with raw garlic slices, lettuce, Ssamjang, and dried radish Kimchee for some ready. Where's the little salty shrimp sauce? The variety of add ons wasn't enough balance out the tasteless and tough meat. The Bibimbap was so-so. You do get a huge portion. The steel bowl is filled with bean sprouts, carrots, cucumber, cabbage, beef, an over cooked pan fried egg, and etc. with multiple small bowls of rice on the side and a bottle of bibimbap sauce. The main thing that stood out was the oiliness from the beef and too much (not the best quality) sesame oil. We went with the Set A that comes with seasoned kalbi, beef outskirt steak, brisket, Bulgogi, and shrimp. Everything was pretty good. The biggest issue was our table. 1 grill didn't work, and the other does not get hot enough to sear the raw meat to a nice char even on high. I was envious of the sizzling and smoke from the other tables. We basically just slow cooked everything. It was still good, but missing the char and smokiness loses the experience of Korean BBQ. The best part of the meal was the Seafood and Green Onion Pancake. Came out hot, crispy, tasty, fragrant, and delicious. Squid was tender and the rest of the seafood was cooked nicely. Overall, I enjoyed the atmosphere and intimate and homey feel of Million. The food was acceptable (except the tasteless soup). It definitely could've been better prepared, and the grill could've worked properly for a much better and authentic experience. Even though, the experience wasn't up to par, I feel more comfortable and prefer here than the other location.
I heard a lot about Million Restaurant but never been here before, finally decided to give it a try and was really impressed. I always assumed it was more of a takeout spot, but it turns out they have a fairly large and comfortable dine-in area. Can't really tell from the outside. The service was excellent, friendly and attentive without being overbearing. I ordered the Kalbi and Min Jun combo, and it was packed with great all-around flavor. You can tell they take pride in what they serve. The portions were generous, and the pricing is very reasonable for the quality of food you get. Definitely a solid spot worth revisiting. Glad I finally checked it out! Will definitely be back.
Million restaurant is a very good Korean restaurant. The owners are Korean and the cooks are Korean. Everything we ordered was tasty and delicious. The Kim Chee in their bonchon had more heat than at other Korean restaurants I've been to. The Galbi was tasty and marinaded perfectly. The meat was tender, not chewy with alot of ligaments running throughout the ribs. The japchae was also very good. We all liked the meat Jun which went very well with the accompanying sauce. Overall, we enjoyed our visit at Million Restaurant. If you're looking for authentic Korean cuisine, give Millions a try.
My first time here, although we've been to the Kapiolani location several times. I had been craving mandu guksu, but it wasn't available at the place I went to yesterday. I thought for sure Million Restaurant would have it, since they sell frozen mandu in bulk. It was early afternoon when I arrived. This location appeared clean and spacious. I asked if I could order mandu guksu. The gentleman said yes, and asked if it was to go. I said I would be eating in, so he prepared a table. As usual, the banchan came first - not too much, not too little. The soup arrived a few minutes later. I liked how big and tasty the mandu were. I ate everything and enjoyed it, including the banchan. Service was cordial and prompt.
Came here for the meat jun. several yelp reviews said this was the place to go. Absolutely The food is delicious! I can't put it into words how good it was. There's street meter parking or some parking spots for the restaurant in the back. Definitely a foodies spot.
After a few days of American dining, our family stopped by this establishment to get our Korean food fix. We ordered the kimchi stew, bibimbap, grilled fish and braised beef. Out of the two, the kimchi stew and bibimbap were the winners. The fish was overcooked/burnt, the braised beef overly sweet. The servers were not kind, more annoyed that we asked for some more side dishes and water. In addition, the parking lot was extremely small/inconvenient. Furthermore, the ambiance was outdated and had very poor ventilation.
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This was my 2nd visit here. The first was over a year ago and I still have happy memories of a great meal! That's why I returned! There are FREE parking stalls (behind the building) that are assigned to the businesses that share the lot. Just enter on Makaloa Street, look at the signs and follow the directions! If the parking lot is full, there's always street parking - good luck! This is more like an old school, hole-in-the-wall place, so service is very basic. Don't expect fancy decor or elegant ambiance. Ask for napkins, and you'll get it. Want more banchan? Just tell your server! No problem! Enjoy the seaweed soup that comes with each meal! The authentic Korean food is the main attraction. We didn't want to cook our own and smell extra smokey (the people around us were cooking), so we ordered off the menu: Seafood Pancake, Stone Pot Bibimbop, Meat Jun, Kalbi, and Naengmyeon (Black noodles made from arrowroot). I was so happy to find the chewy black noodles that I wasn't paying that much attention to the other dishes. However, I managed to consume all of the kalbi! Yum! This is a good place for late night snack after a movie or a concert. It's convenient and the food is tasty! We stayed until closing (11pm), just chatting away! We didn't feel rushed, so we'll probably return! read more
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My all time favorite Korean restaurant to eat at! I even had my baby shower here! Lol. The staff is awesome. Sides are to die for, my favorite sides here other than the normal kimchee and bean sprouts would be the potato salad and steamed egg! Talk about yummy. Love the yakiniku sets but my favorite of favorites will ALWAYS be my spicy tofu soup! Recently I discovered the stir fried squid, YUM! I could rant on and on but the truth is, I loooooove everything about this restaurant. I think that kinda speaks for itself! Go get yourself your Korean fix nowhere else but here! Trust me! read more
2 years ago
I would just like to preface this review by saying I really liked Million. I've been visiting occasionally since the beginning of this year, and I really enjoyed their food, particularly the kimchi fried rice. Service is decent, and the overall vibe of the restaurant gives an old school hole-in-the-wall atmosphere, which I appreciate. However, I want to post this review to show what I found in my Million takeout box yesterday at work: a roach (please ignore my own personal green onion additions.) This was possibly inside of my takeout container to begin with, given that it was towards the bottom, with its legs up. It could have even been in my food when I ate it in the restaurant, since that I slid my food into the takeout box and didn't scoop it out. Maybe my own unawareness is to blame here; that's why I'm giving a two-star review for the time being. But regardless, this will definitely make me reconsider my Korean restaurant of choice from now on. Just a heads up to all the people eating here: this location inside a decrepit building on Sheridan obviously has its cons. Please be wary, as I apparently am not the only person to have an "insect experience" at this eatery. read more
7 years ago
This is defiantly a place where regulars and those who are in the know go to eat their favorite Korean dishes. The location is not the best and the overall appearance of the restaurant although clean does look like it needs a remodel, but the food is fantastic and at a good value as far as price goes. Banchan is my big thing and they got good banchan. I wouldn't say that anything was unique or different about their banchan, but it was just better then normal and showed that they put some effort into what they off as well as the quality. A lot of places cut corners on the banchan and that drives me nuts as I feel it is a reflection of the care and attention that the Korean restaurant puts into it's food from the beginning. We had the spicy cold buckwheat noodles, oyster jun, and beef intestine stew. All of which were well prepared, served in a generous portions, and all very flavorful. The staff that were working were all very friendly and attentive. They gave good service and everything was fast and efficient. I will defiantly return to this place again and look forward to trying some of their other dishes. read more
Our hearts and minds were set to go to Itchy Butt after Purve, but unfortunately they weren't open! We were craving Bulgogi and this place was recommended by the owner at Purve! So glad we went the sides were good and the meat jun was nice and tender! The bulgogi was well seasoned and the fish jun had lots of flavor. Our server was super super nice! This is a definite to go place! One thing I can do without is the raw cabbage with the thousand island dressing on it. read more
16 years ago
We got beef tongue and beef along with all the side dishes that normally come with it. So delicious! Yes you will smell like smoke and you will smell like garlic after eating here, but it is so worth it. I love millions I always wonder why my girlfriend and I don't come more often! Service is brusque but efficient. All the side dishes we had were also great. I just wish I knew what they were all called! read more
5 years ago
Came here for the Yelp reviews but honestly underwhelmed. Maybe because I grew up on Tastys or Yummys? Idk. I was really hoping it's live up to the hype. The sides were good, kim chee was different, kind of sour to be honest. But the meat jun was alright. Tasteless in comparison to what I'm used to. Maybe I'll try it again but dining in? I just wouldn't go out of my way again to put $16 for this. read more
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Great food and cute doggo! I always come here with my Family and the food is always top notch. The owner is very caring and the doggo is super friendly read more
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One of my favorite spots to go eat Korean food in hawaii. Always order Oi Nengmyun (Cucumber Cold noodle) and Galbi or bossam, Pork feet read more
8 years ago
Location/Parking: Behind Walmart. Street parking and assigned stalls but limited. You will be towed if in wrong stall!!! Ambiance: Korean bbq (grill your own) super chill. Food/Price: Super yummy Korean bbq. Prices range from $10-$25 per person. Very wide selection of menu items to choose from. Service: Fast friendly service! Popular restaurant so there was a wait but only took like 15 minutes or less. read more
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My place to go when I want a good Bi Bim Bop. I order the one in a regular bowl. The rice is served separate from the meat and vegetables. You can also order it in the HOT stone bowl with the rice and all so that the rice becomes Crunchy! But living in a warm climate, and not in Korea, I prefer my Bi Bim Bop cooler. In the regular bowl, I'm always surprised at how many different vegetables with mushrooms, and the quantity. It's almost easily double the amount served at any other restaurant. Go try it and tell me what you think. Order it with bbq chicken for a change. Don't forget to add a liberal amount of Gochujang sauce! read more
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One of the best Korean restaurants! They provide so much variety of banchan, with my personal favorite, acorn jelly! But their banchan change daily and depends on what they have available. Also, they added grain rice for those that prefer this over white rice. It's actually very good, especially with the banchan. Their Kimchi jeon (pancake) is soooo good and crispy! Plus, if you dip it in the sauce they provide, it will cut the fatty taste. Also perfect for sharing unless you love kimchi. Despite being really good, the only downside is that it's a little cramp (especially the parking!!!) and that you WILL smell like kbbq even if you don't order any...so either be an excellent driver or have a really small car to making parking easier for yourself. Also make sure you park in the designated stalls that labels "million Restaurant" as the parking is shared with other business in that area. read more
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626 Sheridan St
Honolulu, HI 96814
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They have marked parking stalls behind the restaurant or street metered parking
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Ala carte. Been there many times and have never seen a buffet.
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