The India House so far is the last Indian restaurant I have left to try. I may not have written on all of them, yet, but oh, I’ve been there alright. It’s kind of sad because every time I drive by business looks dead. What makes it sad is that there’s another Indian restaurant about one block down the street and they always look packed. I’m one to believe that packed places are usually packed with sheep that don’t really know any better, I also believe in sharing the love so Ray and I took our happy asses one block over to India House.

The place is really small. When we walked in no one was there. Hello, is anyone there?

We ordered the Lamb Madras, $14.75. As you can see there was a whole lot of sauce and not much meat or other stuff. The food was alright. It’s pretty hard for me to hate Indian. However, just looking at the amount of food I was really disappointed. What is it about Indian Restaurants giving the skimpiest portions here on the island and for not very cheap? It’s so disappointing. Of course Ray had to hear me bitch during dinner. “They just need to get off that high horse because it doesn’t look like business is doing so good. Maybe, just maybe if they gave more food, then they would have more business?” Anyhow, that’s how I feel about most, not all, Indian restaurants here. I feel like they give the smallest portions for a lot of money because they take advantage of the fact that there’s like 5 Indian restaurants here.

The naan was horrible and tasted microwaved. As a matter of fact, I heard the microwave go off several times during our dine in and we were one of only two tables there. Naan should come out warm, fresh, light and super soft, after all we do have to pay for it, $2.50. This was a bit stiff in the center, like it was over-baked the first time and then just left out till someone ordered some and then microwaved.

Another disappointing factor was the rice. We ordered plain rice and we got plain Chinese white rice, $3.75. Who the hell sells Chinese rice at an Indian restaurant? Great attention to details guys, and then to charge $3.75 for it. It’s a joke. I don’t know about you but when I order just plain rice at an Indian place I’m expecting Indian basmati rice. Needless to say the rice just didn’t go right with the entre.

As you can probably tell I’m definitely not a fan. Next time I’m walking with the sheep and taking my happy ass down the block.

Here’s a few more post I found. Apparently I’m not the only unhappy customer.

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I would of love to linked to some positive feedback but I couldn’t find any. Doesn’t surprise me. This place is a horrible example of Indian food. Shame on them for not caring about the quality of food that bares their name.

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Indian House
2633 S King St # 105
Honolulu, HI 96826

Get Directions(808) 955-7552

Boston’s North End Pizza is another great place to get some serious grub. With locations all over the island I’m surprised this place doesn’t have a website. The only other Boston’s I’ve been to is Kaimuki on Wailae. Boston’s is the kind of place that no matter which location you visit it will be a good experience.

The place is a pretty basic pizza joint. You walk in order your piece of the pie and wait for them to heat it up. You can order a whole pie fresh but if it’s just one slice your jonesing for then odds are it’ll be premade behind the counter.

This is one slice. I know massive right? This one is the spinach and garlic I think. One slice is 1/4 of a whole pizza and as you can see is the size of two regular slices and cost about five bucks.

Rays pizza slice. Not a bad deal for a filling meal for around $5.00. Oh, and the pizza’s not bad either. Even though it’s not fresh, it’s reheated so it tastes fresh enough.

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Boston’s North End Pizza Bakery

29 Hoolai St
Kailua, HI 96734

Get Directions(808) 263-8055

Bikini Cantina is located in the back of the Aloha Tower Plaza. I have admit this was my first visit to Aloha Tower. Before all I knew of this place was that hooters was located here. There was a point and time in my life when I thought hooters was cool, but now I know that I was a bit of a female chauvinistic pig, I mean I still am, but just not as much. But, seriously, their wings really aren’t that good. Anyhow, I didn’t see Hooters on this day but I did run into the Bikini Cantina.

All I have to say is that it’s misleading to have the word, “bikini” in the name of your business if  no one’s wearing a bikini. I don’t care what anyone says, it’s false advertisement.

The view’s not too shabby.

We ordered Far Out Fajitas, grilled chicken smothered in bell peppers, onion, tomatoes and served with warm tortillas for $15.95. As you can see they serve real fajitas here. And when I say real fajitas I mean served on a sizzling skillet, the way real fajitas should be served. After seeing the fajitas at Rosie’s Cantina I was a bit concerned with the caliber of fajitas on this island. Besides coming out on a sizzling skillet the fajitas were nicely done. The vegetables weren’t over done or under done, nothing was greasy and the chicken wasn’t too dry or didn’t taste pre-grilled and then slapped on a skillet like some places do it, and the portion wasn’t too skimpy.

Of course no fajitas would be complete without the proper condiments: salsa, sour cream, guacamole, beans, rice, tortillas, and corn? Uh, not that corn doesn’t go with fajitas, but I’m just not use to corn being served with fajitas. Whatever, I’m a fan. The corn here was from a can, but sometimes the can stuff is better and less work than the fresh stuff. Speaking or corn, every time I eat the stuff there’s always a bunch of it that manages to sneak pass the digestion process and ends up whole in my shit. I chew and chew and chew but in the end my shit still resembles a yellow poka dotted slug. I don’t get it. Back to fajitas, half way through my meal I realized that I wanted corn tortillas, $1.00. These corn tortillas were absolutely the worst corn tortillas I have every had in my life. They were super thin and tasted like a 60% paper, 20% napkin, and 20% tortilla. If they’re homemade then someone needs to tell them that grandmas recipe sucks donkey ass. They just need to cut the shit and buy some from the grocery store, plain and simple.
As for the service, it was slow and a bit dull.  We sat outside for about 8 minutes before we were acknowledge.  Also, they are open from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.  So if you got some late night munchies, there’s no better place than here.

Check out the free entertainment on the way out.   I can’t believe they don’t charge for this action packed performance.

Asians in western wear will always be amusing to me.

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Bikini Cantina
1 Aloha Tower Dr # 255
Honolulu, HI 96813

Get Directions(808) 525-7288