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MW Restaurant - Steakhouse in Honolulu, Hawaii

MW Restaurant

4.5 (707 reviews)

888 Kapiolani Blvd, Commercial Unit, Suite 201, Honolulu, HI 96813

Pacific Rim restaurant
Bar
Dessert shop
Restaurant

About MW Restaurant - steak house in Honolulu, Hawaii

Stylish venture serving creative Hawaiian fare & cocktails made from locally sourced ingredients.

Customer Review Summary

MW Restaurant is located inside a high-end car dealership, which makes for a unique dining experience. While the food quality varies, many dishes like the butterfish, scallops, and desserts received high praise for their flavor and presentation. Some reviewers did mention issues with specific dishes, such as mushy fried rice and service explanations being lacking. The tasting menu, often recommended, provides creative and thoughtful dishes, although the overall dining atmosphere is casual rather than fine dining. Service is generally noted to be friendly and attentive, contributing to a positive experience overall. Several patrons consider it one of their favorite restaurants in Oahu and express intent to return, despite some navigational challenges to the location.

Key Features

Service options

  • Delivery
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in

Highlights

  • Great beer selection
  • Great cocktails
  • Great coffee
  • Great dessert
  • Great wine list

Popular for

  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Solo dining

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating

Offerings

  • Alcohol
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Happy hour drinks
  • Happy hour food
  • Hard liquor
  • Healthy options
  • Small plates
  • Wine

Dining options

  • Brunch
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Catering
  • Dessert
  • Seating

Amenities

  • Bar onsite
  • Restroom

Atmosphere

  • Cozy
  • Romantic
  • Trendy
  • Upscale

Crowd

  • Groups
  • Tourists

Planning

  • Lunch reservations recommended
  • Reservations required
  • Dinner reservations recommended
  • Accepts reservations

Payments

  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • NFC mobile payments

Children

  • High chairs

Parking

  • Valet parking

Customer Reviews

Rating Distribution

4.5 out of 5
5
489
4
131
3
54
2
15
1
18
Based on 707 reviews

Ryan Tinoso

4 weeks ago

First time at the newer location. I remember great food and service at that old location. Requested to sit at the bar with my group. Ordered crab cakes, caesar salad, shrimp with toast, and scallops over fried rice (not pictured). Crab cakes and caesar salad were good. Unfortunately, since the dishes were dropped off with little explanation; I found the shrimp with toast difficult to eat. The fried rice that the scallops sat on was just inedible; mushy and bland. The rice offered nothing to do the dish. I will admit that the drinks were very good. I remember from my first experience the desserts were delicious. My party ordered the candy bar. While it tasted good, I didn’t like that the ice cream was pretty much half melted and the candy bar fell apart trying to cut into it. At least it still tasted delicious.

Shannon Watkins

2 months ago

Ok I have been to a LOT of good restaurants!! This one is the BEST! First it started a little different as it’s in a high end dealership. YES before or after you enjoy one of the best meals you will ever have, stop in and check out the Jaguars, Mercedes, Ferrari’s and more! Let’s get back to the food. We went for three appetizers and three different entree’s and two desserts! Most places do two of the three well but miss the mark on ALL 3! Well MW did it! AMAZING. I know I don’t do the best photos but you will be completely missing out if you do not eat here! The food was fresh, tasted unbelievable, and looked beautiful. Oh and it was PLENTY not too much and not small. It was perfecto. Lastly, everyone was super friendly and service was great.

Taiga Yamaguchi

3 months ago

My favorite restaurant in Oahu for the last 3 years. Their butterfish is the most tender piece of fish I have ever eaten in my life. The scallops are also cooked to perfection with a luxurious amount of seafood in the fried rice. My favorite dish in the whole restaurant however is their brulee. I have never experienced a dish that plays with flavor, texture, and temperature so much and so well. The most depressing part of the whole meal is the last bite of the brulee because the greatness has to come to an end.

Emily G

1 year ago

A year later update: ate here again for our anniversary. Was absolutely outstanding really cheers to the husband and wife chef team they are caviar offering you are doing for the holidays was so unexpected - a delightful combination of flavours. As we’re all the dishes. Small restaurant serving delicious local dishes. Everything we ordered was really good. We found the food to be down to earth - creative yet showcasing the high quality ingredients and not overly complicated. Safe to say our favourite spot in Honolulu. Location is above a car dealership which made for awkward parking but no big deal. Is island hop just to come eat here. Service was excellent.

Kathy Keovongphet

4 months ago

This was our #1 favorite dinner when my husband and i were visiting Hawaii. We were a bit skeptical due to the restaurant being in a car dealership, but extremely pleased we decided to make a reservation here. We did the 5 course tasting menu and were so happy. I think it was $130 per person. I'm pregnant, so i didn't get to do all the raw fish courses, but I was still able to have delicious substitutes. Every course was fantastic. They also gave us a delicious chocolate ganache cake for our Babymoon, which is why we were in Hawaii. They also gave everyone one of their signature cookies at the end of the meal. Im not sure if there was another room, but where we were seated, there were only about 16 tables. We will definitely be back whenever we get the opportunity to visit Honolulu again! I highly recommend this place!

TL Nikolaou

7 months ago

This place was a maze to get to. We had to ask a security officer as it is inside a luxury car showroom. If you dine here try the tasting menu with wine pairings. It us the mist effective and efficient way to be blown away by complex tastes. The amberjack is the best dish on the menu.

Jill M Ward (Homes of Hawai'i RE)

11 months ago

We celebrated my husband’s 50th here this evening. It was the perfect choice! We opted for the set tasting menu and we shared a wine pairing since he wanted a Japanese lager. Dinner consisted of caviar on a soft-boiled egg, mochi-crusted kampachi, scallops, beef tenderloin and a crème brûlée over tapioca. Every bite was delicious. Our server, Alyssa, was cheerful, helpful and knowledgeable.

Jordan Hodges

2 years ago

TASTING MENU FUN! I always love a good tasting menu. Tried this spot on our anniversary while traveling. Great spot. The mochi crusted fish was incredible. Service was strong but not fine dining. Our waiter was awesome but the overall culture is not one of fine dining. One of the unique aspects of this restaurant is that it is literally inside of a Ferrari and Bentley dealership. You have to navigate the parking garage with bad signage to find the valet for the restaurant. we had to ask for help a couple of times. The tasting menu was really strong with great flavors woven into some traditional dishes. Some of it seemed a little over-the-top while others were spot on. Overall we were impressed but felt like the experience overall to price balance was a little off.

Location

Contact Information

Hours of Operation

Friday 5–9 PM
Monday 5–9 PM
Saturday 5–9 PM
Sunday Closed
Thursday 5–9 PM
Tuesday 5–9 PM
Wednesday 5–9 PM

Price Range

$100+