Restaurants near Ho'ala Salon and Spa

The restaurant was busy yet our service was excellent. Food was delicious.

Had another wonderful dinner at Morton's with our daughter, who is home for the holidays. We enjoyed two steak and seafood specials split among three of us and upgraded the steaks, which was a great value for a prime steakhouse. So much food came out that we had enough leftovers for another meal. The steaks were done a perfect medium rare -- we have them serve the steaks family style, cut and put in the center of the table. The mushrooms with spinach is the perfect side dish and they added horseradish to the mashed potatoes for us -- delicious if you like horseradish. Lobster tails were about 4 ounces each, juicy and flavorful. Molten lava cake with plenty of ice cream was delicious as well. Service was very efficient and meal was nicely paced, especially because the restaurant was packed.

It was my son's 37th bday. We celebrated it although it was bitter-sweet as the last time he was there, we were celebrating it with his younger brother who passed 5 years ago. So I wanted to take my son to where he and his brother both were there to celebrate their 24th and 19th bday. They are ONLY 2 days apart. My son ordered the pork chops and he seemed to enjoy it while I noticed that it was a little too pinkish/reddish color? So we got our server to take it back as he agreed that it was a lil too pink and they prepared another one and THAT WAS VERY VERY good! They made up for it too as they gave him a very nice Macnut pie with HAPPY BIRTHDAY printed on a sm bar of chocolate. We love Mariposa~we will always have fond memories there. I always have the crab and shrimp Loui Salad~excellent as always. The popovers and the consommé soup is always a hit! Thank you!

Special Thanks to Head Chef Joe and our server Luke for taking an amazing care of our dinner! It’s our annual birthday & holiday dinner at Tanaka of Tokyo and they always delivered. Memorable time as always!

Amaterasu has moved from its previous location at the Artizen bar inside Velocity to its own shop on the first floor of Ala Moana (directly under The Lanai). Chef Hideo is still at the helm creating an elegant experience for $89 lunch and $150 dinner, all BYOB, with exceptional fish selections, preparation, and service. Our recent dinner here was perfection. I've been to multiple different omakase in this price point on the island and Amaterasu continues to be my favorite. It's the right balance of traditional and modern in a comfortable, beautiful setting, with a small bar seating of 7 people. Every piece is perfectly constructed with care. He does prefer specific kinds of seafood, such as engawa, toro, mackerel, amaebi. Will return!