Home Bar
OMG. Find #2 of the year (along with Tanioka’s and Monarch
Seafood). And this one is actually in town. Home Bar is in a kinda random spot
(think old sketchy hostess bar on Kapiolani near Don Quixote on Kaheka) but at
least there is some parking (free lot on Kapiolani side, valet on the backside,
plus you could find lot / street parking over by Don Quixote and walk over).
I think of Home Bar as a Side Street Inn (the old one) but
in a more party / drinking / sports bar atmosphere. Depending on what day you
go (i.e., if there is an MMA fight going on) it can be more sports bar, vs. on
other days it’s more office co-workers going for happy hour after work.
No beers on tap (if I recall correctly) and no fancy drinks,
but a basic drink list of beers, spirits (don’t recall seeing wine, but they
must have…). I always get a Blue Moon, because otherwise it’s a choice of
Heineken / Bud / Bud Light / Coors Light etc.
But the real reason to go (other than people watching, which
is very fun here) is the pupus. My go-to’s are the Tater Tot Nachos and the Negitoro
Poke (poke with a green cilantro sauce). NOM both are to die for. Also tried
the garlic chicken (so-so, really fatty pieces of chicken), fried rice
(excellent), kim chee fried rice (good but really wet), parmesan truffle fries
(with fried pepperoni!!), the ribeye steak (fatty), and the hamburger steak
plate. Everything is delicious, easy to share, affordable, and the wait staff
are all super friendly. I went every weekend in a row for a month, introducing
different groups of friends to the place, because I couldn’t get enough of the
food there :)
1683 Kalakaua Ave., by Kapiolani
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