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| - Many good things, some things meh. Went for a birthday dinner and was mostly very happy.
The straight up martini (Effen Cucumber) was very good, but had a lot of crushed ice floating; though it was tasty, I wished that the drink was colder, without being diluted. I didn't send it back, and it certainly was fine, but not exactly straight up.
The chicken satay is excellent. I stopped ordering chicken satay anywhere as it seemed to slump into a predictable, formulated chicken brick. The chicken used here for the satay was tasty, real, moist and looked like chicken, too. The peanut sauce and the hoisin sauce are great, and the bed of Russian-dressed slaw is refreshing (and a bit spicy).
The yellowtail sashimi we ordered was fresh, crisp and what I'd hoped for.
The Lobster Mac and Cheese delivers, if that's your thing. The Macadamia Nut Chicken is another winner - though you need to be OK with deep-fried.
Despite rumored good burgers here, the burger served to our party was meh. Overcooked (to my eyes), but that didn't stop our guy from diving into it. Yet, at the halfway point, he bailed. The pay-off, though, was he didn't want to bring the rest home.
The grilled halibut special is not very special. Sounds really good, but it was way overcooked and just not happening. Much better is the Sea Bass. Flavorful, moist, lovely. In fairness, our server had definitely steered us toward the Sea Bass while we were ordering. Wanting to mix it up, we ordered one of each. But, happily, our server swapped out the halibut for another Sea Bass.
You may want to ask for a taste of the wines, first. Someone ordered a pretty standard white that turned out not so great. Switched that for the good stuff, and all was right again.
Desserts -- well, the Brownie is outstanding. Served with vanilla ice cream, plus 'vanilla cream sauce' aka whip cream (we opted for no whip), and served over a swath of caramel, it's worth it. Also, we loved the Butter Cake. Served with vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce.
Service was generally very good. Occasionally we had to look around for some help, but I think our guy was great. The place was pretty empty on a Monday night. We called for a ressie for 6:30pm, and were told they couldn't accommodate us at 6:30pm, but at 6:15pm. Once we got to Kona, we really didn't understand why it mattered given the seemingly sparse crowd.
Check-in with Yelp got us a nice treat, too.
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