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| - I was comped a couple tickets to see just the show only. You have the option of ordering food which was 20 bucks per person. Originally I was just gonna watch the show but since I have never stepped foot in this place called Kahunaville located inside the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, I was curious about the food they served here. So I gave in and decided to share a meal with my wifey.
If you refer to the picture of the menu I took, your meal starts off with Bread (macadamia white chocolate roll), Salad (mixed greens, provolone, pineapple, strawberries, mandarin oranges, tomatoes and pecans tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette topped with fresh shaved toasted coconut. Then you select a main entree. We chose the Ahi Tuna (pan seared yellow fin tuna served rare with wasabi mashed potatoes, baby bok choy, and a ginger soy reduction. Lastly you you get dessert (we got a white chocolate covered cake pop). Drinks are extra.
The bread was basically a Hawaiian sweet roll with raisins. It seemed a bit dry. Based on the description of the salad you would think that they would give you a big bowl of it. Turns out that they only bit a tiny amount of each mentioned so when you actually dig into it, there really isnt much substance to it. I finished it pretty quick. The main entree was very good. The fish was encrusted with ground pepper and sliced into 6 thin pieces. It was very tasty but seemed more like an appetizer. Lastly, the cake pop for dessert was equivalent to two bites. The white chocolate gave it good flavor.
Service was weird. The first thing that threw me off was that they had you share a table with complete strangers. Our table mates, although they were nice, seemed irritated that the Teriyaki Steaks that they ordered were both well done even though they wanted both to be medium rare. Our server was assigned several tables and at times was nowhere to be found. The few times that she did show up, it seemed like she was in a hurry to get our plates out of the way even though we were not done eating yet. The worst part was that it took forever to get the check and by the time I got the receipt to sign, half the people in the room were already gone. Plus on top of that, a gratuity of 20 percent was already added to our total even though I was the only one that ordered. I didnt think she deserved much of a tip let alone 20 percent.
As for the show, it was mediocre at best. Starts out with some dude playing the guitar singing a couple of Hawaiian songs while firing off one liners at the audience to see if anybody was actually paying attention. Then comes an Elvis impersonator singing yup, you guess it, more Hawaiian songs. I have seen plenty of Elvis impersonators in my lifetime. This guy was not all that good. Eventually a couple of guys and 3 girls come out to start their "Luau" dancing while another lady comes out as the lead singer does her thing. This is what alternated pretty much for the 1 hour and 15 minute duration of the show.
In the end, everything put together did not impress me much. The entertainment was 3 stars. The food and service that went along with it was 1 star. One good thing to note is that their drummer/music dj is the father of Bruno Mars! If anything that is something worth mentioning. So if you are planning on watching this show, I recommend you eat somewhere else and just try to enjoy the show itself. Its not too bad but at the same time I have seen better. Come early to get good seats for its general admission.
Yelp 2015 Review #22
520 overall
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