Sometime last week, I got together with a few mainland friends and we all decided to head to dinner. We all chose Willows, since they are known for their popularity as a good place to get a buffet. At $35 a head, they have a LARGE variety of foods. Well, before I get into the food, let’s talk ambience. It’s actually a very nice place. There restaurant is surrounded by a nice tropical foilage and even a small waterfall that goes into a decent sized pond. The restaurant is covered, but uses ceiling fans and tradewinds (since it’s an open restaurant) to keep cool.
So what about the food you ask! You can get the entire menu at www.willowshawaii.com, but the food I really liked was the ahi poke, lau lau, kalua pig, portobello mushrooms, shrimp cocktail, and ALL their desserts, including their fried haupia (panko fried coconut custard), soft serve ice cream, cheesecakae, and strawberry panna cotta. They have LOTS more food, trust me, but those were my favorite items. All of the food comes with iced tea, hot tea, or coffee, which is definitely bottomless.
So was $35 worth it? For a buffet, it is one of the most worth it places to eat as much as you want. If you want more quality, I would suggest the Halekulani’s Sunday brunch, but that will set you back $50 a head. The only gripe? Parking for $3 across of Willows. Normally I don’t mind paying for parking, but it’s one of those parking lots where they basically drive your car 2 feet from where you dropped it off. Really, I’d rather much park the car myself.
So if you have a big appetite, maybe you can make Willows your next buffet!
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Willows restaurant has taken a dive for the worst. The buffet has little flies flying around and big 747 roaches crawling on wooden beams, very unsanitary and uncomfortable.
Food: Always the same ol’ Hawaiian dishes.
I stopped going there after my third visit, the ambience is not the same as to when the Lee’s owned it, felt like old Hawaii back in the day, very original and Cozy.