GREAT EATS HAWAII: KENNY'S RESTAURANT

KENNY'S RESTAURANT

HONOLULU, HAWAII

KENNY'S RESTAURANT

1620 NORTH SCHOOL STREET

HONOLULU, HI 96817

808-841-0931

HOURS: Monday thru Thursday/Sunday 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Friday and Saturday 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM

www.kennyshawaii.com

We had not been back to Kenny's for a number of years so decided to give it a try while in the neighborhood to visit my daughters classmate. Kenny's is one of the last standing Old School Hawaii Diners and they have been around since the 1960's. I recall my last visit here in 2012 and remember that I was somewhat disappointed with what I had ordered. We entered the restaurant and were immediately greeted and seated in a small dining room on the right side of the entrance. We waited a few minutes for our waitress to serve a group next to us and then she came by with the menus. The menus are huge, heavy, dirty and messy. Combination of faded photos and text, wrinkled and torn. After going through the menu I said to myself "wow..this place aint cheap". My Wife ordered the Oxtail Soup ($15.75) served with tons of ginger and two large scoops of rice. She liked the flavor. I tasted the Oxtail and it was moist. Thought the broth was just ok. I ordered the Chili with Crackers ($6.59) and added onions ($1.12). This means my Chili came in at almost eight bucks. When the small bowl arrived I could not believe it. Eight bucks for this I thought. Chili was pretty bland but had a good amount of meat in it. Needed a whole lot of Tabasco Sauce to add some flavor. My Daughter ordered a side order of Chicken Long Rice ($2.99). This tiny little bowl of Chicken Long Rice was actually good but what a small portion. I am pretty much done with Kenny's. Just not my style of food. We saw a lot of Pancakes going out and they were huge. May stop in for breakfast one day.