Green Door Cafe RIP

Green Door, perhaps the tastiest and most savory trapdoor BYOB restaurant in the Singapore/Malaysian style has closed up shop in Chinatown and has decided to journey to the Kahala Mall. What?? Kahala Mall???? We surely will miss the tender pork chops and curry.

So here's the skinny- Look for Green Door nearby The Olive Tree restaurant in Kahala. Expect more dining space and leg room. We always hated it when we'd crash into the back of the folks behind us in the old location. The downside, however, is the curbside walk up appeal of Maunakea. We'll see what moving to Kahala does to Green Door's street cred- moves like this can undo a cult reputation. Do I smell liquor license?????

If anyone manages to find the exact street address or new phone number, please post it in the comments. Thanks!

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So we moved on to another creative restaurant, Kai, which is tucked in just behind the Walmart/Sams Club empire just off of Makaloa.

It was a 100% pure foreign Japanese crowd, so either was too Tokyo stylish and overhyped, or it was a legitimate eatery. We felt the answer was somewhere in between the two extremes.


Lotus blended with a parmesan cheese hybrid and tobasco sauce on the side. Hmmm.....

Stir fried tako with salt pepper and green onions

Ribeye steak nuggets with wasabi daikon radish!

And so on, and so on. Rumor has it that the restaurant is up for sale. They are expanding to Maui while maintaining their chic Honolulu flagship restaurant Kaiwa in Honolulu.