Cabinet Granite Depot

These are GREAT cabinets at REALLY good prices. I went to Home Depot and had them do a layout for me and give me an estimate. Some friends told me they got their cabinets at Cabinet Granite Depot, so even though it seemed a little sketchy we went to check it out. We put in a whole new kitchen, and the cabinets that would’ve been about $ 12,000 at Home Depot were about $ 4,500 at Cabinet Granite Depot, and that included soft-​close doors and a bunch of slide-​out drawers. They’re solid wood, nicely painted/​finished, and well constructed; they don’t have all the bells & whistles that the HD cabinets have, but we got a spice drawer for next to the stove, some big, deep drawers for dishes, and a giant pantry. Our contractor was really impressed with the quality, FWIW. Service is really good — Emery was super helpful. I just took the HD layout with dimensions over to Emery and she worked it all out.
Most of the negative reviews here are for installation — we used our own contractor (and we had to arrange for pickup/​delivery to our house).
Cabinets came with free handles; we ended up getting nicer ones from Fiddler’s, and it makes a big difference.
I have recommended to several other friends, and would totally buy these again if I were ever to remodel another space.

ALoha
I have lived in my town home for twenty eight years and wanted to bless my wife with the kitchen of her dreams and it turned into a nightmare. I stopped by the cabinets and granite and the prices were reasonable the chinese female sale person was impressive and knowledgeable then the games began I was told to get this great price I would have to pay in full, I did big mistake number one. I was lead to believe that the work would start in a week all I got was a call saying that she had miss quoted me for on cabinet and needed more money. I then was told two weeks later that the upcoming friday they would be in to do the work and it would take two days however I was charged for four days of labor, I get a call on wednesday and asked if they they could do the work that day I said since I was doing the demolition I was not ready yet she said if they gave me three hours would it be ok I needed to get it done so agreed. I hear someone outside less then a hour and a half later and met them to let them know that I was not ready and realize that no one spoke a bit of english then one worker comes in and pulls some wood off the wall without cutting the paint causing damages to the drywall, I have a concreat walls that four cabinets were to be mounted they proceeds to nail the cabinets to the wall with concert nails missing the nail and damaging the new cabinets as well as the nails breaking and bending left that way, all of the cuts on the spacers were off and the joins not matching. I was so frustrated that I drove to town to speak to the only person that could understand english with pictures in hand and was told that I was to picky and it was not that bad I was offered a minimal amount of money back but they would not change the damaged cabinets I was also offered some wood to fix what I thought was crooked by my self now I could go on but I will stop here. I do want to say if you were doing a renovation for a resale and do not care about the workmanship you can get a good deal or if you buy and install it yourself.

I don’t know why all the negative reviews.
The people who run the shop are polite and friendly, and there Cabinets and counter tops are good quality.

This review is long overdue. My husband and I recently purchased a condo and needed to redo the entire kitchen. After looking at a few places in Honolulu for affordable cabinets, we stopped by Cabinet Granite Depot on the way to Home Depot. I saw some materials I liked but decided to Unilocal the company before we purchased, but based on the previous reviews, I hesitated to go with them but did due to how affordable the material and labour was.
We placed a downpayment on the quarts countertop and cabinets we wanted and told them we would pay the rest after closing on our apartment. When we finally got the keys in our hands, we called Emily on a Friday and she scheduled measuring the kitchen on the Sunday. By Tuesday of the following week, they brought the cabinets and started the installation, which took two days. By Thursday they brought the quarts counter and completed the installation. The only thing they did not do was install the handles, which they provided us for free, so my husband had to put them in himself.
As stated in previous reviews, the workers speak mainly Mandarin but I was still able to communicate basic things with them and Emily the sales person kept us all up to date.
My main point in writing this review is, if you are looking for very affordable countertops and cabinets in Honolulu, check this place out.

If you use these people for cabinets, examine each and every cabinet carefully before leaving. They had loaded up the cabinets really quick, all of them in shrink wrap, with no opportunity to inspect them. I later found that one of the drawers was damaged so i called them to tell them. They asked me to send them a picture, and when i did, they said that there is no way that it could have happened there. They said that i must have done it because they triple check everything. They then tried to sell me a new drawer face for $ 119. Some of the cabinets weren’t even screwed together well. I had to re– screw a couple of them. On top of that, my corner base cabinet want even close to being square. They then charged me an additional $ 60 to cut a hole in the backsplash for an outlet. I feel like a chump for using them. I should have Unilocaled then before going there.

ZERO STARS! PLEASE DO NOT GO THERE, unless you want to get ripped off. They are pushy, when coming in for a quote they want you to put a down payment. Then when you get your cabinets they don’t give you a chance to inspect them all, they start loading and when you see something wrong with it and tell them, they say, no that’s the only one that’s why I gave you discount. They refunded us back some money and two weeks later call us asking for more money and threatened us if we don’t pay. What in the world? That is not how you do business. Not to mention the men loading up the cabinets don’t speak or understand english and when your trying to tell them about the damage they just look at you, so we had to call someone else to help us. Worst company I’ve came across, a business like that will not last long. We should have gone with C&C cabinets or somewhere else. I later discovered they have a complaint with the State RICO website and the BBB. I will also be filing a complaint with the State RICO and BBB.
We had to fix the unaligned doors and drawers ourselves to make it work and acceptable and we also have to touch up areas.

If I could give this place zero stars I would. First off, service sucks! We didn’t even get a quote for the cabinets we chose. The guy Jenson who we talked to said to email my kitchen layout and measurements with pictures. So I sent it to him, and he comes back and says «you need to give me your measurements». Umm, hello its in the email I sent you, all the drawing layouts and detailed measurements, all created in CAD and converted to a PDF file. I told him it was there, resent him a couple more extra emails, and same thing, he says no more.
To me this guy was lazy and didn’t want our business. So with no reply of a quote we went to C&C cabinets granite near the Costco gas station and they were more helpful friendly.
DO NOT GO TO «CABINET GRANITE DEPOT.» VERY VERY POOR SERVICE.

If I just read the previous post I would have never used them .they have set us back 1 week after the mistake they had made

In October we purchased a counter from then that was installed by another contractor, and they miscut and required us to get another piece. We got a quote from Cabinet Granite Depot for $ 750 for material, fabrication and installation, and were told the material would come in «soon». In March they called us and said they have one last slab, and the factory wasn’t making any more, and we could have it for $ 1300! When I asked to see their contractor’s license they refused. They don’t understand english…. Beware.

They redid our kitchen with really nice ubatuba granite and maple doors and plywood boxes. Overall nice job but they did have to return to do some adjustments once we started using the kitchen like adjusting doors that were too close and dishwasher door contacting cabinet. They came quickly and fixed the problems. They were much cheaper than any other quote of 3 different installers so overall I give them a thumbs up but took took away one for the fact they should have caught some of the contact problems the first time. Highly recommend for good quality cabinets at a very moderate price, I will use them again when we redo our bathroom.

The saying «you get what you pay for,» is so true when you deal with a company like this. If your on a really tight budget… its totally up to you if you choose them, but you really need to watch these guys because they tend to cut a lot of corners and they dont have the skills and technology to get things perfect.
I actually had to fix things myself to make the finishing project acceptable. I gotten into small arguments with the owner a few times because they keep making excuses and they would tell me crap like, «most people dont want it that way,» or «your being to picky.» It seemed that they kept trying to do things that were easy for them and that didnt work well with what I wanted from the start.
Another bad thing was that the workers (actual people doing the work) didnt speak any english, so communication was basically hand signals and pointing at things. Also they are horrible at cleaning up their mess. Everyday they would pack up their equipment and I would have to clean up by myself.
In the end with some touch-​up and help from my brother, we were able to make the kitchen work. I gave them two stars because the price was about ¹⁄₃ of the price of competitors. If you can deal with what I mentioned you should go for it and if not dont even bother with them.