Ilima Restaurant

Looked ok, but food was definitely not worth the money. Buffet +coffee for $ 17. Eggs were soggy and tasteless, sausage was bad, best part was the fruits.
Not worth the mon6.
I think they don’t care as most of the people eating breakfast there cone from the attached hotel and have a voucher. …
Don’t waste time or money.

Solely rated for their breakfast buffet. Wandered around Sunday (10 am-​ish) and couldn’t find any breakfast place that didn’t have a line out the door. We ended up passing by this place first before doing a 360 and coming back after giving up.
And I’m glad we did. For the price (~$ 14), you have an open selection of various fruits, jook, miso soup, oatmeal, assorted breads and muffins, sausages (link and another thick cut kind), bacon, eggs, tator tots, coffee, cereal, juice, milk, plain rice, fried rice, pancakes and a few other items I’m probably forgetting.
Service is very prompt and if you arrive close to their breakfast buffet cut off, the waiters will let you know prior to cut off and also inform you that you still have access to the buffet — you just let them know what you want.
Honestly… How great is that? You’ll spend way more with less food options at other restaurants in the area so I really suggest trying this place out. Unless you’re looking for a fine dining experience, then this place isn’t for you :)

I wanted to take the time to thank our waiter his name is Park. My boyfriend and I visited the Ilima Restaurant on May 1, 2015 and Park was our waiter and he was very nice and the food was fantastic. I had the teriyaki chicken with baked potato and my boyfriend had the steak with rice we both had asparagus. Then on May 3, 2015 our last day we went to the breakfast buffet and it was very busy and Park sat us and when we were done I asked him wow its busy and I asked him if he was Korean because there were a lot of Koreans in the restaurant and he said yes. I said I am Korean too and he starts talking to me in Korean I told him I don’t understand he laughed and hugged me. He came back with the check and he said since me and my boyfriend came back he gave us a discount. I thought that we so nice and next time we have another staycation I would like to visit the Ilima restaurant again.

easy to make reservations
valet parking unless you are really lucky to find street parking
atmosphere–
As you enter the lobby-​you take the circular stairs to the second floor-​anticipating a really nice buffet– unfortunately for Mothers day –they turned a banquet room into the buffet– decorated but still a banquet room with banquet tables etc. trash bin by drink table etc.
food–
you would expect that the Korean food would be excellent since this is a Korean hotel-​unfortunately not all was good– the kal bi, meat dishes and kim chi were very nice but the chop chee lacked flavor and the assorted jun were really flavorful.
baked ham was cure 81-​for the price– I would have expected bone in
breakfast items were standard –pancakes, french toast, hash brown patties, bacon and scrambled egg– i skipped them
sushi– had much better at Pagoda– so you understand what i mean.
rolls and dessert were just standard with thei one exception– Hagaan Daaz bars
the BEST was the roast beef– choice rib eye roasted to perfection! asparagus were a good accompaniment
service–
they do watch –take your plates away and refill your beverages quite often and are helpful if you have questions.
i would try it again–

We enjoyed the club sandwich and teriyaki chicken sandwich for lunch. We’d come back again :)

I have had breakfast buffet and lunch. Both were awesome. Ramen soup bowls were as good as I have had. Staff is also very friendly which made us choose this restaurant more then once just due to good service. Breakfast prices were as high as the buffet, so I would get the all you can eat. Noodle prices were also reasonable.

Nice little restaurant open for breakfast and lunch with reasonable prices. I had their breakfast buffet several times and a burger for lunch one day. The buffet was good and the burger was excellent.

My boyfriend and I were walking to the beach one morning and wanted to grab some American breakfast on the way. We stumbled upon this place for breakfast, and I wish we were have kept walking!
The eggs were really oily and soggy. Nothing was fresh, more like cafeteria food that sits under heat lamps (it really does). I’m actually a little angry we wasted our $ 14 a person for this horrible excuse for a breakfast buffet.
I wish I walked a little further and spent my money elsewhere. Worst meal I had in Waikiki.

if in search for spontaneity, this is the place. not too busy, fancy nor loaded with options. a breakfast buffet where its main component is scrambled eggs with choice of bacon and sausage suffices the occasion. waffles ??? mmh i don’t know. yet the toss salad and eggs did it for me. not bad for the price. of course, i had to have coffee. yum

This restaurant is connected to Waikiki Resort and was very convenient for my boyfriend and I who were staying there.
Their menu is quite small, but the food was pretty good. They offer a Breakfast Buffet for about $ 13 which has a variety of items like fruit, eggs, bacon, cereal, etc.
Their waitstaff is okay. I ordered an omelette with cheddar cheese and bacon, and they came back twice to ask me what I wanted on my omelette again.
I could also over hear the chef and the waiter’s conversation:
Chef: «Yellow cheese?»
Waiter: «Cheddar cheese.»
Chef: «Yeah, that’s what I said. Yellow cheese.»
That honestly made my day.