Laie Chop Suey

I do apologize, but. I would’ve given no stars if I could.
Tasteless, gross; plain horrible.
Laie needs a new Chinese restaurant, or new recipes and cooks.

Seriously? I don’t think the chef knows how to cook! Really really bad! Don’t come here.

After a long day on the North Shore, stopped into Chop Suey to refuel. Their lunch special is great! Lemon Chicken was highly recommended by the sweet girl at the counter. They called me by name throughout my visit, which I thought was a really welcoming touch. Thank you for making my trip to the North Shore memorable!

Best Chinese food in North Shore! Asian lovers should go. The cold ginger chicken is a must.

I love Chinese food and well I think they make pretty good Chinese food. Bill (the owner) is awesome always so welcoming and gives the best recommendations on what to order. I’m a vegetarian and I love that they have so many options. It’s not a 5 star restaurant but it’s pretty darn good for what they offer.

Really — it was better than I expected.
I saw a few people that came n — looked at the walls with dated ripped tattered photos of food instead of a menu on the wall and just turned back around.
There were many normal local looking families sitting down — sharing meals lazy susan wise. One thing– if families are sitting down to eat on an early Sat afternoon, you can tell that it is family friendly and acceptable to each member of the family and at least civil.
Here’s what I was surprised to find:
Beef Broccoli was pretty good. Not fantastic but better than I expected– not chewy but cooked well, broccoli still has that crunch to it.
Fried shrimp– in a bread batter and the shrimp and batter were really tasty.
Crab Ragoon– small amount of crab but the fired part of the chip/​wonton was good.
Gau Gee– fried pork– normal but still good to eat.
Pork Char Shu– soaked more like families make down home on Molokai– meaning the red was not slapped on right before serving or fake made but soaked for at least a while so that the taste and flavor was throughout the pork and not just tasteless on the inside. Pork Char Shu was a happy surprise that it was good and better than I have had at other china town restaurants.
Sweet sour spare ribs– not super greasy so that the meat could be eaten off the bones but not as wonderful tasty as a paina or first birthday party from a local ohana.
Mixed Veg chop suey looked like the vegs were fresh– there sure were hot enough when they first came out to the table. Smelled wonderful.
Egg Fu Young was really just an egg omelet of just egg and meat and no cheese. Not an egg fu young that I am used to with sauce or preparation– just a cheese-​less omelet.
Fried Rice– has a little egg, some day old pork (IMHO) and just rice– no real vegs to speak of at all like other fried rice. The rice is a tiny bit on the buckshot side.
White rice– The rice is a tiny bit on the buckshot side. As others mention it being dry– we call that Buckshot.
Price is maybe $.50 more than in Honolulu, so really it is just about the same price as a local Honolulu place. So — price is reasonable for up in Laie.
Staff appears to be more local instead of Chinese– I could be wrong but it seemed like more of the waitresses were more likely to be BYU students or students in general. Regardless– friendly and hospitable.
The place isn’t dirty persa but just rundown old looking. The walls don’t help as I mentioned the old looking pictures of food on the wall. It gives a hole in the wall feeling. Most of the places in that part of the mall are long-​ways so you have to go all the way through tables to talk to the waitress at the counter from the doorway.
Again– many people called and had take out the times I was there– so I feel better that many locals eat there.
I can understand others criticism– it is not Panda Express but how many chains can handle the lower population of having not a really crowded city? I don’t think it is fair to compare them to Panda.
Since there are only a few choices up in Laie — this is a good choice for me and family to come back to when I have educational meetings or meeting up at BYU.

I’ve been coming here since I was a kid so I might be somewhat biased, but I do know what horrible Chinese food and what awesome Chinese food is and this is pretty good Chinese food. Considering this a family owned business (most are) that’s been opened since 1983, I seen their ups and downs, they are most definitely up for quite a few years now.
Bill (the owner) allows people to bring their catch in (cleaned and in your own pan) and he’ll cook it anyway you want, for a reasonable price.
The service is good and it’s clean here.