I've been coming to this kim chee II restaurant since the '70s. I remember Jimmy and his dad were very young. Now Jimmy's children are at the helm. I wish them well

I did takeout and it was fast and easy to pick up. Overall, I think I will dine-in from now on. I feel like it was quite expensive for the amount of food given for take-out. I believe that you get more food and kimchi when you dine in. Overall, food was good. Kimchi was really delicious! Parking: Small lot in front with parking. Can be hard to find stalls when crowded.

This is the original Kim Chee restaurant and you know what they say about originals! It's the BEST. Kim Chee 7 is the closest to me and so that's usually where I go to get my fix, but my family is from Kaneohe and we took my aunty out for her belated birthday. The guy working was super friendly and our food came out pretty fast. The Kim chee at this location specifically is unbeatable. I don't know what it is, but the food just tasted perfect. They have lunch specials during the week days, so I got the meat jun & shrimp tempura for my son & I to share. When we got there at around 1030, it was not that busy but as we were leaving it was getting packed, so lucky we came early! Parking is a bit tight here and I have no idea where you'd park if you can't find parking in the lot. Anyways, if you love any of the Kim chee restaurants, you definitely gotta try the original. It's family owned and operated & you won't be disappointed.

Found it on Yelp and said hey let's try it. And damn if that wasn't a good idea. Food was tasty. Service was nice. Vibe was chill. Good lil spot.

Lunch special was mayjah and we were able to call in and get takeout with the deal. I think we got the squash katsu? It was pretty much just squash tempura and they were huge! I might have liked them better than the meat jun. the meat jun paired so well with their spicy sauce. We split this plate between 2 people and still had a little bit of leftovers!

I love to visit this restaurant. Everything is so ono. Just watch and enjoy my pictures and my video of tempura shrimp and you'll understand!!

We dined here yesterday for lunch. We had the lunch combination. What a great price for the combo. I had the Kalbi and vegetable tempura and my son had the Kalbi and meat Jun. The Kalbi was soft and tasty. The vegetable tempura were like a big tempura patty filled with various pics. The two waitresses were very attentive. Serving refills and assisting everyone. The atmosphere was old school Korean restaurant dining. The parking was a little difficult. But driving slowly and carefully helped with the process. We will definitely return. Hopefully, they will still have the lunch special. Definitely the cost helped the wallet.

I visited the restaurant to try out the lunch special. For $12.99, you get a choice of two mains with rice, soup, and banchan. I was very surprised to see kalbi as one of the option. I would consider this to be a really great value for its price. Couple key things to consider... parking is quite difficult. There's a few stalls around the restaurant so it can be difficult to find a spot. Once you go inside, it truly feels like a small, local business. There were two people on staff on the outside and both were polite but focused and efficient. Worth trying out? Absolutely. Worth going again? I would. It's hard to find a lunch special for under $15 for a sit down restaurant - especially one with kalbi.

January 14,2023 - Saturday After a day of venturing at Kualoa we knew we'd be hungry. So we figure let's head Kaneohe way and instantly thought of this location. Kim Chee 1 has been a consistent location for our family and we've been coming here since ever. Since they've open up other Kim Chee locations around the island and because we reside on the west we usually go to the Pearl city location. When we entered this location it was fairly empty only 3-tables we're taken. On this day they only had 2-workers servicing each table that ordered and came in the restaurant. We waited a bit before someone came to our table to take our order. I'm thankful the guy was transparent & did let us know they have a bunch of "take-out" orders so it might take about 30mins before our order gets out. But we wasn't in a rush really so we were ok with waiting. OUR ORDER: Kalbi small bone Meat Jun Shrimp Tempura (butterfly) Katsu 4-Rice bowls Soup w/seaweed Kim Chee cabbage + daikon Seaweed + Cabbage + Bean Sprouts (side veggies with the food) Per usual our food was DELICIOUS, never disappoints. If you decided to order soda/juice it's in a can but they provide a cup w/ice & straw. Menu provided so many choice options but for me & my family we like to stick to our basics which is the reason why we keep coming back here. We truly enjoy this location & we'll always come back to support this local business.