Thai Food Restaurant– To Thai For Reviewed by 808 Business Network
To Thai For Restaurant
Offers a unique and especially inviting environment to enjoy with family and friends
Reviewed by 808 Business Network
Good news for those who enjoy Thai food.
We walked into this restaurant from the parking lot via its narrower entrance. Upon entering we passed the drinking bar and then we saw the dining area. It was our first time visiting this Thai restaurant. We like the environment and the dining atmosphere. Interesting paintings of flowers were hung on the wall that made this place even more appealing.
We were seated and started to look at their menu. As a fan of Thai’s Pad Thai, we ordered it and requested medium spicy and we added a few dollar to get the extra appetizers (such as spring rolls and chicken on the stick).
We also ordered the Pad Seyu, which is a stir fry flat noodles with broccoli, carrot, and cabbage (you can choose your meat such as chicken or beef). Waitress kindly advised us that medium spicy can be spicy for some, but we wanted to try it nonetheless.
Yes, the medium spicy is indeed spicy for those with weak taste buds and for those with upset stomach or acid reflux problem. However for us, we love it. We have tried many different Thai places on the island and to Thai For is one of the best we have tried and we feel comfortable to recommend it to others.
We didn’t have a chance to try other dishes but we will definitely return again to try some other dishes.
The parking is very convenient located in the back. No validation of parking is available but the parking rate is reasonable.
Location: 3571 Waialae Ave
Phone: 8080 734-3443
(Natalie, owner+manager, on the far right of the picture
and our leader Rex on the far left)
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Upon arriving at the resort, we first need to go through the main entrance of Ko Olina. Visitors will be directed to go straight on the main road until one see the Aulani on the right hand side of the road and make a turn into their driveway for valet parking. We were greeted no differently from any other hotel but we were quite excited to see this new resort by Disney in Hawaii.
Aulani Resort is located at the west of Oahu near the Kolina Golf Course. If was quite a comfortable drive to get there and the mountain view along the way was a great scenery experience. Valet parking is free if you show the receipt to them that indicates at least $35 was spent at the resort. This means there is no need to get stamped from the restaurants within the resort to get the free valet parking. It was a nice sight as we entered the hotel. This hotel was made to give visitors a feeling of Hawaii. Many people may feel it was not so Disney Land Like, and we believe it was built in such way that the focus is still on the Hawaii cultures and scenery. However Disney ingredients are also intertwined as you would expect.
Image on the left shows the sight that you will see as you pass through the lobby. It is indeed something that you don’t see much in other hotels on Oahu. In the middle of the resort is where the water fun and other activities are at. On the sides you will see Aulani Resort’s buildings. This means that all the hotel guests will have a view of it. There are lounges you can sit down with friends and chat. 
As you walk through the center, you will see hotel guests enjoying the water slide, Waikoihohe Stream, Waikolohe Pool, Volcanic Vertical (tunnel body slide), and even the snorkeling lagoon. If you are not a staying hotel guest you will not be able to enjoy those water activities, since they are reserved for the hotel guests only.
Dining Experience
There is the AmaAma by the beach where you will enjoy music and fine dining. It is recommended that you make reservation with them first since this place seems to be booked early. AmaAma will be a good choice for couples who enjoy beach view while dining. For those who want more of a variety of food choices, you can try their buffet at the Mahahiki. There are also musicians playing at this location at night. Since we dined at the Mahahiki, we will write our experience here.
| Pros | Cons |
| Good introduction by the hostess as we walked into the dining area. | Food Selection is ok but not great for the price of $43 per person (tax not included) |
| Nice decoration and we enjoy chatting with friends while diningLau Lau is good for those who never tried it. | Ribs is not as good as you would expect from places like Tony Romas. Ribs seems to be overly cooked not tender or juicy at all. |
| Waitresses are very friendly and nice. Overall we like the people who are serving there. | Roast beef is much more tender than the ribs but it is a bit on the salty side.The sour soup is just not really tasty at all, you can find better in even regular Chinese restaurant. |
| Nice music playing and romantic atmosphere with clean environment all around.Sashimi is fresh and tasty and fruits are sweet. (sweet pineapple as always) | Since it is open environment with dark surrounding, buffet area is the brightest area in the restaurant this makes it the place of attraction for many small bugs to gather. (Aulani should do something to prevent it. so it doesn’t affect customer’s appetite. |
| Not too crowded and nice feeling just to sit there and relax. Coffee at the end of the dinner with dessert was nice. | Plantation ice tea is not as good as the Kahala Mandarin Hotel. No liquid sugar available |
In our opinions , from a scale of 1 to 5 stars 5 being the highest rating, this buffet only gets a 2 and a half stars. Although some of our reviewers wanted to give just one star, we felt it was a bit harsh. However, we really hope that Aulani would improve its menu and food for the buffet. Nevertheless, we did enjoy friends getting together at this new environment to eat and chat. We did enjoy our visit to the resort despite the food failed our taste buds. Perhaps AmaAma side has better taste? Maybe you can share with us your experience.
Being a Disney resort, we would expect to see some cute characters coming out to greet us. Yes there were. We met two chipmunks. Chip and Dale were there to greet the kids and the family. It was nice to see the smiles on those youngsters as they interacted with them. Yes we also learned that Chip is the one with black chocolate nose— another lesson we learned that day.
After dinner, we decided to have a stroke around the hotel again to see the campfire. Now we must say the music and the campfire were great. There was even a Hawaiian man by the campfire telling story and interacting with the visitors. Please do be careful the fire is real do not go too close.
While the resort is about to have its grand opening, we were glad that we had opportunity to 
visit there. The experience was nice even for those of us who are locals here.
We hope you will have an enjoyable time there with friends and family. Please do share with us your experience at our discussion site so we can help others better planning their trip.
KuruKuru Sushi at Kahala Mall
KuruKuru Sushi is a good addition to the Kahala Mall dining experience. In the mall, we really do not have too many choices of food to choose from. KuruKuru Sushi is similar to Genki Sushi in food selections. The group table is a bit narrow but long enough to fit up to 6 people comfortably. Food quality is about the same as other Genki Sushi in Hawaii. Spicy tuna sushi is our favorite while nato was probably the delicacy to some people only. We enjoy the hot tea while dining at the restaurant and the service people were polite. It is a good place to dine with friends and the cost was really affordable
