Mariposa

The food is delicious and well prepared, the ambience is casual yet upscale in terms of quality of service. The server was friendly and quick to get us settled at your table with popovers accompanied by strawberry butter which tasted delicious. The food came in at the right temperature and tasted delicious. The dessert had real eatable flowers which was a nice touch. Overall great value! Love it!

Haven’t been here in a very long time, and had an opportunity to visit recently (October 2023). As always, it’s the company you’re with that make the experience- but the service and food can definitely impact the experience. Service was very good, just the right amount of check backs and giving us the space and time to “catch up” with friends. Food was excellent! I had the Kalbi style beef, which was great- and oddly enough, the “banchan” (Korean style side pickled veggies) was very tasty - almost overtook my attention to the Kalbi itself! We were there on a Friday evening so also got to enjoy the Hilton Hawaiian Hotel’s fireworks- -added bonus! After this visit- we will have to plan on visiting more often.

It’s been over 2 decades since I last visited this restaurant with a beautiful set of windows and patio seating overlooking Ala Moana park. Everyone looks forward to the warm popovers that appear table side when you first get seated and when you finish eating the one you had on your plate. We didn’t make a reservation so we were asked to wait for 10-15 minutes after arriving 10 minutes after their opening at 11am. We perused the men’s section and food/beverage section just adjacent to the restaurant. A N-M worker said, “oh if you are dining with us we waive the corkage fee so you can drink what you buy”. We selected one of the daily specials (king crab pasta - lovely generous crab pieces) and the lemongrass beef salad (spicy!, watch those thinly sliced peppers) Service was friendly and attentive — lots of water and ice tea refills. So why the 4 stars? Because the popovers were less tasty than I remembered. Also the salad that we got was different than the table next to us (different plating, ratio of greens). The iced tea was filled with lots of ice (which waters down the tea).

My boyfriend arranged with the manager, a surprise marriage proposal event that Mariposa beautifully orchestrated. The manager was so gracious and genuinely happy to execute the details. Thank you for making it about us and not you. It's rare to see true service and hospitality lately. We will treasure this restaurant as one of our top favorites!