Club Evergreen

Went there to check out the KB scene, which was a total scam and waste of money. Told supposed mama San for 2 available girls which she brought then she sat in also. The usual BS conversation started, then buy me drinky obviously is next. Now for all 3 60 bucks for possibly watered down juice in shot glass, gulped in seconds. Minutes later asking for more another 60 bucks in drinks, but as soon as you hesitate they get up and leave. Save you money as most are stealing your hard earned cash by preying on your vulnerability… total bs, grab your wallet and lve also before it’s too late…

Place is straight highway robbery. They try to get me to pay $ 200 for four shots. They try to fool you with opening up a tab and distract you with the girls working there. Then when I asked for the tab they said its $ 200. Do not go here they are thief’s!

My friends left after a concert so I decided to stop by for a bit. I know it was my fault for dishing out so much money in such a short time. I was drunk and went to the atm three times in an hour and a half. After that, I charged my credit card. The next day I take a look at my statement and see that Evergreen Restaurant tried to charge another 680, 450, 200, 200, etc. Adding up to 2000 dollars that I never authorized. Luckily, my credit card company shut off my card. Never charge anything at this place if you decide to go, but you’re better off wasting your time and money elsewhere. Also, my friends went one night and were hanging out in the karaōke room. A couple hours later a bill shows up on the table for more than a thousand dollars. Apparently, Evergreen charges a ridiculous amount of money per song if you are in the karaōke room.

Yes… this place is not lady friendly… it’s a hostess bar. Pay 20 bucks per drink and get a decent looking girl to sit with you and have a conversation. Some of the girls are Chinese, some Korean and some Japanese. If you speak English only, you might have trouble. Not really that fun if you go alone but better if you want to hang out with a buddy and have some juicy girl hanging off of you.

BEWARE, DO NOT GO WITH A GROUP OF GUY FRIENDS. THIS PLACE IS NOT LADY FRIENDLY.
I wish Unilocal had a no star feature.
Sunday is usually my relaxation-​chill at home-​get pampered to a massage at night-​and go home and pass out kinda day. Or so I thought. Upon leaving my usual massage place, I made the mistake of checking my phone and lord behold, had a million text messages and phone calls from my friends and military co workers. Turns out my Sgt was getting married and they were having a bachelor party bar hopping around «koreamoku». Okay why not, I’ll come and kick it for a little & yes, its fine that I will be the only female.
So after making myself presentable, I met up with the guys and we proceeded to conquer the bars that koreamoku had to offer. By 2am, we found ourselves at Evergreen per my suggestion of bars that were open late.
OKAY so its an obvious hostess bar, but whatever. Im with the guys, its a bachelor party, and I want everyone to have a good time. Plus, Im all for them being surrounded by beautiful women. Walking in, the girls all stood up and looked excited and the mama came up and greeted my friends. 7 guys = money. I get it. What really ticked me off was when one of the girls said out loud to my friends «is she with you?» by which they answered «yes.» The hostesses that were friendly in the beginning looked at me with a stink eye and they all sat down like I had just tainted my whole group just with my presence.
We sat there for about 15 minutes until a guy finally came and took our drink order. Yup, and just stare at me also like I’m some kind of plague. We just want to drink, and I just wanted some girls to show my friends a good time, but it looks like it won’t be happening since I’ve become a cockblock to my 7 other guy friends.
I probably went outside for a cigarette break 5 times the whole hour we were there, just because i wanted the girls to come sit and converse with them while I was gone. Turns out, they did. Sat next to my friends, groped them, and left when my friends rejected their «buy me a drink» tactic. Sorry. try being less physical.
I asked for the bill and paid for the whole tab. Waiter that was eyeing me like the plague gave me a confused look as to why I’m paying for everything. why not? whatever. I’m over this whole place, and I’m over everyone judging me & giving me stupid looks.
okay so I know reviews said their food was good. I NEVER GOT TO TRY ANYTHING since the attitudes that were given ruined my whole appetite. Sad to say, I went home and heated up leftovers instead. Evergreen, that was my first and last beer I would ever drink there. & no, I will not be bringing my guy friends there or ever recommending this place.

One of my favourite Korean hostess-​type bars. I don’t go in a night, when the high rollers show up; I am a day guy. The ladies are of course, all lovely, friendly, and quite happy. Great pupus as well. Lots of seating.

What, they close at 4am? Must be joking, actually it’s one of the kind bars that are legally able to serve alcohol till 4am.
Korean hostess bar, with hot girls as your drinking partner. You got to have money to be serviced. What in the new world do you think any girl just pick you up because of your looks? No money no honey…
Service is great and environment ain’t that ghetto as you think.

Horrible service, you have to tell them that you are rich and throw a roll of money on the table in order to get a service… literally… Terrible terrible management and you won’t get no service at all if you come with a female friend

This review is actually for Mori San. He has a little 4 seat sushi bar inside of Club Evergreen. This place is a bustling hostess bar with Korean mamas taking drink orders and karaōke requests. You have to go to the sushi bar at the back door. Open 7p-​3am is the best sushi for late night! Come here for late night drinks and hamachi sashimi. It’s fun to people watch too.

Stopped here for a bit on a rare late night out since they don’t close until 4 a.m., and was pleasantly surprised! It was a nice environment with a small stage for those who want to karaōke and don’t mind a viewing audience. We ordered a little bit of food, and I remember the steak being particularly memorable (in a good way).
The only weird part of our experience was toward the end — it was 3:45 a.m., close to closing time, and when my friend asked for water, the waiter said something about how when it’s close to closing time, they charge for water. If it weren’t for that part of the experience, I would have given this 4 stars.

Coworker brought me here the other night. Here’s how it went.
Him: You hungry?
Me: Yes!
Him: Sushi or Korean?
Me: Sushi duh!
Him: OK, I’ll take you somewhere new
Me: Uhm ok… it better be good
Me: Where we going?
Him: Just keep walking
Me: Is it someplace that starts with an E?
Him: Yes
Me: Uh Evergreen?
Him: Correct!
Wow…never thought that a Korean bar could have good sushi. The prices are reasonable because for 9 otoro nigiri, 4 sweet ebi nigiri, 2 unagi nigiri and a unagi, avocado and cucumber roll came out to only $ 90…it could also be that the sushi chef (a really sweet nice guy) liked my coworker. I didn’t care too much for the roll but all the nigiri were delicious and with huge pieces of fish with not too much rice just the way I like it!
P.S.
Cash only and limited seats at sushi bar. This bar does stay open until 4am. parking can be difficult to find on the streets.

This place is a disguise for an underground brothel.
You men who go there make sure you get tested…

Ladies…
Stay away from this place.
Not that its bad, its just not the place for you!
Mama san will give you a stink eye when entering!

DETAILS — Evergreen might be one of the most notorious (Korean) hostess bars in Honolulu. However, I feel that it has a milder reputation than many of the others in the area… This bar is situated next to the Kapiolani Suzie’s and the bunch of other Kapiolani K-​bars. You can’t miss the (halogen?) neon green trim and sign! (Don’t park at Suzie’s bc they will tow your @$$.)
AFTER HOURS — Evergreen is open until 4am, rather than the usual 2am closing time. Instead of being known for hostesses, I feel its sushi bar, karaōke, and late night hours are what make the place the popular after-​2am-​bar spot it is. It’s a place for drunkards to continue on with their Karaōke after 2am, have some drinks, eat some sushi, and maybe sit with some cute Korean girls. (Yay for after-​hours drinking and keeping the party rolling!)
BARTENDERS — The bartenders have slightly changed over the years, as it now has many of the Maya’s staff, which is neither good nor bad. The (local) bartenders have pretty much always been great.
VERDICT — Evergreen is one of my top choices in terms of weeknight after-​hours watering holes. Bar 7 is icky. Plus, late night sushi is to die for. ;)
The tobiko with Quail egg is darned good:
Unilocal 365 — #251/​365

A wise man once said, «You can take a woman out of a bar, but you can’t take the bar out of her.»

Story time (Part 1, Part 2 is Sandy’s Bar): Okay, this place is hellah scary! My co-​worker said to meet them there after Millions because I wanted to do karaōke. Not only that, but my friend from Japan was visiting, and I wanted to show him a good time.
So we do street parking, because my ghetto fab ass ain’t paying NOOOO pah-​king. So upon approaching the bar, there were already four HOES greeting us. Oblivious as I was, I was like.“um.hi.“
Upon entering. all these nasty girls were circling men. And entire place was menstrual-​cycle flowing pink! O_​O Omg…“where the hell am I?” Naturally the lady talks to us in Japanese. And I told her «um.I’m looking for my friends.» She said, oh where are they? I’m trying to run away, but my friend is enthralled by their interest in him. They are groping me, telling me to sit down, imploring our attention. Upon sitting down, my friend said they were at a bar next door: Sandy’s Bar. –_​-​;;;
I’m fortunate to say that my friend wanted to experience this at least once in his life. I’m glad it was quite entertaining for him, althought I felt otherwise.
Synopsis: Place is quite nice and cozy looking. The bar extends throughout the entire area. There are karaōke rooms as I was told, but was later informed of their uses. X_​X PRIVATE uses! *vomits!
People: The girls were nasty. I wouldn’t go straight for them, but I like the fact they were bilingual. The people who come to this place seemed my age and disgustingly older. Definitely a place where you will find the CREEPERS of HONOLULU! I’m glad no one knew my name/face/whatever…of course until this review…
Lighting: Placenta pink… I wonder why?

ANTHROPOLOGY 101 REVISITED IN 2011
A Brief Study of a Honolulu Hostess Bar, two decades after the initial paper was written, and given an «A» by a UH Professor of Anthropology.
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Subject 1 Male (Caucasian): Walks in, sits down at the bar, and gets an orange juice.
Subject 2,3,4 One male (local mixed Japanese) & two females (Asian): Playing a strange drinking game the involves shaking a small drink with a napkin on top until it is saturated. The male then flings the napkin up to the ceiling and if it stuck, the two females had to drink a shot each of multi-​thousand dollar over-​priced Cognac. Since there were already at least a dozen napkins stuck to the ceiling, it would be safe to assume that the subjects were extremely intoxicated by now.
Subject 1: Continues to sit and observe the other inhabitants drinking, hostessing, flirting, talking, eating sushi, and flinging flying alcohol saturated napkins to the ceiling.
Subject 5 & 6 Females (Korean): Converge upon Subject 1 and make a «SUBJECT 1 SANDWICH». They say, «HI I’M HONEY… AND I AM BUNNY… AND WE REALLY LIKE YOUR GUCCI HAT… WHAT IS YOUR NAME?»
Subject 1: Goes from an impartial observer to a reluctant participant and says, «PAUL».
Subject 5: Exclaims, «OH, YOU ARE LIKE MARCO PAULO… RIGHT?»
Subject 1: Blushes, feels totally uncomfortable being a «SUBJECT 1 SANDWICH» when he figures out that the surrounding slices, not only expected an astronomical amount of money (since Subject 1 appeared to be in the higher socioeconomic strata) for the company of the two of them, but were also total Barbie-​doll-​like imbeciles.
He just smiles, stays mute, & wonders how to extract himself without losing too much «face» and too much money… since he well knows from his past experience that very soon the question of payment will come up.
Subject 6: Finally poses the inevitable question, «CAN YOU BUY US DRINKS?» AS BOTH «SLICES» SQUEEZE THE «SUBJECT 1 SANDWICH» INTO A MELTING PANINI.
Subject 1: Trying to retain what little was left of his dignity and composure, he stated, «SORRY LADIES, AND I AM USING THIS TERM IN AN ALLEGORICAL WAY, BUT I HAVE SEVERE JET LAG AND WILL BE LEAVING SOON, BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY FOR YOUR KIND INTEREST, AND I MAY RETURN TOMORROW?»
Subject 5 & 6: Appeared to be slight perplexed, with mixed disappointment and hope; they both stated, almost in unison, with big smiles «WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW, MARCO PAULO». THEY THEN DECONSTRUCTED THE «SUBJECT 1 PANINI».
SUBJECT 1: SIGHED IN RELIEF, AS ANOTHER WET NAPKIN WAS FLUNG TO THE CEILING NEXT TO HIM BY SUBJECT 2, AND IN RESPONSE SUBJECTS 3&4 DOWNED ANOTHER ROUND OF UBER-​EXPENSIVE COGNAC.
Subject 7 Female (Asian): The Bartender gave a knowing smile…
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Note: The above is based on a true story. It illustrates a poorly understood & little studied sub-​culture that has existed and thrived in Hawaii, despite at least two recessions. As far as this observer knows, Honolulu is probably the only city in the entire USA that has such a great number of them in such a confined area. He has yet to observe this well defined behavior in any other bar in the continental USA.
This observer did in fact do a much more detailed observational study back in the very early ’90’s at a similar nearby Hostess Bar, that was long since torn down, to make a huge field of grass, weeds, & feral cats. After many more years, the field was made into a humungous Wal-​Mart/​store Crappo-​complex.
The observer much preferred the field of grass and weeds, or even the old motley collection of Hostess Bars.
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Other field observations:
1-​A standard Hostess drink, which is generally watered down juice, costs at least $ 20 for the patron. 50% immediate goes to the Hostess and the remainder goes to the establishment. This entitles the patron to a brief 2 – 10 minute interaction, followed immediately by serial drink requests (by what is known as the «BUY ME DRINKEE GIRL»).
2-​A simple bottle of $ 10 German White Wine will cost hundreds of dollars, and entitle the patron to enhanced customer service by one or more Hostesses, for a more extended period of time, which sometimes includes the use of a «private» room and Karaōke.
3-​A good $ 100 – 500 bottle of Cognac will cost many thousands of dollars, and entitle the patron to very enhanced customer service, and OTHER BENEFITS THAT REMAIN UNKNOWN TO THIS OBSERVER.
4-​The Sushi Bar is quite good, has modest prices, and is open far later than most others. Regular domestic beers only cost $ 3. Drinking and eating here is a bargain by Hawaii standards, if one is neither disturb by the atmosphere, nor the Sub-​Culture.
5-​You too may get an «A» in Anthropology, if you do an observational paper on this Sub-​culture.
6-​WARNING– do not become a participant in this Sub-​Culture without the assistance of a friendly benign Sub-​culture expert, or risk losing a fortune like so many others have, without gaining anything significant.

It is 11:00 P.M. and my friend (???) walks into his favorite bar…
Mama: «Hi! Come, come, come. I got your favorite table ready for you. Adashi. One ice tea and (???)‘s favorite sushi platter. Girls! Come, come, come!»
My friend (???): «I’m not staying too long. Just came to say hello and eat. «
My friend is thinking: Wooh! They got some new girls here tonight. Wow! Nice!!!
Mama: «I have some very nice new girls for you to meet. You see anyone you like?»
My friend (???): «Whisper…whisper…whisper!!!»
Mama: «S!!! You stay with (???).»
S??? is thinking: I think he is fifty; has receding hair line, chubby and out of shape; not handsome but not ugly; maybe $ 500 in his wallet tonight.
S???: «Hi! I’m S… You are so handsome. Ha! Ha! You are very funny! I think you must be very smart and are a very caring person.»
My friend (???) is thinking: Wow! I haven’t said a word and yet this S??? knows how handsome I am; how funny I am; I’m smart and that I am a very caring person. What she doesn’t know is that I got my own business and am very successful. She is very good looking, is about five years older than my niece, has nice long legs, big boobs and I bet she is good in bed.
My friend (???): «You know there is something about you. Somehow I think you are my soulmate and I think I am in love with you. Do you like the Beatles?»
S??? is thinking: Maybe $ 1000 in his wallet and definitely champagne tonight.
S???: «I think I love you and I think you are my soulmate too. Is a ladybug a beetle? If so, yes!»
My friend: «Want some sushi? Can I buy you a drink?»
S???: «Mama! M!!! G!!! Champagne!!!»
My friend: «You girls are all so sweet and very beautiful! Especially you S…»
S??? is thinking: Maybe pay the rent for my apartment; a 2 carat diamond; a Mercedes; a charge card.
S???: «Mama! M!!! G!!! J!!! P!!! A??! Another bottle of champagne!»
My friend: «I only brought $ 1000. Cancel the champagne.»
S???: «Mastercard OK!»
My friend: «I got all kinds of problems. I feel so much better when I come here and talk. You are very understand and sweet S…»
My friend is thinking: …and you got big boobs, long legs, are very beautiful and I hope you are good in bed.
My friend: «S??? I think I love you and I want to marry you!»
S???: «I think I love you too. Ask for me when you come here again. Here is my phone number but call me only on Wednesdays. I am very busy on other nights.»
Mama: «(???) how do you like S???-?»
My friend: «Thank you for introducing me to S… I love her! I will invite you to our wedding.»
Me to friend: «(???)!!! You have to be very careful when you go to a bar!!!»…too late!!!
P. S. Do not go down looking for S???, M???, G???, J???, P??? or A??. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Even if you are curious, do not go looking for my friend (???) either. And for heavens sake, do not go looking for Mama. You will regret it.

what: a drinkie bar but it features a wonderful little sushi bar too!
something good: i really like the sushi chef here, he’s super cool and attentive and funny too! he makes wonderful sushi for such a reasonable price… sometimes i wonder how he can even get by with the prices he charges! i only come here for the sushi, i never drink here!
something not so good: the bar isn’t that great, i’ve had a drink here before… but the sushi is fantastic!
something to try: salmon two piece & california handroll

Overpriced and very aggresive Korean hostess bar. Miki the mama is rude and pushy. For example if you are standing in her path she won’t ask you to please move, she’ll just push you out of the way.
BTW, don’t give them your credit card unless you like getting ripped off. They’ll double or triple the lady’s drink costs and not tell you they did.