Rivals

Came here to drink with some friends from work. Had a busy day at work so came to rivals to take some shots and drink some beers/​mix drinks.
Our server was super nice and brought our drinks on time which was good cuz we were ready to take them all down. We order some mint shots, beers and mix drinks. Had a time of my life just being here with my friends. I love drinking and being with my friends. Rivals is somewhere I trust with my drinks and they also have good events like karaōke night on Saturday and Wednesday and game nights.
I would highly recommend this place if your looking for a bar to hit some drinks. I love this bar and they also have good food: D

Went on a Monday, the specials were great and so was the atmosphere. The bartender was real social and we had a great time. A must come!

Air conditioned, well managed bar with good happy hour prices.
$ 2 tacos are tiny and not amazing but the $ 3 slices of pizza are HUGE and worth it.

Full disclosure, I never got to eat the food.
I called to order take out and was told to call a number dedicated for to go orders.
I called the to go number and was told I have to come order at the bar.
I’m hungry, so I leave my hotel room and I go down to the bar.
I get to the bar and I am told to go to a take out window outside.
I wait in line behind a couple. They receive their order and I wait.
The worker looks at me, ignores me. It looks like he is taking inventory of stuff in a fridge and clipboard.
I left with no food.

Best spot off the strip! Kapena made us feel like home. Drinks were on point! Music was solid! His service was top notch! Come here and have a few and have a good time!

Very good place to get a drink after work. Bery good drink selections. The pizza pockets are so good. I will be back to try other entrees on the menu

It doesn’t get better than this Large Flatscreens all over this bar Tap Beer Superfriendly Staff and PIZZA !! Tacos! Burgers You name it … Conveniently located in Waikiki at the Ohana Malia Hotel

Wow, I had high expectations for this place and was let down. The service here was horrible. Beginning with a very rude manager when checking in for a table to a very inattentive staff. The food was very marginal and cheapo bar food. Beer specials were $ 5. The worst part was the service. If you’re not one of their «Rivals» faithful, good luck getting any service. They would literally only help the regulars and walk past our table. Numerous occasions, almost too many to list. Another example the Bartender had some pretzels he made and offered only the regulars. If you’re in town and not a regular, definitely avoid. Hopefully they’ll be out of business soon.

Great great sports bar in Waikiki, my spot on NFL Sunday. Ben’s the best bartender I’ve had yet in HI, glass is never empty on his watch. I almost want to tell you not to come here so you don’t steal my bar stool lol. Great great sports bar.

We came here in mid-​October and they were in the middle of renovations. The waitress was not that friendly and seemed to be more social/​friendlier with (I’m assuming) regulars. After about 10 – 15 mins of waiting around, she finally came over and asked us what we wanted. She seemed irritated and distracted so she took our orders and didn’t check on us for the rest of the night. Besides that, everyone around us were really nice and friendly.

Great times, good wings, quick service. Watched the fight and good atmosphere! Come early to get a seat!!!

What are they doing? What is taking them so long to leave? They see that I’m here waiting for their parking spot! How long has it been? Three minutes just sitting here? Come on, man! Wasting gas! After what seemed like forever, the car FINALLY pulls out and turns towards me, which is the wrong way as the exit is the other way. –_​– So this entire time, they were waiting for me! How ridiculous! I considerately waited on the opposite side, so I would not be blocking their way towards the exit, but they thought the exit was where I was waiting. Idiots! I drove forward to let them by me and quickly reversed into the stall only to watch them reverse back towards the correct way. I could feel and see their shame as they drove by lol. That’s how the parking structure is for Rivals located in the Ohana Waikiki Malia Hotel. The entrance ramp from Lewers St. is a single lane, two way ramp that also serves as an exit. The whole parking structure is super tight and can be very confusing to those who aren’t as sharp. I can’t imagine how many problems arise when cars are coming at each other on the ramp. Frustration to the max!
Anyway… Rivals Waikiki is an interesting place, albeit quite small, but it brings an interesting environment with a mix of locals and tourists during NFL Sunday Football. The place is overwhelmed with autographed sports photos that seems to take away important real estate that can be used for flat screen TVs. The set up is odd as the shape of the layout is a long strip with a single row of small tables and a row of counter-​style seats plus the bar in the upper part with about 7 – 8 TVs lined up, and the lower part has regular tables and only three oddly places TVs, so if you’re looking to catch most of the games, the top level is the best, but sitting down together with friends will be difficult, and the bottom is the opposite.
Looking through the drinks menu, Rivals has a huge variety of beers that are decently priced, and an even larger variety of hard liquor that even serves Johnnie Walker King George for $ 250 a glass, which is something I’ve always wanted to try, but my pockets aren’t THAT deep. It was nice to drink a variety of beers rather than just Coors Light all the time.
We ordered the Rivals Signature Nachos. It was big, but the thing was so simple, so lame, and so awful. How lucky for us, we got the bottom of the bag chips, so most of them were crumbs. We added steak to it, but there was barely any, and the meat was the overcooked and chilled variety. All the toppings weren’t mixed together, but placed together in one area, so you will either get soggy chips with a lot of toppings, or a bare chip with a single jalapeño, or a sprinkle of cheese. Regardless, the size was sheer and a nice appetizer to share amongst many friends. It’s just not worth it, and the price is pretty high.
The Fries were very, very good. It was hot, fresh, and fried perfectly. This was one of the best fries I’ve had in a while. Though, $ 8 for a basket of fries is a little hurtin’.
The Chicken Wings were so-​so. The chicken wasn’t prepared well as the chicken was dry and tough, and on the bland side. Also, $ 16 for 16 wings is not expensive per se, but it should be cheaper with the more wings you order.
The service was amazing. Our server was very friendly and super attentive. She made sure the drinks kept on coming (to my friends).
Overall, this is a great place to hang out with friends and have a fun time with great service. The extensive drinks list is awesome as well, but the food menu is a bit pricey. For NFL Football, it’s an odd setup if you like to watch every game, but fine if you only watch a few. The environment is great with more enthusiastic fans rather than loud, obnoxious, annoying fans.

Here working in HI for 2 weeks. Rivals is directly across the street so decided to give it a try. Cant think of a better way to start a rainy Saturday… bloody mary n breakfast while College Football. I do know where I’ll be 2morrow to watch the Raiders game :)
Great atmosphere n the food n service was decent.

The service is rude and non existent. Typical Waikiki. They do have football though. But that’s it.

Rivals is my new favorite place to go on Mondays. ½ off food and $ 4 craft beers. The bartender is fast and funny. My roommie and I like to go and get the grilled cheese sandwich with bacon and tomato with tater tots and because it is half off, it’s less than $ 5! AMAZING! They have a ton of televisions so whatever you want to watch, you can. They also have trivia on one of the tvs which is always fun.

We stopped in this bar/​lounge a couple of times during our short time to Honolulu. We were staying in the hotel it’s connected to: the Ohana Waikiki Malia. There is lots of great sports memorabilia and several TVs for watching live games, but food was average and service wasn’t much better than that on any of our visits.
We came in on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. Christopher was our server Tuesday night and even though our small tab of a few tacos and only a couple drinks probably wasn’t the most important one of the night, it was no reason to forget about us after our food was brought out. We literally had to chase the server down to get our tab closed, and since it was our first night in town we really wanted to get out of there and explore. But that didn’t give us reason to not return. We actually returned later that Tuesday and Evan gave us just decent service just before midnight.
I came back for drinks, karaōke, and salt n peppa chicken wings ($ 0.75 special on Wednesday) the next two nights that we were at the hotel. Service was good inside (Kapena was serving wings with a smile) and there’s also a window for pizza from the street if youre not quite ready to go back indoors (enjoy Hawaii!!)
It was cool to have this bar hooked up to our hotel. We enjoyed coming in — but did find bars that had better service and food while on our vacation.

Food: n/​a
Drinks: B
Atmosphere: B+
Service: F
Went to happy hour during NBA playoffs & server was nothing but rude, impatient, and uninvolved.

Best place to watch sports in Waikiki. Excellent high def TV s with over 18 and not the small ones. Sound system is super high end.
A nice outdoor area with comfortable seating if you have your own group and want to watch a specific game. The staff is friendly and will put on any sporting event you want.
Great grinds with huge portions. They have been open for several years now and have it really tweaked for watching sports. Large bottle beer selection and plenty hard liquor.
Parking validated and you enter via the ramp on the backside off Lewers. They even have quality sports memorbilia for sale. Although i dont get by at night much kool local bands and a fun vibe. Safe place with good security so no problem for single women.
They have no «Rival» in Waikiki. Fun for our many visitors. I highly recommend them to kamaina s n visitors alike.

We went to this sports bar on a whim on a Monday night. It wasn’t super packed, which is expected on a work night.
The atmosphere was extremely casual with televisions with sports and the walls lined with sports pictures and other memorabilia.
We stayed for a bit and played some tuned on their techy jukebox. After a couple drinks we ordered the green pizza… I apologize I can’t remember the exact name… but it was SO good. It came out and you could smell the garlic cooking in with the cheese. Needless to say, it was a perfect addition to our drinks.

Located right across from the Courtyard Marriott this is a great wings and beer bar. When you enter to all the way in make a left and at the end you’ll see booths and additional seating downstairs. Much roomier back there.
They have an excellent selection of beer and whiskeys. Yes, a small wings and beer bar with an ex lent selection of whiskeys. I had a 22 year old Glenmorangie that was outstanding. Wings are very good especially buffalo style. They have a special of burger, beer and fries for $ 9.00. Burgers are awesome.
Also, tacos with Kailua pork are the bomb. Keep in mind there is a basic menu of pizza, burgers, wings, tacos, nachos, onion rings and that’s about it. Don’t expect quiche. But what they do they do very very well.
We will be back.