K1 Speed

Best place in all of Hawaii for Go Kart racing! Period!
Great for individuals, families, and Corp events!
They even have meeting rooms!

Awesome place! I love coming here after class, It’s a great stress reliever and the staff is very friendly. The place is very clean and they treat everyone the same. It seems like a great place to take your kids as well, as they designate races just for them. You won’t miss your favorite game either, since they have sportscenter playing on their TVs!
Shoutout to K1 on behalf of the whole University of Hawaii Formula SAE Team!

Very fun, inconvenience is location and time waiting. Prior 4 hours about needed for 2 races. If you guys can manage to get the karts checked up more often, that’s better. the gas pedal and brake was a little hard to acelsraye and brake. Nice customers, and stafff

Kids and adults had a lot fun. The place is smaller than I expected but we made the most out of it. Very friendly and informative staff because it was out first time there. Will be back for sure. The place is very clean and welcoming.

This review is for our visit on 9÷20÷2015 6:04 PM. When you first walk in this place looks awesome. It’s very clean, and my son had a fun first experience here, he loved it. The two workers on the track were awesome, professional and friendly. Reason I didn’t give 5 stars is because the cashier had a bad attitude. She didn’t smile once, she rudely asked me if a pair of shoes that was left by a seating area was ours, as if to accuse us, I felt like she just felt like being punchy and wanted a reason to say something to me. She needs training in dealing with customers, it wouldn’t kill her to be polite for the couple minutes she has to deal with people. It wasn’t busy at all for it being the weekend. So couldn’t figure out why she looked so irritated to help us. Workers like her ruin the whole experience. According to our receipt the workers name was Desiree.
I did call and ask to speak to the general manager, a man named David answered the phone and said he’d be able to help me. I shared my experience with him, he was apologetic, which I appreciated. He explained that normally this worker was one of his good workers. I wouldn’t know, I can only base my opinion on my personal experience with her. So I responded «maybe it’s just me? Maybe I had the attitude and she thought I had the attitude?, I tried to smile at her» I don’t even know why I explained myself to him. I think that regardless of who you’re dealing with, if you deal with customers you should treat them all equally. We paid the same price as everyone else.

My kids really enjoyed this place. Great for teen b-​day parties and family fun. Sherise (sp?) really helped us out with getting everything we needed. Glad we finally got to get in and utilize this place.

I would like thank the staff at k1 speed for making my daughters 13^th birthday a smashing hit. I would also like to thank David, Jameson, Dante, Sage, and Sherise for all the love they gave my family and friends. I would also like to say that the boys on the track took care of my juniors and my family with the most respect and professionalism that makes my family want to come back. I am a regular customer of k1 speed and this kind of professionalism makes me want to come back.

I would like to thank the staff of K1 Speed Kapolei for helping to make my daughter’s 13^th birthday a memorable one. We are regular customers of K1 Speed and we brought a lot of newbies for her birthday party, and they all had a blast. The staff was very helpful and patient. Dante and Jamieson were especially very helpful and patient with our babies who were new to this. Which was most of them (except my daughter and 2 cousins who race the Junior League), we had like 15 to 20 of them. Thank you Sherise and David for being patient with us when we were registering and paying for everyone. All you guys were great and helped make it a fun, exciting and memorable day. And we can’t forget Sage who helped us set everything up. The employees and experience at K1 Speed Kapolei is the best.
And from Angelica… she wants me to thank you all for making her birthday a good one.

Just had my first outing here a few weeks back when I came with the rest of the management team from here at the Honolulu Club. I’ve raced plenty of go karts before, but the torque on these electric karts is so much fun. No exhaust fumes to contend with either.
Go for the Grand Prix 3 race pack. Awards ceremony and all at the end. Good fun.
Clean track, good lighting and a track crew what was on top of their game.
Thanks guys!

Lots of fun especially with a big group. Nice and clean facility. Wait can be long, especially on a Saturday night. Manager was Awesome!

This place seems to look a lot fine tuned now that K1 has taken over Podium Raceway. The tracks look cleaner with legitimate rails than the roadblock and foam materials that Podium used to use. Although, I miss the staff and good times I’ve had with Podium. Their staff was very patient with us and on occasion, when the racetrack was empty, would let us race backwards on the track, race side to side, and other entertaining requests. I hope K1 retains the same Podium raceway staff, I have not gone to seen them in awhile. Their gokarts was one of the best ones I’ve driven in (perhaps speeding up to about 50mph?) I can’t say for sure how fast they are now.
Wished they had those great summer deals they have now, we missed out on those! Could have saved a lot of money as me and my buddies frequented this gokarting place 2 – 3 times a week!

This is my go-​to stress relieving place. The cashiers are just a bit slow at processing and shortening the line sometimes. Really fun to do but the wait on weekends are about 45 – 60 minutes per race. We ended up racing only once, then leaving. So, I highly recommend coming here on the weekdays rather than the weekends.
If you’re a newcomer, there’s a $ 6 license fee. They’re having a «3 race for $ 33 «deal for summer specials so quickly go before the promotion ends!

Only wish they had more tracks. They had good music and good service. What else can you ask for.

Just a quick note for those of you who went here when it was Podium:
Quit trying to compare it! Whether you thought it was worse or better doesn’t matter at all because they are no longer here! If both companies were here then it would matter but since only K1 is here, it doesn’t!
Also, quit acting like anyone is «entitled» to a discount or free race just because you have an old Podium pass! They are two DIFFERENT companies! Get over it!
So now here’s K1:
We booked the Indy Room a few days before our company group raced. You can’t book a room by calling the Kapolei location directly. I was told all bookings were done over the phone at the main location in California. It’s a little inconvenient, but that’s fine. Once speaking to a representative to book the room, I was told that not only do I have to pay for the room but we had to book a minimum of 8 racers in the special reserved races. It’s $ 45/​person for 2 races and some medals. However I didn’t want to have to pay for the 2 races. I wanted to take advantage of the 3 races for $ 39 package per person that they have Monday thru Thursday. The downfall of doing that was that the races weren’t reserved and it was based on first come first serve, which was fine with me. So, frustrated, I hung up and called the Kapolei location directly. I explained the situation to the manager there and he was tremendously helpful in getting the room reserved for just the room! Plus we got the «summer» discount for the room (sign up for the email)!
When we finally got there the manager greeted us promptly and had the room ready to go with cold AC on! The manager and the lady in the front (so bad with names) were so awesome. Whenever I needed something for our group of 30+, they were extremely accommodating. More chairs, no problem. Change the lineup of racers, no problem!
We were fortunate that there was almost no one else there at the time we went on a Wednesday night in middle of June. We pretty much had the place to ourselves. Since we had a big group they were able to make smaller groups of 6 which meant less racers on the course and they were able to put it to the top speed almost all the time for each race! They also worked quickly to ensure that everyone on our group got to race at least there three races before they closed. They even let us stay a few minutes after closing to take group pictures and hand out some medals!
The track is clean, the venue is clean and well lit. The equipment looks brand new. The staff made sure safety was top concern. All in all, everyone had a great time. To anyone complaining about sliding all the time… here’s a tip, use your brakes! Maybe it’s not the car! Hmmm?! We had a few of us pulling in 18 second laps. About 80% of our group raced for the first time so not too bad at all!
Venue: 5 stars
Clean and updated course (same setup as Podium but I believe the sides were just tires before?) seems like course has better rails.
Staff: 5 stars
Friendly and attentive
Overall: 5 stars
If you just do 1 race, yes it sucks and is expensive. If you do 2 or more it’s definitely worth it! Why would anyone want to do just one race anyways? It’s basically the warmup race. By the third race everyone had their game face on!
Come early before sunset. Don’t come 2 hours before it closes and expect to do 3 races. Plan ahead!

First time I’ve been to this place since Podium and I must say its pretty much the same thing. Same atmosphere, same track, and everything. Me and my family of four went there just to give it a go, it actually was really fun! The workers were very polite and explained directions very well. Although The vending machine was super expensive because they don’t serve ANY food. Other than that we had a blast. Definitely recommend this place for an evening of fun.

K1 Speed is hands down the best place on the island to hold Project Grad. Sage and his team are beyond excellent in their positive and super helpful customer service. They will go out of their way to serve YOU and make sure everyone is having fun at all times. From booking the facility to the cleanliness of the rec room to the professional quality of the track, K1 Speed is da best! Tip: For 50 kids, plan on at least three hours at the venue so they can ride multiple times.

I am writing as a customer of Podium Raceway who had previously held a free certificate for a group of four to race. This review is on the customer service alone.
Unfortunately, I was not aware that Podium Raceway had been bought out, so when I called about my gift certificate, I was told that this company is no longer able to accept it. Apparently they stopped honoring it on Nov 30 this year. So, I told the worker that it was all right, thank you anyway.
The worker ended up thanking me for being so kind about the ordeal! He was very apologetic about the situation. He told me that he gets these calls about 8 times a day, and has been hung up on, yelled at, and swore at numerous times. Guys, this is something the employees cannot control, so please remember to manage your own disappointment. It’s a shame that the worker told me I was the nicest person he had spoken to when I was simply being polite… which really is what everyone should be.
Remember your manners, Hawaii! Remember the aloha! Wish I caught your name, but thanks, worker!

K1Speed Hawaii is the best game in town for some thrills, a party, or a fun night out.
The more races you buy, the cheaper it is per race. The races never expire, and they’re good at all 20+ K1 locations around the country!
This is the type of venue where you bring a few friends and have a night of exciting competitive racing. They work hard to keep all of their carts finely tuned and the best news is, they just resurfaced their track, so traction is ON POINT and lap times are faster than ever!
They have military discounts, Groupons, party packages, party rooms for rent, and K1 is just a great, fun-​loving way to get your blood pumping. If you are an adrenaline junkie, or just enjoy a fun night out with friends, this is the place to go!
And if you can beat my best laptime of 17.3 seconds, I’ll buy you a drink! See ya at da track mah braddahs & sistahs!

Have you ever heard of the saying «if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?» Well in most cases this is true and this is another one. As Andrew B and Debbie R said, there is some kind of debris on the track that makes the car slide out and if not careful you will wipe out into the barriers. So instead of laying the hammer down on the throttle, you have to go really easy. I do have to say that it brought me back to my old drifting days as I felt myself counter steering a lot to pull out of a turn. Then again, I would rather lay the hammer down and counter steer without the worry of drifting into the wall.
I really do hope they fix the slippery track problem as I can foresee lots of people not realizing this as they might be used to the track when it was called Podium thus crashing into the walls.
Drive safe people!

They really need to get the track and/​or tires of their go-​carts worked out. When it was Podium, the carts gripped the tracks well and you rarely spun out. Since new ownership took over, the track (or maybe its the tires) are super slick. Our group found ourselves constantly spinning out and crashing. That just sucks the fun out of the whole experience. Your car will slide on each turn and you will wipe out.
Prices are comparable to what they were with Podium.
You will have to reregister again and they don’t have your old info/​stats. If you have unused races, they will work with you to transfer them over, but any groupons or Costco gift cards they will not accept. Just return those for your money back.
The only good thing, the place was empty and we got to race without anyone else, which was nice. Good thing too, because we all kept wiping out.
Hopefully, they will work the bugs out of this place and get that track or tires worked out, otherwise I can’t see going back.