Blue Water Shrimp & Seafood Alamoana Makai Market Food Court

On our visit last year, we came across this great food truck in the heart of Waikiki called Blue Water Shrimp. That food truck location isn’t around anymore but Blue Water Shrimp has opened up a stall at the Ala Moana Center food court. Make sure you try this place out as it’s one of the best garlic shrimp places in Waikiki (on par with the garlic shrimp you get at the North Shore). Seriously, where else but Hawaii can you get food court food that tastes this good and is decorated with an orchid flower? We returned for a revisit a couple of days later because we were at Ala Moana doing some shopping. We figured we might as well grab some more fabulous garlic shrimp but, this time, we also ordered the Seafood Combo in addition to a small order of garlic shrimp. OMG, there was so much seafood in this combo… clams, mussels, shrimp, squid, crab, salmon, mahi mahi… The seafood here is actually surprising good and a super value for what you get.

While in Hawaii, why not check out this mall near Waikiki. Stopped by here for lunch and decided to try this place out. Settle for the Garlic Shrimp on Rice at $15 + taxes. Ok portion although I had to get some rice from my wife's Panda Express meal. 8 nice sized shrimps but the ice cream scoop of rice is just not enough for this Asian. Good flavour on the garlic but man, if you've already de-veined the shrimp, you might as well take the shell off as well. Peeling all the shell reminded me of working at my parent's restaurant where they had all you can eat deep fried shrimp (see the carnage pictured). Garden salad was a nice touch but the cook missed the dressing on my salad and drizzled it on the edge of the container instead. Overall not too bad of a meal.

Ordered seafood salad and I was surprised when server opened the box, there were more fish and salad than I expected. Since there was no photo or sample plate on display for seafood salad, I took a chance and ordered it for a light dinner. Seafood variety included large chuncks of tuna, 2 shrimp, 2 mussels, 2 clams, 1 crab leg, and all were cooked in their special stock. The steaming hot seafood came on top of Caesar salad with crunchy bread cubes and side of tartar sauce. Very large portion that can be shared.

This was a very interesting yet good place to eat by the Hilton hotels. Seating is limited and the prices are a little inflated. But really, the whole island is like that. The pulled pork was very flavorful and the ramen style soup tastes like it came from the bag, which could be good or bad depending on your personal preference. The pineapple smoothie tastes like pineapple (go figure) but it isn't overly or sickly sweet. It would greatly benefit from some vanilla vodka, but that's another type of review. This is also a great place to meet other tourists.