Boulevard Saimin

Great place for local favorites and old fashion saimin. Came in early before the crowd. Always order the Boulevard special which comes with a large won ton mein and 2 shrimp tempura. After eating about 1/2 of the won ton mein, I bit into a shard of a stainless steel scouring pad, about 1 inch long piece. Told the server and she said she would tell the manager and the cook. They didn't do anything or even replace the bowl of noodles. Poor management etiquette and skills, the server just said sorry.

Parking is the biggest challenge here. Everything else is great food at great prices. New menu includes local favorite meals for $7. Credit cards accepted. Cozy and great for groups or families. Very Popular and always busy. Expect to wait if it's busy, usually its quick. Enjoy..

Thank God this place is closing! One of the worst if not the worst restaurant in Honolulu. They treated their customers as though they were a burden and their saimin broth, oh my God! It smelled like a wet dog, instant turn off. I picked up two saimin special for me and my co-worker and when I brought it into my car I notice a very familiar smell of a wet dog, when I brought the saimin to my co-worker, without me saying anything, he said "This smells like a dog".

Comforting food especially for a raining day. There's not much emphasis on the customer service. The restaurant environment is truly out dated as if time stood still in the 1970's. Food is the only comforting thing.

Craig K. A go to place at the end of the night. Saimin with Won Ton always hot. The Hamburger Steak taste like homemade. I eat Saimin with Hamburger and French Fries. I go home and sleep good. The staff friendly and polite.

One of those classic, old school saimin joints that'll make you reminisce. Parking is often tough, as are wait times (both to get seated and to get served) depending on your timing. Saimin is not bad. Pretty good variety of non-saimin options as well: breakfast, sandwiches, beef, seafood, pork and chicken dishes, bowls and dessert. Large, family friendly booth style seating.

Service sucked. They seemed lost. No communication. We sat order our food and took a long while before it came. Couple tables left without ordering. Our order came with the hardest meat came out first. The side rice was tbe first thing that came to the table. And the last thing that came was an tuna melt sandwich. Which at first it came as an plain grilled cheese sandwich. Returned it and they mixed tuna cold and readers it into the grilled cheese sandwich. Mind you this meal was for my pregnant daughter in law. Now that is sad...

5/22/18- Abt 4:30pm- slow slow service; had only one waitress; had only two customers when we arrived; we had a party of 5; waited abt 40 mins for our food; waitress was not a happy camper; did not greet us and table was not cleaned so my son had to wipe our table! Will not return!!!

For what it is, this is one of my favorite old-school saimin places. Yes, the seats are old and lumpy in some spots, but everything's clean. The prices are going up, but that's everywhere! Valerie and Jan provide awesome, pleasant and efficient service, and the broth is rich, yet not too salty. My favorite is the actual noodle. When I'm not craving a curly, imported ramen with all the "bells and whistles", when all i want is simple, perfectly cooked noodles, this my forever go-to. So... this is not a candle-light restaurant and I could criticize many things unreasonably, but SUPER delicious food, clean seatings, appropriately professional servers, and that old-school saimin stand feel? Yeah, I love this place.

This place still reminds me of old school homey restaurant style everything. That's a good thing! Their saimin is my comfort food - with "choke" mustard, because I like it when you can actually taste it and it makes your nose run just enough! I don't stray from my usual saimin with side shrimp tempura, but my kids like the cheeseburger and fries, and my man likes their combo plates (and green river!). The last time we were there, they didn't have their yummy cone sushi, and I don't know if they still offer it, but that was always my mom's favorite. The older aunties are just friendly enough to not make you feel uncomfortable and they're pretty efficient too. The parking isn't great, so you have to time it just right - we usually go at those weird in between times. I'm pretty sure there's at least one handicap parking stall. Ps. The bathroom is outside of the restaurant and you need to ask for a key. Oh! Also, the last time we were there, I saw a Bite Squad sign indicating that they deliver.