Kolekole Bar and Grill

I've now eaten from here on three occasions.  One a dine in experience and twice for take out.  My dine in experience although the service was top notch the salad that I ordered was perhaps one of the worst salads that I have most recently encountered.  I ordered the Greek Salad with grilled chicken.  What came out was basically lettuce which had some tomatoes, onions and cucumbers haphazardly placed on top and a dried out unseasoned piece of chicken breast on it.  I then had to ask for feta and dressing.  The salad was not tossed or dressed and it was just not good.  It lacked seasoning, and the general appeal of a Greek Salad.  

The following day since I had a Pintrest Crockpot fail and I had no food at work I decided to give them another try since I can work there from work and took a Chicken Cesar Salad to go.  It was like ordering from a completely different restaurant.  The salad was well dressed, flavorful and the chicken was juicy and moist.

Very confusing.

For a restaurant on a military base it was fine.  We had the lunch buffet which was part of our tour and it was all tasty - I liked the asian style bean sprout salad the best.  Service was good too!

The Kolekole has undergone some menu changes since I have been stationed here.  The menu has tried to progress toward the family-oriented grill side and less the bar-food side.  All I really noticed is that they added some new menu items and increased the price over all.  One of their best items (Kalua Pork Quesadillas) has been removed.

Overall, the drink prices aren't terrible - beer pitchers are on the expensive side.  I'd like to see some really good drink specials.  The bar seems to be doing fine, as every time I'm in, there is a junior-officer gathering going on.

The service at the bar is very good.  The table service is questionable - and the outside seating service is terrible.  This is a convenient location, being on post and all.  But the customer service needs to be stepped up if they are really going to function as a family-dinner kind of place.