AV Restaurant

Wow, what an amazing experience! My first time eating at a Vegan only restaurant was incredible. I am a Meat and Potatos, steak is a staple for me but AV is so much more than just a Vegan restaurant, the food is all delicious and the experience of the Chef’s menu was awesome. I took a first date here and we had a great time. Staff was soooo friendly. Set Menu was perfect Two desserts was a shock and welcome A definite must experience place in Honolulu.

I will tag this place as Asian influenced vegan/vegetarian tasting. We went to this place to celebrate the wedding anniversary. As said in other recent reviews, the place was empty. That means we had the entire restaurant for ourselves. We were asked to choose a table or bar, and we opted to table. Good things: 1. Food is loaded with flavors 2. Not all items are supposed to be eaten by chopstick. The crew provides specific instructions on how to eat. If you don't know how to eat with chopstick, don't worry. 3. Staff is friendly and enjoys conversations. 4. There is a happy meal option, in case you are not feeling filled. It is suggested a few items before desserts. It includes a plant based patty and fries and costs extra. A couple of downsides I noticed: 1. Service was too fast. Init

Exquisite food- it is obvious a lot of time and effort go into the different courses. I really appreciated the variety of options and flavors we experienced. We did try the waffle dog- those were incredible! I’d recommend sharing one because they are very filling. All of the courses were dreamy except for the mushroom sandwich. That wasn’t great at all :( The restaurant was not at all what I expected for fine dining. I came here expecting a nice cosy experience where I could bond with my husband on his birthday and feel like we are in an intimate setting. Instead we were alone, under bright lights, facing the waitstaff kinda sharing conversation with her the entire night. She wasn’t vegan which was fine, but just kept talking about her opinion on vegan foods and made a lot of small talk w

Oy where do I start? First off I want to say I was very excited to be trying out a vegan fine dining experience in Honolulu and neither the cost nor the small plates were a turnoff. I came with a local friend and we reserved a table at 5:30 expecting this to take a while. When we arrived 5 minutes late the place was deserted and I thought I had gotten the time wrong but no, we were the only guests. Oh well. We were seated at the end of the long bar like sushi counter, like someone else remarked under overhead lights next to the kitchen with little ambiance. No tablecloths, the surfaces are black corian. The server could not have been nicer and it is he that made the entire event bearable! Right of the get go the food was not awesome! Beautiful to look at but not very flavorful. Basically m

Firstly, I will say that I absolutely appreciate owners and chefs who try to do something special and something uncommon. This is always refreshing and while I understand the economic and commercial consideration and pressure most owners face with trying to make a living and support themselves, I always give plentiful credit to owners and chefs who really put it out there and try to deliver an experience that’s different and an experience that’s unique in nature. We have far too many owners and chefs and who play it “safe” and give in to the pressures of the business and economic fortitude. Too many owners and chefs who create menus that are practically a shoe-in to success and acclimation. It’s disheartening to see throughout the world, far too many owners and chefs who take the road well