I’m sure many of you have passed by a place called Yogur Story and never had the chance try it out yet.
Located on Keeaumoku Street, not far from Walmart, there’s no yogurt, despite the name of the restaurant, but they do serve brunch, dinner and even some pupus.
I came here one night with my boyfriend and we both were pretty excited to try out this place for the first time.
When we first arrived, it was hard to find parking due to Sorabol as its next-door neighbor but eventually, we found an open space to park after waiting for a couple of minutes.
Walking towards the entrance, you can already see what genre of restaurant Yogur Story is: a mix between contemporary and casual atmosphere.
At the door, we felt very warm and welcomed by the employees and they even had asked us where we would like to sit.
Yogur Story has upper-level seating, so you can distance yourself from crowds, which is perfect if you’re on a romantic date.
Thankfully, it wasn’t too busy so the noise level was just right.
We ordered our food and waited for our drinks to come. My boyfriend ordered a Soju bomb, a Korean alcoholic beverage that smelled a little strong in my opinion.
The drink itself didn’t come in a normal drinking glass, but more of a wine glass.
Regardless, he chugged it and gave it a thumbs up.
Sadly, this is where the review turns sour. We were waiting at least 30 to 45 minutes for our food to come out, and keep in mind that the restaurant wasn’t full and that we only ordered two entrée’s. Even people who were seated already got their meals before us.
No one came to check up on us nor did they refill our water glasses. Eventually, one of the servers noticed that our water was in need of a refill and asked us if there was anything else we needed.
We politely asked for the status of our food, which in turn he said, “Let me check in with the kitchen and I’ll be right back.”
He didn’t come back much to our dismay, and 10 minutes later our server was walking up with our food.
We just looked at each other and sighed in relief that our food was coming our way.
I ordered The Oinker, which is pork fried rice with a small bowl of fruit, two slices of Portuguese sausage, two sunny-side up eggs topped with pork rinds and garnished with green onions.
My boyfriend ordered the kalbi shortribs that came with a bacon kim chee fried rice, grilled sweet potato and spicy natasu.
Sad to say, but both entrées were cold by the time it came to our table. We ate it anyway since we waited so long.
Both dishes tasted good, but our mood was killed sadly by the slow service.
I would recommend this place if you aren’t in a rush or just happen to have have a lot of patience.
I’m not sure if I would come here again but overall, I rate this experience three out of five, one for slow service and the other for our food being cold.