And they had a great time, they exclaimed.

Although their plans for Father's Day have yet to be solidified — except for baking dad a cake, a toothy, smiling Ryan said — it may include a return visit to this Waikiki landmark.

To honor fathers on Sun., Jun. 19, Wailana will showcase three complete dinners starting at 11 a.m. All entrees come complete with all-you-can-eat salad bar; a choice of baked or mashed potatoes, french fries or steamed rice; corn on the cob; bread pudding; and coffee, tea or soft drink.

Entree selections include a seafood Continental ($11.95), prepared with a trio of shrimp, scallops and bits of mahi mahi all gently simmered in a supreme sauce; chicken Florentine ($10.95), served over a bed of spinach and bacon, and finished with crabmeat and a homemade Hollandaise sauce; and a juicy eight-ounce New York steak garnished with a huge beer-battered onion ring ($14.50).

"You can't have a Father's Day special without one being a steak," chuckled Kenton Tom, Wailana's general manager and vice president. "It wouldn't seem right."

The day's breakfast special will be hearty eggs Benedict Royal ($8.50), which is always popular even during non holidays, according to Tom.

"It's available until midnight," he said. "It's as good for breakfast as it is for dinner."

The same could be said about the loco moco that will be available this Saturday as one of four Wailana's specials in honor of Kamehameha Day.

For $5.95, this local-style version of a Napoleon dish starts with a mound of rice that's layered with a seasoned beef patty then smothered with brown gravy and finished with a large egg. A scoop of mac salad is the mandatory accompaniment.

"This is good old-fashioned, homestyle cooking," Tom said. "It's nothing fancy but it is ono."

Two other specials this Saturday's will feature fall-off-the-bone paniolo short ribs ($10.95); and chicken papaya ($10.50), roasted, orange-and-papaya-glazed half chicken that's plated with homemade macadamia nut stuffing.

Both entrees come with choice of starch, corn on the cob and, for dessert, a "retro" pineapple upside down cake.

A Hawaiian luau dinner ($13.25) will come with all the traditional fixings, including kalua pig, lau lau, chicken long rice, lomi salmon, poi or rice, and haupia.