Hawai'i's Best Restaurants

• INTRODUCTION

• 'ILIMA AWARD WINNERS

• BROWSE RESTAURANTS

• GLOSSARY

• FEATURED RESTAURANTS

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	BUFFET
	If you build a buffet, we will come. Islanders love big spreads, and many restaurants use buffets to build business. Unfortunately, quantity doesn't always make for quality.

The Willows

This is what a Hawai'i restaurant should look like: a garden atmosphere, dining spaces perched over ponds, the feel of a Hawaiian hale. The buffet, housed in its own room, is a what's what of local favorites from kama'aina-style curry to Hawaiian specialties and sushi. The latest addition at The Willows is quite a departure: a restaurant within a restaurant called J at The Willows, a project of executive chef Jay Matsukawa, who took over a former banquet room on the restaurant's second floor and created a select "rustic French" menu with Asian accents and a more formal, white-tablecloth atmosphere.

901 Hausten St. 952-9200. Lunch: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner: 5:30-9 p.m. daily. Reservations recommended. Valet and self-parking. VS, MC, AX, DC, DS, JCB. No checks. $$$.

Web site: www.willowshawaii.com

Legend:

VS: Visa
MC: Mastercard
AX: American Express
DC: Diners Club
DS: Discover Card
JCB: JCB Card
Olioli: Olioli Card

$$$: Pricey; entrées mostly more than $17
$$: Moderate; entrées $10-$16
$: Budget-friendly; entrées mostly less than $10

Checks: Local checks and travelers’ checks only