About The Signature Prime Steak
Peter Kim opened The Signature Prime Steak & Seafood on the 36th floor of the Ala Moana Hotel in May 2013, taking over the highest dining room in Honolulu — the space that held Nicholas Nickolas, and then Aaron's, before him.
Kim's Yummy Restaurant Group runs a wraparound room of floor-to-ceiling windows over Waikiki and the Pacific, reached by a red-carpet elevator. The menu is built on 42- to 48-day wet-aged USDA prime steaks — bone-in ribeye, porterhouse and tomahawk run roughly $45 to $65 — with live Maine lobster around $70 and shared sides of lobster mac and cheese and truffle mashed potatoes. In 2017 it won the Hale Aina Award for Best Steak.
The Room
The 36th-floor room is reached by a red-carpet elevator into crystal chandeliers and a white grand piano with nightly live music. Seating runs from an intimate bar and piano lounge to vintage ocean-view booths, mountain-room tables and a private wine cellar.
Why It's Good for Proposal
It is built for a proposal: the highest dining room in the city, sunset light across Waikiki from a vintage ocean-view booth, a piano in the background and the kind of long, unhurried steak dinner that carries an evening. Book a window booth timed to sunset and order the lobster mac to share.
Not For
Not for a quick or budget dinner — this is a destination steakhouse with valet, a dressed-up room and entrees that climb past $60. Walk-ins miss the view; the window booths and the wine cellar need to be reserved well ahead.
Common Questions
Who owns Signature Prime Steak? The Signature Prime Steak & Seafood was opened in 2013 by Honolulu restaurateur Peter Kim, of the Yummy Restaurant Group, atop the Ala Moana Hotel. Kim took over the 36th-floor space that previously held the landmark Nicholas Nickolas and then Aaron's, restoring it as a destination steakhouse.
What should I order at Signature Prime Steak? Order one of the 42- to 48-day wet-aged USDA prime steaks — the bone-in ribeye, porterhouse or tomahawk — and a live Maine lobster from the seafood side. The lobster mac and cheese and truffle mashed potatoes are the shared sides the kitchen is known for, and the restaurant won the 2017 Hale Aina Best Steak award.
How much does dinner cost at Signature Prime Steak? Steaks run roughly $45 to $65, and live Maine lobster is around $70, with shared sides on top, so a full steak-and-seafood dinner with wine is a special-occasion spend. A happy hour at the bar offers a lower-cost way to take in the 36th-floor view before dinner.
Where is Signature Prime Steak and how do I get the view? It is on the 36th floor of the Ala Moana Hotel at 410 Atkinson Drive, Honolulu — the highest restaurant in the city, reached by a dedicated red-carpet elevator. For the sunset over Waikiki, reserve a vintage ocean-view booth and time the booking to early evening.
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