Dine-In Restaurant in Side — What an Evening at Hawaii Is Really Like

Some nights you just want to grab something and keep walking. Other nights you want to sit down, stay a while, and let the evening happen to you. This page is about the second kind — the proper, unhurried, sit-down dinner in Side old town, and what one actually looks like at Hawaii Restaurant & Bar. If you're weighing up a quick takeaway against settling in for the whole night, here's the honest picture.

Why Dine In Rather Than Grab and Go

A takeaway box is fine when you're tired and heading back to the hotel. But a dine-in evening in Side is a different thing entirely. You walk into the heart of the old town, you sit under the open sky, and the first thing that reaches you isn't a menu — it's the smell of a real wood fire and charcoal grill doing its work. That's not a marketing line. The grill is open, it's genuine fire and charcoal, and watching your steak or your mixed grill cook over live flame is half the reason people stay for three hours instead of forty minutes.

We've been serving this corner of Side since 2000, which is a long time to keep the same fire burning. That longevity matters: it means the kitchen has cooked tens of thousands of steaks and knows exactly how a rib-eye behaves over charcoal, and it means the room already knows how to turn a table of strangers into a good night out.

Start Slow: Happy Hour and Something to Sip

The smart way to begin a long evening is not to rush the food. Arrive around seven, order a drink, and ease in. Our Happy Hour runs daily from 19:00 to 20:00 on selected drinks — it's the one fixed slot in the evening and a natural excuse to slow down. You can read more about how to make the most of it in our happy hour in Side guide.

The cocktail list is built for lingering rather than downing in one. Classics like a Mojito, Pina Colada, Sex On The Beach or the house Blue Hawaii sit alongside a proper wine list and full spirits shelf. If cocktails are your reason for staying out, our best cocktail bar in Side and frozen cocktails pages break down what to order. Not drinking? The kids and non-drinkers get their own fun — alcohol-free cocktails like the Hawaii Cocktail and Spider Man mean nobody sits there with a plain cola.

A Menu You're Meant to Take Your Time With

Here's where dining in earns its keep. A takeaway is one dish; a dine-in evening is a whole arc. Open with a shared mixed meze plate, garlic mushrooms or calamari to pick at while you decide. Then the main event — this is a grill house at heart. Think lamb chops, a T-bone, our mixed grills for two, or one of the Turkish classics like Testi kebab, the clay pot broken open at your table. There's a full run of steaks for the carnivores, stone-baked 33cm thin-crust pizza for a lighter table, and plenty for everyone in between — chicken specialities, Mexican fajitas, and fresh grilled fish and seafood. Everything is prepared fresh daily. We don't print prices here because menus move — check the live menu or just ask your waiter, who'll tell you straight.

Ordering across courses, sharing plates, arguing over who gets the last lamb chop — that's the part you simply can't do from a takeaway box. It's the whole reason to book a table.

Then the Night Keeps Going

What makes Hawaii a stay-for-the-whole-night place rather than a one-and-done dinner is what happens after the plates are cleared. We're a karaoke bar — it's literally in our name — so once the food is done and the drinks are flowing, the mic comes out and the table that was quiet an hour ago is suddenly the loudest one in Side. If singing isn't your thing, there are live sport screens: football, Formula 1 and hockey when they're in season, so you can catch the match without cutting your evening short. Fans can plan around our live football and Formula 1 nights.

And because we're open daily from 10:00 until 02:00, year-round, there's no rush to a closing bell. Dinner drifts into drinks, drinks drift into karaoke, and nobody's chasing you out.

Come as You Are — Couples, Families, Big Groups

A good dine-in room has to work for everyone. A couple can have a quiet romantic Chateaubriand dinner in the same night a table of ten is celebrating. Kids get their own menu and those alcohol-free cocktails, so families can actually relax. Marking an occasion? We do group dinners and birthdays — tell us it's someone's night and we'll make it feel like one.

Ready to Settle In?

Evening tables in the old town fill up fast in season, so the surest way to get the seat you want is to reserve ahead. Book your table at our reservation page or message us on WhatsApp at +90 533 930 12 83 — tell us how many, roughly when, and whether it's a special night. Then all you have to do is show up, smell the fire, and stay as long as you like.