Harbor View Center

Location/​Parking:
They are located upstairs above Nico’s at the Pier. The door to the banquet hall is right before Nico. You’ll see a flat screen TV and an elevator and stairs that will lead you upstairs. There is plenty of free parking.
Banquet Hall:
This is a big, beautiful and clean banquet hall with an outdoor area, dance floor, separate room for the buffet line and a bar in front. The bathrooms are clean and up to date.
Food:
I came here for a graduation party and really enjoyed the appetizers. The dip for the chips were delicious and the poke was fresh. I was excited for the buffet line after the amazing appetizer unfortunately the rest of the food wasn’t as great. The chicken was the best dish on the buffet line. It had a lot of flavor and the creamy white sauce was tasty. The fish was fishy and lacked flavor and the beef tasted metallic.
Service:
The wait staff was friendly and prompt with our drinks. However, towards the end of the night our waters were not refilled and I was so thirsty.
Overall, my experience at this banquet hall was average. The facility is beautiful. I heard that they will be closing the banquet hall at the end of July 2015 and will make it a restaurant in the future.

The Harbor View Center is located above nicos on pier 38 and can be rented out for events and catered functions. They have a nice sound system and projector as well as a variety of seating and table options to choose from. There is also a nice balcony area that over looks the harbor. The one complaint people have about this place is that the sun rays get incredibly distracting if your function is around sunset. The staff do their best to comfort guests by lowering the shades, but unfortunately, the room gets the full glare of the sunset.
The room itself is clean and nicely decorated, and has great AC. The caterer provides decent food and the waitstaff is great. At the event I attended here, they served little classes of poke over rice, steamed gyoza, bruschetta, Vietnamese vegetable rolls and BLT sliders. For dessert, there was great lilkoi cheesecake squares and Okinowan sweet potato tarts. YUM!
There is plenty of parking and if the event you attend here doesn’t serve food or alcohol, you van always just head on down to nicos!

This place will no longer be a banquet/​venue hall as of August 1, 2015. They are doing renovations and will re-​open in February 2016 as a restaurant only.
I am so bummed. I just called to inquire about having my wedding venue here for next March. But I can «X» that out.

Five words. WHAT A FAN-​TASTIC VENUE!
This is located above Nico’s on Pier 38 (Nimitz Highway). Plenty of free parking close to to the actual venue (super plus-​plus). And located at a very low-​key and unassuming place! Who knew! I certainly didnt’!
It’s private enough so that you and your party (upwards to 220 guests from a review I had just read) can get as loud as you want. If having Pacific Island dancers along with their entourage of talented musicians, DJ and a Jr. ROTC drill team pounding their rifle butts on the ground is any indication of how loud this party was I attended last night — WOW! All in the «privacy» of Harbor View’s party venue!
And if that wasn’t enough, there is a spacious terrace/​balcony that overlooks the harbor. The party I had gone to last night had a fire-​dancer performing on this terrace! Good to know so that when I want to bring out fire and knife dancers at my party, this would be the perfect location to do it aside from a beach or an outdoor venue.
I cannot stop raving about the privacy of this place! Unlike most party locations I’ve gone to and hosted, the bathroom is immediately right outside the banquet room. That’s a plus for any guest that’s had a little too much to drink (not saying that I had that… but for those who have). Also the intimate foyer adds to the lure of this gem. I love a place that has a separate greeting entrance or FOYER… to me it just adds to the specialness of the occasion. There were two rooms — one for the actual party and the other is a separate room for the buffet style service for food.
Might I add, this place was stinkin’ CLEAN! i guess the brand-​newness of this venue is a selling point. And the view. And the privacy (oh yeah, I’ve only mentioned that a ba-​zillion times). And the parking.
OmmerGOSH…the food was just as good! I’ve read the food comes from Nico’s but I haven’t confirmed that personally. Wherever it came from, it was yummy good! I wish I had taken a picture of the set up but I was too busy drooling to even think of snapping a shot. The presentation of the poke in glasses (with rice) was a nice touch. Also the furikake on the side… BESIDE the white rice was a nice added touch as well (I can already picture my daughter jumping with glee at the sight of that). The only thing missing was a side of finadene… oops, nevermind, it’s a Guam thing.
The suckling roast pig was also a huge hit! I had tons of the crispy skin (I know it’s really bad for you but really — YOLO) with the accompanying plum or hoison sauce. I would’ve preferred the Filipino Mang Tomas lechon sauce but the roast was still very tasty without it. Everything truly was tasty! From the crab cake sliders, crab/​brocolli salad to Kalbi beef.
The desserts… ahhh, the DESSERTS! Why do they have small plates just for desserts? Just wondering out loud as I loaded up some diabetic treats onto the small vessel. In this case, a bite of sweet was just enough to top off a delicious evening of great food and friends in a super FANTASTIC venue!

Just went to a wedding here and the food was delicious! The appetizers (pupus) were okay, but the dinner buffet was the big highlight. Our favorites were the limu ahi poke and the pork laulau. I heard that the food is catered by Nico’s downstairs, so I wouldn’t mind going there for some fresh poke and seafood. I also really liked that the ambiance of the venue was very clean and modern. The large balcony was also very cool at night and looked over the water.

I just met with Cynthia today to tour the facilities for an event in October. She is so knowledgeable, thorough, relaxed, and helpful. I can’t wait to continue working with the folks at the Harbor View Center to make our event successful. The screens that protect the room from the afternoon sun are so versatile and truly do an excellent job blacking out the room for video presentations.
The food must all be ordered from Nico’s – a blessing and curse. Blessing: the food is so tasty. Curse: the food is not the cheapest. S=
Still, the location against the ocean/​pier 38 is beautiful and playful. The facilities, including the bathroom and entryway are flawlessly clean – it still has that new carpet smell! The place just feels good.
I attended a Brian Schatz event at the Harbor View Center. It was such a great space for a pau hana cocktail get together. The room was spacious enough to allow many people to enjoy but not so large that it ever looked empty. The fried rice is so satisfying and tasty. The fruit salad was fresh and tasty (not mushy or to the point where everything tastes like cantaloupe). The staff at the bar and serving the poke were professional. It never felt like they were in the way – they were essentially quite inconspicuous. Neat!

Went to a work party last month here. Its completely brand new. It even has that new building smell (I know you know what I mean!)
Located directly above Nico’s on Pier 38 its entryway is located just around the corner (will add a pic to help). Its located on the second floor which is accessible through stairs or an elevator. Here were the «selling» points on why our department chose this venue:
1. Tons of FREE parking (such a plus!)
2. Nice, brand-​new venue. Everything is completely brand new (décor, carpet, bathrooms, etc.) so its super clean and nice.
3. Food comes from Nicos kitchen downstairs. (Although it didn’t remind me of Nico’s food. More like typical, standard hotel cater food)
4. Balcony area outside. Theres a large balcony outside where our bar area and some stand up tables with umbrellas outside with a nice view of the harbor. Perfect for people who want to hang out and enjoy the open air instead of the air conditioner inside.
5. Free A/​V usage and support. I’m a real stickler for this because I can’t stand how a lot of the venues will nickel and dime you for all the «extra» A/​V things. Like a $ 100 «rental fee» for a projector, $ 20 for projector screen, etc. etc. This place had a podium, mic, PA system, wall projector, and a projector screen that took up an entire section of wall all for FREE. AND they gave you support with it too, not just a «here’s the equipment, good luck!». There was someone that was always there to help us switch from the band to the podium mic, helped with the projector, etc. Very helpful and friendly!
Some other points are that there is a fee of $ 3000 for usage of the area IF you don’t spend at least $ 3000 in food costs. If you spend the 3k for the «food and service» which is all inclusive of the A/​V support, etc then the venue fee is waived. Depending on how many people you’ll have and the menu you select it can easily get that high. From what I heard (as I didn’t plan the event itself) we were at about $ 65/​person. That’s for a wide menu that included a bunch of appetizers and several entrees as well. It was still a little pricey in my opinion, but if you consider that its all inclusive of the «service» fees too, it doesn’t seem so bad (again since other venues will nickel and dime you for more money in some other way).
Website says it can fit up to 220 inside, but I think that would be a tight squeeze. All in all pretty decent, nice new venue.