King’s Billiard

I got no problems giving 5star for the place/​equipment/​staff, but the expensive rate takes it down to 3.
Am I still in Hawaii? Feels like stepping into Korea.
I think the tables are 9 ft, not the full 10ft.
The house cues are indeed the shorter carom pool cues, and the tips are hard and well shaped.
The tables are totally covered with burn marks (doesn’t affect play), which tells me people actually play here, or they just re-​used old cloth when they came over from Korea or however. Other than the guys at Velvet, I don’t think many people in Hawaii care about 3 cushion.
The floor feels kind of hollow. So when you drop the butt of your cue stick down, It makes a pretty loud thud through out the whole place.
There are bathrooms, which are actually more like storage rooms that have just had a toilet installed in them.
I parked my car at Wal-​mart and walked over.
When I went at 1:00pm on a Tuesday, they charged me $ 3.00 /​10 minutes! The place was empty, and I was by myself, so I don’t know if that is the sucker rate. Or maybe flat rate for the table. But even with 2 players, that is still too steep.
I had no idea this place existed, and would never expect Hawaii to have a hall with only real billiard tables. Id be curious to see this place full. And I’d be curious to see what kind of people they would be.
I would totally want to come to a place like this regularly, if only the rate wasn’t so high. At $ 18/​hr, I think only one time is the max I’d like to spend there. Maybe all them rich Korean business owners can pay to play here, but not me. Very unfortunate. Might as well go Velvet.

Walking in b/​c my friend spotted the sign randomly, this place is located ABOVE Scissors Master Salon… same lot as Imua Lounge.
you might even miss it b/​c the sign is kind of small, and written in half english, half korean
now don’t mistake — this is not a pool hall. «Pocket Pool» is what many people play, this is BILLIARDS… larger tables with no pockets, and only 3 balls — one white, yellow and red.
the place was empty, so i’m guessing really new. there was one guy working the register area towards the back corner of the place. from what i can tell, the tables were nice, but i have yet to play on them.
they have the instructions posted on the walls b/​c many people probably do not know the rules of billiards, so that is handy. i think i’m gonna come back to play here and check out what the prices are…