Splurge at Tony Roma's

So right after our visit to Honolulu Hale to visit the Christmas City Lights, we went to Tony Roma's for dinner.  I haven't been here in forever especially because it was pricey and because they had pork ribs but I found out recently that they had beef ribs! Yay! But it's still too pricey for me to eat here regularly.

My brother got us onion rings for appetizers, but it was really small compared to what I remembered, but then again, I haven't had their onion rings for several years!  I hate onions, but I love onion rings when they do it the way I like it: I don't like to taste the sliminess or the actual crunch of the onions; I like it when it's fried to the point where I can't tell it's an onion.  Yuck... onions... *shivers*  I did eat some of this though to push myself to like it (and because I was hungry). I did get some of the onion crunch, but I tried not to puke it out... I really do hate the texture of onions but I love onion flavor!  This was $6.99 or so, but my brother and sister ate most of it because my aunt and mom liked the bread and butter more than this...

I got the beef ribs with 4 ribs covered with the Tony red hot BBQ sauce, rice, and coleslaw.  People were awe-ing at the size of it, even the couple next to us, but I know that it's more bone than meat, but it was soooo good!!!! I also got 4 ribs so that I can take half of it home to Beb.  Since it was more bone than meat, I thought I was still going to be hungry, but I was full!  I need to find a place that serves this but at a cheaper price... so sad... I don't know when I'll eat this again... the sauce was soo good too... sweet and not too spicy...  Also, this was $20.99 for 4 ribs; they have different prices for 3 ribs, and 6 (?) ribs...

Since it was a holiday, I thought, "what the hey!" I should get me a Mango Pina Colada.  It was yummy, although I did wish that it didn't have alcohol... Alcohol gives me headaches/migraines sometimes and I had a small headache after this... but it was soo good too... I hate that it didn't show the price of the drink in the drink menu though... Can someone explain why many restaurants don't show the prices of their alcoholic drinks on their drink menu?  It doesn't make sense to me...

Overall, I give Tony Roma's 5 for taste and because it satisfied my hunger and my craving for ribs that I didn't know I had! lol!  I also give them a 5 for customer service because parking was free and our waitress was pretty fast (maybe because it was Christmas Eve and there wasn't a lot of people?).  Lastly, I give them a 2 for price because it is pretty pricey... Sometimes though, it's good to splurge here once in a while just to treat yourself to something nice (you're going to need it because budgeting is stressful sometimes!) even if you're on a budget like me...