Ligaya Malones, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate and Sailor Jerry Tats: An Insider’s Guide to Honolulu’s Chinatown, New York Magazine, May 3, 2018
HGTV, "Hawaii Living", aired December 2016
Melissa Chang, "First Taste: Grondin", Frolic Hawaii, 2 April 2014
Martha Cheng, "Just Opened and Coming Soon", Biting Commentary, Honolulu Magazine, April 2014
Martha Cheng, "Coming Soon: Grondin, a French-Latin Kitchen", Biting Commentary, Honolulu Magazine, Feb 2014
Elizabeth Kieszkowski, "Freestyle: French-Latin Cuisine in Chinatown", Honolulu Pulse, Honolulu Star-Advertiser April 12, 2014
Nadine Kam Review: "French-Latin Cuisine Elicits an Unprecedented 'WOW'," Hawaii News, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 23 April 2014
Honolulu Magazine COVER & PICTURED ON THE TABLE OF CONTENTS & Eat Around the World, Honolulu Magazine, July 2017
The Monocle Travel Guide Series: Honolulu | The Best in Food and Drink 2016-2017
https://monocle.com/shop/books-and-music/travel-guides/the-monocle-travel-guide-honolulu/
Martha Cheng, "Grondin introduces a Weekend Brunch Menu", Biting Commentary, Honolulu Magazine, June 2015
Oli Oli Hawaii: "Grondin: French-Latin Kitchen", May 2015
Sean Morris, "Grondin", Style Blog, Vogue Japan, 21 April 2014
RECENT & NOTABLE PRESS
David Lansel, The Coolest Neighborhood in Honolulu Right Now Also Has the Best Food, Food&Wine, October 11, 2017
Brad Dell, "Grondin Brings Delectable New French-Latin Cuisine to Chinatown", Ka-Leo, 2 June 2014
"The 50 Finest", Modern Luxury Hawai'i, July 2014
Sean Morris, "Grondin", Hawaii-TV, 20 April 2014
Amy Schumer & Goldie Hawn Snatched, (2017), R, last scene filmed at Grondin
James Charisma, "A Culture of Cuisine at Grondin", Abstract Magazine, summer 2016
AWARDS: 4.5+ STAR RATING
Rave Review Award Winner
'Ilima Awards 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Best Business Lunch Finalist
Hale Aina Awards 2016
Best New Restaurant Finalist
Hale Aina Awards 2015
Martha Cheng, Honolulu's Newly Hip Chinatown: A Traveler's Guide, Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2017 (appeared in the Mar. 18, 2017, print edition as 'My Kind of Chinatown.')
Mari Taketa, "Perfectly Placed", Food & Drink Review, Modern Luxury Hawai'i, July/August 2015
Marisa Heung, Your Guide to the Perfect Thanksgiving Weekend in Honolulu, Nov 24-26, 2017, Honolulu Magazine, November 22, 2017