Honolulu mall to add the Vintage Cave Cafe

Vintage Cave Cafe, a sister restaurant to the exclusive Vintage Cave Honolulu, is scheduled to open in October at Ala Moana Center’s new Ewa wing.

Owner Shirokiya Holdings Inc. announced Thursday it is spending $20 million on the 9,000-square-foot cafe with 150 seats and four private rooms, which will offer Italian cuisine and afternoon tea service. Prices for lunch range from $20 to $30 per person; afternoon tea from $15 to $25; and dinner from $50 to $100.

The eatery will be located on the street level next to Shirokiya’s Japan Village Walk, opening in June.

The menu will include Wagyu steak, seafood dishes, Milan-style pasta and Napoli-style pizza. Vintage Cave Cafe will be designed to look like an Italian cathedral with a fresco-painted dome ceiling and authentic murals, paintings and sculptures from Italy and other countries around the world.

As part of the Shirokiya Japan Village Walk, Vintage Cave Honolulu also will be unveiling the Wagyu plaza, with six boutique restaurants and a seafood plaza featuring eight bistros and Vintage Cave Bakery.

Vintage Cave Honolulu, a “private society” restaurant that opened in 2012, will remain at its current location in Ala Moana Center’s Diamond Head Wing.