A+ Lock & Key

Fast, affordable service from the quiet man in the kiosk.

I don’t know how many of you will be able to relate, but sometimes I forget my keys. Ok… maybe it’s a *little* more than sometimes when it comes to my office keys. But what’s a guy to do? Between house keys, car keys, office key set #1, office key set #2, etc., there’s just too many damn keys to keep in my pocket. And it’s not like us guys carry a purse with us where we can just dump all the contents of our pockets into. So, having said all that, I sometimes un-​join my keys and only carry certain sets with me depending on the day. And for the most part this is a pretty sound solution to my problems. The exception, however, is when I find myself needing to make an unexpected stop to my office. So with this dilemma in mind, I’m left with two options: 1) bite the bullet and just carry 10 lbs of keys in my pockets everywhere I go, or 2) be smart and make a copy of the one key in my work sets that I need to get into my office. Decision should be easy, right?
And this is where my adventure started. Gather ’round, children, it’s story time. Living next door to a major hardware store (rhymes with Pity Hill), I thought this would be a piece of cake. I saunter into the store, make my way to the key shop, and happily asked that the worker please make me a copy of my office key for me. She takes a good look at it, placed it into the machine, and everything’s good, right? Ehh! Wrong! «Sorry, sir,» she replied, «we don’t have this kind of key.» Whaaaaaaaaaat?! Slightly dismayed, I thanked her for her time and made my way down to another large store (this one rhymes with Halmart). So I make my way to their key shop and ask if they can help me. And what is their reply? Sorry, we don’t carry that kind of key since it’s not an everyday common shape. Arghhhhhhhhhhh! Now, I’m a bit annoyed, but hey, it’s Sunday and things could be worse. I figure I’ll try one more time since I still have one more strike before I strike out. I remember always seeing this small kiosk operation right outside the Makaloa Palama Market, so I head down the road to try my luck, Well, Lady Luck was not on my side as A+ Lock & Key was closed. Sigh, it just wasn’t meant to be. The next day, i decided to take a break from work for a bit and went back to A+ to see if my luck would change. Thankfully, I see that the one man operation is up and running and I handed him my key to see if he could make a copy. Without a word, he turns around and looks at his elaborate wall of uncut keys and grabs one off the rack. Now I swear this isn’t hyperbole, but from time I reached into my pocket to grab my phone and check in on Unilocal,and then reach into my back pocket to grab my wallet, which couldn’t have been more than 30 seconds, he was done. HUH??? I probably had a legit dumbfounded look on my face when he handed me the two keys, and it probably only got worse when he told me the key and the service totaled about $ 3. So yeah, I’m pretty sure I found a key guy for the rest of my life.
The only thing that keeps me from giving A+ Lock & Keys 5 stars, and maybe it’s petty of me, is the fact that it’s not open on the weekend and the parking lot there can be a war zone. But all things being considered A+ Lock & Keys definitely lives up to its name. A+.

needed an emergency key cut for my fob. lowes, aloha key and city mill wouldn’t do it. i give him my blank and in second he makes a copy.

We needed to get a spare key made for the apartment so we went to Home Depot figuring they probably had the key we needed. They had a blank that was the same shape as our key and carved a copy out quickly. Unfortunately, when we got back to the apartment, the key wouldn’t fit. Apparently the shape of the key was the same but the grooves that run down the spine of the key were different, our key had wider grooves. Were we out of luck? Was this a special key that normal vendors don’t have access to the right blanks? The next weekend I searched Unilocal and thought A+ Lock & Key looked promising so I headed over.
The place is pretty small, just a little hut standing in the corner of the Palama Market parking lot. I get to the counter and with old school Japanese music playing on a small radio, an older Japanese man stands at the counter and nods to me. I tell him my dilemma and he starts saying something but I couldn’t really understand because of the heavy accent.
«Something, Something, Something, Master, Something, Something.»
Me, «Huh»
“Something, Something, MASTER.“
He could tell I had no clue what he was saying so he takes my original key and Home Depot duped key and opens a big book with pictures of keys, kinda like a key bible I guess. He takes the duped key and points to a key in the book, then takes the original key and points to another key in the book. Then he says, «Wrong key, right key».
«Oh, Ok, can you make the right key?»
He sort of grunts, takes the original, turns his back and goes to his work bench. Then like a stealthy ninja or a precision swordsman…“fwip, fwip, fwip”. He turns back to me and hands me a new key. That seriously took seconds to make. I paid him (I think it was about $ 2.75) and went back to the apartment. Like butter the key slid in the door knob and dead bolt and turned effortlessly to unlock. Sweet!
With a big smile, i thought to myself, I have no clue what you said but you definitely are the Key MASTER! haha

I only get my keys here. If you can navigate the vortex that is Palama Market. Drop off your keys go in and have some munchies beware MSG… $ 2.50 a key. He need to also serve coffee or get his kids to make shave ice… How about some free wifi or KpOP on TV… Nah not Gangnam style

I am really surprised because he made me a copy key under 10 seconds and $ 2.78/key! YAY! I tried the key machine at Walmart but it said my house key is special, it cannot do it!?! I will definitely go back to the A+ store if I have any problems with keys.

Went to get at laser cut key for my lexus. Charged me only $ 15 when others quoted me 35 – 100 just to cut it. Highly recommended.

Fast and Cheap! Excellent service. This is the place to go to if you need your shoes repaired or your keys copied. The store owner is friendly. He also offers locksmith services for a good price. I would recommend that other people come here!

I needed a key made and was in the area.
Efficient and cheap; I’m a happy camper!