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| - We tried Island Sushi a few times when they first opened and they only had a sit down restaurant. Back then they had so-so food (we had ok sushi) and average service. Unfortunately, we weren't that impressed and wrote them off. Then about a year ago a friend said that IS has opened up a grill section on the opposite side of the sit down restaurant with a very different menu filled with local plate lunch favorites. We heard a lot of good things about their plate lunches, so we had to give them a try.
We walked in during a lunch rush and the first thing I noticed is how empty the sushi and sit down area was and how packed the new grill section was. I looked over the new menu and was impressed. They had everything...breakfast plates, saimin, burgers, bentos, and many of the plate lunches you would eat in Hawaii. They also had a dessert case with all kinds of sweets...cakes (chantilly, guava, & haupia), mochi, cocoa puffs (don't do it, they are FAR from Liliha Bakery's gems!), and cookies. And they do make malasada's and they are pretty good. We also had AYCE ($20.99/ person) lunch sushi menu which was very good for the price. They also have a Poke Express in the back of the restaurant. If you are hosting any party, this is where you should get your poke. They have a wide variety of poke dishes, ahi, tako, shoyu, crab, etc.
Our favorites:
Garlic or Mochiko chicken
Ahi Belly is ono
Hamburger steak
Bentos for $8 you can't go wrong.
Tako Poke
Love their breakfast menu- Loco Moco with fried rice
Island Sushi Specials: menu
Happy Hour
50% off all sushi rolls + drinks specials
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday All Day
Drink Specials
$3.00 Large Beer
$2.25 Hot Sake
$4.00 Saketini
#1.50 Small Beer
$2.00 Sake Bomb
Sushi & Pupu (Appetizer) Brunch
AYCE sushi plus Hawaiian pupu menu for $20.95
Sundays 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
AYCE Lunch & Dinner
Lunch-$20.99
Dinner-$24.95
If you had an ok experience with IS, you should give them another shot. I'm glad we did. They stepped up their game and service.
Shaka brah
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