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| - My wife and I have limited experience with Hawaiian food, so we decided to give this place a try. We have an L&L near us that we go to once in a while and it's decent, but I saw this place on Yelp and decided to try something new. It was a mixed bag, though I think I would go back and just order some different items.
The main reason I went here was to try the adobo fried rice omelet. Though we also got loco moco, the local plate and a side of kimchi.
The fried rice omelet was hands down the best thing and the only thing we ordered I would get again. The omelet name is a little misleading, as its just a huge pile of Hawaiian pork fried rice wrapped in a very thin layer of scrambled egg. The flavor is much meatier and the consistency is more dense than typical Chinese fried rice. For the price ($8) this was a very good meal.
If you have never had loco moco, its a pile of white rice with a burger patty and eggs on top, then smothered in gravy. Its a simple, but very good meal. The one we got from here was OK, but nothing made it stand out and I could have easily recreated it in my kitchen.
The local plate is a great deal. Two spam musubi (meat on white rice, wrapped in seaweed), beef and chicken teriyaki, along with white rice and macaroni salad, all for $8.50. The musubi was fairly good, but the teriyakis were both mediocre. They tasted like plain grilled meat that had been smothered in a teriyaki sauce that was too sweet and thick. The mac salad was very good though (better than L&L's).
The Kimchi was a waste of $2.50. It tasted like it came out of a jar and wasn't worth it.
Anyway, I feel like we just ordered the wrong things. This place was consistently busy when I was there and everyone seemed happy with their food. I heard their short ribs and katsu are good, so maybe I'll give those a try next time.
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