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| - With the unfortunate number of terrible experiences I've been having that have led to recent 1 and 2 star reviews, I'm glad Hula's provided a decent experience. I've been here twice and had a crappy experience (the 4th day they were open, so I was willing to forgive) and a pretty good experience a week and a half later. I've had just about everything they offer, so to sum up:
- Cool atmosphere, as noted by everyone else. Open late, serves food late, and is relatively cheap
- There is nothing authentically Hawaiian about anything they serve here. It's as authentic Hawaiian as Fez is authentic Middle Eastern. That's not a bad thing, lord knows I love Fez and have enjoyed Hula's, it's just a fact you need to know in order to have a proper expectation of the food. You're not going to get a fine Hawaiian culinary experience here. I like Roy's for that ;-)
- The food in general is good-not-great.
- Favorite dishes - shrimp roll and poke apps, macadamia crusted mahi and teriyaki ono (or is it teriyaki hapu?).
- Decent dishes - The ceviche is ok, it's a fish ceviche which I'm normally not crazy about. The pulled pork dishes are underwhelming but ok. The sweet potato fries were mushy on the first visit (bleck) but nice and crispy the second, so it's going in the "decent" category
- Least favorite dishes - the steak was a 9oz piece of gristle, bleck! The fried plantains were also pretty gross, I was really hoping for plantain chips but these were just mushy burnt blobs of plantain.
- The specialty drinks are all VERY SWEET...but VERY STRONG. I forget the names of the ones I preferred. We also had a volcano bowl which is, as previously noted, very sweet and strong. The best drink they offer isn't even on the menu though - they stock Absolut Boston which is a black tea infused vodka. My friends and I always order it with lemonade and have a delicious, strong Arnold Palmer.
- The service is hit and miss. The food generally comes out of the kitchen very quickly. But some of the servers are flakes. Feh, not a big deal.
All in all, I'm glad to have this new edition to the CenPho light rail area. Adds another good option to my regular haunts of Fez, Maizies, Postino, and Cheuvront.
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