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| - Deep in the heart of Hendertucky off Water Street and Pacific Avenue, you will find some solid local grindz on the 9th Island.
After church, we were hungry, so we decided to check out a different spot for dinner.
since we were in the area, we decided to give Islander's Grill a try. They have a pretty extensive menu but we just narrowed it down to two items- Chicken Katsu and Kekoa's Saimin loaded with mandoo, kamaboko, char siu, roast pork, mustard greens and broccoli.
We were the only ones there, but luckily we had already ordered because within 10 minutes, 4 big parties showed up and we waited a good minute for our food. I'm not gonna ding them for the existing taqueria look that stil exists. The paintings, longboard, vintage Primo Beer shirt, and Eddie Aikau banner paired with the sounds of The Makaha Sons of Ni'i'hau, Peter Moon Band and other Hawaiian groups makes me feel I'm back home. The laid back service seems to be the culprit here, and that's something that will have to change if they expect to stay in business. The food was pretty good though. I love lots of goodies in my saimin and the noodles and broth were very tasty too. It ain't Shiro's, but good enough for being in Vegas.
The Chicken Katsu was perfection! Every piece was crispy, juicy, and didn't taste greasy or soggy at all. The portions were MASSIVE too. I could imagine what the Ali'i
(King)plates look like! I would like to come back and try other items, but I hope they'll find a solution to their service issues which could be a turn off to some...ALOHA!!!
YELP 365 CHALLENGE-( 235/365) "Grindz At The Grill"
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