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| - The meats, by themselves, were flavorful. They even let us sample all of them. Basically, it's like a Hawaiian-flavored Chipotle - choose burrito, bowl, or taco, then your fillings of choice. The salsas sounded great. I don't know if they were having an off-night, but the salsas were very bland. The meats are at the core of the flavor here but about half-way through my burrito, I had eaten all the meat and was left with beans, rice, and a bunch of guacamole. Kalua pig quesadillas were great and tasted better than the trio of tacos and burrito. We were given some coconut bark to taste, and they were awesome. It actually looked like soda crackers coated with caramel and chocolate topped with coconut. Very good dessert.
They are definitely generous with their guacamole, and the staff up front were helpful and gracious. We did notice that when an order was put in for our grilled fish, one of the grill guys rolled their eyes, which made us feel a little apprehensive about quality issues.
In the end, the food was okay (nothing to write home about, except for the bark), and some of the service issues can probably be attributed to the restaurant just opening but one of the grill guys needs to check his attitude at the door.
I hope this restaurant does well, but I think it needs to calibrate taste and distribution of ingredients in the food.
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