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| - Basis for my starred ratings (which skews heavily to the food or drink):
1 star: Never again.
2 stars: Poor food, poor experience, extraordinary measures in order for me to come back.
3 stars: Average, nothing really special, nothing particularly bad.
4 stars: Very good, would definitely return.
5 stars: A favorite, one of the best.
Actually, 3.5 stars. I like this place, but if I have to compare it to the best (that being in Hawai'i), I can't quite give it 4 stars yet.
First off, I will say that some of the dishes here are equal to if not better than some of the other Hawai'ian food in the Valley. They also serve loco moco and spam moco, which not every Hawai'ian place in the valley serves. They also have spam musubi and manapua regularly on their menu, where other places only have it occasionally.
BUT, no chicken long rice or lomi lomi salmon or lau lau. Or true pipikaula. They only have chicken katsu (no pork). My dream is for a place in the Valley to have the whole range of traditional foods from Hawai'i.
As for the food, the kalua pork was quite good. Nicely slightly salty and a good portion of it. The mac salad was a little under-seasoned. The loco moco was also a decent one, but average compared to the best that I had in Hawai'i.
There is really very little wrong with the food here, it is quite good. The rating is based partially on stuff I wish they had that their competitors do, but also comparing the taste of their food to competitors nationwide. I will definitely be back for whenever I need my quick Hawai'ian fix. For value, this place is hard to beat. Thus, 3.5 stars.
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