A solid 3.5 stars, but I'm rounding up .
We came in for lunch and dined in. It's clean and comfortable in a small, family-owned kind of way, which is exactly what it is. I'm big on supporting small, local businesses and food is no exception.
I came here per recommendation of a friend. Service was friendly and prompt. We ordered a Keiki Bento and an Ahi limu poke bowl. I got the J's bento to go for JD.
The Keiki bento comes with a spam musubi, fries and mochiko chicken. It was hot and freshly fried! I had to snag a couple bites before T hoarded it all to himself. The fries and chicken were fried to perfection. My one complaint is that the pieces of chicken were pretty small and I thought the portion size could have been a little bigger. But frankly, it's a great deal coming in at $5.99.
My poke bowl... WHEW! I can't believe I'd find a place to give Poke Express a run for their money, but dang. The ahi came in huge chunks on a bed of furikake rice. Nothing was over seasoned or salty. It's on special right now, but I'm REALLY hoping they keep it! I eat pretty clean most of the time and would come back on the regular just for that. I HIGHLY recommend you try it!
The J's bento was for JD and I didn't see it myself because we dropped it off to him at work. Reportedly, he thought it was great but too much rice and not as much meat as he thought there was by the weight of the box. He seemed a bit disappointed in that respect, which I think is understandable.
Collectively, we all agreed that we'd be revisiting this hidden gem. Authentic Hawaiian is hard to come by in this city that's filled with L&L's and other places of the like. I'm grateful to have been turned on to this spot!
Mahalo!