This spot about 5 minutes away from Hill AFB's South Gate which is convenient for those who work on or around base. The location is a bit hidden from the main street. It's right next to a nail salon/bar and a sushi burrito spot. Plenty of free street parking and plaza parking. When waking in, it's super clean and the decorations were great to see. I loved seeing all of the jerseys displayed! I tried 2 items here: 1. Kalua pork loco moco style- LOVED this. I got the mini because it was a huge portion for the regular size. The mini comes with one scoop or rice and macaroni salad. I would highly suggest getting this is you like having a heavier meal. 2. Mixed plate teriyaki chicken and teriyaki beef- this was okay to me. Definitely flavorful, but the chicken and beef were overcooked. I got this in the regular size which comes with 2 scoops of rice, macaroni salad and extra meat. I didn't really feel like I got extra meat though which was why I deducted a star. I was a bit sad it was over cooked too. read more

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Ono Chicken Katsu and great customer service. I would highly recommend this place to eat.

The teriyaki chicken was absolutely disgusting. It was like they boiled it and then put bbq sauce on it. The katsu was okay but absolutely zero flavor. Was very excited they had a new Hawaiian spot but unfortunately it's not good. The service was okay. The lady at the counter seemed irritated. Don't recommend read more

We ordered from Big Sai's because we were craving Hawaiian BbQ. So disappointed. We ordered short ribs, chicken and beef. The chicken was basically rubber. Everything was overcooked. Rice and macaroni salad were ok. But won't be back. Don't bother coming here guys. The cook doesn't know how to cook meat. read more

Food: The food is fresh and flavorful. Chips and salsa are ok. It doesn't taste as authentic as some Mexican restaurants. Service: It's okay; they're a bit slow with drinks and getting side items, extra cheese, guacamole, fresh onions, and items like this. I have been here several times, and the bill is outrageous. It was two grown-ups and two young girls, 3 & 8. The bill was $89. We all shared ours with the toddler. I didn't notice the bill until it was posted to my bank. I would like to say this has never happened before at this establishment, it has. Last time it took me three visits with the management to get $13 back. At this point, I will go elsewhere to avoid the stress. Ambiance: Clean, nice presentation, music was just right. read more

Love coming to this place when I'm craving some spam musubi. It's a small place but I like bringing my friends here to try something new.

I love coming here when I am craving some spam musubi! Recommend if you're in the Layton area.

It's wonderful having a little spec of Aloha in the greater Salt Lake area. The food is authentic, fairly priced, and delicious. The staff provides great service and you can get a sense of family when dining in. The music and football jerseys on the wall harness a great vibe in the restaurant. Sai's is always such a treat. If I'm there for breakfast I gotta go with their loco moco. For lunch I always go for a mixed plate with chicken katsu and teriyaki beef or kalua pork. The shrimp is always a great option too. If I'm real hungry I'll add a spam musubi and a slice of guava cake. Big man gotta eat.. Gotta love Big Sai's. read more

Big Sai's Hawaiian BBQ - Regular Mixed Plate. Teriyaki chicken and beef with chicken katsu. Sides of mac salad and rice. - Hawaiian Near Me - Layton, Utah

Pretty good food, I got the Mini Mixed Plate, just under ten bucks and free water. They use dark meat for the chicken witch makes it tasty, the beef was a bit of a problem, tasted really good but found a bone, gristle and a couple of pieces I could not chew no matter how hard I tried. The rice, well it's just rice and the mac salad had just a mayo flavor. It would be nice to have a non carb option for the sides. The whole place including the nasty entry doors need to be cleaned soon! Will I go back? only if I had no other option. read more

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Me thinks not. Food was okay, not bad and not great. Went with my plate lunch stand by of chicken katsu. The chicken was decent but the rice and Mac were on the dry side. The real downer is this restaurant is filthy. Not a "man we're dirty from a lunch rush" dirty but some deep down grime from lots of neglect. A peak in to the restrooms and kitchen will keep me from returning. read more

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We LOVED this Hawaiian food. They had a special which was essentially katsu chicken but tossed in a unique garlic sauce, very tasty! The portions were great and the service was so friendly! The food was fresh and served hot, the three meat plate was enough for my husband and I for lunch and we will definitely be back! Because it is closely located to Hill AFB, this is a great spot to grab lunch on the go! Make sure to support this local business and grab some katsu chicken, teriyaki beef and other Hawaiian specialties!! read more

Big Sai's Hawaiian BBQ - Indoor menu - Hawaiian Near Me - Layton, Utah

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I was TDY to Hill years ago, found this place, fell in love with the food. I've spent quite a bit of time in Hawaii, as well, and this place is always on point. I have yet to have a bad meal here. The guava AND lilikoi cakes are also amazing! 100% would recommend to everyone and anyone who will listen. It's a regular stop for me when I'm in at Hill. Much love. read more

Food was tasty! We ordered the mini combo plate which is 2 meats with white rice and macaroni salad on the side. Our food was flavorful, hot, and prepared in a timely fashion. There is a beverage cooler with bottled water and juices available for purchase. The restaurant was clean. I left off a star for non existent customer service. No smiles, no pleasantries no effort in that department at all! Go in with those low expectations and you will be fine! read more

Teriaky chicken had a great flavor and not too salty like some places. The portions were more than I could eat. I would definitely come back the next time I visit. read more

Hits the spot for a plate lunch just like you can get on the island. Totally recommend the kalbi ribs and chicken katsu. I can't believe $3 for spam musubi but it's the going rate off island. I miss you 7-11 musubi. Will be back again and again because the staff is super friendly. read more

TL;DR Highly recommend, if you're craving Hawaiian bbq, this is your spot! Big Sai's is hands down the best Hawaiian bbq in town! I've tried almost everything on the menu, and you truly can't go wrong with anything! The chicken teriyaki is packed full of flavor yet not too salty/overwhelming, a classic! The chicken katsu has great breading to meat ratio, seasoned and fried to perfection, this is one of my favorite items! The Kalua pork is unbelievably tender, it just melts in your mouth. If you've never tried Loco Moco, you've gotta get it here, the patty, gravy, eggs, and rice is just a heavenly combo! read more

Best Hawaiian I've ever had. Owners are awesome. Mac salad unreal. Music is always great. Been here hundreds of times and never been disappointed. read more

Food was great & the best for when you're craving Hawaiian food. We ordered regular plates - my hubs had the loco moco & I had mixed plate with teriyaki chicken & chicken katsu. SO GOOD! I shared with our son & he ate a whole teriyaki chicken thigh by himself! Definitely a spot we'll come back to when we're in the area. read more

Big Sai's Hawaiian BBQ - Regular Mixed Plate with Any 2 Meats (chicken teriyaki & chicken katsu) - Hawaiian Near Me - Layton, Utah

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I love this place. They serve authentic Hawaiian dishes (including fried spam). Nothing fancy. They come from the Island of Oahu. They have small and big big plate teriyaki (beef or chicken) with rice and macaroni salad. Simple but good. Eat for under $10 Lunch time is packed because of the local high school and it's located at the south entrance of Hill Air Force base. Go at 10:30, 1-2 and the wait is minimal. This is a very underrated spot. read more

I've had Big Sai's cater 2 events and dined in several times and they've delivered satisfaction every time. I always had people asking me where I got the food from! From main dishes, to sides, to desserts it's all amazing! read more

They are good, and the owners are from Hawaii, they have good food local style plate lunches and some simian dishes that are very good. Portions are good to. read more

The food is EXCELLENT and catering or take out is fabulous. However, for dining there, they do NOT have any fountain drinks and the cans of soda they do offer are all sugar and no diet options. Additionally, not only do they not offer diet sodas of any kind, but they charge $1.75 per CAN. This was so annoying and inconvenient to us that I had to deduct stars. Otherwise I would have given them 5 stars instead of just 3 stars. read more

Best Hawaiian food in Utah, each bite takes me back to Kauai. It's a little local restaurant ran by an Hawaiian family, the service is always 10/10, the portions are huge and they've recently renovated! The seating area is clean, and the ambiance/music really make it feel like you are back on the islands. I would recommend this place to anyone and everyone. read more

Kind of hidden away in a tiny strip mall, we did a take out order due to the Corona virus. Once home we were happy we made this choice being our first time here. Katsu chicken had the perfect amount of breading and the Katsu sauce was yum, I could drink it, I wanted more. The Kalua pork was just right with a smoky flavor, smothered in gravy, even the chunks that didn't have gravy were juicy. The teriyaki beef and chicken had that good dark rich flavor of soy and brown sugar grilled so nicely. The Mac salad needed a bit of help, it was creamy, not dry, but lacking flavor, a little celery salt gave it a wonderful boost. Great job Sai's. Thanks for the delicious eats! read more

Big Sai's was pretty good. I came here with my nephew today & glad we did. Food was tasty and service was great. We enjoyed our meal here & the owner was kind enough to bring us some complimentary kalua pork which was delicious. The pineapple drink (Vai Mango) was nice & refreshing. read more

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It's nice having something that is a little different than Mo Bettah's. I like Mo Bettah's, but Big Sai is more comparable to a plate lunch that you'd get in Hawaii. The Loco Moco is good, but they should add onion rings to it and the option to make it spicy. Their mac salad is good, but not great. Their pork on the other hand is delicious. I'd recommend the pork loco moco. read more

Great food!!! Best authentic Hawaiian food in the state of Utah! Highly recommend coming here

Newly discovered spot for me. I love Polynesian food, and this place doesn't disappoint. I really appreciate that it's more authentic than the chains. More traditional. Large portions. Awesome value. Top notch food. read more

Big Sai's Hawaiian BBQ - Hawaiian Near Me - Layton, Utah

Nothing like a great hawaiin lunch on a friday. As someone from the island from hawaii this food really reminds me of home, i love it! read more

Big Sai's Hawaiian BBQ - Hawaiian Near Me - Layton, Utah

Their food is GREAT BUT, they close EARLY randomly. I wish they'd honor their hours and not waste their customers time when they drive out to Layton to get their food JUST to be closed early. read more

Stop searching, you have found the right place. Big Sai's has some of the best Hawaiian BBQ on the mainland. I'm not one to leave many reviews, but when you wake up with drool on your pillow from dreaming about this place then it obviously deserves a review. I'm a combo plate kind of guy, I like variety. When I tell you that ish was cooked to perfection I mean it. Succulent, tender, and euphoric are the only words I would use to describe it. The rice... so soft and fluffy and the perfect side along with the Mac salad to complement the meat. If you pass this place up you're are missing out on paradise in your mouth. Fair warning: nothing will ever be as good so eat at your own risk. read more

I had heard good things about Sai's so I decided to check it out on my way out of SLC recently. Having lived on O'ahu for several years and been disappointed in mainland versions of Hawaiian food, I didn't get my hopes up too high, but I was excited nonetheless. When you enter, the restaurant is very bright with football decor (mostly Samoan NFL memorabilia and thank-yous). When I saw POG in the fridge, I had to have it. I ordered the teriyaki chicken plate lunch and was surprised at how much meat there was! The mac salad was pretty good but the rice was just so-so. I also ordered a SPAM musubi to eat later and it did not disappoint (really, though, when does SPAM ever disappoint??). I must have arrived at the end of the lunch rush because I was the only customer there. I give Sai's 4 stars for the bland rice and customer service that lacked aloha. However, I will likely return and try the other menu items next time I'm in town. read more

We stopped here for lunch on our way through the area. The food was delicious! I had the Kalua pork. It was flavorful, moist, tender...the best I've ever had! My daughter-in-law said several times it was way better than Mo Bettah's. I highly recommend it! read more

Had a craving for some teriyaki chicken and steamed rice. I had seen a sign for Hawaiian while driving down Hillfield Rd and decided this is where I'll indulge my craving. I ordered the Regular size mixed plate. It comes with teriyaki beef and chicken, a scoop of macaroni and two scoops of steamed rice. I ended up sharing the plate. The mini plate would of been big enough (eyes bigger than stomach moment ). But the food was pretty good, took me back to my time in Hawaii. They of course had Hawaiian Sun drinks. They didn't have my fave drink, Lilikoi Passion, but did they make up for it by having Lilikoi Lychee (my new fav), yuum. read more

Big Sai's Hawaiian BBQ - The Regular mixed plate w/ Teriyaki chicken and beef. Hawaii Sun Lilikoi Lychee juice (try it) - Hawaiian Near Me - Layton, Utah

After trying to call this place all day today and not once getting anyone to answer, we stopped by to order 10 plate lunches. We asked why no one answered the phone and they all started looking for the phone but did not answer or apologize. We tried ordering the 10 plate lunches and the one girl and one guy in the back cooking are started snickering at us! They were so rude and condescending! We ended up not ordering due to their rudeness. We will never go back to that place that has NO ALOHA! Our order would have been over $100.00 but I guess they don't care. The way they treat people and not answering their phone all day when they're so slow. Auwe! Oh BTW, we went across the street to Best Teriyaki and ordered $160.00 worth of Korean food. The lady was so nice and accommodating! The food was excellent and she threw in extra ban chan too! read more

One word... delicious! Hubby loves Hawaiian food so we decided to try this place on a recent visit to Utah. Employees are nice. The interior is clean. I ordered loco moco with the brown gravy on the side. It came served with rice and macaroni salad. The meat was tender and the eggs cooked to perfection. The gravy was perfect! The Mac salad was a bit dry. Overall really great food. I would return if I ever traveled to Utah again. read more

Big Sai's Hawaiian BBQ - The cafe is in a small strip mall shopping center. - Hawaiian Near Me - Layton, Utah

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I was really craving spam musubi while we were out shopping and we stumbled upon this place. The staff was kind and courteous and the food was delicious! The ribs were absolutely worth the wait and the spam musubi was delicious. We will be back! read more

Easily accessible right near the South Gate of HAFB, this place is a gem just like the wonderful friendly owners. The chicken katsu is the absolute best around because they use breast meat and not fatty thigh meat, made to order, not waiting under a heat lamp. The best part is they are small and local. Their quality, portion size, and value for your almighty dollar is worth every trip you make to their fantastic eatery. read more

Awesome local food. Looks like the owner comes from Laie. Wanted to tell him "Go Crusaders" on the way out but he was busy with orders. Will be there again the next time I'm in town. read more

What's worth the visit: The Hawaiian burger and the teriyaki chicken thighs. The teriyaki beef and short ribs are pretty good too. But the macaroni salad is HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE, green salad is unremarkable, and white rice is nothing special. (And yes, when one is considering asian-inspired fare, I'd consider it a plus were the sticky rice any good.) Sai's teriyaki sauce is a touch sweet for a teriyaki sauce but enjoyable; yet a huge plate of mixed meats in sauce, when SIDES are astoundingly ABSENT and BORING makes even a good pile of meat (portion size is good here) get tiresome by the time you've finished your "plate" (read: styrofoam container). Even as much as I like Sai's Hawaiian burger and think it's the most unique thing they offer -- okay, you can try the Loco Moco too as it's almost too uniquely weird not to try some time -- I can't bring myself to like 'em more because the hours are so lousy. Closing at 6pm on a Saturday?! read more