What I ordered: 3 Mochiko Chicken plates 1 Katsu all chow funn 2 locomocos fries and side bacon (Yes I was hungry, but no it wasn't all for me.) So the food has gotten progressively more processed and less "mom and pop" but the overall experience of Grace's Inn remains the same. It's the OTHER plate lunch place when all the L N L's are out of the way, and you want to taste more local flavor as opposed to the chinese influenced plate lunches at L N L. Nothing wrong with L N L, but Grace's has a more local feel. Their mochiko chicken is one of my favorites on island, but all my former students from church hated it. I like my mochiko chicken subtle, and that's what it is. Perfectly fried with a hint of mochiko. Not too over-powering and gamey like LocoMoco Drive Inn. Just like fried chicken with a twist. Their chow funn is drier than others and that has it's benefits and it's disadvantages. The taste is all there, no gravy or wetness, but it spoils easily (all chow funn does.) Their kim chi is mild. The asian cole slaw takes some getting used to, but the vinegar dressing and the crunch from the won ton chips makes for an interesting fusion on your plate. Bacon was well done. Think, crispy, yummy goodness. I can't speak of the locomocos that were ordered by my friends. I am NOT a fan of any locomocos. But it looked yummy, so I leave it up to the experts. Overall, my experiences at Grace's continue to be good. I always promise to be more adventurous in what I order in the future... but all roads lead back to my mochiko chicken plate. read more

Grace's is pretty standard for plate lunches, except for the chow fun noodles, that seems to be the Grace's Inn trademark. I've had their Loco Moco, Mahi Mahi, Hamburger and Teri Beef... all good. Mac Salad is the great. The largest part of my happiness with Grace's comes from the hours, open late when you are craving 2 scoop goodness... Here is the breakdown: * Wait staff: Nice little Aunties * Drink Menu: Soda * Menu: Plate Lunch * Parking: They have a lot * Dress: Casual read more

Grace's is great. I choose here much more than L&L. I haven't had a complaint about this restaurant. It's the closest you get to L&L food without the dirtiness of the L&L restaurant. read more

Still the same great tasting foods with friendly service and now open for limited safely spaced indoor dining.

I've always liked graces and have been coming here for there sweet and sour short ribs and chicken katsu but last night after coming home from work I picked up a plate of sweet and sour short ribs and this is what I found in the sauce. read more

Grace's Inn - Sweet and sour short ribs with plastic string. - Fast Food Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Grace's is my favorite go-to for quick food to pick up, on my way home. I love that they added the bento chicken plate to their menu. For years, I have tried to order only the chicken from the bento, but was told it was only available in the bento. read more

I'm stuffed. You will not leave here hungry thats for sure. Tonkatsu was pretty good. Their mac salad was pretty good what tiny bit u get. Their asian/oriental salad thing is hella oily. I'd come back just to try out other things. read more

They have kept to the traditional local favors in their plates luncheons...hope they stay here from years to come.

Been here 15 years thought I would try this place . Very disappointed with the food order chicken Katsu still pink on the inside took it to the counter and the lady said that's the way it supposed to be well I'm sorry to say but I know how chicken is supposed to be cooked and it's not supposed to be pink on the inside I got the local Mocho the beef had Leica the party had like a sour taste yeah overall food pretty nasty. Don't waste your money here 30 bucks for food didn't even eat read more

Great place for local grinds or to feed that hunger fix! Ample parking and the service is great! If your going for any of the daily specials, go early as some may sell out! read more

Hooo back in the hanabada days! This was the spot!! Once in a while I go, check em out reminisce that kine :) read more

This is the best spot for chicken katsu in America. I travel a lot and you wont find anything better. This is one of the last GREAT Hawaiian local plate lunch places. read more

Our go to place for when I no like cook, which is pretty much EVERY Saturday night! Portions are great, like what you expect when you think of plate lunch. Prices are competitive, $8+, mini around $5-$6. Love the meat loaf, hamburger patty, moco loco mix plate, beef stew, curry stew, chicken katsu, Mac salad etc. etc. etc. many more I've yet to try. Life is short, eat at Grace's! read more

Grace's Inn - Lau Lau BBQ chicken mix plate. Brother gave it a 4/5! Orders it a lot though! Must be ono. - Fast Food Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Love plate lunch in hawaii. A staple here for years. I always get a chicken katsu pork cutlet mixed plate with gravy on the rice and Kimchi. They give a lot of food. Also love the chow fun bonus underneath. Best to call ahead if you know what you want read more

Recently tried the fried noodles from there it is awesome! It is now a Saturday tradition for me to go down here and order a laulau/shoyu chicken combo and a fried noodle for my daughter the beef curry is also excellent from here my GF said she really enjoyed it cashiers aren't the happiest people in the world but hey at least they are not grumpy at the customers overall this is one of the plate lunch places that I frequent read more

Grace's Inn - Fried noodles - Fast Food Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Loco moco mixed plate is super good value, you get a traditional loco moco w/ 2 big scoops, chow fun w/ chicken katsu 2 choices of salad (I usually do the Asian coleslaw) and a little side of kimchee all for under $10 you can't go wrong. read more

Great food. To bad they lost their waimalu location. Too far for me from the west side of Oahu.

Just ordered breakfast and the previous customer's phone order went missing. The Filipino and Chinese counter people began arguing with each other in front of all the customers. Neither would just shut up. they just kept expressing all their grievances in front of all the people in the diner. Everyone in the seating area was wondering who was arguing and what was going on,Very embarrassing. Breakfast that morning did not taste as good, bad karma. Both should be fired. read more

It's been so long since I've written a review that I had to actually go back and look at my list of reviews (that's right, all 26 of them), to discover whether or not I'd ever written about Grace's. How some of you Elite yelpers manage to keep it straight in your head which places you've reviewed is, quite honestly, a marvel. After 100 reviews I think I'd forget what my name was, much less which places I'd written about. Or perhaps Eliters are so amazing that you have fetching interns at your beck and call willing to look up these kinds of trivial bits of data for you. If it's the latter, I better find 74 more places to review, pronto. But I digress. I remember the first time I ever ate at Grace's Inn. It was in the waning days of high school (no, I won't be saying what year, exactly), those chilly weeks when Senioritis was at its worst, and my friend Grant recommended we go eat some chicken katsu at a place he'd gone to with his family. Now, despite having grown up hapa (part Japanese, part everything else), I didn't have much experience with katsu, be it chicken, pork (ton), or any other kind. So my first experience with it would be here, at Grace's. Yes, I lost my katsu virginity to Grace, and Grant was my pimp. Like the spoils of actual virginity, you don't really quite appreciate how much better something can be until you've tried that second variety somewhere else. Such it is with Grace's chicken katsu. The plate lunches themselves are hefty, though they used to be far more generous. The heaping layer of chow fun that used to sit like a magical bed of starchy goodness underneath the main entree is now a sad afterthought, with barely a mouthful there. This is almost as sad as the tiny little paper cups that house their "two" orders of side salad (you get a choice of tossed, "asian" slaw, or mac). These paper cups are the size of medication cups they use in hospitals; you know, the kind the nurse delivers your two pills in? So imagine having your heaping servings of salad in those babies. The times, they are rough all over, I suppose. The chicken katsu itself used to be glorious, as was the tonkatsu sauce that came with it. Now, however, you could probably find chicken katsu that is less fatty, less greasy, and more evenly floured at just about any other plate lunch joint. Take a dart, throw it out your window, and you'll find a place that probably has better chicken katsu. The glory days for Grace's katsu are, sadly, long past. Having said that, however, there is one thing I can recommend without reservation or hesitation. It's something that many, many places have on their plate lunch menu, but no one other than Grace's delivers with the same kind of delicious, homestyle flavor. That, my friends, is Shoyu Chicken. At Grace's the shoyu chicken is plentiful, tasty, and oh, so tender. It falls from the bone so easily you'd think the dish was undressing itself for you and screaming "take me now!" Too many other shoyu chicken plates at other joints have bizarre flavoring and spicing choices that overpower the dish itself; there's either too much ginger, or too little shoyu, too much fat left in the sauce, or in some weird cases I've encountered you actually taste some char siu. Grace's shoyu chicken will remind you of the kind that mom used to make, way back when. Or maybe even the kind that gramma used to make and bring to family potlucks. The only problem with this fantastic plate lunch is that it's not on the menu. It's a special, which changes daily. Sometimes it's on Thursdays and Saturdays. Other weeks it's available on Wednesdays and Fridays. It's almost never the same, really, and that can be both frustrating and charming. So if you happen to walk into Grace's, thinking you're going to get a hamburger steak or, like a Borg, will go with the collective and have a chicken katsu, cast your eye to the specials board. If you see shoyu chicken, drop your $8 and get it. I absolutely promise that you won't leave disappointed. read more

I ordered the Fried Noodles plate. Very disappointing. The portion looks plentiful until you realize how much of the core of the cabbage they used as a filler. The cabbage was half cooked and the overall taste of the noodles was bland. It was obvious they rushed in cooking the noodles. Also, It seemed like the front workers and kitchen staff was not getting along. Too bad they were so good before. read more

Best Teri burger I've had so far. You can tell the made the patty and was not an out of the box frozen type patty. Quick, friendly, filling!

Comfort food. Love their teribeef sandwich. Have been coming here for a while. Ample parking, clean, prompt service.

Classic local kine grindz lunch plate place, in the same class as Rainbow Drive In and maybe L&L. I had the mini katsu curry, and the katsu came out crispy. Nothing really especially exquisite about the katsu, but it was solid. The curry sauce was great. It had a slight sour tinge to it like kind of a green chile Mexican sauce (I really hope that's what it was LOL), but that made the plate really go. Of course mac salad is mac salad at these types of places -- which means it's pretty good. The lady taking my order was very disorganized, however, yet she seemed to be annoyed at the patrons for ruffling her feathers. She was a couple of bad transactions from going postal on some fools. Get a hold of yourself lady! read more

Food is horrible. Woman at the register not that friendly. I had french fries, and those have absolutely no seasoning. I also had the breaded shrimp, and I've never seen shrimp so flat. I was seriously questioning if it was even shrimp. Could've had mcdonald's instead if I ate Mcdonald's. Never coming back! read more

I can't say I was surprised when I received my food. The prices were just right but the servings and presentation was awful! My boyfriend ordered a mini plate, that came out looking like a kid's serving. I liked the cashier, nice & quick, but the food was lackin' so I'm not snackin' there ever again! Btw, my teri beef sandwich was just two crusty hamburger buns with a dried thin SLICE of what tasted like a shoyu dipped beef jerky! Sorry Grace, I will not Grace your establishment with my prescence, ever again. read more

Ok so i was hoping it was going to be the same as i remember it... it wasn't. Portions were smaller too. 3 stars because i'd still eat there again just for the nostalgia. read more

I haven't been to graces since hi school. I wanted to show my kids a classic. It's nothing like it used to be. Portions were average, the katsu was precooked and dry. The curry was a little bitter. Initially I ordered the Teri chicken mini, thinking it was like an L&L mini. I was going to share it with my 3y son. It was so small it wasn't even enough for my son. I agree with another reviewer who said he thought he was being punked it was so tiny. The booth/table was not clean and the servers had deadpan faces. I don't know why they can't wipe tables - the place was empty. I'd be surprised if it's still open in five year. It's surviving on reputation only. read more

i recently discovered grace's and it's become one of my faves. :) if you're down for some artery-clogging plate lunch goodness, katsu curry is the way to go. yummmmm. i love that they give you choices of salad (i hate mac salad and the toss salad is a nice way for me to pretend like i'm being healthy) and put chow fun underneath! :D my only complaint is that they leave the skin on the katsu. not a fan. guess that's a personal preference thing though. despite that, i still always order the katsu... it's that good! read more

Favorite place to go for chicken katsu, I can eat it several times a week and not get tired of it! Love how they include chow fun. They seem to give bigger portions if you get a take out plate, the line can get long around lunchtime, but the wait isn't too bad read more

Horrible service. Called in a phone order and when I got there 5 people ordered at the register and got their order before me. When I asked them to check all they kept saying is it's coming up. The manager didn't do anything he just made me wait. I used to like coming to this place...but now I HATE THIS LOCATION!! Such HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!! I plan to call the owner. That was ridiculous! read more

Best fried rice ever! No one does it better...Great for potluck breakfast--you can even order day before if you need early pick up!!

Everything was good from the people working there to the food, and the overall service was good. The only thing that kind of sucks is that sometimes when you want to eat in, they do not wipe the tables, and I hate having to wipe my own table especially in a restaurant. Overall I like all the food their and I will always have them on my list. read more

This is one of my regular lunch haunts. I always order the chicken katsu, no rice, 1 mac salad, 3 asian, 1 kim chee with extra sauce and a diet coke. This is truly the remorseful plate lunch. After I eat it, I feel like a terd all day, but during....during the consumption, its as good as eating a steak at Ruths, Sushi at Odoriko, or Pho at Tho Chau. Its just that good. 5 stars for the meal, 3 stars for the dirty dining room, 1 star for the bathroom, 10 pounds for the weight that I will probably gain from eating this once a week." read more

Sad, just freakin sad. Every time I'm home in Hawaii, Grace's is one of the spots I HAVE to go and eat. I grew up eating their home made chicken katsu. Went there yesterday and they are now making the same junk L&L makes, frozen chicken katsu. No more Grace's special own chicken katsu. My lady ordered bacon and eggs, with a hash brown. The hash brown was cooked on such a low temperature that the thing soaked up all the oil and was soft and definitely not crispy, same with the bacon. It was a waste of money for both of us. We threw the food away. I'll never go back to Grace's. Sad read more

My friends and I remember their lunch wagon across from University High School. When I went to the University of Hawaii, I gained 10lbs...I'm a townie so when they moved to Beretania to open their first restaurant I followed even though the parking was bad. Their "newer" location next to Times Market has more seating and parking and still good eats! read more

I only eat two things here but I really like the TWO: Chicken Katsu and Mochiko Chicken. It's a cheap meal that's better than decent. The service isn't always friendly but you don't go there for smiles. You go there because the food is cheap, pretty good and a standard in Honolulu's plate lunch history. read more

Grace's Inn is awesome! You get so much for your money! I've tried several items and it's ok tasting. Well maybe because I'm comparing it to their chicken katsu, which is the best chicken katsu that I have ever had and I've had lots! Their Asian chicken salad is really good too. And what do you know, we're here again and for the chicken katsu plate! Yumm read more

This used to be my favorite place to eat at when they were located in market city... I had a craving for spicy chicken so I decided to eat here instead.. The chicken was saltier than I remember and not as good. read more

Ok... so i will be honest.. i love the chicken katsu here. I get a special mix with katsu and either pork or beef cutlet. All fries and gravy all. Lots of tobasco. I can't speak for everything on the menu cause i get the same things. Also mochiko chicken is good. I would take grace's chicken katsu over any other chicken katsu plate. Maybe its not better than ALL other places but its comfort food for me. Its like snuggling up on a cokd winters night under the covers. Perfect when i come home from a long trip away. read more

In my opinion, this place is awesome. I love coming here with my boo. You get really good sized portions for the prize. The ladies are sweet. Usually the food comes out within 10 minutes if they aren't super packed. The lau lau is sooo yummy! I love their Curry Chicken Katsu! I would totally recommend it. read more