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    Grinds 2 Da Max Russell

    4.5 (401 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Poke Nachos (8/10) & 2 entree order katsu dynamite (6/10) and furikake Korean chicken (6/10)
    Pammy N.

    Came here on a Sunday, late lunch. When I got there, there was quite a lot of people there probably finishing up their lunch. Small, cute place. The guy who took my order was very nice. I had ordered the poke nachos and 2 entree meal with katsu dynamite and furikake Korean chicken. Honest review because y'all deserve the truth. The poke nachos was pretty good I'd say 8/10. The chips stayed crunchy! If it wasn't so saucey I'd might rate it a 9/10. But because they drenched it in too much sauce it got too sweet & I couldn't finish the rest. Had to pick out all the chips that had too much sauce. I'm would order this again but maybe I'd ask for light sauce or sauce on the side. Both the katsu dynamite and the furikake chicken, I'd give a 6/10. Honestly maybe even a 5/10 They both were too saucey. It wasn't enjoyable at all. I would NOT get these again. However, I would come back & give this place another shot but most definitely will be try something else next time.

    Shrimp
    Laura L.

    Absolutely delicious food! I ordered the combo, and the katsu was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Sauces that were included had a nice tang for one of them and the other was a sweet tonkatsu sauce. The meat jun was seasoned perfectly - salt and a lil sweet with tender meat. My friend ordered the shrimp which were gigantic and seasoned well. We also ordered the milk pudding which was a nice treat to end the meal. Service was quick and friendly. Portions are huge. Will def be coming back again and again!

    Juju W.

    A bit of a long wait but delicious Hawaiian comfort food. They do alot if take out biz, but there are a few tables.

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    Marites D.

    Grinds 2 Da Max on Russell and Rainbow makes incredibly amazing Hawaiian food! Inside is a casual and inviting atmosphere with upbeat R&B music playing. Dining area is small but there's adequate seating for a table, by the window, and along the wall. Menu offers a great selection of chicken, shrimp, steaks, salmon, ahi, pork, as well as Hawaiian plates, island favorites, fried noodles, and poke. I ordered my go-to for Dynamite Chicken Katsu (mini, $13.52), its crispy breaded chicken, meat is tender and moist, has amazing wasabi aioli and spicy sauce drizzle, very savory and wonderfully delicious! Served with tasty crab potato salad and kimchi. Also had Fried Noodles (mini, $7.28), the egg noodles are delicious, topped with chopped scallions and kamaboko (Japanese fish cake), it's really good! Spam Musubi ($4.16) is tasty! It does need sauce and there are condiments like soy sauce and hot sauce available on the table. For a lovely treat, they make the best Japanese Milk Pudding, it's delightful and not too sweet! I ordered a regular ($5.20) and tried Ube flavor ($5.20), both are yummy! Ube flavor is so good! The milk pudding has a delicate, silky, bouncy texture, and comes with a sweet Japanese syrup. The milk pudding on its own is so YUM! The syrup itself is very sweet, so only pour a little bit. They also have fun cookies on display locally sourced from The Cookie Bar. I tried Crème Brûlée Cookie ($4.50), it's a huge sugar cookie with a beautiful crisp glaze and is very sweet. MacDaddy Cookie ($4.50) is excellent, it has white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts, this one taste great! Service from Koltyn and Zadus is very kind, welcoming, polite, and friendly!

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    Keri N.

    Very friendly staff from when we walked in. Asked if we could briefly bring our dogs in while ordering and waiting for our food and they were very welcoming and accommodating for that. Heard good things about this place and wanted to try lots of things so we got two combo plates. First combo was the garlic chicken with shoyu poke. Being from Hawaii this was as close to home as you can get on the mainland. The chicken was nice and crispy on the outside while soft on the inside. The poke was spot on as if it was flown in from Hawaii. Second combo was the ahi katsu and meat jun. Katsu wasn't too crispy since there was a lot of sauce but the flavor was pretty good and ahi was cooked well. The meat jun was soft and seasoned well too. Overall, great to have this place when you want local Hawaii style foods as someone who is from Hawaii. Good variety and everything on the menu was pretty good and very filling. Definitely felt the kanak attack after we finished eating!

    Lemon butter garlic shrimp and garlic chicken combo plate with mixed greens (they were out of kimchi that day).
    Cecilia T.

    Visiting from Atlanta and was craving Hawaiian. The restaurant is small with only three tables and a bunch of counter seating so not great for large parties. I got the garlic shrimp and garlic chicken combo plate. They were out of kimchi that day, but even so, I dumbly decided to get the mixed greens instead of the crab potato salad. The portion of greens is super tiny without the side of kimchi so I should have gotten the potato salad. Alas. Food came out quickly and everything was piping hot. Generous portions and cooked perfectly. They don't skimp on the garlic for the shrimp so make sure you have breath mints. Would have loved to come here with friends so I could try everything on the menu.

    Lemon Garlic Shrimp

    We ordered the beef and chicken teriyaki with mac salad, along with the lemon garlic shrimp. I'll start with the positive, the presentation was very good. The plates looked fresh and appetizing, but unfortunately, looks can be deceiving. The meal didn't live up to our expectations. The beef was overcooked and tough, and we ended up throwing away more than half of it. The chicken was just okay, comparable to what you'd get at L&L, but nothing memorable. We also received potato salad instead of the mac salad we ordered. The potato salad wasn't very good, and it was disappointing to get the wrong side. Another odd choice was the amount of rice. The teriyaki meats were already served over a bed of rice, yet the plate also came with an additional scoop of rice, which was unnecessary and resulted in a lot of food going to waste. The lemon garlic shrimp was definitely the highlight of the meal. The shrimp had great flavor and was the best item we ordered. However, that plate also came with far more rice than needed. We came in with high expectations based on the reviews, but left disappointed overall. I personally don't see this as a 4.5-star restaurant. It makes me wonder whether some of the glowing reviews came from friends or family because our experience was nowhere near that level. I'm giving it 3 stars because the shrimp was good and the presentation was appealing, but the rest of the meal fell short. Hopefully, this was just an off day.

    Beautiful 2 da max in Las Vegas 12/11/2025
    Owen K.

    Hello Yelpers! Yes, this review is a little late... but the food is still living rent-free in my head. Grinds 2 Da Max (Russell) does not miss. My Hawaiian plate was next-level: massive laulau, Kalua pig, crab salad, and Hawaiian-style poke -- all ONO. My wife crushed her garlic chicken too. Easy parking, great location, super friendly service. Long story short: order anything, eat everything, leave happy :) :) :)

    Dessert
    Jet C.

    Surprisingly a letdown. I had gone to their old location on Charleston before and that experience had a great impact so I had expectations that unfortunately was not met. Nothing was particularly bad. I got the dynamite chicken katsu, which had more sauce than chicken, and the lau lau, which had more leaves than pork. The prices also had gone up significantly while the amount of food went down so that felt uneven. As I had ordered the food to-go, I don't have much to say on service other than it was good. Maybe it was an off day because it is a bit a letdown if the quality had gone down, and I don't know if I would go back.

    Snacks
    Jen C.

    The interior is super welcoming with bright and lovely decor of Hawaii and plenty of seating. Their music is a bit of a louder volume but it is also calming. The temperature inside was incredibly cold while I waited for my food. The cashier who rang me out was super friendly and provided me with a great recommendation of the Teri steak and ginger poke combo plate, which comes with potato crab salad and two scoops of rice. They also have a good selection of trendy Hawaiian snacks and drinks as well. The Teri steak was super flavorful and tender. The rice was abundant but a bit gummy. The garlic poke was fresh and bright in flavor. I would highly recommend this place for both its meat options and its poke from this experience.

    Michael N.

    I've tried multiple Hawaiian food joints over the years in LV and had the fortune of enjoying Hawaiian food while on vacation in the Islands as well. G2 da Max is among the best I've had on the mainland. The prices are reasonable and their assorted menu offers all the main hits. Just wished they had a place closer to the N side of town.

    Hawaiian tuna poke , potato salad & kimchi
    Kevin L.

    This is my second time I eat there , absolutely the best . I love this place ! I'll always comeback here when I visit Las Vegas .

    Chicken Katsu & Kalua Combination all rice
    Row P.

    Grinds 2 Da Max what can I say... We like the Grinds here! From Catering, to take out to dine in good it is consistent good grinds all the time and generous portions. Serving Hawaii kine plates with rice, choice of potato crab salad or mixed greens and kimchi. Or you can choose all rice. Also serving seafood dishes, famous "traditional Hawaiian dish called Poke (POH-keh)" diced raw fish marinated in different seasonings and many more food items, desserts and drinks. Lots of parking. Limited seating inside but do not let that stop you from going here. I'm happy they have extended hours now from 11am-8pm daily and a second location. Always Friendly Staff. So far we've had: Fried Noodles Garlic Chicken Chicken Katsu Meat Jun Teri Beef Kalua Pig (marinated smoked pulled pork) Hamburger Steak Loco Moco Limu Poke Shoyu Poke There's so many more items we need to try and we will make our way back for sure! Mahalo Grinds 2 Da Max Team!

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    Gonna open 6 days yet? Or extend hours for dinnah pickup lol cheeee!

    Opening six days no as of now, but our good friends are doing a pop up at our shop they do Mexican food Monday and Tuesday 12:00 to 7:00.… 

    Are there any gluten free options?

    Hello, yes they do have gluten free options. They have rice, shrimp, steak, chicken, poki, fish

    Will you guys ever open 6 days a week?

    As of now, no, staffing is really tight. Sorry for any inconvenience

    Do you use any food delivery service ? Tried looking at Uber eats, Grubhub, and Seamless.

    I Haven't seen one yet. Best bet is call in an order. Then pay a friend or family member a couple hicks to pick it up. Lol

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    Pacific Island Taste

    Pacific Island Taste

    4.6
    (826 reviews)
    6.5 mi
    $$

    Just as an update: I came back and got the oxtail, the limu poke, and the taro turnover. I missed…read morethe malasadas by a few minutes. The oxtail soup was really good: the broth seemed like it has a good amount of shoyu in it (it was dark), and had really nice beef flavor. There were also some shiitake mushrooms, which added to the umami, and fresh cilantro which, paired with the grated ginger, really complemented the savory elements. The oxtails were super tender and plentiful. The meat was well seasoned and fell off the bone. I've eaten a lot of oxtail soup, and this was really good. The limu poke was also solid. The limu was a nice touch: it's not as frequent to see it on the mainland, and I like the smoky flavor it imparts on the poke. The taro turnover was a revelation. It was so good it didn't make it to photos. The pastry crust was flakey, the taro was warm and sweet, and the Carmel drizzle was really nice. It does take 20 minutes to get the turnover, but I think it's worth it.

    When I sent a picture of this place to my friends and said I was in Hawaii, they actually believed…read moreme. That is how authentic P.I.T. is! What a treasure Las Vegas has in this place. You can tell this is family owned and run, with a lot of passion and hard work put into the place. The owner is lovely and brews a mean cup of delicious Kona coffee. They do get busy (was here on a Saturday at 11 am and it was packed) and make stuff to order, so be prepared for Island Time when you dine here. Even the musubi and coffee are made to order. My only quibble was that I paid for a custard filled malasada and since they don't give it to you right then and there if you are dining in with other dishes, they let me know later they actually had run out. But they are that good. Otherwise all the food was delicious and brought my husband and I back to our last vacation there. The live music made the time fly. I recommended this place to my friends immediately. Free and plenty parking in front.

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    Matiki Island BBQ

    Matiki Island BBQ

    4.2
    (681 reviews)
    7.9 mi
    $$

    Found Matiki Island BBQ on social while scrolling one night. The reasonably priced Hawaiian food…read morealong with their huge beef ribs caught my attention. I took a couple of months before I was able to make it here. But the wait was worth the squeeze. The quality of the beef was delicious and better than my normal go to Hawaiian food. The rice was perfectly cooked and their mac/potato salad was amazing.

    Sometimes social influencers work against you. If they didnt praise this place so much, my…read moredisappointment would not weigh so heavy. I was thoroughly unimpressed and my belief in these influences has worn thin. I came here for their famous beef ribs and Mac spam. Firstly, they did not have their famous ribs and from other reviews its been 2 weeks since they've had it. Fine, im not really OK with that but it is what it is bc the business cant control stock and where they have to buy it from. I got a steak and galbi plate that tasted burnt, flavorless and most of all, unlike all the videos I saw, it did NOT come "packed". Im glad it didn't anyways bc i did not enjoy the food. I also got the mac spam and a double spam misubi. Sooooooo much rice and the double spam really equals to one regular spam size at other hawaiian places. The Mac spam was very bland and both the spams not worth its price. The inside was hot and looked old. The music was cool and the cashier, a young woman, looked severely depressed and unenthusiastic. I didn't like the vibe, the cashier was unfriendly, and it was not worth the wait. I give honest reviews. I dont get paid and dont make exaggerated videos.

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    Lefty-J's Island Favorites

    Lefty-J's Island Favorites

    4.7
    (1.4k reviews)
    6.0 mi
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    Straight to the point, LEFTY-J'S GARLIC CHICKEN IS THE BEST!…read more Hands down THE BEST GARLIC CHICKEN in Las Vegas. Arguably THE BEST I EVER HAD. Let's back this up a little... The first time I came here, I ordered just the Robust Garlic Chicken plate. There wasn't a time I didn't swear while chewing. "Damn, this $h!t is GOOD!" After I finished I wanted to write a glowing review professing to the world of this magical place but, I held off. I told myself, you have to come back order it again plus try something else. Okay so now I'm back... I was right the first time. LEFTY-J's IS THE SPOT PERIOD. The Robust Garlic Chicken FIRE! The KALBI BEEF SHORT RIBS FIRE! The TERIYAKI BEEF FIRE! THE 9th ISLAND'S BEST

    I knew nothing about this place...was blown away after my 1st experience…read more This place was chosen by one of my good buddies. He usually never misses when it comes to doing recon on places to try. Huge, huge shout out to Aaron for going above + beyond. He runs the front counter & did not hesitate to answer any + all questions. He's really passionate about the quality of food that is served here. He went into interesting detail about how the meats are marinaded in-house. I particularly appreciated that he personally came to our table several times to make sure everything was ok & how we liked the food. If the owners are reading this, please give Aaron a raise. Personally, he is the biggest reason that my group & I had such a lovely experience. Lefty-J's Island Favorites was no exception. I'm glad I let him choose our lunch option for the day. FOOD #19 - Famous Five Star - 9.1 / 10 A combo platter featuring Kalbi Short Ribs, Ribeye Teriyaki Beef, Chicken Katsu, & Teriyaki Chicken. The Kalbi Short Ribs were impressively meaty. Usually, other Hawaiian places serve fattier ribs with scant meat. The ones here were decently substantial & decently trimmed of unnecessary fat. The sauce is thick, savory, with just the right amount of body + sweetness. The Ribeye Teriyaki Beef is similar but in the form of the best cut on meat. No bones, no necessary fat. It's everything I think of when I think "premium beef". I could eat an entire Family Size bowl of this stuff + steamed white rice. Again, the exact same teriyaki sauce is miles above any other Hawaiian place because its thick, umami, & not-too-sweet. The Chicken Katsu is thick + generous in portion. In fact, this plate was a decent portion to satisfy me & my buddy for a few hours before our epic dinner at The Golden Steer. The macaroni salad was refreshing, medium-bodied, & not too creamy. The macaroni noodles were not-too mushy. The salad itself was noticeably less sweet compared to that at other Hawaiian restaurants. The teriyaki chicken was lean & not fatty. Again, the same sauce really carries this protein to a higher level of other Hawaiian restaurants' teriyaki chicken. Like I said, the owners here are putting in a lot of work to make their offerings miles above what other Hawaiian places do. Hot Dog Masubi - 7.5 / 10 Granted, I'm more of a spam masubi kind-of-guy, this was still a refreshing take on a Hawaiian classic. The peculiar redness of the hot dog links is oddly satisfying. A pretty big size for a snack. Rice was well cooked. Seaweed had a nice chew.

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    Robust Garlic Chicken combo with Ribeye Teriyaki Beef ($20.95)

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    Robust Garlic Chicken combo with Ribeye Teriyaki Beef ($20.95)
    Ai Pono Café

    Ai Pono Café

    3.3
    (527 reviews)
    2.7 mi
    $$

    I'll start by saying I'm a fan of the food "court" layout at the Durango. I use the term court,…read morebut it's more than that. Access to the dining area is right off the self-park elevator. No having to navigate through the casino. This was our first time at Ai Pono Café, but it is officially on our dining-out rotation. Our food was tasty and fresh. I went with the Spicy Ahi Bowl. The rice was sticky and the tuna was not over seasoned...fresh and flavorful. Our table shared the Spicy Poke Nachos. So good. The wonton chips were light and crispy. The restaurant offers plenty of casual seating. It is well lit and airy. The staff was welcoming. Service with a smile.

    My husband's cousin first told us about Ai Pono in Costa Mesa, and when my husband looked it up, he…read morerealized there was a location right here in Las Vegas inside Durango Station. His cousin couldn't stop raving about the food, so we decided to check it out for dinner last night. We ordered the Crackhead Chicken and Da "OG" Beef to share, and I also got a Spam musubi I had been craving. The musubi was HUGE and really hit the spot. We also ordered a side of Crackhead Chicken without the spice for our 1 year old, and she LOVED it. Normally she throws her food, but this time she actually ate it and kept making the cutest "yummy" faces the whole time. The moment I took my first bite of chicken, my reaction said it all. The flavor was INCREDIBLE! It had a perfect balance of sweetness from the coconut and a nice kick from the spices. Everything worked so well together, and the chicken itself was unbelievably moist and juicy. I also loved that the meat was served over the rice, allowing for all the juices to soak in. The rice was soft, flavorful, and just as satisfying. The macaroni salad was hands down my favorite compared to any Hawaiian BBQ spot I've tried. I also had a few bites of the beef, which had an amazing flavor and just the right amount of char to elevate it even more. The only thing that didn't stand out to me was the coleslaw, but we found out later that you can substitute for extra macaroni salad for an additional 50 cents. We will definitely do that next time! Overall, we had a fantastic experience and will absolutely be back whenever we are in the area. One quick note for parents: there are no high chairs available, and we even searched the entire food court. Since it's inside a casino, it's understandable, but just something to keep in mind.

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    Grinds 2 Da Max Russell - hawaiian - Updated August 2026

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