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    Kawa Express

    5.0 (24 reviews)
    Open • 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    The 808 Poke and Cali Bowl Poke
    Sandy T.

    Fresh and delicious food. Counter service. Choose from signature rice bowls or create your own. There are weekday lunch specials before 3pm. I ordered the 808 bowl and tried the California bowl. Both were tasty but I liked the California bowl more (the sauce it came with was unbeatable). They were both fresh and flavorful. Tried their new menu item, Korean fried chicken. It wasn't battered or tossed in any sort of sauce but it had basic seasoning and tasted good. I was impressed with this rather lowkey place. Inside was clean and bright. Nice space to dine in for a quick-casual lunch. Will definitely be back to try all their menu items.

    Hot 'N Spicy Kawa Roll
    Ryan K.

    Please, please, please go to Kawa Express! This is a quality establishment with excellent up front service! The apace is clean and fresh, very modern and comfortable. The selection of food is astounding; poke bowls (what a range!), sushi, k-dogs, fries, and more. Their sushi rolls, of which I got the Hot N Spicy Kawa and Pink Slip Roll, are maxed out in quality and quantity. You will get more than you think, which is so excellent for sushi. JUST. GO.

    Bulgogi Bowl

    Great bowls and sushi! Their bulgogi bowl is insanely delish; the meat is super tender and everything in the bowl works wonderfully together. Their mini spring rolls are perfectly crispy and you get a bunch. I typically stick to California rolls (I'm a newbie to sushi) but I ventured out and tried the Lisa Lisa roll and I'm so glad I did; my only complaint is I wish the sauces they put on the roll were served on the side for takeout because it soaked into the panko and made less crispy. But still delish! Will continue to come back for their bowls!

    Crispy Tofu Bowl  Horchata Agua Fresca  Soy Garlic Gyoza
    Mary V.

    Everything was amazing! Food was delicious. Quickly made and tasted great. The owner was very polite and considerate. I went when they first opened so it was still slow, he gave us some free samples and made good conversation while we waited for our order. Great customer service and care for his staff, also speaks Spanish (and probably Korean/Japanese). It's a small local restaurant that I would recommend! I got my food takeout for lunch.

    Spicy tuna bowl
    Daniel V.

    Decent servings for the price. Food was flavorful and the service was amazing. Will definitely come back again!

    Melissa X.

    we made our own poke bowls and bought an order of takoyaki. it was all delicious! owner and staff are very nice and offer to answer any questions. has quite a bit of seating inside and lots of windows with natural light. they also have ipads to order if you don't want to order at the register.

    Create your own bowl
    Ashley L.

    SO good! The owner was extremely friendly, went above and beyond to make sure we were happy. They have so many options and everything was really fresh. Very flavorful! We can't wait to come back and try some more items. Pictured is: create your own bowls, and loaded kimchi fries with bulgogi. Definitely recommend!

    OMG!!!!!!!!!

    Delicious Delicious Delicious! Everything about this restaurant is worthy of TEN STARS. I walked in 20 minutes before closing and received a warm welcome from the owner and the team. The restaurant is super clean and cute! He even gave me a drink while I waited for my food. It's refreshing to receive good service, but Most of all THE FOOD IS AMAZING!

    Build your own beef bulgogi bowl
    Kaylynn M.

    Generally places don't do a good job of cooking bulgogi beef to my liking or it's usually pretty fatty, but this place does an AMAZING job. We recently spent 2 weeks in Hawaii and had some of the best food of our lives and this is the first place since being back that has reminded us of Maui. The food was very fresh and flavorful. The gyozas are unlike and I've ever had. No stone bowls for the bibimbop but still delish. Not the biggest fan of the noodles that were an option for the byob but the rice was great. I do wish fried rice was an option- maybe someday. We got ours to go but the dining room was really cute also.

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    Great service and food! This place is super underrated! Both bowls were really yummy (bulgogi and spicy tuna). Super fresh ingredients!

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    Food was amazing, great service and the prices for the amount of food you receive is incredible!

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    This place is sooo good. Nice people that work there and food is delish. Ive had several items off…read morethe menu and havw liked everything ive gotten

    While sitting here tonight in a Kalamazoo Hotel, it's about 3am and I'm polishing off my dinner…read moreleftovers from DAK GOOD, a Korean Fried Chicken joint. Whenever I'm out of town, I ALWAYS look for a Korean restaurant, and as luck would have it, there are a few in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Yay!! Only thing wrong with my search, two of the three were closing in ten minutes and the third was advertised as Fried Chicken. I was 15 minutes away, so I gave in for the chicken, with fingers crossed that they'd have other popular dish options. Beautiful little restaurant when you arrive, very clean too. Immediately greeted and asked if to-go or dine-in, as they have a good counter for food delivery services. I of course opted to dine-in since I had about an hour til closing. Really nice looking menu, with plenty of selections beyond Fried Chicken. I didn't hesitate too long as to expedite my meal before closing. I ordered Pork Pot Stickers (Yakimandu), JapChae, and some Bulgogi. PanChan was extra, and the Kimchi along with Pickled Radish were my selection. The Yakimandu arrived first, nicely plated with half So Garlic Sauce and half Spicy Sauce. The mandi were delicious with these brushed sauces. That Spicy was no joke either, had a really good burning kick. The remainder of the meal was brought out together. The plates looked great and I couldn't wait to dig in, but if course pictures first. Both were super delicious and really hitting the spot after a long day. Very tasty meals. The staff brought me out a dessert after seeing me take all the photos, something I've never had, Deep Fried Cheesecake. Check out the photos. Definitely a different take on the dessert. Everything outside was crispy, of course, with the inside still the same. It was a texture experience. The staff were super friendly, very well knowledged on the menu items. Place was very clean, not just clean, but very clean! I think they said they've been there just over a year. I was served by Freda, and Caroline was there to assist when needed. The hostess was a real sweetheart, I'll call hers "Zaps" (because she had the TV remote at closing and I missed her real name). Young masked gentleman, again missed name, and one of the owners Kenny and his wife Lin. So good, I will be eating lunch and/or dinner there again tomorrow or Monday depending on time. I definitely want to try the Fried Chicken, probably not with the Spicy Sauce this time. LOL I do highly recommend you try this place if you haven't.

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    I've been meaning to try Simple Fish for quite some time so we took the opportunity to go there for…read morelunch. We were seated and the first thing I noticed was how inviting the dining area was. Next was the friendliness of the staff. We ordered our basic standbys figuring its a good way to evaluate and compare. Since this was lunch we only ordered two rolls-tuna and a spider (soft shell crab) and gyoza. The gyoza was somewhat over cooked with the wrapping hard. Even with a good dipping sauce, they were ordinary at best. (Want to stress, ordinary just means they didn't stand out-they could have been better if not cooked so long) Unfortunately the tuna and spider rolls didn't stand out either. Definitely OK-just not nearly as good as we've experienced recently. I believe there is a reason Simple Fish has such an excellent rating. We are curious enough to want to come back again.

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