Kona Bento what is really going on!?! Very interesting dynamics going on here now a days! The young lady took our order but the very tanned owner took payment. She was very aggressive when asking if would like to leave a tip. What a turn off! Seriously, it should be left up to the customer. Plus, this establishment is a drive-thru!! read more

Kona Bento - Sooo yummy and cheap - Hawaiian Near Me - Medford, Oregon

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Legit homemade style Hawaiian food! My family goes back over 5 generations from Hawaii, and I've eaten waaaaayyy too much Hawaiian food over my time on this planet. I never can resist a solid homemade spam musubi. Kona bento makes spam musubis just like my mom--slightly mishapen, nori seaweed wrapping around the entire rice rectangle, and slightly seasoned cooked spam slices in the middle. Granted these ain't cheap or healthy, but they are da bestest...broke da mout. My doc hates it when I eat these though.... The food here is very homestyle--the owner was raised in Oahu, but has been in Oregon most of her life, and she does a fantastic job here. There aren't tables here as it is a To Go place, but that is very common in Hawaii (plate lunches l)! read more

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Teriyaki chicken is amazing, service was quick and friendly. Will definitely be back!

Would go here again and again. 10/10 flavors and portions. Great service. Interesting drive thru service but it's convenient. Love it

They are Always fast and friendly, good food, one of my go tos for lunch. Never had a complaint.

Favorite place for Hawaiian food in the Valley! The staff is always friendly and the food is always spot on.

So I just had gotten off the bus #61 at table rock and Vilas. I was going somewhere and on my way back to the bus stop I see this little gem and wow it smells SO GOOD! I see this young man cooking in a little shed. I'm not sure how he made magic in there like he did, but he came out and gave me a teriyaki box with chicken to try. Yummy!!! The rice was perfect and so was the chicken! Nice and tender, flavorful and the right amount of sauce, not too little, not too much. This place has heart. I love the little places with the nice people who care about their customers. When a friendly person makes food for me it tastes so much better and comforts me. I need more comfort and kindness in my life, and if you want to get back on the bus with a smile you absolutely must have one of the chicken teriyaki bento boxes! Thank you so much for making my day! :-) read more

Kona Bento - Chicken teriyaki bento box - Hawaiian Near Me - Medford, Oregon

I went here on the suggestion of a co-worker. I am super disappointed I spent $14 and then was pressured into tipping (for what?). Why: The food sucks. I got the teriyaki "beef" bowl. The beef was extremely chewy, hard to get through even. The beef also had a very weird taste upon the initial bite, I still can't figure out what it is. Then you get the grill flavor, then a mediocre teriyaki flavor. The beef should be the highlight of this plate, it wasn't. The plate itself. $14 for beef, rice and teriyaki sauce? No veggies? I think you can pay $3 for veggies. If you get bento in California, or almost anywhere else you get a selection of veggies included in your box/bowl price. I highly recommend not going to this establishment as it is insanely overpriced for what you get, the quality is terrible. The good: They rinse their rice, the rice was the freshest aspect of the entire dish. I still want veggies though. If they tweaked a few things and weren't bending people over in terms of cost while using the lowest quality ingredients possible I would definitely give them a second shot. read more

Excellent meal... enough for plenty of leftovers. Will return. I had beef and flavors were VERY good.

Long hair needs to be put up when you're in the kitchen. Sorry but the girl with the giant lashes and long black hair needs to wear a hairnet. read more

Their chicken bento is average. I wish the chicken was more charred rather than the feeling that it sat in the steamer too long. Not a fan of their watery Mac salad. read more

Great spot for some delicious food It does take a bit to order then get your food since they make it after the order but it's worth it. I had the teriyaki beef and it was delicious and moist and tasty. It's also pretty cheap for a meal here. Highly recommend for a lunch spot if you're in town. read more

I recently moved to Oregon and I came across this place driving by. The staff was super friendly you can tell one of them seems like the owner or the main boss but she was so nice and welcomed me wit such enthusiasm because I said i have never been here before. The food is delicious I got the teriyaki chicken and beef Bento box and added veggies. This brought back so much memories of a sunday family bbq meal. It was fast easy drive through with delicious food, 10/10 and I'll definitely be back. read more

Kona Bento - Teriyaki chicken & beef bento box ,added veggies , Mac salad, rice, teriyaki sauce . - Hawaiian Near Me - Medford, Oregon

Overall nice friendly ladies, yet too expensive for a beef bento that only contains 3 sticks. Plus their fee pricing on their website is outdated. I anticipated to pay about 20, yet not closer to 30 for two bentos and a drink. In my opinion, they're the most expensive bento place I've ever gone too once again the quantity of food does not match the portion of the price. read more

Ho brah!!! Ono grinds and easy on the bank too. Hawaiian style plate lunch n they gots all kinda mixed plates here. Them all come w 2 scoops rice an Mac salad. Kalua pork, teriyaki chicken and teriyaki beef... all broke da mout! Even have musubis!!! read more

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It's so annoying when places like this only offer meat that has been pre-marinated. Please offer a non-sugar version of your teriyaki or offer selection without marinated meat with teriyaki that has a bunch of additives and junk in it.. read more

Delicious. Very good food, always fresh, and a good price. Friendly and quick service as well. Only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because of personal preference, the macaroni salad has a lot of mayo in it. read more

I had the worse chicken strips from the Kona Bento I have ever had at the race track. They were so thin you could hardly tell it was chicken. They .were barely warm and tasted like they had sat for an hour. Not sure if it was because they were so busy but being busy had nothing to do with the poor quality of food. Kona should be trying to impress people at the race track so they would go to there restaurant read more

Spam musubi was amazing, the island taco's were spicy with amazing flavors. I liked how they put furikaki on the musubi for flavor. The spam was grilled to perfection. The ladies working inside are super quick in getting our food out to us. We ended up having coconut cupcakes for dessert after dinner that night. They were ok, not much flavor. I would definitely go back and try other items though. read more

Kona Bento - Spam musubi yum yum - Hawaiian Near Me - Medford, Oregon

you truly cannot go wrong with anything on the menu. everything is absolutely delicious

We drove through to pick up a quick lunch. Ordered the spam musubi and the chicken teriyaki musubi. On the plus side, the rice was definitely freshly made and these were good sized musubi. The staff were all very friendly! From an improvement standpoint, the musubi could have used a bit more flavor and seasoning because overall they were on the bland side. read more

Favorite place for Hawaiian food in the Valley! The staff is always friendly and the food is always spot on.

Wanted to try their tacos after seeing the pics on their website. The tacos look quite large. What I got didn't look like the pics at all. Very small tacos for $11.00 or $3.66 each. Their prices have gone up quite a bit. The menu items that use to be $8.00 are now $12.00 and are the same serving size. Their prices use to be more on point for take out. The prices are now comparable to a couple of other Hawaiian food restaurants in the area that offer sit down dining and larger servings for about the same price. read more

The island tacos with the kuhlua pork were delicious! I'll be back there is so much more I want to try!

Ate here too many times to count. Negatives: Slow drive through lines FOH Staff (Front of House) Positives: Great food Very cheap Pork is to die for Side note: They gave us the wrong food this last time, when we returned and the young lady put the food that has already left for 10 minutes had been in my car back into the crock pot with the rest of the Teriyaki Chicken. Completely contaminating the food. I wish they would train their staff better I love the cooks just need to improve the customer service. I often have to remind the girls my order. Still will return and eat there as it's the cheapest and best bento near me. read more

I have gone thru the "drive thru" twice. Just because it is a drive thru doesn't mean it is fast! Wait times are more like a sit down restaurant. NOT a quick option. The one time I drove away with food took 10-15 minute for the island tacos. Some items take 30 minutes... Food was good. Not a line for quick pick up. :-( read more

Good menu and lots to pick from. The people working were very friendly. I think it just opened - got two scoops of rice and Mac salad. There were some cool veggie stuff. I'll definitely be back. Good location and really good Teriyaki beef. Check it out! read more

Kona Bento - Hawaiian Near Me - Medford, Oregon

Best bento in the valley! The chicken and pulled pork are to die for. Love the Mac salad and I usually am not the biggest fan of Mac salad. Make sure to get extra teriyaki, probably the best teriyaki I've had. The portions are massive as well. With double meat it's literally two meals. read more

Love this place! Drive through or purchase and pick a spot to eat under a gazebo. No big seating options. Friendly staff. Flavors are so phenomenal and the amount of food you get is awesome. The prices are affordable. You definitely should try this spot. It's off to the side, small red farm house looking spot. read more

Kona Bento - PURE DELICIOUSNESS - Hawaiian Near Me - Medford, Oregon

I have stopped here twice now driving through Oregon. The chicken teriyaki bowl is so good. The Mac salad is amazing. And the spam masubis are pretty good. Super affordable and it comes with a lot of food. The only thing is I wish the staff would wear masks while making the food. I did notice they put on new gloves with each order though. We will definitely be stopping here again, as long as we don't get COVID from our last stop. read more

I wish they would update their menu to reflect foods they actually have available. They list items like protein pancakes, but if you request them it's only in a package of 20 with two days advanced notice. I've requested sweet potatoes on four separate occasions, and it's never available even tho it's part of the chicken dish listed. Many items require a 45 minute for preperation. As long as your interested in basic teriyaki chick, beef or kahlua pork with rice your in luck. Otherwise it's very hit or miss. read more

This is the best Hawaiian food in the Rogue Valley by far. Great food, great service. Beef cooked to order, excellent tasty desserts. Drive thru only. read more

definitely one of the worst bento places in the valley!!! food is vary dry and plain. chicken seems to have nothing but a little bit of teriyaki sauce regarding the fact thats all they add they put a tiny container of teriyaki sauce. read more

Kona Bento is always my first stop when I go to the Rogue Valley! Excellent assortment of Hawaiian/local-style food with healthy options (brown rice, grilled veggies, etc). Hard working, friendly staff provide great service for drive-thru, take-out, and catering. My favorites include teri chicken, kahlua pork, manapua (!), and Spam musubi. Da Bes! read more

Had Kona's Bento, 'Teriyaki' Chicken today and it was tender and very good. I paid 2.00 more for extra protein and it was worth it, got an extra chicken breast!! Rice was sticky as it should be and good also. Linda had the Mac & Cheese and said it was good but mac and cheese will never cross my lips so I have to go by her opinion. Teriyaki sauce was good but in a very scrimpy small cup of sauce. They also gave a small cup of sriracha sauce with the Bento but I'm not a fan of that flavor for asian/Hawaiian food. Linda said it was 'hot'! I tried to get some Pupus but they said that some days they don't make any so I can't comment. Overall, I'd say they are a very nice place to stop and get a meal. read more

Recommend this place only if your ordering Teriyaki chicken. First time I went I tried ordering the grilled chicken tenderloins with veggies, I was told I had to place my order 30 min prior, also asked for de Vegan cupcakes and the employee there was not able to tell me what ingredients it had and they were out of them anyways. So today I called in my order at 11 to make sure it would be ready by the time I picked it up. I git there at 11:37 and was told it still needed 10 min to cook so I waited. At 12:02 I was told to wait another 10 min, by that time my lunch was over. I went back to work with an empty stomach and very disappointed. Like I said, unless you want chicken teriyaki, donot go there. read more

I had a hankering for some Hawaiian food and this place hit the spot. It was the end of the day for them and my rice was pretty mushy and sticky but still tasty. They cooked my chicken to perfection and that teriyaki sauce was spot on. When I'm back in the area will hit them up again for sure read more

Lived in Hawaii and this place is authentic. Enjoyed it. Put on Hawaiian music and could almost imagine I was sitting at Waimea Bay.

Omg. The teriyaki chicken, the spam musubi. I am VERY pleased and haven't even tasted the coconut cupcake yet. Thank you to the incredibly kind staff! read more

I tried the kahlua pork bento meal. It was some of the best food I've ever eaten! I went during lunch time and had a decent wait, but it was SO worth it. The macaroni salad is to die for. read more