Kuakini Dining Room is on the 1st floor of the Kuakini Adult care home in the Hale Pulama Mau building behind the Kuakini Medical Plaza. It's a little farther walk between the hospital and cafeteria since it's located in separate buildings.
As you enter the building, the dining room is a little further in after passing the information desk, elevators and the group & conference rooms.
The menu and hours of operation is posted on the bulletin board to the left as you enter the dining room on your right! Even if you come between lunch and dinner, you can still purchase the already made foods from the refrigerator section such as sandwiches, salads, other items, & drinks.
Just inside on the left counter is the 2-page carboned order form for the grill. You need to check off with the pencil what you want to order and give the original to the cook. The yellow carbon copy is for the cashier when making your purchase. You can have made to order foods instead of the already pre-made breakfast ala carte hot items. The price as listed on the menu. They had eggs, bacon, fried rice, etc for breakfast. .
The grill food hamburger, grilled cheese, chicken cutlet, hamburger steak, garden burger, onion rings etc.
When I'm visiting a hospital patient or have a Saturday doctor's appointment in the Medical Plaza during the day, I look forward dining in their dining room. I usually don't get the pre-made hot items on the self-served bar.
The lady cook was so nice to make my fried saimin and sweet potato fries during the slow breakfast period. Actually I now realized the fried noodles was on breakfast order form too!!
You may need a tray to carry your food items to the cashiers. The napkins, utensil dispenser, straws are available on the the counter In the dining room.
The sweet potato fries was on the little thicker side and it was a little crispy on the outside. Great portion and great price! I enjoyed the made to order fried saimin with char siu (Pork) , green onions, eggs and kamaboko (fish cake) from the lunch items. People talked how good the fried chicken was but I usually come for the made to order fried saimin and fries. If I'm lucky, I love the cold ginger pasta salad! I don't know what days it's available!
They had some refrigerated sandwiches, drinks, other items from the $6/pound salad bar. If you come early, the items haven't been put out yet.
I missed the cold ginger chicken pasta salad but perhaps I have to buy the ginger sauce from the Chinese restaurant and make my own! Lol.
You may find more items available during the weekday. The weekend are usually not as busy and the dining room closes at 3pm on weekends and holidays. read more