I have to drive a little further out than I normally would, but this casual eatery is worth it…read more I've made it a point for myself to try something new each time I visit this establishment. Earlier this week, I ordered two of my personal favorite items. - Combo Plate w/Double Salmon Spicy Mayo - Beef Rib Plate w/1 scoop of rice and mac salad I highly recommend asking for a couple of samples of poké flavors you're curious about before ordering. I got to try CA Hawaiian and Spicy Garlic Salmon which were also fantastic. And you simply can't go wrong with their Shoyu. I'll have to try getting different flavors in my combo plate vs. doubling up next time. Salmon Spicy Mayo is creamy, with a perfect kick to it that makes this specific poké flavor ADDICTING. Truthfully, it's only spicy if you eat too fast. Beef rib plate was fantastic. The item pictured was only my 2nd time ordering this. Moving forward, it's hard not to order considering a) this has a nice smoky flavor b) the meat is so tender & succulent it falls off the bone with a little shake (portion matches the price point, which I deeply appreciate since other places will skimp out on beef). I think the only things I was bummed about was my scoop of mac salad was tiny and there wasn't much furikake on my rice. Not by any means, a major deal since I ultimately got money's worth in juicy beef ribs. Service was stellar. A polite young woman had 2 other customers in front of me with hefty orders, but I was still taken care of promptly. I was given an ETA of 10 mins since one of my plates was made to order, and happy to report my food's arrival was timely.

This is one of those poke establishments where they have pre mixed flavored poke. There's no…read moreobvious sign that there's a limit to how many you can sample but I samples about 3 flavors. I ended up with the two flavor combo with shoyu tuna and California Hawaiian. There's girl said it comes with just over half a pound of poke for both flavors. I'm not gonna lie. I kinda like poke and more better but this place is still good. I feel like they give you more poke and is about the same price or a little cheaper. The customer service was also friendly. The inside was clean. No complaints. I haven't tried the hot food here but I'll definitely come back to try it.

This is a 4.5 for taste alone, but because it was so unexpectedly good, bumped it to a 5. Plus I…read moreplaced a huge order for my friend's family and the staff handled it very well. This is in a little food court, but a high quality food court. There are so many great options here! Theres a parking lot, and plenty of seating inside and outside. It's a causal spot, nice and clean with plenty of options. You place your order at the counter (you can use the ipad to order, except if you want the Fak'ed up fries, those you need to order with an employee). The shrimp - I could eat these forever. Holy toledos these are so good. I got the karaage chicken with the cheehoo teri sauce. The sauce is soooooo bomb. The chicken is perfectly cooked. And the red noon is the perfect addition of acidity. The Mac salad was great, stick to your ribs kinda good Now I ordered several other plates for my friend, including the teriyaki chicken, and the fak'ed up fries with shrimp and karaage chicken. He said the fak'ed up fries were fire, so good, he didn't even know that's exactly what he wanted. I have to come back to try them - I didn't know they were a thing bc they're not on the menu. But after I placed my original order I saw a video of the fak'ed up fries on their board and they looked so good, I had to buy them for him. I also got him the crispy spam musubi and the POGua Fresca, and he loved those. I will definitely DEFINITELY be back here!

After not coming here for about a year, I decided to give Faka's another shot and I'm glad I did…read more The menu has definitely changed quite a bit since my last visit. There are a lot of new options and unfortunately no more chicken katsu. After my previous review, the owner actually reached out and offered to have me come back and try the food again, which I genuinely appreciated. I never took them up on the free food offer because I prefer to keep reviews honest, but the gesture still stood out to me. This time I ordered the 2-item combo with the honey sesame chicken karaage and kalua pork. The karaage was easily my favorite part of the meal. It was crispy, flavorful, and cooked perfectly. I asked for all the sauces on the side and the green sauce paired really well with it. The kalua pork was tender, but a little sweeter than I personally prefer for traditional kalua pork, so I'd probably try a different protein next time instead. I also grabbed a spam musubi, but the portions were so generous that I didn't even get around to eating it until I got home later. While I still miss the old chicken katsu, I get that menus evolve, and overall this visit was a much better experience than my previous one.

Wow! I N C R E D I…read moreB L E ! That's all that need to be said. Seriously, EVERYTHING I ate reminded me of my time in the islands. TRUST ME. You don't have to take that trip back there any longer. Just come here man!!! Daaaaaaaang, I drove 1 hour... And now back another hour... Just for this..... IT WAS VERY WELL WORTH THE DRIVE! I'll be back next week... Maybe this week. Lol!!!

I ordered a two-choice salmon poke bowl, while my husband went with the two-choice tuna bowl. We…read moreadded avocado and also shared a chicken combo plate with adobo and teriyaki chicken. The poke was decent, but the fish was chopped into pieces that were way too small. I really wanted to love this place since it came highly recommended by a friend, but the texture ended up feeling more like eating baby food because of how finely cut the poke was. I did appreciate that the poke and warm rice were served in separate containers, which helped keep everything fresh, though it did result in quite a bit of plastic waste. As for the chicken combo, we enjoyed the teriyaki, while the adobo was just okay. Overall, we're still on the look out for a great poke spot in the South Bay.

I've been coming here with my mom for years. It's one of our go-to spots to pick up some manapua…read more(bao buns) and sweet treats. One of my favorites is their baked char-siu manapua along with their sesame balls, har gau, and my husband loves their siu mai. The have various choices of Hawaiian and Chinese cuisine along with cakes, too. When you walk up, they have tables set up outside where you can pick up different lists from hot food, bakery items, deli items and pre-check off how many you want of each to make the ease of ordering smoother. When you walk in, you'll give your list to someone at the counter and you can always add any additional items. It's a small spot. People usually just pick up and go.

I am Chinese and my mom makes very good home cooked meals so my review may be a bit biased…read more My husband and I tried the HK Bento meals- the tofu and mushroom and the crispy pork and were a little bit underwhelmed. The broccoli was heavily drenched in butter, and the chow mein and entrées were a bit under-seasoned. The portions are very large and it's a pretty good deal. It might be better to just stick with a dim sum. We had the baked char siu bao (a bit sweet) and ham sui gok (probably the best thing we had).

Great tasting Poke! If you've ever been to Hawaii and had poke there, you'll know the difference…read morebetween good poke and bad. But this place taste exactly what you'd get in Hawaii! It's a small spot and hard to miss so make sure you slow down or else you'll miss the turn. Parking is in the back and it's a tight squeeze. I'll be coming back for sure!

Tried the Kamaaina plate and was surprised to see the amount of food!…read more The laulau and kalua pork was good. Just the Mac salad was too Mayo-ie and poke was a too salty for me. I still would come back and give it another shot since I see Mondays have a great poke special!

noah and lindsay and molly and marino was all sweethearts and so helpful it was the best customer…read moreservice i ever got very caring for their customers they was very kind and patient with me and my big family we had and very good bakery would come again 10/10 would recommend!!!

Love this place so much!!!!! Great Food, Great Service!!!…read moreOf course the Bakery is crazy Good

Came in for lunch and got the chicken katsu, I think you get nearly two chicken cutlets for…read moresomething like $16. Staff was very friendly and checked in on me twice to see if I needed anything (refills/sauce/napkins/etc.). Parking can be kind of tight during peak hours, but just be patient. Sometimes they have live music from Hawaiian cover bands - it's very relaxing and not so loud so you can still talk amongst company. The food, the people, the staff, and the ambiance all give you that island feel I don't know that you can get anywhere else in SoCal.

Great way to start Mother's Day weekend with a onolicious breakfast with my girls…read more I went with classic Spam, Rice & Eggs. My favorite. Aunty Maile's does all the classics with generous portions and delicious island flavors. The staff always has aloha and so accommodating with all requests. Great service. Never disappoints.

Tried 808 Local Hawaiian Grill in Carson and this spot definitely hits if you're craving Hawaiian…read moreplate lunch. First thing, portions are no joke. You're getting stacked plates with rice, mac salad, and your choice of meats, easily enough to share or save for later. The combo plates are the move if you want a bit of everything. The standout here is the chicken, chef also gave us free samples of poke. What a great treat.

I always pass by this spot and had to come by and try it…read more I ordered the pipi combo plate to go and it was great. When I opened the bag and saw the plate was being held closed with tape, I knew this was going to hit the spot. Both the beef ribs and short ribs were plenty, full of meat, and had a tasty char flavor. The service was friendly and quick, and it was great grab and go vibe, which was perfect for lunch before going back to work. Ask for the spicy teriyaki sauce

I have been to Hawaii. A friend of mine won a give away by stuffing a ballot box at a grocery…read morestore, and then he gave me the plus one ticket. Was it a trip gotten via ill ways? Back then I did not think of that. And now that I do, I say the breeze of Hawaii would help anyone understand that what he did was a youth Indiscretion, like going for a swim in the cloak of darkness while only wearing a lei. Going to Back Home in Lahaina was not a trip back to the Big Island, I won't say that, but it was a moment of joy inspired heavily by a Hawaiian decor that both bordered on the tragically kitsch and the whimsically fun depending on where you stood or sat. But the true treasure of this Hawaiian micro-isle is their fare-- no doubt about that. After the meal my friend Conrad and I went to the front of the house, where they have the to go section. This is where the kitsch became most circus-y. Although, I did not clip everyhing, I did clip a make your own lei kit, hawaiian stickers, and other things that make the place feel like a tourist trap for Hawaiian hopefuls. For me, the tawdry lessened the impact of the Aloha I heard from the dining room. In sharp contrast, the main dining room had this mural of a whale coming out of deep blue water with Hawaiian florals on the edge of the land that was more transportive to the land where coconuts fall from palm trees and hula skirts are a must for every closet. The main room dining room also had these string lights and sphere paper lamps that made me feel like I was eating at a night market where I could see the stars of a Hawaiian skiy but it was both day time, and there was a roof above me. The food was the situation that needs to be address though, with great respect and admiration because almost every bite was supremely good. My friend Conrad and I first shared a Lahaina Platter- basically their appetizer platter or to be Hawaiian their pupu platter, and please do not go for the easy joke it is not that funny and really kind of base and gross, if the wrong person is making it. The must of the spot, unsurprisingly, is their Lahaina fried chicken. The chicken was crispy, flavorful, and kind of like karage chicken but different with the spices and flavors and ocean fronts of Hawaii. I know I did not make sense but I gotta believe that Hawaiian culture made the dish great and Hawaiian culture is partly define by waterfront property. My favorite things from the dish were the Lumpia which are often described as Filipino eggrolls. The pork meat was flavorful, the paper wrapping was on point, like wonderfully thin yet still structurally strong, not crispy, more firm with crisp. The Cinderella story of the day was the spam musubi. The saltiness of the seaweed was present but not in an overblown way, the sweetness of their teriyaki sauce carried savory notes that uplifted the sweet notes, in a wonderful way, their sticky rice was textbook fluffy and fabulous. Overall, I would nitpick flaws. And for this review I do not feel like finding the wrong cracks on a whole coconut skin. My main dish was their bbq grilled chicken plate. I could not finish everything at the restaurant. I had cold left overs at home and they hit the spot in this way that really earned my respect, because cold left overs still holding strong that is like seeing a shooting star while you enoy Mai Tais in a white beach---- living the improbable dream. What was best out of the bunch was their Lahaina chicken. And again, even though the fried goodness had withdrawn, the flavor and textured that remained was still, in a way, intact and in some ways optimal. I just shivered admitting that. I was happy with the food overall, and want to communicate that it was a strong showing for a place that sits within a strip mall. Do not just a shore by the lack of its crashing wave sounds. I also love the name of this place. Like I went back to Lahaina, has personality. Like it is a name that drips from the tongue even though it is long. Pluis, saying multiple times in a conversation makes the place feel important. Conrad had some cheesecake with jello and he loved it. I did not try it, but it was unique and I did not think such a dessert existed. The crust was walnut, I would have thought it would be Macadamia. I definetetly love this place and want to back again soon!

Decided to have Hawaiian food and try a new place but maybe I should've stuck with soemthing…read morefamiliar? The friendly staff and the amazing interior was so welcoming alongside the well priced drinks with all different games on each TV made this place feel amazing. Once I started off with the spam musubi, I was surprised by how it was bland and un flavorful it was. Even though it had sauce on top it tasted like I just had rice with meat as it was lacking the seasoning. Our entrees arrived, which looked phenomenal, but was then again hit with blandness even though it was smothered in sauce. The burger was bland and the Mac salad tasted like mush. Maybe some changes to the sauce and adding more seasoning may help these amazing looking dishes as I wanted to enjoy them but sadly couldn't.

Good food, good portions, good price, good service. Parking lot busy. Recently renovated…read morebathrooms. I usually get the garlic chicken with bacon and sausage fried rice upgrade and it always hits the spot.

Came to Gardena bowl based off a friends recco and alI I can say is wow. Ordered the chicken katsu…read moreloco moco with bacon fried rice and it hitttt. This spot is a cute little diner inside of a bowling alley. The server was super nice, gave me extra sauce with my leftovers, and checked on me constantly to make sure I was good. I will def be coming back to try out the other items!! 10/10