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Mochiko Hawaiian

4.0 (116 reviews)

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Nozomi T.

I was in that area, driving from one point to another. I wanted to pick up something really quick on the way. I decided to order Spam Musubi (rice and spam), a Byte (mini fried chicken), and tapioca tea! My girl went into the store and had the food ready within 3 minutes, which is really awesome as we were in a hurry. However, we were really disappointed by what was inside that bag, as none of them were as good as we expected. 1) Spam Musubi's rice was lost in texture itself. It tasted like old rice. Yet spam was well not bad. We ate all of them. 2) bytes( mini fried chicken) they were overcooked. I attach the picture of it. So hard to chew and meat was nothing there. And I requested mayo but it was not there. But spicy sauce was with them instead in the box. The kids were complaining it was too spicy for mayo. 3) boba tea, I ordered with boba with extra fee. But it was not there just milk tea with brown suger. Later my girl who went to there to pick up, told me the server continued to speak to her even though my girl told to write down as she was deaf. Can't lipreading. Quite disappointed with the service and food.

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Stephen H.

Staff was amazing. Very friendly, helped us with our order (it's a large menu and we are an indecisive party) and gave us a couple extras. Food is delicious and portions are very large. Prices are quite reasonable.

Portuguese Sausage Plate
Yueh Qi C.

Mochiko Hawaiian is my favorite take out spot! I always get their mochiko chix plate, I've tried other chicken plate before and I think this one is still the best (as evident from me indulging in it before taking a good photo). It's best eaten immediately while it's crispy and warm! Their serving size is really good as well. Would highly recommend.

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Food is soooo good! People were nice and helped us with our order. Such cool art and nice ambiance. We were even given some free sides and extra pieces of chicken! The chicken was crispy, delicious and had a nice tang to it. Bathrooms were literally the nicest I've seen, and I've been to some really nice places. The people who rated this less than four stars are simply wrong and need to relax. The food was on point. The Tetris tots were really cool. They tasted like fried perfection. The staff were so sweet and we had a nice little chat with them.

Mochiko Chix Plate
John H.

I was so excited to finally have Hawaiian food but Mochiko was a mixed bag for me. I ordered the Mochiko Chix and had it delivered. The chicken was a bit dry and the macaroni was under seasoned. That said I bet it tastes much better eaten right after it is prepared bs delivery so I'll give them another shot.

Mochiko Chix Plate
Rachel S.

Overall rating: 4.5/5 I was in the area and decided to try this with some friends! We ordered the mochiko chix plate, mochiko chix sandwich, the kahlua pork plate, soy chicken plate, and moco loco. The fried chicken (mochiko chix) dishes were the best of the bunch, whereas the moco loco sauce wasn't entirely authentic but still good. The boba quality was also okay, but not the same as a dedicated boba store like you'll find in the area. Service was super fast and the food came out in less than 5 minutes, there was parking nearby, prices were decent, and there was sufficient seating inside at the counter or outside at the tables. The 8-bit game vibe was also really cool! Overall pretty decent Hawaiian food and highly filling portion sizes for the price--would come back again!

Funky!
David K.

Nice people, good service, interesting space, Decent bathroom. Definitely a place for young people to eat, with things like chicken and ground beef, but there is salad and tofu for grown-ups. Everything is a little bit over sauced, with a lot of sugar and oil. I guess it's appropriate if you are eating animal, but it's a bit much for me.

mac salad, tots, spam musubi, miso garlic chicken sandwich

You know it's bad when your friend asks what was worst and you can't pick. The only thing that was fine was the staff-they were sweet! First I had the spam musubi. First thought was "the spam-rice ratio is. new. it's tall?" and last thought was "tastes like burned spam" Next I got the garlic soy chicken sandwich. It was very salty but somehow the least egregious of the things I ordered. It was mediocre all around. Then were the tetris tots. They were pure grease and tasted like nothing but oil. This is when my body began to feel weighed down by the grease. I tried the gochujang mayo but it was rly bland and granted me no solace from the tots. Second to last was the mac salad. Just like the tots, it tasted like they bought a bunch of cheap, bulk Food™ from the supermarket and upsold it. It was bland too! I don't even have words to describe how nothing it was. Finally, I tried the $9 taro milkshake. I wouldn't have paid a dollar for it if I had known what it would taste like. It was liquidy nothing with a hint of taro. I tried to drink it but couldn't make it past a couple tired sips. I went in with no expectations and, in fact, was somewhat excited. I'm glad I was hungry because I don't know how else to justify the $45 I just flushed down the toilet.

Loco Moco Plate
Shaun L.

I miss Hawaii, besides the beautiful weather and beaches, I also miss the food. Growing up in an asian household, some of the local Hawaiian flavors are very familiar and bring me back to some of my fond memories of my childhood with my grandparents. Although they never made loco moco's they made something very similar so I was excited to see I could get one here! This is more of a takeout spot but they have a couple of picnic tables outside if you want to dine there. The menu has a number of popular local Hawaiian dishes like mochiko chicken, garlic shrimp, spam masubi and Kapalua pork. I had my eyes on the loco moco. Ground beef patty with a mushroom gravy over rice topped with an egg. The ground beef patty tasted like a frozen patty because the meat was more gooey like it was stuck together and my dish didn't have enough gravy. The rice needs to get smothered in gravy, so every bite is bursting with flavor. The egg was cooked perfectly but was topped with lots of furikake (a Japanese mixture of seasonings, seaweed and sesame seeds). I would've preferred the furikake on the rice because the egg over powers any flavor from the furikake. Overall the dish was ok hence the rating.

Portuguese Sausage Plate
Norm C.

Tl;dr, good food, friendly and allergy friendly. Gold star! Stopped by late night just before closing on a week night. We've been here a few times and as others have mentioned, the chicken is a must get. Went with the spicy hot chicken and oh my gosh, I should have gone with the regular non spicy. I could not handle the heat but it tasted so good that I continued on eating it anyways. We had a snafu with one of our allergy friendly orders but they were super supportive and remade our order despite closing time. They were friendly and didn't hold it over us for keeping them late. I didn't catch their names but I will if I see them next time.

Spam Musubi
Miranda G.

I'll start off with the positives. The fried chicken is solid. The batter they use to coat it is nice and fluffy and doesn't take away from the amount of chicken, which is a nice change compared to other fried chicken places where it's typical that there is more batter than chicken. The sauces they use for their chicken is also very unique and tasty. I'm giving fewer stars because of the cleanliness of the store. We ate in the store and there are only about 5 chairs to eat at. When we sat down, the counters and floor were quite sticky. I thought the spam musubi was just okay and the thai tea was too creamy and had a strong coffee taste. I also was quite sick (food poisoning) the following day, which may have been from the food here.

Matcha Boba
Suha L.

Was excited to try this place as it advertises as a Hawaiian Chicken spot. Unfortunately was very disappointing and cannot confidently say it was authentic. Food: I got the Classic Mochiko Chicken Sandwich. The sandwich itself was huge, and the chicken itself was a little dry and the breading was too sweet for me. The breading was also too grainy/powdery and was too tight on the chicken and I could tell they over-fried it 6/10. We also got the Tator tots. These were just straight up way too greasy and almost tasted like they fried frozen tater tots 5/10. The matcha boba was decent and not too sweet 7/10. Ambiance: They have unique game-center vibes. Definitely a good spot for high school/younger people to hang out 7.5/10. Price: $10 for the enormous chicken sandwich so the prices are definitely good. It would've been even better if the chicken was fried well 8/10.

Mochiko Chix plate.
Michael D.

We ordered take out from Mochiko tonight. I got the Mochiko Chix plate and my date had the Kalua Pig plate. I snuck in a spam and rice Musubi, which was well worth it. Everything tastes great. We can't wait to try it again.

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