TL;DR Excellent plate lunch offerings at a very reasonable price. ----- One Plus One is the ultimate no-frills spot. My theory is that they were once an L&L franchise but decided to branch off on their own. The menu is very similar to most L&L restaurants with some additional offerings, as well as a few Chinese dishes. I recommend placing a phone order about 10-15 minutes before your anticipated pickup. The food is prepared and served relatively quickly. My usual order is a combination plate. I almost always stick with the garlic basa. It's a basa fillet sauteed with garlic and served with a lemon slice. Delicious. And then I mix up the second option depending on how I feel. Very often it's chicken katsu; I love pairing the crunch of the katsu with the soft flakiness of the basa. I've also mixed and matched the BBQ chicken, garlic chicken, and fries basa. Everything I've ordered has been great, and the portions are huge! Each choice in the combo plate includes two pieces (e.g., two big pieces of garlic basa). So four pieces of protein total. One Plus One won't blow you away with innovation, but you will definitely be full and satisfied. read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Garlic Basa and Chicken Katsu Combination Plate - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Today being a Saturday, I didn't want to have the same sort of food which passes for a meal on a typical workday. Neither did I want to go to some high-end place which boasts quality food but is possibly accompanied by poor or indifferent service. I wanted somewhere close-by which wouldn't require me to invest time getting there. Considering how I was feeling and reacting to various options today, someone first suggested Rainbow Drive-In. A bit too far for a low-energy day, although it otherwise might have fit the bill. Next, One Plus One Drive Inn was mentioned as a closer option which featured Chinese food. I wasn't exactly looking for Chinese food today, mostly local options, but One Plus One otherwise worked, so rather than beginning to amass a list of options and finding flaws with each one, I just decided to try it. I had never been there before, but I've passed by many times and even popped in once while on my way to Down to Earth. Today, I went in and looked at the menu and the first thing which caught my eye was Roast Pork with Gravy. I ordered at one window, then sat down. A short while later, the other window opened and I heard "roast pork." I walked over to the other room with tables, then sat down to eat. It was nice and clean, with cool air circulating. The roast pork fit what I was looking for nicely. A generous, tasty portion of meat along with plenty of rice and a scoop of mac salad. And I didn't have to fuss with waitstaff, just eat then clean up after myself. I will go back again, perhaps to try their loco moco next. read more

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Ordered the chicken and mushroom fried rice and it was so tasty. The rice had great flavor and that perfect slightly crispy texture you want from good fried rice -- not mushy at all. The chicken was tender, the mushrooms added a nice savory depth, and everything was seasoned just right without being greasy or too salty. It's one of those simple dishes that's easy to get wrong, but they nailed it. Super satisfying, comforting, and I'd definitely order it again. read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Fried rice with chicken and mushroom - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Plates always massive. My go to is garlic pork chop with kimchi fried rice. Teri chicken fried rice or garlic eggplant. read more

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Update date on 3-15-26. Last time I posted was in 2024. I ordered the mushroom chicken. This time I told my husband let's go back since I was at longs drugs across the street and ordered Chinese chicken salad. Well with the picture I took says it all. I didn't realize that it was BBQ Chicken slices with the salad vegetables. I said wow who makes this kind of salad. Only thing was good was their salad dressing. Oh well I could find other places where the chicken salad is what I want to eat. read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Chinese chicken salad - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Update on One Plus One Drive I ordered their regular chicken Katsu plate it is massive. It comes with 2 layers of chicken thighs over 2 scoop rice and Mac salad . At least you can see the chicken compared to most places that sell Chicken Katsu read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Chicken Katsu - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I love this place! WE love this place! Great place to cater from for office lunches and parties. Pick up time always on time! Never disappoints! Thank you guys! Appreciate you! read more

This place has a lot of variety and Chinese food is one of them. We did the same thing we do every time we come here. Ordered the chicken katsu mini. Still awesome bargain and tasty. Yummy yum yum. The katsu is cooked perfectly and the mini only gives you one scoop of rice three layers of chicken and Mac salad. There's only four tables to dine in. We go here before the UH games. The place accors the street is delicious. It there more value at this place. I am always in search for good food at a reasonable price and small family own places is how we want to support. read more

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Aloha, One Plus One is the best to-go catering pans for family potlucks, sports get-togethers, or office luncheons. My favorites chicken salad, chicken katsu and yes many others. Enjoy! read more

Garlic chicken is only hint of garlic....won't order this again at $15.95...not for catering option either. I'll slowly taste test some options in the future. Too bland. Front cashier's...too stoic Ambiance is somewhat busy...a little noisy with loud conversations from 4 Chinese people alone....Lol! read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Garlic chicken plate $15.95 Garlic Chicken Garlic Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Hungry? This place will fill your stomach and some. 1+ one Drive-in offer is great local plate lunches and a very reasonable price. Their house noodles with barbecue chicken can feed four people! And the barbecue mix plate which consists of one hamburger steak, one piece, teriyaki meat, and a choice of beef stew or beef curry with two scoops of white rice and a macaroni salad will definite you put you to sleep for days. The food here is very consistent. The noodles are stirfried very well and you can get that wok taste . Whatever protein you choose they have a perfect balance of the protein and noodles. This place can get a little busy during lunch. I would suggest going off times like after 1 PM. read more

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Very good food and the serving was large. I had chicken katsu. Crispy outside, juicy inside. Can't wait to go back to try other dishes.

This places is solid! Super fast service and plenty food. The pricing was super reasonable too, especially for the amount they give you. And the food taste so good. We got the chicken katsu with beef curry and upgraded the rice to fried rice. Was ono! And the chow mein was super good too. Just the one plate is enough to feed my family. Two plates, feed you for days. read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Chicken Katsu with Beef Curry on the side and Fried Rice (left), Chow Mein (right) - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Great little neighborhood spot. I eat the same thing every time I come here. I just love the way they make their garlic chicken. There's no breading, just chicken and garlic. The recipe has evolved from before when you could see all the garlic pieces to now where you can't see it but you can still taste it Either way I just love it! I love eating it with rice. Not sure why but I need a lot of rice I ordered the mini, no salad, all rice My mom had their Teri beef saimin. To her they add a lot of Teri beef and it makes the broth even more yummy My mom also loves their fried rice and she also recommends their house noodles with Teri chicken They're really quick and they have a place set aside so you can enjoy your food there rather than just taking it home My mom and I give this place 4.5 stars Took .5 star off for their tiny parking lot Parking is limited, shares the lot with a liquor/convenience store. read more

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Christmas Day and I arrived early but needed to eat. Not sure what was open, and I tried Chinatown but parking was impossible, so I just headed to my bud's place on King. I saw that 1+1 was open and I wanted to try them, so why not. Small parking lot, but found a spot on the street. When I walked in... Me: Can I order something to go? She: We only have barbeque chicken or fried chicken...no combination plates Me: Barbecue chicken works! Mini please. The woman looked tired and probably annoyed with all the Christmas Day orders. Doesn't anyone cook anymore??? LOL! I was eating dinner around 5 pm, so I didn't need a big lunch. Food came out quickly and it was the perfect size. Two large pieces of chicken thighs, rice and mac salad. Just perfect to cure my hunger pains. Prices seem reasonable for the times. Would love to come back and try some of the other dishes. Mahalo One Plus One! read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Inside - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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My favorite place for a quick plate lunch. Will never not be hard to find parking but well worth walking to from the street, etc. Lots of indoor seating, unfortunate that they're not open more days of the week! read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Sorry no pics.. We had the garlic, tofu eggplant Noodles w/ bbq chix Beef curry Mom said the curry taste like "old school lunch wagon kine" Thank you read more

Food is good and price is reasonable Fried rice and the noodles is very good a must try place to eat read more

This plate is known for their affordable plate lunches with generous portions. The majority of their patrons are repeat customers from the community. The best thing about this place is their party menu. It's a good balance between price, quality, and generous portions. They have the staff to crank out tons of food, but be warned on Friday and Saturday nights a single order of plate lunch could take a while because large quantity of party platters have been pre-ordered. During Chinese New Year's, they offer one of the best Jai in town because of all the ingredients they put inside. See photo of all the ingredients she puts in her Jai. This is the owner's family recipe. read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Plate lunch is massive. The service is fast. The place to eat is clean. Food is delicious. My favorite is the chicken mushroom and the garlic ahi. It's our favorite go to place for dinner read more

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Been coming here for years! My go to is their fried chicken wings and loco moco combo! Yumm! Their Teri chicken fried rice is excellent too! Oh and their garlic chicken! Wayyyyy better than L& L for sure!! Love this place!!! Parking is kind of a doozy, only 4 stalls so you gotta get lucky! read more

went there 750 and the lady said I cannot order anymore waiting in the line for 10 minutes. This lady is not a good person to serve.

I haven't been here in years, but my workplace catered a lunch through them. They ordered huge trays of chow mein, Chinese chicken salad, mochiko chicken, chicken katsu, teriyaki beef, fried fish and eggplant tofu. Everything that I tried on my plate was fantastic. My favorites were the Chinese chicken salad and teriyaki beef. The salad greens were crisp and fresh. It paired nicely with the chicken, crispy wontons and the salad dressing. The teriyaki chicken had a great marinade and was tender. I hope they cater from here more often, lol. read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - my lunch plate - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

CODY stopped by for dinner CODY ordered the garlic pork chop plate lunch CODY food was ample and tasty CODY counter person was friendly and speedy CODY dining area was clean and organized CODY will return to order more food read more

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Their House Noodles were extremely good as well as their Chinese chicken salad. Lots if chicken-I used my own dressing from home. There was a lot of chicken in the noodles.the half order was good enough for at least 4-nites. And lots of chicken. In the salad and noodles. read more

I bought choy sum chicken plate and it was so tasty and they gave a lot and the price was only $15, so reasonable. Moreover, the service was very friendly. This place is a gem. read more

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I just love this place! They have so many items on their menu and most of them are good! The prices were so reasonable when i first started to come here and it is still reasonable even when they have to raise the prices over the years! They have good cooks and everything I've tried was pretty good. My go to items were the fishes from garlic basa, fry fish, garlic ahi and salmon. I started to like the pan fried garlic chicken and mochiko chicken. Wow, the mochiko chicken had a lot of taste! Really tasty. The chicken wings were pretty good too! My new go to favorite is the Teri chicken fried rice (thanks Daniel C for the tip) but I got it in place of rice and salad with the garlic chicken for $4.75 extra! So many big chicken pieces were in my fried rice and they were nice to make it without eggs for me! Great portion too! They have some chairs and table to dine in their air conditioned place or take out. Just not always easy to get a parking space here. They share the parking lot with the liquor store and it's across Kahai Kitchen. They have just about everything to satisfy your tummy! One of my favorite places to come for plate lunches! read more

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This is the perfect spot if you don't know what you're craving. There's so many different options for plate lunches and they also offer big trays for events and parties. The portions are HUGE and so affordable! I can't finish one plate by myself but it's perfect since I can share with someone else. Today we got different plates and just shared so we could try everything we were craving. I'd highly recommend going with two people if you're planning on doing take out since the parking lot is very limited. Have one person jump out while the other is waiting in the car. Parking stalls are extremely limited. Will be back to try their other plate lunches! read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Assorted plate lunches - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

On the east side of the island, this is about the best bang for your buck that I have seen. Just dont go here unarmed with some kind of weapon. A really unsafe location. read more

A foodie recommended One Plus One Drive Inn to me so I decided to give them a try. They are located on King St across of Kahai Street Kitchen (Coolidge St). There is a small lot that's shared with the liquor store but there is only 4, maybe 5 stalls. The lot was full when I arrived so I parked next to the dumpster. When you enter, you'll notice the order window, pick up window and the room to dine in with several tables. The restaurant is cozy with lots of natural light. It is a little warm inside so if you want to just pay and go then make a phone order. My foodie friend was raving about their fried rice and said the garlic chicken plate was legit. We ordered exactly what she raved about but with all rice on the garlic chicken plate since we don't eat mac salad. The fried rice we opted for was the teri chicken fried rice. It was moderately busy but the kitchen didn't take long to get our order out. The plates were hot and heavy when the order was ready. Everything was good and tasty. I was expecting their garlic chicken to have more of a garlic taste or actual garlic pieces but it was still good. Overall, a good restaurant with generous portions. read more

One Plus One Drive Inn - Garlic Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Large menu to satisfy everyone's cravings. Go to here is the hamburger steak plate with teri sauce instead of gravy. Hard to communicate with the person taking the order. A few tables to sit and eat. read more

The Jai was just Ok. It was not as flavorful as I have had in the past. They are efficient and orders are prepared quickly. The area is clean. Lots of customers picking up food. read more

So many good choices and prices! So many things to say about this place! Love the mochiko chicken, Oriental chicken salad, chicken katsu, teri chicken fried rice...the list goes on...highly recommend. read more

Generous portion for plate lunches, and tasty. I had their Orange Chicken which was very delicious and generous portion. Service is prompt.

First time here. I ordered the regular chicken cutlet. OMG the plate is so heavy. The chicken is very flavorful and tender on the inside , crisy coating. Definitely will be back. read more

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Ordered the chicken katsu plate for my grandson. He's 10 years old and he said this is the best chicken katsu he's ever eaten! I now order my grandson a chicken katsu plate once a week. read more

Decent quality, portions, consistency and pricing when compared to other similar establishments especially nowadays. Good customer service never had issues any real issues with them given the numerous times weve ordered with them only one or two minor mix ups but they always made up for it even though i told them not necessary! Good folks. read more

Not sure why my previous review got deleted, but this is where I go to get my chicken katsu and they give enough to share for 2. They also have good other food as well as I tried their cold ginger chicken, bbq chicken, spring rolls, fried rice, etc. Better than L&L and similar food. read more

One Plus One = Yummy!! This was a lazy not sure what I want didn't want to spend a lot but didn't want to drive too far but just a small simple meal to settle a slight hanger. Well it did all that but it sure wasn't simple and it sure wasn't small...this place is like a marriage of Chinese and local food put together plate lunch style. The menu here is quite massive so if you're indecisive like me which feeling picky didn't help at all, I did take much more than a moment to decide and that's where some pictures do help which they did have of the Garlic Eggplant Tofu...ooo! For mom it was easy as she loves Cold Ginger Chicken and when all plate lunches came in regular and mini making it a perfect size. Like I said it's like a Chinese food served plate lunch style all plates do include 2 scoops rice and 1 scoop of Mac salad and mini was one of each we didn't expect the Ginger Chicken to have it as well and mom was giggling with pleasure to see that lol! The rice was perfectly cooked and Mac Salad had great ratio of mayo and macaroni and carrots my Garlic Eggplant Tofu was cooked perfectly the seasoning and gravy spot on yummy! We finally found a place that hand grate ginger for the Cold Ginger Chicken that wasn't just loaded with green onion...sorry forgot a picture of that :-( and that mini was huge! I've been told about this place for quite some time and finally gotten a chance to give them a try...the only thing is parking...yup yup sharing with another tenant the four stalls are impossible as many do force park around you making getting out a challenge so be careful. I'll leave it to fate as One parking + One yummy meal will be equally worth the trip here! Thank you! read more

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Chicken was Tender, good brown rice just wish it I had ordered extra curry on the side. Was good food even had leftovers :) read more

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