I usually don't have high expectations when it comes to chain restaurants. Most of the time, I'm just looking for a quick, affordable meal. They're generally cheaper than local restaurants, so I don't tend to be too picky. But today, I experienced one of the best customer service moments I've ever had! I placed my order online but got caught up with something and ended up arriving an hour late to pick it up. When I got there, the cashier noticed that my order had been sitting for an hour and kindly asked if I'd like them to remake it or heat it up for me. Wow! I was genuinely surprised by such a thoughtful gesture, especially at a chain restaurant where I would never expect that level of care. It's such a simple thing, but it really made my day! As for the location, there are quite a few offices nearby, so lunchtime can get busy. Although the parking lot has plenty of spaces, finding one close to the restaurant during the lunch rush can be a challenge. Inside, there are probably around eight tables, which seems sufficient since most customers are office workers grabbing a quick bite before heading back to work. The ambiance is pretty typical for a casual chain restaurant--nothing fancy, but clean, simple, and practical. One thing worth mentioning: based on my previous visits, ordering in person usually means waiting at least 10-15 minutes. That's why I often end up going to a nearby fast-food place instead, or simply ordering online ahead of time. Overall, the food may be what you'd expect from a chain restaurant, but the customer service today was anything but ordinary. It's rare to experience such genuine thoughtfulness, and I truly appreciated it. Sometimes, it's the little things that leave the biggest impression! read more

I don't think I've been ever been to Ono, but I was at an LAFC game the night before and because they won, they were doing a promo for 6.99 lunch plate. I believe when they say lunch you can order this plate all day. And to use the promo, you will need to order online and use the promo code. The ordering took awhile for me because the sign in process took forever (not the restaurants fault) but once I ordered they gave me a time, so I showed up around the time. I think all of SGV had the same idea because there were sooo many people ordering and picking up. The problem I had with the restaurant is that they were way understaffed for this promo day, so if you're not there when your order is called, then they won't call it again. So, you kind of have to flag down the employee (who is also trying to a million other things) and it's hard. I got lucky cuz I had 2 seperate orders and right when I came in they called one of my order and I waited about a minutes for my other order. I would definitely suggest getting there a little earlier to make sure you hear your name called. Aside from the ordering and picking up experience, for a promo lunch plate, it was pretty good deal. I got the Hawaiian plate and they gave me tons of chicken and side. Chicken also was pretty juicy for a fast food place. I definitely will be back to Ono. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Hawaiian BBQ Chicken - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

The cook need to learn how to cook. All burnt and expect us to eat this and get cancer. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

Food was delicious! Made to order and super fresh. The chicken katsu held its crispiness on the way home which I was impressed about. Disappointed that they forgot the katsu sauce though cause that's what is needed to complete the meal! Service could have been better. The cashier wasn't rude but wasn't friendly either. You can tell she was impatient about my ordering (and I wasn't even slow) and her tone wasn't nice either. Pros: -food was delicious -generous amount of protein per plate Cons: -busy parking lot -slightly rude service -one scoop of Mac salad was little -two scoops of rice were little too! -wish there were more broccoli in the vegetables portion In conclusion, I will stick to the temple city location because I've always had awesome and friendly service there! read more

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When I went in to place my order, there were only a few people waiting there.Then almost 30mins still waiting ，Waste my time ，Unfriendly toward Asians.The waiter's expression was impatient and his words showed discrimination.If this is a place that sells tacos even no english is fine. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - waste my time - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

This is by far the worst location. The employees were like they don't want to work there. Every time when you speak to them, they're not even paying attention. It's like their mind was in La La Land or something. The quality is not as good as the ones in Downey and East LA. Sometimes they give you more; sometimes they give you less. In addition, they're so dirty. Every time when you open the plastic bag, there would be sauce all over. Avoid this location. read more

I'm really disappointed with my experience here. According to my receipt, the employee who helped me was Daniela. From the start, she had a very unfriendly attitude and made me feel like I was inconveniencing her by ordering. She had an angry expression and was not welcoming at all. After placing my order, I went next door to grab food for my child and came back 20 minutes later to check if it was ready. When I asked if they had called my number yet, another employee reacted as if it were unreasonable for me to even ask, even though it had already been a while. Then, when it was time for my number to be called, she stood there repeating my number over and over, knowing it was mine and clearly just being rude. In total, I waited 30 minutes, which feels excessive for fast food. The restaurant was completely packed, and we had to wait 30 minutes just to get a table. Seeing how busy it was, I assumed the food would be worth the wait. Unfortunately, it wasn't. The chicken was extremely salty and basically inedible. I could only manage a few bites. We ended up leaving still hungry and very unhappy. Overall, this visit was a complete letdown. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Tha mac salad was good but that's all I could eat - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

Easy phone order, was ready as promised when I picked it up, flavor was great Definitely will order from them again read more

Ono always delivers with big serving of plate full of meat and rice. Chicken combo plate is always our go to. The hubby likes the bbq chicken and I like the chicken katsu. It's $13 per plate now Mac salad is solid as always. Really big cup of soda. No shame in sharing 1. Musubi's come in 2's and you can choose spam, beef, or chicken. Ratio of beef and rice is not too bad, but it is a lot of rice. You can probably get full from 2. Staffs are friendly and place looks nice and bright inside now. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Chicken combo plate - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

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09/11/25 @ 11:53AM. ** Staff Recognition of Genesis ** Placed my team's order online. Arrived at 11:53AM for pick up. This place is so very busy and short staff. Folks had various inch orders, staff orders and Ono was definitely backed up. This young lady provided a cool calm demeanor exemplified TRUE Customer Service. She absolutely deserves a highlight, recognition and a raise !!!! If not for GENESIS and her customer service, who knows if my team and I would order from here again. She handled the hustle & bustle of the front counter by herself. She acknowledged every customer and provided exemplary service. Service you don't receive from school district staff, hospital staff, retailers.... Great Job Younglady !!! read more

If you order delivery they don't give you any sauces for your food. They don't give an option to put notes on the order so they don't forget the sauces. Bad experience read more

The food is good. You can not go wrong with a chicken katsu. The service is fine. The staff know what they are doing. Hawaiian decor but i would not say it is Hawaiian vibes. Parking is easy with a big lot. Overall: Will return for some Hawaiian food when in the area read more

After a long day at the snow we like to come here to eat. It's quick and delicious. I ordered fish. It was fresh and warm. They gave additional salad dressing so we can add and it was usually needed. I used to add katsu sauce to the salad when there used to be not enough dressing. Employees were friendly. My dad and I sat at the tables and devoured our food. It hits the spot. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Fish plate - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

Service is pretty slow here. I like to place my order in advance via phone. The food is always consistent and good. The portions are decent and the employees are competent. The restaurant is clean and welcoming. read more

What's up: Grabbing food for dinner and it had been a while since we've had food from Ono. I'm craving some of their macaroni salad! Parking: Located in the Rosemead Place Shopping Center, parking can be difficult in that little corner where the Ono is located. If you're lucky, you might be able to snag a spot. If not, there's always more parking elsewhere if you don't mind a bit of walking. I usually park closer to the side with Cold Stone and Rose City Pizza and walk over...less parking frustration! Environment: Walking in, you'll see the order counter straight ahead. They have a few tables indoors where you can eat. Since we placed our order online, we went to the area marked with "Online and Prepaid Orders". After a short wait, I picked up my order and was off. What was ordered: - Hawaiian BBQ Chicken (yummy chicken and macaroni salad. Drizzle that teriyaki sauce for more yum) Yay/Nay/Meh: Yay. The food at Ono was as good as I remembered. That macaroni salad gets me every time. Pick up was easy and I was out in no time. Credit cards are accepted. read more

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Bought 3 meals to go. Two bbq chicken and one bbq beef. There were only two pieces of small chicken n little vegetables included in both chicken meals. Bbq beef meal had very small and dried pieces of beef and very little vegetables. If they didn't have enough ingredients to serve a full and decent portions they should have notified the customer. I would have went somewhere else. I came in around 8:40 pm on Tuesday night. Very disappointed with this place. Felt ripped off! If possible I would give this place ZERO stars. read more

Walked in to pick up my online order. Stood by the Online pickup counter, no one greeted me. Workers talked amongst themselves, chit chatting. I saw multiple orders in bags sitting there. I asked if my order was ready and sure enough it had just been sitting there while I waited. I said thank you, worker didn't even respond. Seems they hate their jobs. Don't care for customers. read more

I came to try the new island spice fish plate. Let me tell you, it's such a great deal. I was hesitant to get it because I don't like the salad that's included,and it doesn't come with the Macaroni salad. But, for $7. This was a great deal! I got 2 huge pieces of fish and just enough rice to almost fill me up. lol The fish had a nice seasoning to it also. I'm definitely gonna get this again before it's gone. read more

Ono's is so nostalgic to me because I use to get it after my collegiate games. I always get the pick two because I like the salad just a bit more than I do of the mac salad (unpopular opinion). Also no sauce on my salad! They packed my bowl and I was not able to finish all at once. Ate it the day after and it was still very good! The katsu was so crispy and I wish I ate more of that the first day of eating it so it stayed crispy. The location was very clean and food came out very fast. I will be coming back to Onos soon! Stop by this location! read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Pick Two: Chicken Katsu and Chicken Teriyaki - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

I was craving Macaroni Salad and Spam Musubi. The portions here also huge! I finished the Macaroni Salad first. Afterwards, I ate the Spam Musubi the next day. The Macaroni Salad was decent. Good amount of pasta. However, the sauce mixed with it tasted weird. A bit too tangy. I would not get this again. Spam Musubi: Two of those were hella hefty! The rice was good and thick. The Spam was also tasty. Eating this made me missed my Mom. Service was delivered via Uber Eats with plenty of napkins. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Macaroni Salad and Spam Musubi. My first non- hospital meal, yay! Portions for both items are large and delicious. - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

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I paid for 2 scoops of Mac salad and what I got looks like half a scoop. This place skims all the time. Prefer to go to the one off the 60 where Costco is at in Monterey Park. Now i remember why I don't come to this one smh. read more

I've always enjoyed onos and this place is no different. Picked up an online order at 7:30 and had no issues. They pack tons of sauce for you for pickup which is also nice. I tried out the bbq beef musubi for the first time and would say it's worth a try, personally feel like it's better than the spam musubi. For the mains I got the melemele curry chicken and it tasted like it had some Indian spices. Overall pretty good but don't know if I'd go to onos for that. The second main I had was the kalbi short ribs and they were fire as always. Overall a pretty good experience! read more

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Ono is one of my favorite go-to meals when I want some etching satisfying and most importantly, to get me full! I've never dined at the Rosemead location yet but thanks to the Yelp Elite event I was glad it introduced me to this branch. Ashley was so helpful and such a sweetheart when coming to take my order. Although I've had Ono before, I felt like trying something new and letting Ashely choose for me. She was able to answer all my questions, give me suggestions, and allowed me to alter some of the order to encompass everything I wanted. Thank you! I was lucky to get in right before the dinner rush to order but never felt rushed. The service was quick, my order being ready in about 5 minutes. The food was hot and fresh and smelled amazing. I always love their BBQ Chicken and Beef. Tender chicken made with thigh so you know it's gonna be good. Galbi sometimes is hit or miss but I just wanted to try it, bit oily in general. Veggies under are always just good to cut through the meat but THE MAC SALAD. I usually order extra but it's always a staple when it comes to Ono orders. My partner said the katsu was really crispy and had a good amount of meat. Biggest advice is to NOT LEAVE WITHOUT SAUCE. If anything ask for extra if you like sipping like me. Shoutout to Ashely to remind me before I left. Spam Musubi is ok, I wish it had more sauce or egg but tbh it's what you get and is still a good side. Otherwise, I will always order from this location now because everything was super solid. Tysm Ono Rosemead! tip: parking is kinda hard so be patient read more

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Ok tried it one last time, now it feels understaffed or the workers just are overwhelmed. Better locations to explore thats for sure.

Background On Review: Over many long moons, I decided it was finally time to write a review. Credit Cards: They're accepted Restroom: They do have restrooms, but they're not accessible during this time due to the coronavirus. Location/Parking: Located between Subway and Panda Express. Parking can be a bit stressful depending on the time of day you go. Due to the stay at home order, parking can be had with less stress. Ambiance/Decor: Nice ambiance with modern furnishings. There is a 10 person limit at the shop now. Also, there is plexi glass that protects the staffer behind the register Service: Staffers are nice, friendly, and attentive. Food comes out at a decent time also. Just make a mental note that it's only delivery or take out only. Food: The usual suspects are the lemon pepper chicken, chicken katsu, chicken breast, bbq chicken, and the spam masubi. The mac salad is out of this world amazing. Depending how much of a fatty I want to be, I either double or triple up on the mac salad and forgo the the usual sides of rice and vegetables that is included with their meals. read more

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This location is usually good I prefer this location and come here often because I know the food is excellent but sad to say not today. I got a to go order of the BBQ chicken and it was burned and tasted charred I don't want it to seem like I'm attacking them but this is the second time and I want them to take notice that this happened with the same cook. But overall I hope they do something so it doesn't happen again because I was so expected to eat and instead had to throw it away. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Hawaiian BBQ Chicken - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

Ordered the bbq mixed and all I got is bbq chicken. Had to paid more for less. Not going to call and make a big deal. I just feel so bad :((. I really wanted the mixed bbq, I wanted beef. Pregnant 5 months and I'm literally crying right now. Should have check before left with the order :(((((( read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Receipt - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

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I'm no expert when it comes to Hawaiian food, but I will say this place is not bad! I came here with my mom the other day to have a light snack before taking on some of other tasks for the day, so we decided to make a pitstop here. We ordered two spam musubis and two scoops of macaroni salad along with a small soda. Our total ended up costing us about $11. A little pricier for a smaller side items, but definitely worth the price, especially for the macaroni salad! The macaroni salad is very creamy! I easily could've ate five scoops, but the guilt would've been real! The musubis are pretty good, but I wish the Spam:rice ratio was better. It was more like 75% rice and 25% spam. Hook me up with that Spam, Ono! read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Interior - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

In case my kids or I get some type of sickness I'm documenting this.... See uncooked chicken we all already ate. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Uncooked chicken. In case my kids or I get sick for eating uncooked chicken I'm documenting this... - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

Deceptive advertising. Where is my house dressing? A drip, compare my salad to the picture perfect advertising photo. If not deceptive then must be bait and switch. And if you were to ask for more dressing they will charge you $0.50. Every time not just once. Salad - dressing = veggie. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Salad - dressing =veggie. Pay for salad get veggie. - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

Ordered a plate with kalua and bbq chicken, got home and only saw a plate of rice. It wasnt busy either so one of the 3 cooks in the back dropped the ball. I might have understood if it had only one protein missing but both missing is inexcusable. I love Onos in Monterey Park, the one next to the Costco with the drive thru. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - This is what i received when i got home. Missing the kalua pork and bbq chicken. - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

From time to time, I'll get food here. The service is decent and the food is good. I mainly come here because their portions are great. Pictured is their BBQ mix with rice and macaroni salad. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

I truly love the spice of melemele curry chicken and would not mind getting it again with all the other stuff I got like Kalbi Short Ribs & Hawaiian BBQ Beef Musubi. Everything was so good! I love Ono's! So efficient to just pick up and go/eat after ordering online. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Melemele Curry Chicken - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

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Good food, when I need that quick fix for some decent Hawaiian cooking this place will give me some of that island feeling don't get me wrong nothing beats home cooking but it will get me there till I get back to paradise read more

I have to give a shout out to the two latino cooks! We have some tough times right now and many people are using any excuse to not develop a work ethic. Today, the two cooks were hustling to get many orders done! Talk about multi tasking! I was waiting extra time for my island fire chicken, and these two would not stop. My food came and it taste awesome and fresh! Great hardworking cooks, give you great food! Completely makes up for waiting a little extra! Support businesses with hard working folks! read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Island Fire Chicken Mini Meal! Yummmmm - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

COVID SAFETY: Everyone was wearing a mask. Social distancing guidelines were followed. CUSTOMER SERVICE: I was very disappointed with the service here. First, my friend had asked the cashier before ordering if she can order the aloha plate and substitute the salad with macaroni instead. The cashier said yes so she ordered and paid. As we were waiting for our food, the cashier called her back and said she couldn't substitute it so my friend ended up ordering the extra side which if she was told that they couldn't substitute it to begin with, she could've just ordered the add-on side but instead, had to pay the full price of the side. Secondly, I ordered an aloha plate with chicken katsu and island white fish but I was only given the chicken katsu. I didn't open my food until I got home and was disappointed that they did not get my order correct. Overall: I will not be coming back here. Poor service. read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

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I really injoy ono and I come this location all the time cause it's close my job but this is the THIRD time they messed up on my order I said no VEGGIES more rice and they gave me veggies and NO rice iam tired of this the LOOOSERS that work here need to get it right read more

I love hawaiian food! This place does not disappoint. I always get the bbq mix and asked for no rice, all macroni and it just hits the spot. It is quite expensive so plan on bringing a 20 with you. read more

Waited over 30 minutes and kept asking for my order and they said its not ready after asking a 3rd time come to find out they never started on my order and I had to wait even longer. Didn't offer any compensation for waiting just overall bad service. They didn't even apologize for making me wait over 45 minutes. They just kept starring at me like I made the mistake. Terrible service. read more

It's been awhile since I had Hawaiian BBQ so I came here for lunch. My cousin that brought me here suggested the Ono Hawaiian BBQ Mix which consists of BBQ Chicken, BBQ Beef, and Kailbi Short Ribs. Served with rice and Macaroni Salad the meal is a meat lover's afternoon delight. Even with the available sauces I've felt that they were unnecessary because the meats were so flavorful already. The short ribs were nice and tender from the fat and sweet savory BBQ sauce - like eating meat candy. The chicken was great too with its tangy smokey flavor. The beef was also enjoyable but was eclipsed by the short ribs. Being a glutton I also had a Spam Musubi which is fried Spam with Japanese rice wrapped in Seaweed. Quite good. All and all it was quite enjoyable with the great efficient service. Definitely be coming back! read more

Ono Hawaiian BBQ - Spam Musubi! - Hawaiian Near Me - Rosemead, California

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