This place is under new management and has definitely turned a corner. They used to close way too early and I'd arrive after work only to be met with a closed sign. Now they are open til 900 pm which is later than the other WaBa Grills I have been to. I can definitely say that the food quality has improved 210 %! They went from rubber, obviously super old meat, to now having fresh tender chicken and steak that tastes like it wasn't frozen and defrosted 20 times over like it did before the change. I am sooo relieved that this place is under new management, now I can frequent a great WaBa Grill that is nearby, rather than travel outside the city where the meat will hopefully be fresher. Thank you new owners! Please keep it up and don't start cutting corners like the last owners did. I can promise you that I'll be in several times a week if you keep this up! read more

I have recently started coming to this location. I keep coming back! The food is fresh, tasty and hot. The employees are kind, courteous, helpful, and professional. The entire store is sparkling clean, including the bathrooms. (Clean bathrooms are extremely important because this is a measure of the cleanliness and sanitation of the entire restaurant.) This location is open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week. Amazing! That means you can always get a healthy takeout meal. I recommend getting a bowl on the way to work to heat for lunch. Also, eating vegetables for breakfast is a "game changer" in terms of weight loss and/or weight maintenances. Start eating veggie bowls for breakfast. You will be happy you did! Another option is to get a regular bowl and put the protein (chicken, salmon, beef) on the side to eat later. Kevin was the cashier on duty tonight. He provided excellent service! Go Waba Grill! Yummy! read more

Came today 8/24/2020 at around 5:30-5:45pm and placed my order through the phone. Allison, the one taking my order, had amazing customer service. The conversation didn't feel rushed like other places I've ordered from and she actually made me feel good after a long day I had. Once I got inside to pick up my order, she was STILL very sweet with amazing customer service. I had to compliment her on it too. I always come to this location when I'm near my house since I live close by and this location never disappoints! The cook (didn't get his name) was very sweet too! Definitely coming back time and time again. Thanks Allison! read more

It has not been once or twice that I get my chicken bowl with undercooked chicken (still pink from the inside) from this location. Usually I'm not one to leave a review but when it's been multiple times, UNDERCOOKED CHICKEN is not okay for me and I'm sure for many others. read more

The first time I tried Waba Grill I thought it was delicious. The next few times, OK. Tonight, terrible. I ordered a salmon teriyaki bowl, with veggies and brown rice avocado. After waiting 18 minutes, I received the to-go order and took it home. I opened it right away. The veggies were barely lukewarm and pretty much undercooked. The salmon was overcooked and dry. Yuk. Won't be back to this location. read more

I'm a little bummed. I am a huge fan of Waba Grill. The food is always great, staff is friendly, and the place is typically clean. I started a new job so I was looking to find a local place to eat. I was excited to see Waba Grill not too far away. I ordered a chicken plate, no onions, with two sides of salad (skipped the fruit today) to go. When I arrived back at work I was really disappointed but didn't have time to go back. My chicken plate had onions and they did not include the salad dressing. Needless to say I'm still hungry. Maybe it's my fault for not checking my order before I left. Oh well! ***TIP*** CHECK YOUR ORDER BEFORE YOU LEAVE read more

This place is awesome!! Service: I got in and was greeted right away by the cashier. I asked if she could give me a chicken plate but with all vegetables instead of rice, and she said she could do that for me. Very accomodating staff as long as youre nice!! Food: The food was delicious don't get me wrong. I'm just a little disappointed about how much chicken I got when I got the plate for almost $10 (reason for the 4 stars. I would give a 4.9 if I could). Maybe it was a fluke. Facility: Well kept. Very clean and has a nice atmosphere. Would come back again! Maybe I should use the 10% off check in thing next time and not feel as disappointed. read more

Went here for the first time the other day Love the fact how they have shrimp & salmon options The food was superb I would give it a 5 star but the fact that they didn't have sriracha made me give it a 4 Waba grill start carrying sriracha ! read more

Great Taste and awesome yelp deal free drink with check-in I used to order from them using postmates delivery service but for some reason I am unable to now. Food is prepared quickly and with care, I usually get the chicken bowel with avocado, avocado is really fresh and not to ripe. Great drink selection and restaurant is very clean with restroom read more

Love this location come here every night after work to grab a waba plate usually they are pretty busy between 6 - 7 the cashier is the sweetest and most attentive her name is allison she even remembers my order would recommend food is delicious ! read more

I've been going to this location for the past year and a half, and I'm always greeted with a smile, and I receive amazing service with a sense of urgency. Lesley is one of the employees there who is always helpful and friendly. read more

During this time of COVID every restaurant should be safe and wear a mask especially the cooks and the people at the register, but when I walked in the lady at the register had NO mask on or gloves. I used to come here all the time and the food was great! Now I come in during COVID, the lady is not wearing gloves and when I got my food the broccoli and cabbage looked like it was shredded into little pieces. read more

This location needs to get it together with their delivery. Just had my food delivered for the 2nd time and both times they messed up. Let alone the complete lack of phone etiquette from their staff. Had to call me 3 times to ask for more info regarding my order. Don't waste your time on a delivery because it won't be correct. read more

Great food and great service. Plenty of healthy choices, and quality of food is good and consistent. And a special thank you to Zaira for friendly and excellent service! read more

It isn't the first time i come to this waba grill ! but i will continue to come it has a clean environment and a friendly staff ! I will continue to come especially if Zaira is at the register shes friendly and easy to get into a conversation with ! she also helped me out with the survey and got me my free dumplings ! Thank you Zaira ! read more

Quick and efficient service. Nice to come to right after work for a quick meal. Come in on Friday at 6 and only waited 5 minutes.

I love this place but this particular location just didn't have the same taste as some of the other ones I've been too. Steak and rice were not on point. Mind you I got here right when they opened so it should have been. Maybe I just came on a bad day. read more

Thank you so much for being helpful Kevin. Came in a little late and he took us in and did not rush us out. Great service and very clean location. Thank you once again! read more

My family and I have been getting food here every few days for almost a year while renovating a rental property nearby. Yesterday, my Mother in Law picked up food for all of us (several bowls and sides plus drinks) but when she got to the property, her side of chicken had been left out of the bags. She didn't want to make a fuss as it was already late and everyone was starving (knowing we'd all wait for her to return with her food or go get it for her to eat together) so she waited till today to go back and ask for the $4 side of chicken she didn't receive. I was shocked when she returned and said that they refused to replace the item they left out because she didn't have her receipt from the previous night to PROVE she paid for the FOUR DOLLAR side of chicken. Due to principal and poor customer service alone, we will not be returning to this location and will gladly spend the $50 or so it costs for us all to eat every few days elsewhere. read more

Went here cause people from work end up bring stuff back. Looks decent and maybe I hit it on an off day but when I went the rice was super dry, meat was dry was well. If your a bowl restaurant and you can't even make a decent bowl of rice the whole bowl is kinda of phukt.... http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/ read more

This is a really tidy and modern Waba Grill location. It's in a small strip among other healthy eateries and offers similar meals to those at Flame Broiler. I decided to take advantage of the fact that Waba has salmon on their menu which Flame Broiler does not. I got the salmon bowl with brown rice and veggies. It totaled to around $9 which really isn't that bad for the quality of the food. Make sure you don't make the mistake I did of not checking in before ordering so that you can take advantage of the 10% check in discount. The quality of the food was a notch above Flame Broiler's but it definitely wasn't as tasty and the portions aren't as generous. I finished my bowl and though it was pretty tasty I wasn't quite full and felt that the flavor was a bit lacking. The salmon was well cooked and moist and the veggies were fresh and crispy. If given the choice I'd still get a bowl of chicken, veggies and rice from Flame Broiler over Waba but it's not worth dismissing altogether. I'm sure I'll be back and will likely come when I'm not as hungry because as mentioned, the portions aren't very big. I will likely bring my own hot sauce as well as their's didn't really do the trick. read more

WaBa Grill - Salmon bowl - around 6 oz. salmon, brown rice, veggies - $9. - Fast Food Near Me - Orange, California

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don't be thrown off by the smell of this place when you walk in because it does not smell like food at all. it smells odd and unpleasant. like new paint, or cleaning products or something. i got the half and half veggie bowl. personally, i think waba portions are much smaller than flame broiler especially since the price was similar if not more than flame. bowl with brown rice and a soda came out to about 10 bucks. taste wise it also lacked. that isn't to say all waba's are as mediocre as this location because i love the one in huntington. it's located near the UCI medical center in a corner of a plaza. never would have known it was there if i hadn't been lost. probably wont go back unless i get lost again... read more

The service here honestly is not great this is my second time here in at 7 o'clock on a Saturday (normal is 9pm) I inside to go order food and everything was closing...but I was standing in front of the register for like a good minute before anyone approached me to tell me they were closing early today and didn't give an explanation as to why.... Except "we are closing early today" read more

the food was great! but the service is awful! EVERY TIME I call to place an order for my lunch, she always put me on hold!! and then she forgot about me!! I can hear her on the phone keep calling the next customer. I called 2 mnt, 5 mnt, 10 mnt... still busy!! yes!! she forgotten me!! I have a short lunch.. I don't have time to go there and waiting for my food. ugh!! bad service!!! read more

I used to come here a lot. I gave them one more shot and I am done. I bought a chicken bowl with veggies and rice. The chicken was over-cooked so it was dry and it had a char-aftertaste. Chicken is pretty easy to cook. If you can't cook chicken, there has to be a problem. On top of all of that the place used to be really clean, no more. It is messy. read more

They introduced me to avocado on my teriyaki and boy it was good! I didn't expect the flavors to work so well! The service was great at both locations and people were nice. Lots of good options with my food and the portions were just right. I'd come back here for a quick lunch anytime. read more

Came to this location multiple times with no problems but tonight I was in 45 minutes before closing and the girl working decided to have an attitude. When we first walk in she holds her finger up to shush us to make sure we wait for her to be off the phone...she then starts off by saying "because it's almost 30 minutes before close we are out of white rice is that going to be an issue?" I'm sorry??? You literally only sell meat and rice how are you going to be out or something with an hour left of service.. that makes sense?? The gentleman working with her tries to step in and help take our order but she shushes him and sends him away. Honestly it's just annoying because we purposely went an hour before closing because we don't like to be "those people" that we all have to deal with (myself being in the food industry as well) but she was just flat out rude and is a terrible representation of the company. read more

Gaby the employee in the front let me know that this Waba Grill location closes at 11pm on weekdays! I went in there like around 9:30ish thinking it was going to close soon but I was wrong. Got my Chicken BBQ ranch salad in like less the 5 minutes. Food was well-prepared and the store was very clean. Thank you to the employees. read more

Kevin B (the cashier) is a really nice guy and his service is excellent! Food was on point and always good

Poor customer service! 1st time here and was not offered onions/toppings. I was unaware it was self serve. They need to tell customers. Cashier was rude and just rushed my order in. read more

I like the srviced the store at Chapman in Orange, CA was clean. Kevin Brito was helpful and friendly

I come here a couple times a week for a healthy food option before my commute to work. The food is always pretty good but the best part is the employees there. The cashiers, usually Leslie when I'm there, are always so friendly and positive which makes it an easy decision to come back every week. read more

Zaira was very nice and there was good customer serves! It was also nice and clean. She came and she greeted me right away.

This place is always my go to during lunch time. Despite the long lines they always nail it with my order. Lesli always greets me with a smile and an awesome attitude. She's the reason I keep coming back. read more

Zaira made us feel welcome and happily took our order. She has amazing customer service skills and definitely has us coming back!

1st time eating here I usually go to flame broiler it was really really good I won't lie the only reason I won't give them 5 stars is because they charge for no rice and all vegies flame broiler does not do that to me and I think that's just stupid... I'll gladly go here again but because of this little extra charge that is just straight out DUMB I won't go out of my way to eat here read more

Zaira helped me out today she actually made me feel comfortable because I did make a large order with a lot of chicken hahah. Made me feel happy as a customer I'm forsure looking to come again and hopefully she helps me out or someone with her attitude:) read more

I live nearby in the apartment complex, and Zaira was very helpful. My food was great and I didn't have to wait long. Will definitely come back! read more

Great and fast service thanks to my man kevin! Definitely reccomend it I come about 1-2 times weekly

Never coming here again. The customer service was terrible. I ordered through the app, expecting curbside pickup and the girl working (Allison) claimed they no longer offer it and I had to go into the store to pick up. It wasn't a big deal until I went into the store and she gave me an obnoxious attitude and didn't even wait until I finished checking my food. I never walked out of the store and she went straight to the back to hang out what looked like friends (not employees). I had to wait 5 more mins for her to give me the extra condiments I had asked for. Upon returning at home, I ended up seeing that my food didn't include the extra toppings I paid for and she claimed she knew they put it in there. I asked her multiple times to get a refund and she claimed her manager Africa would send me a refund to my card, never received it. If you want better customer service... I would head to the one off of Chapman west of this location. read more