Aloha Sushi

Aloha Sushi is a Korean run sushi joint, so all the dishes skew to that side of the Asian food spectrum. You’ll see typical Korean garnishes, veges, noodles, and sauces. Which isn’t a bad thing if you enjoy Korean fare… but admittedly, like Chinese food it’s not something I could eat daily.
They do have a variety of pre-​made sushi maki rolls, nigiri sets, all interesting but some in that typically overdone modern local twist, i.e. adding chili oil to everything! Even spicy ahi! But again, fairly tasty depending on your appetite.
They also have a ton of bentos with katsu, pork, tofu, teri beef, gyoza, etc and even have katsu and oyako donburi bowls to boot. Point is that they have something, anything for your level of appetite. But more importantly, I can get a very decent bento right downstairs in the building I work in, Topa… so on rainy days, lazy days, or busy as hell days… I’m fed.
The biggest plus is that the shop is run by two lovely and super friendly Korean women. They know all their customers and always give prompt and courteous service… check them out!

I would come here sometimes but not my first pick for lunch. Definitely not my first pick for sushi. I haven’t had a terrible experience yet.

Not sure exactly how to describe this food tasting experience. All I can say is that something here is just. not. right. YIKES :(
This place is in the bldg on Alakea Street across Fisher Hawaii Downtown. In the middle of the bldg there’s a walkway into the park area. When just inside, turn right and walk toward the mountain. It’s a few stores up on the right-​hand side.
Location out of the way…
I’m not sure what it is and I can’t put my finger on it but the food here just does not taste right.
I wonder if it’s just the water? Perhaps they need a filter on their tap water?! Idk!
Whatever it is…
The fresh fish doesn’t taste fresh for some odd reason even tho it looks great. Could it be the rice?!
And so…
The poke almost tastes right
The sushi rice is not flavored right
Even the plain rice does not taste right
The miso soup is does not taste right
The daikon is kinda crunchy but too salty and does not taste right
The sea salad is tasty but there’s something not right
The tempura is fried straight as a needle but is kinda too thin with hardly anything inside the tempura batter
The food looks terrific! Somehow the taste is not right and I have no idea why or what’s that funny taste but I do hope they get this problem fixed! Geez!
…Maybe it’s just the water?! :(

I usually get their bibimbop for lunch. It’s rice (not crunchy rice, so it’s more of a donburi) topped with 5 choices of korean sides and you can pick a meat. I typically get spicy ahi on it. The spicy ahi has a korean flavor twist to it. Just a note, the fish is cut up into very small pieces and is a bit sparse. I like this meal because it’s light and I get lots of veggies with it.

Came here looking to try out the other sushi places in the area. Got the salmon skin plate with rice and salad and miso soup. It was just okay. The rice seemed old or over cooked. It was difficult to eat with chopsticks. And the salmon skin was super salty. Probably won’t be coming here again

This place is super overpriced, so I only come here when I’m lazy and want some sushi roll. Today is Election’s Day, so Sushi Kahuna was closed and Ahi Lovers was really busy. Didn’t feel like walking around to other places, so I ended up here. I paid $ 10.45 for 4 pieces of tempura roll with spicy ahi on top ($ 5.99) and for 6 pieces of gyoza ($ 3.99). Far too overpriced, even given the location — I’m fairly certain this place is more expensive than Shirokiya, which has high prices because of the very pricey rent. Also, I get the distinct feeling that the Korean lady is just making up prices as she goes along, with respect to the foods already prepared and packaged. To add insult to injury, the food is mediocre too.
Because its location is right next to my office and because I somehow keep forgetting how overpriced it is, I end up here maybe once or twice a year. Must remember not to go here in the future!

My office was having a small potluck lunch one day and, of course, I forgot! Scrambling to figure out what to bring, my co-​worker and I settled on a sushi platter from Aloha Sushi in Bishop Square. I called around 7:30 and had no problem ordering the «Maui» platter (40 assorted pieces for $ 28) for pick-​up later that day.
The woman who took my order seemed very pleasant on the phone and gave me an estimated time for when it would be available to pick-​up. I wish she had also given me the total cost. We had an outdated menu in the office that said the platter would be $ 20. I guess it must have been REALLY outdated, because the platter ended up costing $ 28. That seems like an appropriate reflection of the fish market’s steady incline, but it would have been nice to have been made aware of that increase upon ordering rather than upon pick-​up.
Without that menu, however, I am not sure how you would know what was available. There is no website for Aloha Sushi that lists the types of platters they offer. Hopefully the cashier would be able to help you if you are unfamiliar…
The quality of the sushi was… okay. It didn’t look or taste spectacular, but it was a good last minute decision for our potluck. I doubt I would return to purchase my own lunch. There are far better sushi places downtown for comparable prices.

Ordered a spicy ahi bowl, and the ahi wasn’t fresh. It was gross. The lady argued with me about it. but, whatever. Never coming here again. Ninja Sushi in downotown is where I will be going from now on. Better service, better food and theres actually seating with AC.

Don’t go here, like ever. Eat the dirt outside. The confused security guard will give you better service.
I figured I would try again, maybe it was a weird day, this was a completely different type of fail. Now they drop from 2 to 1, because that is the lowest unless you don’t write a review, which is probably the reason for so few reviews.
The prepared food isn’t priced, I’m pretty sure the old North Korean lady (just guessing from the attitude and aura of distain for others she saturates the place with) just charges how she feels. There were 8 musubi on the shelf, all with egg, a sign that said $ 1.91… I went up gave her my $ 2 and she said $ 2.40, when I asked why not $ 1.81, she snapped that it was only for the regular musubi, ok… when I asked for one she said they were all out. I said ok, somehow smiled and asked for my $ 2 back (which she had already put in the register and closed). She got it out and slammed in on the counter and gave me stink eye as I reached for it. Perhaps if they went out of business a good place could open.
This place is so oppressive I can’t get any material for comedy from it, despite the bright lights and nice appearance of the store it’s almost depressing to interact with the employees, their eyes scream for the economy to improve so they can go work for anybody else.

I don’t like seafood, but I love my sushi and udon. Weird? Yeah, a little, but I am always able to find something on the menu that does not have seafood in it. I would be the girl at the sushi restaurant getting chicken or cucumber maki and inari
Anyway, the main reason I come to this Aloha Sushi is because they offer a miso udon. It is a bit on the pricey side, but for $ 8 you get a pretty filling dish. The udon comes with chicken, cabbage, seaweed, mustard cabbage (I think), and kamaboko. The broth is also good — a bit salty but has the classic taste of a miso broth with a hint of spice. When I am not feeling well or it is a cold day, I get udon from here.
While the service may not be the number one in customer service, I have always got the correct order and did not have to wait an obscenely long time to get it. I also come here because I love the miso udon and it is the closest sushi place to my office. Plus, there is usually no long line during lunch.

I stopped by to pick up a quick lunch at this Aloha Sushi location in Bishop Square the other day.
Even though it was already late in the day, there was not much left on the display table, only a few prepared sushi and gyoza. I picked up a brown rice shrimp tempura sushi and a side order of gyoza both of which totaled $ 10.
Glad to know that sushi is now being offered with brown as well as white rice.
The shrimp tempura sushi tasted okay along with the gyoza. The cucumber in the sushi gave it a nice crunch while the shrimp tempura and crispy gyoza was slightly soggy from being left out too long. No matter what gyoza is best eaten steamy hot.
Otherwise the gyoza sauce tasted great eaten with my sushi which gave it more flavor.

Lets be frank (even though thats not my name) — i come here if i dont have time to walk to any of the other sushi establishment. Or if im too lazy to cross the street (some days i just dont feel motivated enough to brave the crosswalks)
I can say that wait time for an order is less than a minute. Would like to see pricing on the prepackaged foods. Sometimes, the nori leaves little to be desired and if its not the main korean lady, please dont expect questions to be answered.
I just hope things improve.

I stop by here on the way to work because it sits right between my parking structure and my office building. It’s usually open early and late so it is really convenient. BUT the food there leaves something to be desired. I got a spam musubi once with egg and it tasted pretty funky. You’re better off going to Chit Chat or 7 – 11. In the morning, I often get a handroll, which is pretty hit or miss. Sometimes they don’t warm up the food that goes in the roll enough, such that I end up with a corned beef hash roll with a cold middle… The sushi is also nothing too good… The food is just ok, and the only real reason to go here is the convenience and that it is on the cheaper side.

Really, the only good thing here is their bentos. They have bentos with spicy ahi… very good, for a bento at least. Chicken/​pork katsu and spicy ahi. Mochiko chicken and spicy ahi. Otherwise, there are better places for sushi downtown.

Passed by Aloha Sushi again to see if there were any pre-​made sushis left and saw that they had one left, so the owner gave me a discount again since she was close to closing time.
Variety of sushi — 4 stars — Cannot expect it to be fresh since it was sitting out since lunchtime, but to give me a discount of already a reasonable price, the sushi still looked and tasted a bit fresh (was a little warm but not fishy or pasty tasting either like the ones that’s out on the conveyor belts) and my kids enjoyed eating the tamago, shrimp and california roll pieces. Comes with ginger and wasabi in a small container.
Service — 4 stars — Although I paid a little more than the first time I went, the lady (I think she may be the owner) is very accomodating and nice and was more personable to me as a returning customer.
Because of the location, taste, service and reasonable price, I’m a fan of this place.