#1 Hawaiian Barbecue

I ate their BBQ Mix today and it’s the best Plate Lunch I’ve had. Portions were huge and the staff are very friendly. The dining room is spotless and there’s a bottle of Sriracha sauce on every table!

Calling yourself #1 at anything just invites judgement, and makes the disappointment of dismal product even worse. I ordered a bento box to try several meats (pork, ribs, mahi) for a quick takeout lunch. Food took longer than expected to come out, and when I opened the box back at my desk, it was the wrong order. I had an overwhelming portion of chicken katsu. The chicken itself was fine, slightly dry but nicely crispy, tasty katsu sauce. But the mac salad was drowning in mayo, the rice was mushy, and oh yeah– it’s totally not what I ordered. Didn’t finish the portion, tossed the leftovers. I was one of two customers, not sure how the single front of house employee got so confused.

I tried many others, and this # 1 Hawaiian Barbecue is just what their name say. Excellent food and beverage, friendly service.

Got the chicken mixed plate and it was awesome, son got the hamburger steak he said it was one of the best he has had in vegas. We miss home but restaurants like this make it better when we can eat good food. The Katsu chicken in the best in vegas. The only down is I don’t like to eat there they are cramped and hot better to take out

Wanted some lau lau… cashier seemed confused, so I ordered a lau lau and kalua pork combo with no rice and no mac salad. Paid far more ($ 10.32) for an over salted kalua and midiocre lau lau. Better at L&L (Centennial Hills). Probably won’t return.

Don’t really see why the score is so low.
This place is pretty darn good. And the service is above expectations of your other franchises.
I come here for the grilled mahimahi. It’s so delicious! I haven’t had the chance to try anything else just yet since for Lent Jesse and I gave up meat.
Yes, similar to L&L, but a lot better. You know how I judge, by the cooks. Lol… sorry, truth to it. You get some quality tasting meals from Chinese cooks. My hubs is my personal Chinese cook, Lol.
Only thing I have noticed, they never have Brown rice and I have been here a couple times, too.
Glad they are near the airport because we did find this place after landing back to Sun City. Open until 10pm.

Very nice service and it smells pretty awesome. They even have pineapple fried rice… I mean come on pineapple fried rice. Who can argue with pineapple fried rice. They have the full Hawaiian menu to include poki… if your into that.

Their name is «#1 Hawaiian food» yet no one working there is Hawaiian. The food IS NOT Hawaiian. The girl upfront can’t even answer your questions. My friend asked her if the chicken on the spicy chicken plate was breaded and she didn’t know what we were talking about. The rice isn’t sticky, it’s hard, macaroni salad is bland, it’s literally just Asian food trying to be Hawaiian. Ross J’s is still #1 in town along with Aloha Specialties. This place is over priced and not authentic.

Typical copy cat Hawaiian food with similar menu of L&L but terrible greasy food and customer service. Save your good money and good stomach space for better food elsewhere. Still want HI food nearby, try L&L at Flamingo m Maryland.

big combo plate– beef and mahi fish overcooked, not much on portion size. they expect you to fill up on rice.
i advised manager that the beef and fish were being overcooked, she said thank you and nothing more.
I would have appreciated an invite with discount on second meal, but maybe managers need more training on the customer willing to give feedback rather that just not come back.

Good service, but more of a «Japanese flavor» to their food. Want excellent Hawaiian food? Go to Ross J’s on sunset and mtn vista

#1 Hawaiian Barbecue. That’s the name of this place. I read on their website they opened a 2^nd location on my side of town a few weeks ago. So while we were shopping in the area, we decided to check it out even though we already ate.
It’s located in front of the Ross store in the shopping center near the airport. On the corner of Eastern and Oquendo. You can see the «grand opening» flags from Eastern.
Fast casual place. Order and pay up front and seat yourself. The dining area sign says max capacity 50. There were about 2 other families dining in and I felt it was already cramped. The tables are too close together. Barely any walking space in between. Cant imagine 50 persons in there. Place is clean though.
They serve the traditional favorites like bbq shortribs, kalua pork plate lunches with 2 scoop rice and 1 scoop mac salad. I thought it was cool I can skip the carbs and in place they include eggs. Great for those who want to boost their protein intake.
Taste wise though it’s between ‘meh’ and alright. It’s missing a bit of the local 808 flavor and vibe for me.
The bbq shortribs I had wasn’t the best quality. Then again the price was right for what I got. Judging by the Styrofoam boxes that I just threw out when I cleared out the fridge, safe to say that even my haole honey didn’t think much of his Portuguese saugage and fried rice. He has that dish all the time at other Hawaiian restaurants and he cleans his plate.
The Taro smoothie was not too bad and the malasada I tried was okay. It’s affordable though. It’s just that I’ve had much better food at other places near me.
Staff is nice but there was just a bit of a language barrier and ordering was a tad difficult.
The family that owns this place just opened a new Chinese restaurant next door though. Maybe I’ll give that place a shot the next time I ever in the area. Cool points for having delivery service! Im just not in no rush though for the dine in part.

nice hawaiian food, should try that anyway

I really like this place. The portions are large. One thing I appreciated was how clean the place was.