Mahalo!

Been here twice. The first time was very so so. I had the hamburger patty with egg & rice. The hamburger was overcooked. The sauce was runny, and The fried egg, which I usually like, did not help. It was a two out of five star experience.
Today however I had to slow cook pork with cabbage which came with some rice and macaroni. It was quite good and I’ve ordered the mini portion which just has less rice the portion size was perfect. if you check in on Unilocal you’ll still get a free soda so the price was right.
Lesson learned? do the pork. Beef and chicken not so much.

This restaurant not too much peoople, because the food are bad, Example I order fried fish, the fish is very hard, my wife order BBQ Short Ribs, bone more than meat, and all food not too hot
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這家餐廳沒有太多的人，因為食物是壞的，我舉例, 點了炸魚，魚是太硬，我的妻子點了燒烤排骨，骨頭比肉多，而且所有的食物不太熱.

1) Food is delivered almost TWO HOURS LATER
2) Mahalo’s Delivery Guideline: YOU PAY TIP FIRST BEFORE YOU GET FOOD. what a joke. Delivery guy at the door, I open to greet, stands there looking at me but not giving me my food, shows me the receipt paper, I said yes that’s what we ordered, but still doesn’t hand me my food. I was confused, then he mumbles something about cash, so I thought maybe chose the wrong payment type online, but then I realize, he wanted me to pay him TIP FIRST, so I said Oh! You want the tip! And then he rudely hands me my food… What the !#_​+=*???
3) Asked for less vegetables and extra shrimp, got the OPPOSITE, EXTRA VEGE.
4) Food is cold, I had to put in microwave to reheat for two minutes.

Review for Chicken Katsu:
But first, I want to state I’ve never been to Hawaii. I tend to love the chicken katsu at places like Ono Hawaiian BBQ, L&L Hawaiian BBQ, Hawaiian King BBQ, etc. so if you’re looking for *real* Hawaiian food, I really don’t know what to tell you. With that being said.
I came in on a empty day for food to-​go. The lady was nice, she took my order, & I didn’t wait long at all. The chicken katsu itself was great! Chicken seemed just a tad bit different then the big company food. A little fresher maybe? I don’t know. But it was still good, crispy & the portions were great. Their katsu sauce was good too! Overall I can’t complain, the food was satisfying. I will be coming back if I’m ever in the area, so if you like chicken katsu, I do recommend this place!

I love loco moco (large, please!) but historically it leaves me feeling fat, bloated, and ready to keel over. And I know that’s by design, but whatever… it is the only thing I will order, forever and ever.
Here at Mahalo! I had their loco moco, licked the plate clean, and didn’t go home feeling ill. It was quite pleasant.
It was like a lite loco moco. But not really. I mean it had all the loco moco things. Yet it just wasn’t so… heavy.
I was filled up and no longer hungry, but I did not look in the mirror and feel tremendous self-​loathing.

Food was mediocre although the sauce they use on their musubi is absolutely disgusting. You do get a good amount of food for the price, especially with the katsu plate.
1 star is because I got food poisoning. Shouldn’t have ignored those reviews I’ve seen prior to eating.

I ordered delivery through
cause I was looking for some Hawaiian food for lunch. So I ordered the following:
Hash browns– I know this isn’t a lunch item but when is it a bad time to eat hash browns? They had a really good crunch but they were also extremely oily. With every bite it felt like I was drinking oil. Will pass on these next time.
Spam musubi– I did enjoy the Kathy sauce between the spam and rice. The only drawback is that the seaweed holding this together is about an inch n half. So as soon as you bite into the seaweed, hold tight to keep it together or the rice will come falling out. So I just ate both ends first before getting to the seaweed wrapped middle.
BBQ beef short ribs plate — the short ribs were super tender, loved it! It wasn’t hard to chew the meat off the bone. This plate comes with macaroni salad and rice. The macaroni salad was pretty tasty as well. Would highly recommend this.
Overall I’d go back again to try more plates (breakfast/​bbq).

Sadly, the staff was not really friendly, no smile, nothing. Sometimes I’m just wondering if people are annoyed that I spend my money in their place? That’s an anomaly is this neighborhood where all the restaurants staff are super friendly. I ordered a Mahalo Burger, it looked great on the menu, yeah just on the menu.
I ordered my burger with french fries and onions rings, I just had onion rings… Sweet.
How about the burger? the steak was really thick and dry, the bread even worse. It looks like a bread for the past day or 2 days ago who was going stale. I paid $ 10… Yeah you can call it a scam. I didn’t finish it.

Don’t just Don’t! Your thinking it cant be that bad… Well let me tell you I went there thinking hey the reviews aren’t to bad might as well try it. I lived in Hawaii for a few years and thought man I miss the food… this is not Hawaiian food.
I walked pass the shop 3 times before I finally found it. The restaurant was empty expect for me and one other guy getting food. The Asian lady behind the counter was yelling at the people in the kitchen. bad omen… All I wanted was some spam Musubi since we used to eat it as a snack out in Hawaii. It took about 20 mins for it to come out. Just 2 pieces of Musubi… –_​–
After trying their spam Musubi I got very sick.
You know what makes it worst… having to then drive 4 hours to get home… I felt my death would have been a mercy at that point. The only saving grace was that I was able to get some meds before vomiting again.
(-_​_​-​) I shall await the day I am returned to Hawaii to try more Hawaiian food.

I used to order from this place very frequently on Eat24Hours. Never again! I ordered a chicken bbq plate last week and the rice that came with it was spoiled. I know what spoiled rice tastes like and I just couldn’t believe that they would serve that. From this experience, I know that they must refrigerate leftover rice and then reuse it.
I can see that you don’t wanna waste a batch of rice, but do you know how cheap rice is to make? Nevermind that I expect some fresh rice with my bbq combo, but if you’re gonna serve old rice, you better make sure that it hasn’t spoiled! Either they kept the rice in the fridge for so long that it spoiled or they left it somewhere unrefrigerated and forgot about it AND then served it. I’m not sure which is worse.

We did delivery with Mahalo, and it came quick and still warm.
Then Hawaiian teriyaki beef was ok, nothing memorable. The short rib was also ok, but fatty. The spam masubi was good, but had too much rice.
I give this 4 for convenience. If you are jonesing for Hawaiian food, but don’t want to leave your little oasis of a home, this place delivers. Otherwise, it’s ok. Not bad just ok.

I’m glad to live in a world where Spam Musubi can be delivered to your doorstep.
The BBQ Chicken «mini» and Kahlua Pork were what you might expect: basic Hawaiian food with big portions. The California influence can be seen from the options of brown rice (instead of white) and salad with veggies (instead of with macaroni).
Mahalo Mahalo!

Cheap, fast, kinda ok local style food.
Spam musubi is made on the spot with grilled spam.

This place is pretty close to the UCSF campus so I thought I’d drop in for a lunch. I was kind of confused when I noticed the name as Mahalo instead of what it used to be called: M’s Café. Prices are reasonable and the portions are really hearty.
I ordered the Chicken katsu and it’s made with red meat pieces (hence not as dry) with very watered down katsu sauce. It had a dollop of macaroni salad — nothing exciting. I also threw on some of the Kahlua pork — kinda salty but nothing to run home screaming about. To balance out the comfort nature of food offered here I decided on the brown rice are healthier alternative to the white rice. I know I may be asking too much but I’d like to see more veggies on my plate besides massive amounts of rice and meat.
In terms of their Hawaiian rebranding, I think they did a pretty mediocre job and I’ve definitely had better tasting Hawaiian food at places like L&L so this place didn’t really do much for me in terms of flavor or the laid back vibe I would expect of a Hawaiian joint.
They’re open from 9 AM to 9 PM and they take credit cards so that’s a definite plus! I can’t speak on their delivery service but that’s offered as well.
Overall, given that this is the only Hawaiian restaurant in the Sunset area that might be the only draw to come here. Otherwise, if you’re jonesing for a taste of the islands, I would suggest a trip to Pineapples in the Outer Mission.

The food is pretty mediocre. The loco moco looked and tasted like the patty was frozen out of a box and was very plain. The chicken katsu barely had any meat and was mostly breading. Asked for hot sauce 3 times and never got any hot sauce.
Would not eat here again, unless it was the only restaurant open on a holiday.

Fairly new Hawaiian shop that has less than tasty loco moco.
I’ve been to Hawaii, and I’m not even comparing it to Hawaii, I just want a juicy burger with a nice gravy and over easy eggs.
Something about their brown sauce and beef that I’m not fond of. Kind of tastes like Kirkland beef, or something you would buy in bulk and grill.
Just not a fan of it.

Mahalo! is breakfast, lunch, hawaiian, burgers and combos therefrom.
eats: bbq mix lunch (9.95)
–switched the rice for salad and mac salad
salad just lettuce, no dressing, tossed it
macaroni salad interesting, bland,
–bbq beef, grilled chicken thin, dry and chewy
not sure beef bbq, just heavy sauc
–short ribs ok.
–heavy aftertaste, msg?
2ish stars for bbq mix, cheap ingredients
crumbs:
–unsure of rest of menu.
–hawaiian entrees 8.95?
maybe the hawaiian places do it better,
–food came out quick, premade.

I may be an old man, who can still compete in a hopeful future 5K marathon. But I am no longer the eating machine like I once was in my younger days.
We all know Hawaiian rice plates can be a feast. But the Chinese family-​owned restaurant in the inner Sunset can cook Hawaiian cuisines and satisfy many hungry people.
On my debut of the newest Hawaiian restaurant, I ordered the mini-​Chicken Katsu rice plate. For $ 5.95, I get a pair of cut up thin chicken breast battered in panko seasoning, a scoop of macaroni salad and a scoop of steamed white rice. I am not sure what the family is trying to do, «kill me for overeating»? But for that price and whether you are a truck driver or an anorexic celebrity like Paris Hilton, my rice plate is still a hefty meal. I also ordered a Spam Musubi with my meal. But the lady forgot to add that item. Nevertheless, I may not be able to finish that sushi anyway and may have to wait another time.
If you check in with your device, you get a can of soda for free with your meal; but only coke and does not apply to the popular Hawaiian Sun drinks.
For Hawaiian food in the inner-​Sunset, this place is not bad. Hopefully I might try other food from here and possibly give an update!

The roommate spends most of his time down in SJ, so when he’s here, it’s always a delivery day. Browsing Eat24, we stumbled upon Mahalo. Hawaiian food sounded great so we ordered lunch on Sunday, July 26^th around 1:15pm. Delivery took about an hour.
K6. Spam, egg and rice (breakfast): eggs over easy ($ 6.75)
D2. Kalua pork with cabbage (Regular): white rice, macaroni salad ($ 7.95)
A3. Garlic shrimp (Mini): shrimp sauteed with garlic, green onions and butter with pepper, white rice, macaroni salad ($ 6.75)
15. Musubi combo: 1 spam, 1 bbq chicken and 1 chicken katsu ($ 5.95)
G1. Atkins bbq plate: bbq short ribs, Hawaiian beef, Hawaiian bbq chicken and 2 eggs over medium ($ 10.95)
9. Macaroni salad ($ 2.55)
*Free 3 vegetarian egg rolls for orders $ 30 and up ($ 3.95)
I got the Musubi combo, Atkins bbq plate and side of Mac salad. The spam musubi was my favorite out of the three. I just wish the spam was thicker as there was a huge block of rice. They also fell apart easily as the rice wasn’t packed tightly enough. The bbq was perfect for me as I don’t really like rice. The plate had one piece of short rib, two pieces of beef and lots of chicken. I pawned a lot of the chicken off on the roommate because there was so much. All meats had a nice smokiness. Some were a little sweet for me, but squeezing sriracha on it fixed that. The mac salad was very bland. The roommate added more mayo and hot sauce to it. I had a bite of the garlic shrimp. Very garlicky, but a little burnt. The roommate said the kalua pork fulfilled his craving, but I found it dry. The free egg rolls were bad. Use your free dish on something else. We threw this away.
Good delivery option when I’m craving Hawaiian food, but too lazy to get out of bed!

Mahalo takes over the long-​time business site for M’s Café. I just stumbled upon it while looking for a place to grab some grub this afternoon. The big menu posted on the front window caught my eye instantly, and I knew right away I wanted to try them out. Many friends who follow my reviews know that I love Hawaiian plate lunches.
The menu is huge featuring Hawaiian items, breakfast items, burgers & sandwiches. I’ve scanned their take out copy and posted it in the photo section. I ordered the House Chicken Wings, a BBQ Mix Plate and a Spam Musubi. I also had a cold beverage to wash it all down with.
As soon as I sat down I knew this would be a different Hawaiian lunch plate experience as a real metal fork and an actual steak knife with teeth was placed in front of me. There’s no dining with disposable products here. The food is served on actual plates; although if you miss the plastic utensils and recyclable containers you can always order for take out.
For their plate lunches they offer two sizes like most Hawaiian places. The standard of 2 scoops of steamed white rice and 1 scoop of macaroni salad is offered even though you can substitute brown rice and/​or a green salad at an additional cost.
The service was very good. I’m not the kind of diner who asks a lot of questions and the few that I did ask were answered promptly and with a smile.
The Musubi (
) arrived first. It was a bit rice heavy and I wished the slice of Spam were a bit thicker, but that seems to be the trend at other places I frequent so I accept that. It tasted like what I’m familiar with and I gladly devoured it in 5 bites.
Next up was the BBQ Mix Plate (
) with 1 strip of beef short rib, 2 pieces of grilled chicken thigh and 2 pieces of tender teriyaki beef. Being the Chinese guy that I am I dove into the rice first and it was cooked right. The proteins were all cooked as expected with no extra char, no lingering aftertastes and no extra salt. Success! I was actually pretty full already, but I did have 1 other item to dig into.
The House Chicken Wings (
) arrived as I was doing damage to the Mix Plate. These are «big boy» wings 4 inches in length and plump, NOT the little mini ones you get at KFC or many wing-​specific eateries. The exterior was nicely seasoned and had a terrific crunch while the inside meat was moist and also had seasoning.
Open from 9 AM to 9 PM I can see myself popping in from time to time trying some breakfast fare and other plate lunches. Credit cards are accepted and they offer delivery to a specific area with a $ 20+ minimum order.