I got the garlic steak and it was incredible! the service was great as well :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Roy
Love this place, if you leave hungry, that's on you! The staff is 👍 👌.
Recommended dishes: Hapa Fries
Lori Wan
This is definitely a great spot to hang out with buddies. We got the Tuna Nachos, and they're really good. Everyone loves them.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
joni holden
The pig nachos were THE best!!!! Yummmmmmmm 😋❣️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hapa Nachos
Ian Anderson
Love it. Best Hawaiian lunch in OC. Friendly staff and great food. Always stop when passing through San Clemente and it never disappoints.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vladimir Keptene
Great Hawaiian style Platters with tons of side dishes to choose from, they even have kimchi 😋
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emma Ogden
Was recommended by a friend to check this place out on our trip in California. We got there when they opened, so we were served immediately. Our waiters were super friendly and made sure we were well taken care of. Wish they had a little bigger of a menu selection, but the food is amazing regardless!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hapa Fries
Glen I
Decided to go on a quick trip for the holiday weekend. Decided that San Clemente was the spot. Spent some time in old town and saw the pier. Then decided to eat dinner here. It was delicious. I really wanted to try lots of things on the menu. I tried the Maui Onion Soup and the Tempura Spam. My youngest got the chicken katsuand the oldest ordered the nachos with kalua pig. It was enormous. Can't wait to come back to try other things.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Aragon
Fantastic service and meal portions are in line with price. Also, plenty of parking in their own lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cody Toms
If you're thinking about going to Hapa Js for dinner, you should rethink your dinner plans. Online they say they're open till 9 o'clock. I went twice this week once at 8:05 and once at 8:30 and both times they said they were closed, multiple people sitting at the bar talking to the bartender still getting drinks who is the one that told us they were closed. He was very unsure about what time he closed. He said 830 or 9 o'clock and it was 830 and he wouldn't let us sit down knowing what we want. Been a local in San Clemente for years. Been coming here for years. This place has gone completely downhill. Every time this place changes ownership. It drops in quality whether it's packed for happy hour and they have one or two servers on a shift, or they are just not into helping their customers. Will not be returning to Hapa's. They clearly can't even be consistent about what time they close.
Tried going in solo for taco Tuesday. Not busy. Staff kept walking past without a nod. Bartender had a full deck. Didn’t notice me? Finally I just ordered to-go and went back to the hotel. The tacos were fantastic. Won’t be going back without my husband.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Larry Pappalardo
We love Hapa J's! The food is really terrific, the service is always great and it's a fun casual place. You feel like you are in the North Shore when you are here or just on vacation in San Clemente and we live here! It's a fun place with great food! A+ every time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jillian Davis
Absolutely delicious food! Loved the vibe in the restaurant too, the open windows, surfer vibe, really added to the Hawaiian theme. My son said he had the best pulled pork quesadilla he's ever had! the thai beef salad was so yummy, and spicy, but in a good way. The tuna melt and cheesesteak sandwich were awesome too. We were really impressed and highly recommend 👏🏼
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lisa Potter
Was delicious comfort food Nice airy restaurant Service was good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Carolyn Sierra
Went here for lunch on June 29th, ordered the nachos as an “appetizer” to share with all our family. Had no idea that nachos don’t come with some type of meat, so our server, Jessica, asked “what meat would you like”, we ordered the meat. A different waitress brings out the three meals for our three family members, they started eating, we waited for about 10 minutes till the appetizer that I specially asked to be brought out before our main dish came out in sync with our main dish. Ask for the bill, saw we were charged $28.98 for nachos because the “meat” was an add’l $12.00. I then brought this to the attention of our server and she said “meat is extra”. I then said “ok, but I ordered this as an appetizer, BEFORE, the main dishes came out and it was brought out late with our main dish which was by the way after everyone else who started to eat”. NOTE: since everyone already was eating their main dish, they didn’t eat the appetizer now 😔 She said NOTHING, just stared at me. No apology, nothing!! TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE, TERRIBLE WAY TO TREAT A GUEST. Which leaves me no other option then to leave very little tip and a bad review. Hopefully a lesson learned for Jessica and Happa J’s…. For me, I will NEVER go back!!
I got the garlic steak and it was incredible! the service was great as well :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place, if you leave hungry, that's on you! The staff is 👍 👌.
Recommended dishes: Hapa Fries
This is definitely a great spot to hang out with buddies. We got the Tuna Nachos, and they're really good. Everyone loves them.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
The pig nachos were THE best!!!! Yummmmmmmm 😋❣️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hapa Nachos
Love it. Best Hawaiian lunch in OC. Friendly staff and great food. Always stop when passing through San Clemente and it never disappoints.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great Hawaiian style Platters with tons of side dishes to choose from, they even have kimchi 😋
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Was recommended by a friend to check this place out on our trip in California. We got there when they opened, so we were served immediately. Our waiters were super friendly and made sure we were well taken care of. Wish they had a little bigger of a menu selection, but the food is amazing regardless!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hapa Fries
Decided to go on a quick trip for the holiday weekend. Decided that San Clemente was the spot. Spent some time in old town and saw the pier. Then decided to eat dinner here. It was delicious. I really wanted to try lots of things on the menu. I tried the Maui Onion Soup and the Tempura Spam. My youngest got the chicken katsuand the oldest ordered the nachos with kalua pig. It was enormous. Can't wait to come back to try other things.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic service and meal portions are in line with price. Also, plenty of parking in their own lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
If you're thinking about going to Hapa Js for dinner, you should rethink your dinner plans. Online they say they're open till 9 o'clock. I went twice this week once at 8:05 and once at 8:30 and both times they said they were closed, multiple people sitting at the bar talking to the bartender still getting drinks who is the one that told us they were closed. He was very unsure about what time he closed. He said 830 or 9 o'clock and it was 830 and he wouldn't let us sit down knowing what we want. Been a local in San Clemente for years. Been coming here for years. This place has gone completely downhill. Every time this place changes ownership. It drops in quality whether it's packed for happy hour and they have one or two servers on a shift, or they are just not into helping their customers. Will not be returning to Hapa's. They clearly can't even be consistent about what time they close.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
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Tried going in solo for taco Tuesday. Not busy. Staff kept walking past without a nod. Bartender had a full deck. Didn’t notice me?
Finally I just ordered to-go and went back to the hotel.
The tacos were fantastic. Won’t be going back without my husband.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
We love Hapa J's! The food is really terrific, the service is always great and it's a fun casual place. You feel like you are in the North Shore when you are here or just on vacation in San Clemente and we live here! It's a fun place with great food! A+ every time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolutely delicious food! Loved the vibe in the restaurant too, the open windows, surfer vibe, really added to the Hawaiian theme. My son said he had the best pulled pork quesadilla he's ever had! the thai beef salad was so yummy, and spicy, but in a good way. The tuna melt and cheesesteak sandwich were awesome too. We were really impressed and highly recommend 👏🏼
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Was delicious comfort food
Nice airy restaurant
Service was good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Went here for lunch on June 29th, ordered the nachos as an “appetizer” to share with all our family. Had no idea that nachos don’t come with some type of meat, so our server, Jessica, asked “what meat would you like”, we ordered the meat. A different waitress brings out the three meals for our three family members, they started eating, we waited for about 10 minutes till the appetizer that I specially asked to be brought out before our main dish came out in sync with our main dish.
Ask for the bill, saw we were charged $28.98 for nachos because the “meat” was an add’l $12.00. I then brought this to the attention of our server and she said “meat is extra”. I then said “ok, but I ordered this as an appetizer, BEFORE, the main dishes came out and it was brought out late with our main dish which was by the way after everyone else who started to eat”. NOTE: since everyone already was eating their main dish, they didn’t eat the appetizer now 😔 She said NOTHING, just stared at me. No apology, nothing!! TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE, TERRIBLE WAY TO TREAT A GUEST. Which leaves me no other option then to leave very little tip and a bad review.
Hopefully a lesson learned for Jessica and Happa J’s…. For me, I will NEVER go back!!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
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