They’ve raised their prices again. No longer worth it
Teena Alvarado
Horrible customer service by a young man name Carlos. Very disappointing!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Marco Andrade
Food is always on
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Cristina Morales
Really good food but double check your order they tend to get it
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Katsu
Ngan Nguyen
I had Hawaiian BBQ before but first time at Ono. Generally, I had a good experience and I'm open to come back.I got- A plate of Hawaiian BBQ mix (which is a mix of beef, pork and chicken). It comes with rice & macaroni salad. It's pretty good. I like the flavors of all the meat. I like pork most, then chicken then beef. I like cabbage too but I wish it has less oil.- A side of salad: I like the dressing that comes with the salad, helps balance the meal.- Young coconut: decent. You can't use the plastic spoon to scoop out the meat but if you go home and use a silver spoon, you can. It looks thick but it's surprisingly not hard. It's probably still better if it's a little bit thinner though.My friend got the plate with seafood mix which came with fried shrimps, fried white fish and chicken. I tried it and the plate I got was better.Service was good. The receptionist was friendly and willing to answer all of my questions.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Piyush Shinde
The aloha plate with chicken teriyaki and island fire chicken is pretty interesting - try it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eleanore Fernandez
Ono is literally On Grindz...always hits the spot here ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Maria Jimenez
This place is great for a quick lunch. The staff is friendly and it's always super clean.
Ok it's a chain. But it is a chain that offers some serious comfort food for me. I'll take a Hawaiian plate lunch over any mainland fastfood options any day of da week bruddah. I don't think I've ever tried this particular chain, but I think Imma fan it. I like it much better than L & L. Spam Musubi ($7ish/3*) They cook theirs to order, which you might think is appropriate but I'm very traditionalist when it comes to this dish. You see when a place cooks it to order, then they'll fry up the spam right when you order it, then proceed to wrap it in the nori and rice. So, the spam is piping hot and just steams in that musubi packaging. This invention is meant to be really at room temp, wrapped and meant to grab and go and eat on the run. Shoot, in Hawaii, I'll pick some up at a convenience store where it is sitting on a counter ready to grab. I'll throw some in a backpack (not even a cooler) and go conquer my day ie hiking, snorkeling or just laying on a beach. I'll open it up hours later and just munch on that spam, rice, nori perfection. So to eat this version crazy hot was not my ideal version. I actually saved the other one to eat down the road, and it was just okay. I think their proportion to rice to spam is a bit heavy on the rice. It's an art figuring what that is. BBQ Chicken/Beef Combo ($15ish/4*) Solid plate lunch. Mac salad perfectly basic. I used to wonder why places didn't add more ingredients or flavor to it...until I visited Hawaii. Now I love it plain and smooth to go with all them flavorful meats. Love their bbq meats, always cooked to order and nice and juicy, especially the chicken in which they use boneless thighs. The marinade absorbs well into the meat, and when griddled on that flat top grill, just caramelizes beautifully. And it isn't that overly thick teriyaki type sauce, nothing gloopy will coat the meat. The meat is flavored from the inside-out. I did like the chicken a lot more than the beef as it was just juicier and meatier bites. The beef is sliced super thin and just reminded me of bulgogi. And what separates this place from the others is that they add sauted cabbage and broccoli to the mix. Right on top of the white rice and below the meats of choice. So as you open the box, you can't even see it underneath all that meat. But I think it balances the plate nicely, otherwise it is just a carb and meat fest. I applaud this addition to the fullest. Seafood Mix ($18ish/4*) I was hAngry after work one day and wanted something big. Now it is still still 2 full meals for me which makes it a pretty sweet deal. But here you get 3 different meats, which makes it feel like a Hawaiian buffet. Along with bbq chicken that I already described it also came with panko fried shrimp which was just meh. Frozen product and tasted the breading more than the shrimp. I would skip this next time.But the fried fish was awesome. They don't specify what type of fish, menu just says 'Hawaiian White fish". I usually want to know, but I didn't ask as the counter people are basically teenagers who probably don't want to get badgered. But boy was it great, very thick slices, nice and flaky and quite juicy and silky. And this was fried in a batter that wasn't overly done, just a hint of crispness to compliment all that luscious fish. So next time I'll just get the fish and chicken combo.I actually can't wait for another visit, and I can't say that about most chains. Want to round up to a fiver but can't cuz the dining area is usually kinda unkept and grimy. 4 bust da mouth stars tho. And
Francisco Martinez
Lazy workers kept forwarding my calls at 8:25pm. Guess they dont want to work near closing time.
Service: 1
Amy V.
For the value, the food is great. But what I don't like is the amount of "steamed veggies" the Chicken Katsu cutlets sit on. It's so misleading! I had some for the next day and ended up stir frying it, so I call that a win. I just wished that the veggies were cut into smaller pieces and wasn't provided as a bed for the meat but rather on the side. There were some pieces of chicken where I didn't get meat and only got the tempura :( but it was crunchy. The BBQ beef had good flavor as well and I enjoyed it with the macaroni salad. I didn't taste (or see) any tuna in the macaroni salad though... but it was still good! Tastes like the normal creamy Hawaiian macaroni salad you'd expect anywhere :)
Da Vid Neiman
Ono grindz. Restaurant is a touch noisy, but that's OK. A welcome stop after a long drive.Parking: Faces the lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hawaiian BBQ Chicken
Ivy C.
Came in here on a Monday afternoon and it was not busy at all so service was relatively quick. I wanted to try the kalua pork for the first time since I have not had it yet. What I thought was nice about the service was that you can actually swap your rice for more macaroni salad or with vegetables at no extra cost. I decided to just get their macaroni salad because of how delicious I remember it to be. The pork was really salty though and the pork did not seem like it was tender enough for me. It was rough but at the same time was able to rip apart which didn't make sense for me. If I were to come here again, I would not get the Kaula pork though. Price was around $16 before tax.
They’ve raised their prices again. No longer worth it
Horrible customer service by a young man name Carlos. Very disappointing!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Food is always on
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Really good food but double check your order they tend to get it
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Katsu
I had Hawaiian BBQ before but first time at Ono. Generally, I had a good experience and I'm open to come back.I got- A plate of Hawaiian BBQ mix (which is a mix of beef, pork and chicken). It comes with rice & macaroni salad. It's pretty good. I like the flavors of all the meat. I like pork most, then chicken then beef. I like cabbage too but I wish it has less oil.- A side of salad: I like the dressing that comes with the salad, helps balance the meal.- Young coconut: decent. You can't use the plastic spoon to scoop out the meat but if you go home and use a silver spoon, you can. It looks thick but it's surprisingly not hard. It's probably still better if it's a little bit thinner though.My friend got the plate with seafood mix which came with fried shrimps, fried white fish and chicken. I tried it and the plate I got was better.Service was good. The receptionist was friendly and willing to answer all of my questions.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
The aloha plate with chicken teriyaki and island fire chicken is pretty interesting - try it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ono is literally On Grindz...always hits the spot here ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is great for a quick lunch. The staff is friendly and it's always super clean.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kalbi Short Ribs, Macaroni Salad, Grilled Chicken, BBQ Chicken
I love my # 2 the macaroni salad is so good and the chicken once you eat it you cant stop.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Katsu
I ordered the BBQ beef ribs plate and wasn't given any macaroni salad. Seemed a little pricey; $19 for a plate and was missing an entree.
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Ok it's a chain. But it is a chain that offers some serious comfort food for me. I'll take a Hawaiian plate lunch over any mainland fastfood options any day of da week bruddah. I don't think I've ever tried this particular chain, but I think Imma fan it. I like it much better than L & L. Spam Musubi ($7ish/3*) They cook theirs to order, which you might think is appropriate but I'm very traditionalist when it comes to this dish. You see when a place cooks it to order, then they'll fry up the spam right when you order it, then proceed to wrap it in the nori and rice. So, the spam is piping hot and just steams in that musubi packaging. This invention is meant to be really at room temp, wrapped and meant to grab and go and eat on the run. Shoot, in Hawaii, I'll pick some up at a convenience store where it is sitting on a counter ready to grab. I'll throw some in a backpack (not even a cooler) and go conquer my day ie hiking, snorkeling or just laying on a beach. I'll open it up hours later and just munch on that spam, rice, nori perfection. So to eat this version crazy hot was not my ideal version. I actually saved the other one to eat down the road, and it was just okay. I think their proportion to rice to spam is a bit heavy on the rice. It's an art figuring what that is. BBQ Chicken/Beef Combo ($15ish/4*) Solid plate lunch. Mac salad perfectly basic. I used to wonder why places didn't add more ingredients or flavor to it...until I visited Hawaii. Now I love it plain and smooth to go with all them flavorful meats. Love their bbq meats, always cooked to order and nice and juicy, especially the chicken in which they use boneless thighs. The marinade absorbs well into the meat, and when griddled on that flat top grill, just caramelizes beautifully. And it isn't that overly thick teriyaki type sauce, nothing gloopy will coat the meat. The meat is flavored from the inside-out. I did like the chicken a lot more than the beef as it was just juicier and meatier bites. The beef is sliced super thin and just reminded me of bulgogi. And what separates this place from the others is that they add sauted cabbage and broccoli to the mix. Right on top of the white rice and below the meats of choice. So as you open the box, you can't even see it underneath all that meat. But I think it balances the plate nicely, otherwise it is just a carb and meat fest. I applaud this addition to the fullest. Seafood Mix ($18ish/4*) I was hAngry after work one day and wanted something big. Now it is still still 2 full meals for me which makes it a pretty sweet deal. But here you get 3 different meats, which makes it feel like a Hawaiian buffet. Along with bbq chicken that I already described it also came with panko fried shrimp which was just meh. Frozen product and tasted the breading more than the shrimp. I would skip this next time.But the fried fish was awesome. They don't specify what type of fish, menu just says 'Hawaiian White fish". I usually want to know, but I didn't ask as the counter people are basically teenagers who probably don't want to get badgered. But boy was it great, very thick slices, nice and flaky and quite juicy and silky. And this was fried in a batter that wasn't overly done, just a hint of crispness to compliment all that luscious fish. So next time I'll just get the fish and chicken combo.I actually can't wait for another visit, and I can't say that about most chains. Want to round up to a fiver but can't cuz the dining area is usually kinda unkept and grimy. 4 bust da mouth stars tho. And
Lazy workers kept forwarding my calls at 8:25pm. Guess they dont want to work near closing time.
Service: 1
For the value, the food is great. But what I don't like is the amount of "steamed veggies" the Chicken Katsu cutlets sit on. It's so misleading! I had some for the next day and ended up stir frying it, so I call that a win. I just wished that the veggies were cut into smaller pieces and wasn't provided as a bed for the meat but rather on the side. There were some pieces of chicken where I didn't get meat and only got the tempura :( but it was crunchy. The BBQ beef had good flavor as well and I enjoyed it with the macaroni salad. I didn't taste (or see) any tuna in the macaroni salad though... but it was still good! Tastes like the normal creamy Hawaiian macaroni salad you'd expect anywhere :)
Ono grindz. Restaurant is a touch noisy, but that's OK. A welcome stop after a long drive.Parking: Faces the lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hawaiian BBQ Chicken
Came in here on a Monday afternoon and it was not busy at all so service was relatively quick. I wanted to try the kalua pork for the first time since I have not had it yet. What I thought was nice about the service was that you can actually swap your rice for more macaroni salad or with vegetables at no extra cost. I decided to just get their macaroni salad because of how delicious I remember it to be. The pork was really salty though and the pork did not seem like it was tender enough for me. It was rough but at the same time was able to rip apart which didn't make sense for me. If I were to come here again, I would not get the Kaula pork though. Price was around $16 before tax.