I ordered the chicken Katsu with the side of macaroni salad. The macaroni salad was hot and when I opened the chicken cut too, and took a bite into the rice as I was chewing, I noticed a baby spider coming out of the rice.
The service was very friendly but the food was less then desireable. I ordered my favorite, Saimin with shrimp. The soup was basically water and noodles, no flavor. The shrimp was crunchy but tasted off. My kids got the burger and fries. They have no complaints.
Seems expensive at first until you realize the one plate is enough to feed 2 people and it tastes like it was sent from heaven! Always my go to whenever I'm in the area, especially after a day at the beach.
My biggest complaint though is that they give you super flimsy plastic fork and knife that always breaks trying to cut your meat if you're not super careful.
I'm disappointed with the owner's behavior as they hung a poster promoting a free spam musubi upon sign-up and scanning a link, but when we arrived on the designated day, they did not honor it. This is despite the poster being displayed for three days prior to the event. We find this unacceptable and question the purpose of advertising something that is not intended to be delivered. Just to have the owner make a upset face and was extremely rude/unfriendly honestly just completely outrageous ?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Congee_Picante
Naw. The manager was trippin' today. They had posters up for Free Spam Musubi day today so I thought I'd try it for fun after purchasing some food from them. I asked the cashier about it, and he went to the back probably to ask his boss about it. The manager/boss comes out and he fuggin rips down the posters right in front of all of us. He was also saying something angrily, but I can't understand him unfortunately, all while glaring at my partner and I. RIP, no free musubis then, I just thought it was a little unprofessional the way that guy came out all triggered. Why put the signs up then? I UNDERSTAND that it said "Only at participating stores", but foo' if you got the posters up then it's safe to assume you're doing it, right??Like I get it, make that dough, but don't get mad at your customers, bro. You're acting like I tried to rob you. We just spent $30 up in this joint. It was ok until today.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Mitchell Tai
Lol came here for free musubi day and didn't get a musubi, instead the owner or manager angrily ripped down all the signs posted about it and said no
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Macaroni Salad
Katie Marie Gelacio
My husband is from Hawaii every now and then we go to L&L because we don't have Zippys on the mainland. We've been to several L&Ls in the bay. This by far is the worst we've ever eaten at. Zero ginger flavor in the chicken barbeque with NO macaroni? What??? I guess this L&L just gives you veggies when the majority always give you macaroni unless you ask for veggies. The chicken katsu curry came with a lil macaroni and the curry was awful. They don't offer a bowl or small size, what? The curry was thick and lumpy. BTW I have lived here my whole life and it's the first time I tried this L&L. Not going back
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Tuna
Loved the food!!! Great flavors and fast service! Limited drink selections
Parking: Hahaha is there EVER easy parking ?
Kid-friendliness: Plenty of space for tbe kids to just be while waiting or eating
Wheelchair accessibility: No problems getting in or around in a wheelchair or walker
The food was good, not fantastic. Service was good, but we were charged for a more expensive drink than what we ordered. Atmosphere was decent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Macaroni Salad
M&T C
Great food at awesome prices ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
RayXlaced
RUDE WORKER! Food was good but then the cashier working was very rude came up to us and said hey dont make a mess at the table we were eating at and got very mad at me (my 5year old did spill rice it wasnt a big mess though) i offered to help clean the floor but the worker was irritated! They need to train the workers to be more polite and need to know that they are working with the public. This was not the first time they been rude
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Brennan Hill
L & L ? food is always great. Mac salad, chicken katsu etc. AWESOME. This location wouldn't be as good for dining in as some of the others we've dined in
I ordered the chicken Katsu with the side of macaroni salad. The macaroni salad was hot and when I opened the chicken cut too, and took a bite into the rice as I was chewing, I noticed a baby spider coming out of the rice.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Curry Katsu Chicken, Macaroni Salad
my favorite place in santa cruz
Food: 5
The service was very friendly but the food was less then desireable. I
ordered my favorite, Saimin with shrimp. The soup was basically water and noodles, no flavor. The shrimp was crunchy but tasted off. My kids got the burger and fries. They have no complaints.
Food: 2
Service: 4
Great food and service!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Fish, Macaroni Salad, Fried Shrimp, Garlic Shrimp Plate, Salad
Seems expensive at first until you realize the one plate is enough to feed 2 people and it tastes like it was sent from heaven! Always my go to whenever I'm in the area, especially after a day at the beach.
My biggest complaint though is that they give you super flimsy plastic fork and knife that always breaks trying to cut your meat if you're not super careful.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Macaroni Salad, BBQ Chicken, BBQ Beef, BBQ Mixed Plate
I'm disappointed with the owner's behavior as they hung a poster promoting a free spam musubi upon sign-up and scanning a link, but when we arrived on the designated day, they did not honor it. This is despite the poster being displayed for three days prior to the event. We find this unacceptable and question the purpose of advertising something that is not intended to be delivered. Just to have the owner make a upset face and was extremely rude/unfriendly honestly just completely outrageous ?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Naw. The manager was trippin' today. They had posters up for Free Spam Musubi day today so I thought I'd try it for fun after purchasing some food from them. I asked the cashier about it, and he went to the back probably to ask his boss about it. The manager/boss comes out and he fuggin rips down the posters right in front of all of us. He was also saying something angrily, but I can't understand him unfortunately, all while glaring at my partner and I. RIP, no free musubis then, I just thought it was a little unprofessional the way that guy came out all triggered. Why put the signs up then? I UNDERSTAND that it said "Only at participating stores", but foo' if you got the posters up then it's safe to assume you're doing it, right??Like I get it, make that dough, but don't get mad at your customers, bro. You're acting like I tried to rob you. We just spent $30 up in this joint. It was ok until today.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Lol came here for free musubi day and didn't get a musubi, instead the owner or manager angrily ripped down all the signs posted about it and said no
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Macaroni Salad
My husband is from Hawaii every now and then we go to L&L because we don't have Zippys on the mainland. We've been to several L&Ls in the bay. This by far is the worst we've ever eaten at. Zero ginger flavor in the chicken barbeque with NO macaroni? What??? I guess this L&L just gives you veggies when the majority always give you macaroni unless you ask for veggies. The chicken katsu curry came with a lil macaroni and the curry was awful. They don't offer a bowl or small size, what? The curry was thick and lumpy. BTW I have lived here my whole life and it's the first time I tried this L&L. Not going back
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Loved the food!!! Great flavors and fast service! Limited drink selections
Parking: Hahaha is there EVER easy parking ?
Kid-friendliness: Plenty of space for tbe kids to just be while waiting or eating
Wheelchair accessibility: No problems getting in or around in a wheelchair or walker
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
The food was good, not fantastic. Service was good, but we were charged for a more expensive drink than what we ordered. Atmosphere was decent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Macaroni Salad
Great food at awesome prices ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
RUDE WORKER!
Food was good but then the cashier working was very rude came up to us and said hey dont make a mess at the table we were eating at and got very mad at me (my 5year old did spill rice it wasnt a big mess though) i offered to help clean the floor but the worker was irritated! They need to train the workers to be more polite and need to know that they are working with the public. This was not the first time they been rude
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
L & L ? food is always great. Mac salad, chicken katsu etc. AWESOME. This location wouldn't be as good for dining in as some of the others we've dined in
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Can't stop, too delicious ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Fish, Macaroni Salad, BBQ Mixed Plate, Chicken Katsu Bowl
Loading...