808 Local Hawaiian Grill — Restaurant in Artesia

Since visiting California and getting introduced to Hawaiian cuisine I’ve been spoiled by the BBQ that’s always accompanied by creamy macaroni salad. Still need some recommendations for some poké spots if anyone has some hidden gems! ANYWAY - 808 was a place one of my friends had stumbled upon on their way home and could NOT stop raving about the ribs. The Beef Ribs; if you haven’t had the pleasure of gnawing on one yet, are gigantic dinosaur bones that- when done right, end up being fall off the bone juicy. Each eatery has their own accompanying sauce to drizzle over.

Island Beef Ribs - ($12.55) - dollar per pound value is definitely killer here. It’s a heavy plate and they do not skimp out on the meat at all. My plate was delivered with 5 delicious bones that were all hefty boys with an abundance of meat that was cooked SO good. Their sauce seems to be just glazed and basted over as there was no additional added sauce which made the last few bones come up a little dry. Maybe ask for extra sauce on the side if you’re aiming to get this plate. Salad - decent. The macaroni salad was also yummy. I’d probably go back just for that side tbh. Musubi - (2 for $5.50) - We ordered a Teriyaki Spam and the Spam n’ Egg; both were yummy, great startup appetizers. I mean, it’s spam, there isn’t anything bad to say here. Aside from the fact that if you only get 1 musubi it comes out to like $3 so they’re a little pricier on the side of it’s rice and spam wrapped with half a sheet of seaweed. 🙂

Dollar to dollar value with the plate was a hell of a deal and we left happy and full! I liked the flavors of the teriyaki so I’d definitely head back over there for more of their plate...

Stopped by here to pick up some food on the way back from taking care of business. They were doing togo anyways so it worked out. I wanted to try so many things but was already pretty full. I got their beef ribs plate, quarter pounds of ahi tuna and salmon poke, and last their loco moco. The plates are pretty big, usually comes with the protein on top of like 2 scoops of rice. A small handful side of macaroni salad and a pinch of salad. I definitely wanted to try their breakfast stuff like Portuguese sausages or even their pork (I’m assuming it’s shredded or pulled pork). I’d come back here but let me say overall it was good but definitely id rate it as beef ribs plate, poke, and then the loco moco plate. Beef ribs were big not like where it’s not like the small individual Korean style kalbi, similar type marinade with a bit of sweetness, but rather like the big one rib bone type short rib style. It comes in about 3 big short rib bones. Definitely have to get messy and dig in but it’s was nice and tender so you won’t struggle that much. On each plate combos the rice is seasoned with possibly seaweed and other stuff but it’s nice. The macaroni salad has a bit of sweetness, any more would ruin that dish but it’s nice. The salad has a bit a dressing but it’s only like a pinch/one hand grab amount. Overall...

When you walk inside, it definitely looks like this place has been here for a while. There are lots of pictures and items to look at. Definitely not merch for sale but decor?

The person who took my order was super nice and patient with me. Sometimes, you look at the menu before you get there and know what you want. By the time you get there, sometimes you draw a blank. The menu was hard to read because the menu is behind you.

We ordered:

The pipi- beef ribs and kalbi. The beef rib was Onolicious. The kalbi you can taste the grill char but was missing something. Maybe it wasn't marinated? The mac salad was too sweet.

Big kahuna - It sounded like a good idea to have hamburger patty, Portuguese sausage, and spam, but it was too much. We couldn't taste the difference between each meat. The gravy tasted different. I had ordered all rice but got mac and some sort of salad.

Hot dog musubi and spicy spam musubi were good, just smaller than what I'm used to.

Think we have to come back to try it again. Everything was made...