Waikiki Hawaiian BBQ — Restaurant in Brentwood

This location use to house a nasty chinese place and I was hoping I would like this place better, but sadly, I did not.

We finally got over there to try it today, July 24th, 2023, and it was "just okay". It will not be a go to place, it will be a one and done. We ordered online, pickup was easy. I dont know why but they dont give any sauces to go except what came with our potstickers. Speaking of which, I saved those to heat up tomorrow when I have time to pan fry them longer they are nowhere near pan fried enough, very doughy, not like they should be. Sauce that came with them I didnt try because its overpowering with the smell of vinegar.

Kahlua pork first impression was, I will not eat those meat chunks. One thing I cannot stand are chunks of meat served to me and thats how they serve theirs. Its not shredded like normal, its just big gross chunks. I ate one very small bite just so I could review it, and it wasnt good at all. It tastes like it was soaked in water, zero flavor except for the taste of old water. I do not recommend this dish.

We also had the combo of teriyaki chicken, steak and short ribs. I tried them all and even though I usually love these dishes, I didnt like a single one of them here. They each have an odd flavor that I cant place, they are just a little bit off, like something thats going sour, its weird. Could be their sauce, I dont know but none of the meats were good. I dont recommend them either. I even tried using the teriyaki sauce from our fave place and it didnt help at all, still has a weird "going bad" taste to it. They did not send any teriyaki sauce home with us which I thought was odd, maybe you have to ask for it but we ordered three meats teriyaki, you would think they would include extra sauce. Hubby liked their macaroni salad.

We wont be...

Spent almost $80 to order food from this place yesterday online said the wait time was about 20min drove about 45min to pick up my food just for them to tell me that they don’t have the pork laulau and they cancelled it without notifying me to ask if I wanted something different. I asked if I can order something in replacement and she told me it will be another 20min wait 🤦🏽‍♀️ but magically when I ordered beef curry it was ready in like 30seconds. Their boba tea is horrible I choked and threw it all up after the first sip🤮 And the inside is dirty! First and last time I order food from this place, they should stick with selling Chinese because their food taste more like Chinese food then Hawaiian food and maybe change the name of their...

Son and I were in town for a funeral and wanted to get something to eat before heading back over the Sierras. We found this gem and were better for it. Tip regarding directions: if you are not familiar with the area and you use google maps to find this place, it is located at the end of a strip mall, not in office buildings. At least, that's where it took us and we went in circles a couple of times.

The food was good - we both ordered the kal bi plate and enjoyed it. Atmosphere - casual dining, the place was clean and we felt comfortable eating our food. No complaints.

Highly recommend and if I am ever in the area again,...