Hawaiian Drive Inn — Restaurant in Daly City

I came in to order food, but I also had to pee very badly. I have a genetic condition, vascular EDS type 4, which means my connective tissue, bladder, arteries, and organs can easily rupture, and if this happens, I cannot be stitched back together, as my flesh will continue to break apart. The man at the counter refused to let me use the bathroom. He said, 'customers only'. I told him that I intended to order, but it's an emergency, and I need to use the bathroom FIRST. He refused. I pleaded. He refused again. I didn't have time to argue further and ran off to a nearby restaurant, apologized because I had no intention of ordering food there. They said no, but that's fair. Out of necessity, I urinated in a nearby bush behind the building.

I will never go to Hawaiin Drive Inn again...unless they change their policy and trust their customers. I admit, I didn't have time to explain my health issues, but that's also irrelevant and none of their business. Perhaps they've been lied to before, who knows, but they should give people the benefit of the doubt. If they change their policy and apologize, I'll delete...

Eh. It's Hawaiian BBQ. For those random bbq short ribs and macaroni salad cravings. They're pretty fast and good. Haven't had a bad batch yet. (Google maps made me post a review of my "visit yesterday". Ok Google, I was just in the parking lot, I didn't eat there yesterday. Why didn't you ask me to post when I actually went there all those other times? Can you Big Brother correctly?)

If you're not from here and you can't find it, it's tucked at the corner of the tiny plaza where Walgreens is on Mission and San Pedro. Go inside the lot, and it's to the left of Walgreens, very corner, between the donut shop and nail salon. (Those two places are also a YES and a YES). Anyway, I do like this place. I'm biased though because this is my hood and I like most places around me. At least, no news of being dirty or any pest problems for them, so I'd say...

Hawaiian Drive Inn used to be really good. The fried fish plate $11.50 felt flimsy and the taste was missing good fried fish characteristics. For example, they used their tonkatsu breading. They should have chose a lighter flour batter with beer and sparkling water to make a nice, light, crispy piece of fish. The pieces were on the small and thin side, meaning I'm eating more batter than fish. A batter that I didn't care for....