Mamaya — Restaurant in Oʻahu

I remembered coming here years ago when I lived on the Westside and they first opened. I'd since moved so I forgot about it but saw a friend post a pix on IG. We drove out to Mamaya today. We all loved it a lot! 🥰 I purchased the large misoyaki butterfish bento 🍱 to eat there and spicy ahi inari and crunchy ume musubi 🍙 for tomorrow. Everything in my bento was delicious! I just ate one of the spicy ahi inari as a snack and omg... so yummy! 😋 We all agreed that the rice was cooked to perfection! ....my cousin had the dynamite bento and some fried ika and said 2 thumbs up!👍👍 ....my friend had food from the okazu bar and was pleasantly surprised!👍👍 I just wish the not so busy counter person would wipe the tables and clean up around the okazu bar as there was a blob of potato salad from the fine we came until after we left... she never moved from the register... BUT!!! We'll definitely be back! I wish it was closer...

Just when I was figuring what I was going to have for lunch, (since I skipped breakfast) my neighbor knocked on my door bringing food from Mamaya in Pearl Kai Aiea. I am blessed to have awesome neighbors that always share good eats with us and this is a spot I have yet to try. I was super excited because I’m originally from Aiea and anything from my hometown makes me super happy! They gave me a Bento Combo that had: Teri Beef, Fried Chicken, a slice of SPAM dipped in a teriyaki glaze, & a piece of fried panko fish with small container tartar sauce on a bed of multi grain rice. There was also a container with noodles with an assortment of toppings as well. Delicious! Very tasty and full of flavor. Noodles were firm and just right, not salty. The Beef Teriyaki was especially yummy!! I highly recommend this tasty...

I love the flavors of the food Mamaya offers! Really tasty, homestyle Japanese cooking. The multigrain rice is ono, too! Went in for a late lunch on Sunday (they close at 4PM) to find the hot/cold make your own bento service line already closed (at 2 PM), so was disappointed in the small selection of bento, donburi and musubi (minus one star.) Bento purchase includes a choice of miso soup, or mini bottle of water. Loyalty card available. Small place w/limited seating; I recommend "take out" to eat in the comfort of your home, or at one of the nearby parks in 'Aiea. And go early before they run...