The Big Kahuna — Restaurant in Old Orchard Beach

I've never seen a restaurant that didn't have a phone number to call. The menu looked alright, so I walked to the location. The place was pretty dead and the bartender shrugged and said "I don't make the rules" when I asked about being able to call to place an order. I placed our order with him, came back to get it and walked back to our house.

Now onto the food. My wife got the pineapple chicken with a side salad. There was no teriyaki glaze as listed on the chicken, the chicken was cut part way through on random spots which seemed to make it dry out, the pineapple salsa was a bunch of minced veggies with a few bits if pineapple, broccoli stems were brown, and they didn't give any dressing when I asked for ranch when prompted.

I ordered the seafood platter. I asked for extra tartar sauce, and some ketchup for the fries. I received neither and to boot, the menu description says it is served with "lots of lemon." There wasn't a single lemon! The platter was just an average overpriced item that you could get at your local pizza joint for half the price.

I obviously couldn't call to see if the problem could be rectified and I was not going to walk back down there for another potential shoulder shrug. Maybe that's why they don't have a...

Visited July 25, 2025.

Ordered a whiskey with a single rock, but it was served in a plastic shot glass—not exactly what you’d expect for the price. We started with the fried pickle appetizer, which arrived looking shriveled and dehydrated. The texture was chewy, and nearly half the portion consisted of just the battered shells—no pickle inside.

My wife ordered the burger, advertised as Angus, but I seriously question that claim. It looked and tasted like the paper-thin, boxed patties we were served in college—labeled “Grade D, edible.” She took one bite and had to spit it out.

I went with the chicken tenders thinking it would be a safe fallback. I was wrong. They were tough and difficult to chew. I managed to eat a few bites, but only the most salvageable parts. The only highlight was the Big Kahuna sauce—it had decent flavor.

We sent back both my wife’s and son’s meals. At the table next to us, a man literally stood up, spit his food into a napkin, and continued spitting over the fence before he and his party left. No manager ever came by to address the situation.

I almost never write reviews, but I felt compelled after spending $131 on a meal that made my entire family feel sick. Truly one of the worst dining...

Wanted to love this place but wasn’t the best experience. So pros :They were nice to greet us in and my lava flow drink was pretty good. We also got the jalapeño appetizer which was good. Cons: they messed up my order even tho they repeated it back to me, which is fine I didn’t have to wait long for them to fix it. But then my bf got the lobster roll and when he went to ask for butter they said they had none … I’ve never in my life been somewhere who doesn’t have butter for lobster rolls lol. Can easily send someone to go buy the butter too (he has also worked in the restaurant business so he knows this too as well). The no butter for lobster roll and not having an explanation either did it for me lol. The chips for our sides had a weird flavoring as well .

As someone who comes up here to work every week in the summer and owns a place on this beach, I’ve been wanting to try some of these places but this one I won’t be returning to unfortunately. As much as I love...