Tokemoana's — Restaurant in San Mateo

Influenced by IG and decided to come on a free afternoon. Located on el camino with a decent sized parking lot next door (just be sure not to pass by it). Inside is a simple cafe with spacious seating with big windows that let in a lot of natural light. Even for a weekday brunch time, we noticed a significant amount of people coming in. While not exactly busy and crowded, it was still a lot for what we expected. We ordered the loco moco, macadamia nut pancake combo, and tuk fries. I loved the loco moco. The gravy went great with the rice. The beef patty was cooked a bit more rare than I expected, but still tasted really good. There were also some mushrooms in the sauce. I got over medium eggs, but they came a bit closer to over easy, but honestly the runny yolks were much more suited for this dish. It also came with a small side of mac salad. It was a little watery, but was refreshing as a side. I would highly highly recommend the macadamia pancakes if you prefer sweet items for breakfast. I usually don’t prefer macadamia nuts but I loved how it was in the pancakes. The pancakes were super fluffy and honestly were impressive even for a simple dish. You can order the combo with a type of meat., bacon, sausage patty, spam. We got the sausage patty which was pretty tasty. The tuk fries were okay. The sauce was good, reminds me of sriracha mayo. The steak pieces were a bit tough. Can pass on this. Service was a bit slow. We noticed it took a long time for some peoples food to come out, as mentioned in other reviews as well. While it didn’t take a very long time for our food, it was still a noticeable wait when there weren’t that many people inside either. However the food was really good and I would def come again for...

Horrible service. It’s like you’re at the relatives house that doesn’t want you there. Ordered the macadamia banana pancakes - wasn’t good, dry pancakes and they don’t give enough syrup few bananas and a sprinkle of chopped macadamia. Don’t order that. The corned beef is good. The macaroni salad is meh. We arrived before two other parties and were sat LAST. It took 15 mins for the waiter to get our drink order, 10 more mins to actually get our drinks, we wait 35 mins to be able to order. It took 30 mins for our food to arrive after ordering. When we arrived they weren’t as busy more people came in and they were seated sooner, ordered sooner got their food paid and left before we started eating. Our order was wrong and it took them 10 mins to bring the side of macaroni salad, something that simple shouldn’t take that long. The waiting staff avoided us, never checked in, when they did check in with other tables. Not the kind of service expected from...

Been wanting to try this place, finally got a chance to. I ordered loco moco, my friend got the abc omlet, the kid got the cheeseburger, my sister also got loco moco, we also got an order of Tuk fries to share. The staff is friendly and helpful. It took a bit for our orders to come out but they were busy. Our food arrived, and healthy portions they are. The Tuk fries were amazing with yes real steak and it had great char flavor, this thing is a monster and I wouldn't consider this an appetizer (maybe for 6 people, but 3 of us we still had half left). By the looks of it they chopped up an entire steak for it. The loco moco was flavorful and very filling. The ABC omlet had a ton of bacon in it, and we asked for the hash browns to be crunchy and they cooked it to perfection. I definitely will be back to try some...