Makai Hawaiian BBQ(Snellville) — Restaurant in Snellville

Coming from someone who grew up on L&L in California, this place is just okay. 2.5/5 at best. By Georgian standards, this place is prob a 4/5 or even 5/5. I ordered takeout from their website because it was the same price as in restaurant, and DoorDash was pricing $2-3 on top of reg price.

Chicken combo: the bbq chicken was a little salty but it paired great with rice. Chicken katsu was good but they didn’t give me tonkatsu sauce — only packet soy sauce and hot sauce. Rice & Mac salad were cooked “al-dente” which is not what I’m use to. I would ordered this again.

Kalua combo: kalua pork was super dry and not good at all. Teriyaki chicken tasted like the BBQ chicken. The broccoli was good — think they blanched it in some water with bouillon? I wouldn’t order this again.

Crab Rangoon: presentation was there. But it tasted like an oil sack. Like the oil wasn’t hot enough before they fried it. It was a miss for me.

Taro smoothie & coconut smoothie: I took a video recording only 15 minutes after pick up. It should still be a smoothie/slushy consistency, but it was watery.

At pick up, the two drinks were in a big bag and the cashier insisted the drinks wouldn’t spill over. She handed it over and the two drinks tipped over lol. Please invest in some cup holders.

I would give this place another try when it’s a little more established and got all their kinks worked out since they just opened not...

First off let me just say... as someone who is born and raised, local boy, off the poi, in Hawai'i... This food was Poho (No Good). For 1... no Katsu sauce with the Chicken Katsu... 2, No Aloha Shoyu to put on the rice and Mac salad... If L&L back home in Hawai'i was a 10... then this would be a 1... and that's saying a lot cause L&L isn't the best by any means!!! The Hawaiian BBQ Chicken was super Bland... and that Maikai Spicy chicken wasn't even spicy... not to mention it tasted like nothing you'd find back home in Hawaii... The Spam Musubi wasn't made right... everyone knows that you gotta have that sauce in the Musubi... this was just rice and Spam wrapped in seaweed... something else that was bland... good looking location and clean looking! That being said... The owners should hire some Hawaiian's to teach them how to cook!!! Cause nothing tasted as it should! NOT...

First off, I was excited when I was told of this restaurant. The Kalbi ribs and spam musubi were pretty good. Their Mac salad is not. They should google an Hawaiian Mac salad recipe. I've eaten there twice, the first time my wife picked up the food. She commented that the staff was dry and not very friendly. The second time I picked up the food and kinda felt the same thing. The third time I just left without ordering, after asking menu questions to the lady at the register. The Aloha is very absent from this place, the employees and the food for the most part. I'll probably not go back, even though it's 10 minutes from the house. Too bad, with some adjustments, they can have a very nice Hawaiian restaurant. You don't have to be Hawaiian or from Hawaii, but you should understand our culture and ways. Aloha is more than just a...