Casual nook offering a taste of the Hawaiian islands serving short ribs, pork lau lau & shave ice. Based on 246 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
810 3rd St, San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: (415) 453-2003
Hours
| Friday | 11:30 AM–8 PM |
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–8 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed |
| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM–8 PM |
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–8 PM |
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Reviews
Scott Wong
Good food. We had the spam and eggs, bbq chicken, shrimp, and katsu chicken. Short ribs was a bit over cooked and not tender. Spam musubi. Tried the Taro boba milk tea. Everything was good except milk tea. It tasted like water and powder. One of the worst I’ve had.
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DaddyOs7
I love the plate lunches here. This is the closest to local Hawaiian food you can get in California and in the North Bay. I used to live in Oahu and man this food is Ono. Ya, you know! Usually, the meals come with Mac salad and rice but I go with all cabbage salad as my side dish with a Kalua Pork and Teriyaki Steak combo. My kids love the spam masubis here.
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Tuurischeva Green
Good afternoon family! As you know I am a delivery driver and I try to go to new places I haven’t been before. So on this day I was in San Raphael and it was finally able to go on my lunch when I stumbled across this Hawaiian good place. I was greeted by a nice young woman who took my order which took almost 15 min. I ordered their BBQ chicken lunch plate, the chicken was juicy, not too salty, the macaroni salad we very good to and the rice was perfect.
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Ken Wilkes
Stopped in for takeout. Can be overwhelming busy. So call before going. Only Hawaiian restaurant in the area. Great macaroni salad.
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Joshua Jucker
At last! After 3 grueling years dine in seating has returned to Mauna Loa! Finally I was able to sit down in the restaurant and enjoy a Mauna Loa combo with delicious Katsu Chicken and rice and mac salaedand beef short rib dipped in sweet spicy mauna loa suace and washed down with cold Heineken which i could just grab out of their refrigerator all for a very reasonable $30 before tip! Ohh happy day!
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Christine Phang
Very generous servings at reasonable prices! We got the chicken combo, Big Kahuna combo and a spam musubi. The food was all delicious!
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Natalie
Very large serving of the chicken thighs and cooked wonderfully! Not realizing BBQ was just the preparation, no sauce, I would have asked for something as a dip. My dad had the coconut shrimp, and it was nice too!
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Kai Brabo
First: quick and consistent; second: tasty with a variety to suit everyone(vegetarian options are limited, but the Hawaiian diet consists of mostly meat dishes); third: authenticity, I am from kauai and visit quite often, and to have quality Hawaiian rather than fast food L&L’s is a major benefit. The quality speaks for itself.; fourth: the price is right. Lunch around $8 and dinner about $11. Always gonna leave here full.
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Ted Eicher
Mauna Loa will not last. Had the chicken combination meal. BBQ chicken, katsu chicken and chicken teriyaki. The BBQ was awful, bland with a rubbery texture. The teriyaki was mediocre, had at least some flavor. The katsu was not very good, did not taste fresh at all. Macaroni salad was abysmal. They were not busy at all on a Friday night, that should tell you all you need to know. I do not recommend this business
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philip ramsey
In the shadow of the popular Sol food restaurant is this little place. Because of the pandemic all orders are now take out. Call ahead to save time on the wait. I like the Hawaiian BBQ chicken dish. It’s tasty yet simple (chicken, white rice and side). I do wish for “healthy Hawaiian” version of the dish where the rice is brown and the side is a simple salad or pickled veg or seaweed instead of Macaroni salad. It’s a long shot wish but I then would feel better about eating from there more often.
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