Pono Hawaiian Kitchen & Tap Menu – Santa Cruz, CA

Type : Hawaiian restaurant

Location : Santa Cruz, CA

Based on 6 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

Pono Hawaiian Kitchen & Tap 95060

Address:
120 Union St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Phone:

Website: https://ponokitchenandtap.com/

Hours

Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM
Saturday 11:30 AM–10 PM
Sunday 11:30 AM–10 PM
Monday

(Labor Day)
 Closed
Tuesday 11:30 AM–10 PM
Wednesday 11:30 AM–10 PM
Thursday 11:30 AM–10 PM

Menu

Merchandise
Pono Poke Shirt $25.00
Pono Zip Up Sweatshirt $45.00
Aloha Gourmet Snacks $6.00
Pono Hot Sauce $10.00
Kombucha
Local Roots Pink Panther $8.00
Local Roots Tropical Habanero $8.00
Da Pupus
Musubi
Grilled Spam on a bed of furikake seasoned rice and rolled with nori and a side of our house-made teriyaki sauce. An island classic!		 $5.00
KP Sliders
Slow cooked Hawaiian Kalua Pork, BBQ sauce, furikake seasoning with side of island slaw and pickled ginger. (2pcs)		 $10.00
Island Quesadilla
Choice of chicken teriyaki or Hawaiian kalua pork with jack and cheddar cheese, cilantro and side of our house-made sriracha sour cream.		 $11.00
Coconut Shrimp Appetizer
(6)pcs coconut fried shrimp served golden and crispy with a side of sweet Thai chili sauce and lemon wedges.		 $11.00
Catering Package
Ekahi Package $18.00
Elua Package $25.00
Ekolu Package $35.00
Da Salads
Poke Salad
Spring greens, arugula, seaweed salad, carrots, tomato, edamame, mandarin oranges, sweet onion, crispy tontons and your choice of poke! (See Poke menu.)		 $17.50
House Salad
Mixed greens, sweet onion, carrots, purple cabbage, tomato, mandarin oranges and won tons served with your choice of dressing.		 $8.00
Japanese Style Seaweed Salad
Green and mean! Japanese style Seaweed salad! Try some, you’ll love it!		 $6.00
Chinese Chicken Salad
Napa & purple cabbage, spring greens, mandarin oranges, carrots, sweet onion and tomato with sliced teriyaki chicken, crispy won tons and our house sesame vinaigrette.		 $13.00
Poke at Pono
Seven Elements Bowl
Ahi tuna, sweet onion, green onion, minced ginger, crushed peanuts, nori shreds, tobiko, elements sauce, micro greens and sushi ginger.		 $18.00
Lanikai Ahi $14.00
Lomi Lomi Salmon
Cubed Salmon, sweet onion, green onion, tomato, kalua pork, red ‘Alaea sea salt, seaweed salad, chili pepper water and lemon wedge.		 $14.00
Avocado-Tomato Ahi Poke
Cubed avocado, cubed tomato, sweet onion, green onion, shoyu marinated ahi tuna, white sesame seeds. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, seaweed salad, edamame, pickled ginger. 6 oz of ahi tuna.		 $14.00
Salmon Elements Poke Bowl
Ahi tuna, sweet onion, green onion, tobiko, ginger, crushed peanuts, nori shreds and seven elements sauce. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, ocean salad, edamame and pickled ginger.		 $18.50
Traditional Shoyu Ahi Poke
Shoyu marinated ahi tuna with sweet onion, green onion and white sesame seeds. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, seaweed salad, edamame, pickled ginger. 6 oz of ahi tuna.		 $14.00
Creamy Wasabi Ahi Poke
Wasabi aioli, cucumber, sweet onion, green onion, ocean salad, won ton chips, black goma sesame seeds. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, seaweed salad, edamame, pickled ginger. 6 oz of ahi tuna.		 $14.00
Braddah Timmy
Ahi tuna, avocado, alaea sea salt, gochugaru chili pepper, sweet onion, green onion, sesame oil and house-made kim chee. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, seaweed salad, edamame, pickled ginger. 6 oz of ahi tuna.		 $14.00
Salmon-Cilantro Avo Poke $14.00
Ginger-Chili-Shoyu Ahi Poke
Minced ginger, sweet onion, jalapeño, green onion, shoyu marinated ahi tuna, white sesame seeds. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, seaweed salad, edamame, pickled ginger. 6 oz of ahi tuna.		 $14.00
Ahi Poke Bowl
Shoyu marinated ahi tuna, sweet onion, green onion, Hawaiian kalua pork. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, seaweed salad, edamame and pickled ginger.		 $17.00
Tropical Island Poke
Ahi Tuna, sweet onion, green onion, diced tomato, seaweed salad, pineapple salsa, avocado, sesame oil and dash of black sesame seeds.		 $14.00
Ho’omana Ahi Poke
Ahi tuna, ‘alaea Hawaiian sea salt, sesame oil, green onion, green onion, gochugaru chili flake, white sesame seeds. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, seaweed salad, edamame, pickled ginger. 6 oz of ahi tuna.		 $14.00
Vegan Poke Bowl
Inari kage, sweet onion, edamame, green onion, gochugaru, toasted sesame seeds. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, ocean salad, edamame and pickled ginger.		 $14.00
Da Kine Poke Bowl
Shoyu marinated ahi tuna, sweet onion, green onion, tobiko, avocado, jalapeno, lemon and spicy pele aioli. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, ocean salad, edamame and pickled ginger.		 $19.00
Spicy Pele Ahi Poke
Spicy pele aioli, green onion, sweet onion, cubed tomato and black goma sesame seeds. Comes with furikake seasoned rice, seaweed salad, edamame, pickled ginger. 6 oz of ahi tuna.		 $14.00
Hawaiian Limu (Ogo) Ahi Poke
Traditionally made Hawaiian poke featuring Limu (ogo) seaweed, chili pepper, ‘Alaea Hawaiian sea salt, shoyu marinated ahi tuna with sweet onion, green onion. A traditional island style favorite!		 $14.00
Entree
Kal-Bi Korean Style Short Ribs
Sweet Korean style shortribs, marinated in a shoyu, honey, ginger based sauce. Topped with green onion and sesame seeds. Broke Da Mouth!		 $16.50
Chicken Katsu
Chicken breast breaded with panko, deep fried golden and crispy. Served with a side of Tonkatsu sauce!		 $15.00
Coconut Shrimp Plate
Golden and crispy coconut battered shrimp with sweet Thai chili sauce and lemon.		 $16.00
Mamma Kathy’s Chicken Teriyaki Plate $15.00
Da Loco Moco
An Island classic and we do it right! Two scoops rice, two grass-fed beef patties, two eggs your style and ‘ono brown gravy served with macaroni salad and house-made Kim Chee!		 $16.00
Side Of Teriyaki Chicken $8.95
Side Of Chicken Katsu $8.95
Side Of Kalua Pork $8.95
Side Of Ribs $11.95
Hawaiian Kalua Pork
Slow cooked traditional Hawaiian style pulled pork & cabbage seasoned with Hawaiian sea salt with a savory smoked flavor! Da best		 $14.00
Pono Teriyaki Bowl
Teriyaki Bowl
Come with furikake seasoned rice, steamed seasonal vegetables, house-made teriyaki drizzle and choice of Hawaiian kalua pork, Japanese katsu chicken, griled chicken teriyaki, grilled spam or seasonal vegetables.		 $10.00
Kids Menu
Keiki Quesadilla $6.00

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Reviews

Ava Kim
Let me tell you something about this Chinese chicken salad. When they brought this salad out to me, I felt a single tear slide down my delicately-suncreened face. The chicken? Juicy. Flavorful as all hell. The salad? Crunch. Yum. The MANDARIN ORANGE SLICES??? Sweet and sexy reminds me of childhood before lexapro. The sesame dressing? Light and wonderful. God-tier salad. I am complete.

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Paige McKay
Pono is a staple in our household for any special events we are celebrating or just a perfect place to go after a long week. I always get the Braddah Timmy bowl and it is always incredible. We were big Pono fans before they left the downtown location and we started going to the one on Capitola Rd, but we are so glad they are back in downtown Santa Cruz (with a full bar!). They did such a great job revamping the place and the courtyard is an awesome hangout spot too. The live music they have is also always great. It is my number one favorite restaurant in Santa Cruz and I always recommend it to everyone I know.

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Cayla Hill
Patio is a great place to sit with friends and have a beer.

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lynn osti
Come out to Santa Cruz and catch some ALOHA VIBES! Great food and good people.

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Rich Orberg
Chicken teriyaki came out cold

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