Shaka Brah AB

I had the Hawaiian garlic chicken lunch plate and it was delicious. Crispy chicken thighs in an amazing garlic flavor so good. Really good but small restaurant.

I recently door dashed from Shaka Brah Grill and had a mixed experience. The Mac Salad was quite bland and didn’t leave a lasting impression. As for the Kalua Pig , I found it to be underwhelming and not up to my expectations. However, the Hawaiian Garlic Chicken stood out as a highlight of the meal; it was absolutely delicious! I’ll definitely be coming back just for that dish.

New to the area, so was hoping to find another good spot. Had high hopes due to it giving that HITW feel. Sadly, that wasn’t the case here. Food smelled better than it tasted.

The Mac salad had next to no flavor, same with the Katsu. The garlic shrimp was okay, the dollop of topping on the rice was amazing.

For the price, we were hoping the experience would’ve been something we’d be eager to have again

I really liked their Hawaiian Garlic Chicken, but the Mac Salad was dry and tasted like cooked plain macaroni. First Hawaiian grill I've tried that had a really bad Mac Salad. Didn't get my banana cake with my order either but that I'm not sure if the driver failed or the restaurant since there was only 1 bag and it was tied off.

This is a small little restaurant tucked away in the corner of a car park you will miss if you don't notice. I ordered the Filipino Style BBQ Plate and 2 pork skewers. The portions and taste were good but the thicker parts of the pork skewers (from the BBQ Plate) were not cooked. I wish they make it better next time.

I want to live this place. That doesn't mean it happens unfortunately. 45+ min wait after ordering while I watch food sir like it's a buffet. The didn't take a name, give a number... anything to ID whose food was whose. Nowhere to sit while we wait. Can't go to car, etc since they didn't communicate with you. 1/3 + of what I asked for on the mend they didn't have. Last time over a year ago I was here. Same story. Super SAD

I got upset by their loco moco. The patty is fine. The egg that isn't runny I could live with, but I got upset by the little amount of gravy that was put on it. Please next time put more gravy with your loco moco. If I have 3 scoops of rice I would like to have gravy to put with my rice.

However, we did like the teriyaki chicken.

Update:
There was so little gravy that I ended up just eating meat, egg, and plain rice. Very dry overall. Would not recommend their loco moco, unless they provide more gravy.

We have been here many years ago and the atmosphere in the restaurant has become more stylish. (The name of the restaurant is different, so maybe the owners are different...but it was definitely the same Kauai restaurant.) The restaurant is small but has a Hawaiian feel with the decorations and music. We had the teriyaki chicken and tempura ahi poke. There was a long wait for the food to come out, but the food and taste were satisfying. The tempura (this is not tempura but shrimp katsu, right?) Many restaurants, like KaneBBQ, serve katsu that are pre-made and reheated, so the batter is always tough and the skin inside the mouth peels off, but the katsu here was freshly fried and crispy, which was very surprising. 😍 The teriyaki sauce here has a crispy soy sauce flavor, not the American-style sweet sauce with a strong thickening effect, just like authentic Japanese teriyaki sauce. The wait time was very long, which was understandable since it seemed that everything is made upon receiving an order. The food here was small portions, and the ahi was thawed and dry, but the delicious teriyaki sauce was well mixed with the ahi and it was very tasty.　I would definitely try other dishes again.🤤