My husband and i are self-admitted food snobs and we really liked the food at the Hanalei L&L. Very tasty... Not sure how authentic it was, but the food had good flavor and texture. I had the Chicken Katsu, which is panko-fried chicken breast over rice and gravy. I thought it was great. My husband had the BBQ Chicken with rice and gravy, which was also packed with flavor. The ambience is zero, but hey, who cares when you just want good food? We are going back today for the mixed plate and the moco-loco.
Review Source:We were there last summer and wanted to compare the food to the L&L we have here in Aurora CO. Â The lady we asked for directions was shocked to hear we had a local L&L on the mainland so far in and we were asking for one on the island. Â The food here tastes the same in our opinion. Â We are lucky to have such authentic offerings.
Review Source:After deciding to dine out one evening in Waimea, L & L was pretty much the only place that was open at 7:30p on a weeknight. Business hours on the west side of Kaua'i are strange and unpredictable!
The place does "plate lunch" style meals, but I've never quite understood what that means considering every restaurant we have ever been to has "plates" already put together from you to pick from, they just call them "meals" instead of "plates."
The inside is decent size: somewhat empty at night but packed during the day.
A typical plate runs in the range of $10, but you will most likely have a meal for the next day as well. Most things come with a side of rice and a macaroni salad (incredibly common on the island). What we had was good (fish plate, and BBQ plate) but one of the meats (hard to tell what is what) was very fatty and had little edible content to it.
There are no free refills, so go up a size in drink if you are thirsty. A refill will cost you 1/2 price of the full original drink. Really, is soda syrup going up in price or what?
I also cannot understand why this place (as well as many other Chinese restaurants we have seen) have "BBQ" in their name. Just because you serve meat with a BBQ sauce on it does not by any means make you a "BBQ" restaurant.
All in all, L & L is a decent place to grab a bite, but don't expect anything spectacular.
The other reviewers must be smoking Maui-wowie because this place was not good. Â I've had me some tasty Hawaiian barbeque in my day and this was not what we were expecting. Â It's actually more of a chinese restaurant that tries to do Hawaiian BBQ, and it felt like worlds collided in this case. Â My girlfriend got the garlic shrimp, which might be good if you're someone who likes pooh. Â For the life of me I can't figure out why they cook the shrimp with the shell and the vain intact. Â The chicken and the mahi were at least edible if you're really hungry, which we were. We won't be going back.
Review Source:A Waimea Oasis in a dining desert
One of the few decent places to eat in the Waimea area. Â You're pretty isolated out here and choices few. Â L&L is a dependable chain serving contemporary Hawaiian foods and Asian entrees. Â Reasonably priced, quick and pretty good. Â Lau Lau pork and Locomoco are the hits. Â This place was an oasis for us since we made the mistake to lodge nearby.
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