I have always enjoyed dining here! Food is good, service is fast and the staff are always friendly. I was sad to see them leave Clive as Ankeny is a bit of a drive for me. Whenever I'm there though- this place is on my top list of places to dine. Disregard Teresa Trainor's review as she is a LIAR. I'm saddened she is out to ruin a business for NO good reason. I looked and she LIED about the "inspection". I looked up their PUBLIC INSPECTION RECORD: only 3 violations and they were all minor- ZERO related to chicken or pork. Food poisoning causes around 76 million illnesses and 5,000 deaths every year in the USA. That is about .02 percent of the deaths that occurred in the US in 2009. Had her daughter truly been so sick she almost died: this would have resulted in a lawsuit.
Great place for lunch! The moco loco and the seafood combo is good. Food was hot and had great flavor.
Good change from fast food. Very different from most fast food, bbq plate was excellent
Reminds me of hawaii!. I used to live in Honolulu and eat loco mocos almost everyday. After I left I was stuck trying to make it myself. Then I found this restaurant.....ugh. Reminds me of Hawaii so much. I just love it!
It's a little bit of Hawaii right here in Iowa. Great food, friendly service and good prices. Where else in town can you get a loco moco?
Ono!!! Da Kine Local Grines!!!. I just come back from stay Kailua (Oahu) to visit classmates and my husband/friends first time visit to Hawaii. While we stay there, I show them the plate lunch at Zippy's and loco mocos. Last night tried Alohana Hawaiian Grill and it was ono!!! I had the BBQ beef and my husband had da kine BBQ chicken. We also tried the musubi spam and crab rangoon - awesome!! We will definately be back to try the Kalua pork - another favorite. Now if they would just add manapua and crisp fried gow gee, I would be in heaven!
Love love love this place!!. The food so reminds me of food my mother cooked when I was growing up. This food is the real meal you would have if you were in someone's home. This is NOT asian food made by mexican cooks, or what a chinese cook thinks americans want, this is the real deal!
Realy good food, nice music, and good service for sure I am coming back.
Delicious!!! I've gotten the BBQ MIX twice and it's so yummy! The meat is tender and full of flavor! I like how the beef is thinly sliced! And you get a good amount for the price!!
I also love the egg rolls! They're full of meat!! And the pasta salad is yummy too!! Next time I'm going to try the Katsu chicken and I've heard a lot about the spam musubi so I want to try that next time too!!!
Just passing through town and was looking for dinner. Spotted this little place and I’m glad I listened to the reviews. Loco moco is pretty good with really tasty gravy. Rice cooked perfectly. Also picked up spam musubi for the road which I’m sure will be good.
Shawna Parsons (ScaryMom_80)
+5
Amazing authentic food! The sauces were delicious. We loved the katsu chicken, volcano chicken, curry chicken, and even the bbq burger was a steak burger and amazing with the Hawaiian sweet and sour. My kids and I will be back again! Thanks for a great dinner!
What a nice change of pace!! Travelling through Alkeny on a family Road Trip we chose Alohana over Chic Fil A. Fast and friendly service, tasty BBQ chicken bowls, reaaaaally good Crab Rangoon. I would recommend - relaxed atmosphere with tropical decor - nice touch.
The food was so delicious so much flavor and the meat was extremely tender. Felt like I was back at home in OAHU HAWAII. Such a random place in a very peculiar area but I’m glad I stopped our road trip and stopped to grabbed something to eat.
First time having loco moco. Felt like I was in Hawaii. Always saw it mentioned on Hawaii 5.0 and wanted to try. Reasonable prices. Lots of options. Fast friendly service
AMAZING!!! Portions and price point in today’s world, this place has all of it. BBQ chicken bowl and egg rolls are hands down best I’ve ever had. I don’t live here, but now I wish I did. I’ll be back!
I’ve never had food here that I didn’t like. The service is also great! I didn’t have to wait at all and they were always ready to help.
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