L&l Hawaiian Grill

Delicious Hawaiian food. The portions are absolutely ginormous. It is nice to have a taste of some pretty authentic Hawaiian flavors this far from California and Hawaii. The spam musubi is always good and the bulgogi fries are dangerously delicious. I hope this location remains because Nashville is much cheaper to get to than the West coast.

We were excited to try something different for a change but a little disappointed after we ate. I was worried when nobody was here and the Tupelo Honey Cafe was slammed with people. The Bulgogi fries were the best but covered in hot sauce so be warned. The fish tacos were good but bland. The pineapple rice was just ok and the manapua was awful.

I've had L&L many times in Cali, so I was excited to see one in TN, near my hotel. Everything we ordered was way too salty other than the fries. Bulgogi fries: fresh, crispy, all the components went well together. Spam masubi: rice to spam ratio was way off (refer to pic), I barely taste any spam or teriyaki sauce. Mixed bbq plate: meat was overly salty, good portion of meat though. The macaroni salad was basically 50% pasta 50% mayo, yuck. Poke bowl: the most disappointing. $11 for basically 7 tiny pieces of unfresh fish (refer to pic), doubt that was even 6oz. The sauce was so salty that I thought it'll out me cardiac arrest. The whole bowl was a throw away.

I'm from Oahu and I haven't visited home in 2 years. After watching reviews of this place where it looked like other kanaka ran the place I was hoping to run into some of them when I passed through. Just to talk to someone, get a sense of that familiarity. I didn't really get the Aloha hospitality that I was hoping for and it seemed like the workers there were more interested in the sports game playing than what I wanted to order. Food was good but it wasn't the same. I miss home, and this visit didn't quite bring back memories.