Aloha Specialties Restaurant

Growing up in Hawaii and now living on the "9th Island," I have definitely experienced some excellent local cuisine in my life. I first tried Aloha Specialties back in the late 90s during my first visit to Las Vegas. The experience was wonderful because prior to that visit, I haven't had any good local Hawaiian food in years due to my time away from the islands (serving in the military). After my late 90s visit, I revisited Las Vegas in 2011 with my family to meet up with my Mom and Dad. This is the visit we always remember because the time spent with them was wonderful and marks the first time for my family trying Aloha Specialties. Fast forward in time...after years serving in the military between my wife and I, our final stop in our careers brought us back to Las Vegas in 2014, which we ended up retiring here. Since our arrival, we've tried so many local Hawaiian restaurants in the city, but still manage to revisit Aloha Specialties from time-to-time because this restaurant will always hold a piece of family history for us. In fact, we still try to sit in the same back, corner booth we did from the 2011 visit (even though the restaurant experienced a renovation), just to relive the memory. The service here is always outstanding; I have NEVER received bad customer service from the employees during any of my previous visits. Not to mention, the service is amazingly fast even during peak hours. The price-to-quantity/quality ratio is phenomenal; the amount of rice they serve here is remarkable. I also appreciate how this restaurant supports the men and women of the Armed Forces and its Veterans. Unfortunately, I don't want to list all the food I've tried here because I think I've managed to try ~70-80% of the menu items by now; however, I will provide a small list of my family's favorites (to include mine). We really enjoy getting the Mix Plate, Local Plate, Aloha Bento, Korean Spicy Chicken, Saimin, and Wonton Min. During our most recent visit, my wife stated that the Korean Spicy Chicken is in her top-3 favorite chicken dishes ever! We definitely will be back in the future and I highly recommend this restaurant to all 9th Island residents and visitors from across the world.

First "new" place I visited that I liked instantly. It was a short line about an hour to closing, and we ordered a loco-moco and a combination bento with Mahe, Korean BBQ ribs, and other items. The food was tasty, plentiful, reasonably priced, and the staff was ultra friendly and helpful. All the dishes were generous sized. If you are a loco-moco fan, you're going to like theirs, I guarantee. All the other logos have 1 patty of hamburger on top, theirs is a patty big enough to cover all the rice! Parking downtown is always a slight challenge. The decor is not up yo the times, but it is definitely part of the charm of this place. It gave me a very comfortable feeling.

Was introduced to Aloha Specialities by our friend and local Vegas residents back in 2011. His fave was "Flash", aka the Beef and/or Chicken rice bowl, priced at around $5.50 then. This was always the first and last place we ate at on our annual Vegas visit. Today, we treated our friends to eat, for 4 of us totalling about $34.00. Still reasonable and still delicious! Staff is always friendly and food comes out promptly, hot and plentiful. This place remains one of our favorites!