First time coming here and more likely the last. Food was bland. I ordered katsu for my son and the katsu was so water down, even my son said it doesn't taste good. I got the breakfast Portuguese sausage, it was so underwhelming for $14 a plate I probably got less than 10 small slices and it was overcooked. We were so disappointed of the food. read more

Excellent choice for Hawaiian food and Alejandro has the greatest customer service, definitely recommend coming here

Staff was very nice, the young lady at the register helped me so much with figuring out what I'd like The food was a 10/10, I would definitely recommend and will purchase again in the future. The restaurant was clean and was very welcoming and inviting! read more

I messed up my online order and when I went in, the folks in the restaurant took care of it and made it all good. Not to mention, the food was great!! This is my new go-to Hawaiian spot! read more

Food was fresh and hot, generous servings, delicious and friendly staff. Love the fact food is served on nice plates & utensils instead of paper plates & plastic forks. Wonderful experience. Thank you read more

The food is delicious and authentic, with great customer service. We got our food very quickly! It's fast food at its finest. We didn't even have to clean off our table after we were done. They quickly came and cleaned it off. Very friendly employees. read more

They've been open for a week and finally got to try it last night. We got the Katsu platter, Korean chicken mini, and lumpia and it was all good. I feel like the negative reviews are all for service in the first few days they were open. They were very friendly last night and checked on us and the manager asked us how we liked the meal and thanked us for coming in. I believe the staff is still getting trained and learning the menu (pretty huge) so it'll be about a month before they're fully operating. Definitely worth the try! read more

good food good portions good service good atmosphere good good good good would recommend to friends and family read more

Dalu Hawaiian BBQ - pork chicken katsu chicken teriyaki w scallions and mac n cheese over rice - Hawaiian Near Me - Oceanside, California

Aloha is hot I was greeted. I was like is this Da Kine food. Always looking for Hawaiian food that tastes local. Upon moving to Oceanside, we have tried a few different Hawaiian places. None of them just doesn't hit me right. Coming from the islands you want to taste the essence of the island food I have to say we were not disappointed with The three entrée plate that we got. Two scoops mac salad, one scoop rice, Kahlúa with cabbage, pineapple chicken, and beef teriyaki all very well seasoned and tasted pretty good definitely did not disappoint. We'll give them another try. Maybe the malasadas read more

As everyone knows, the price of a meal everywhere has gone up, and portion sizes have gone down. It didn't appear so on my visit to Dalu yesterday for lunch. I can usually finish a big lunch meal since I usually skip breakfast, but at Dalu I ended up asking for a take-home box. The Katsu Curry was tasty, and made for a nice snack later as well as when I ate it at the restaurant. I make my own Musubi, but usually try it when out at a new to me place that offers it. So I got some to go for later, and Dalu's SPAM Musubi was really good. Ratio of rice to SPAM were spot on and it looked like they employ the same flavor trick I do, which is add a little Miso paste between the SPAM and rice! Definitely going back to try other dishes. read more

We ordered 2 combo plates. All meats tasted re-heated and chewy except for the Katsu Chicken, which was good. The price would be fine if the food was better quality. The macaroni salad was tasty and not runny. Service was ok but it appears much more supervision is needed! In addition, the soft drinks are also over-priced. Maybe it was the cook the day I was there, but to be honest, not worth a second try! Their competition in the nearby Target center is far better! Gail K. Oceanside read more

They just opened up so hopefully they improve but they really need to figure out their organization and serving time... it takes them 30 minutes or more to get the food out to the customers. The first time I went, it took 30 minutes because they didn't realize they had given my order accidentally to someone else. They were good enough to quickly put my order together. This time, Friday evening, 50 minute wait on a hawaiian burger that my husband ended up asking a refund for. It wasn't good. We'll stick with the bbq. I hope that they can figure it out because that wait time! You may as well do some grocery shopping at Ralphs with the time you have to wait to get your order. read more

The food here was delicious! We wanted something light and my husband got the spam musubi and I got the veggie lumpia. The sauce for my lumpia was a little spicy and sooo good. The girl working the register was super nice and accommodating and came to check on us and ask if we needed anything which I thought was super sweet. Inside, the decor is really cute and just such a vibe. We will be back to try some plates!! read more

Alejandro was very welcoming and helped us out! We had the short rib plate and got two scoops of Mac salad and one scoop of rice, my girlfriend got the beef teriyaki bowl and a side of Mac salad both were great! The reggae music playing in the background was a vibe as well. read more

Stop in for lunch yesterday. Decided to try their Poke. Very good and order came out fast. Like to come back and try the egg rolls. Look good. Service is friendly and place is kept clean. 5 stars ! read more

These guys not only have incredible food, their customer service is outstanding too! Unfortunately there was a miscommunication from one member of our party, but the staff still went above and beyond to make an item that wasn't even on their menu for them! Juan handled the situation with amazing professionalism, I thank him for being so kind even when he didn't have to be. This type of service will be remembered and talked about often! The atmosphere was great! Music was relaxing. I can't wait to go back and try more items! read more

Food was great breakfast plate delicious full of flavor i was shock. Never thought Hawaiian bbq could be so delicious great service cashier was very nice end recommend me this. Delicious. Egg beef patties Beautiful restaurant end good Hawaiian music read more

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Service was completely lacking. They didn't know what the food was spiced with, specifically the Korean chicken. When questioned, I got attitude and was told "we just opened, we have to have time to get to know our menu". I would thank that would be done in training. When taking the order, the person was distracted and almost missed the order completely. Spent more time talking with other associates and not understanding what we were asking for. It was not primo service. So, hopefully they are able to work on it and get better. This happened Sept 18 at 630pm. read more

CRAZY FIRE CHARRED GREATNESS OFF THE HOOK. Dalu makes their food just like I was at north shore on the beach with my barbecue.And all my friends and everybody's bringing all the food for a luau. Nobody in california cooks with the style of dalu. Marinated teriyaki chicken and then they fire target and put tons of barbecue fire charred greatness on the meat part of the way, and then they put it on the flat top with teriyaki sauce.That caramelizes and gets really thick on top of the chicken with a healthy helping of green onions. broke da mout. For years and years, i've been begging other hawaiian lunch places to do the same, but they're too stubborn.Well sorry, they're all have to take second place now. DALU RULES. This visitI took advantage of signing up on their website for a free musubi, super onoThey wrap the whole thing in seaweed on mondays.They have musubi $2 specials. I've tried also their ribs, which were shockingly super super tender.They won't tell me their secret. I talked with the manager and I asked him, how can I get a certain combo that I really want to get?He goes he'll make anything happen. Next time I go, i'm going to get terry chicken kahlua pig.And their ribs and not a bad deal, too plenty of food for 2 people or one KANAKA. When you go ask that your meat gets an extra char.On it and maybe extra green onions. the ONLY item I DIDNT like was the LOCO MOCO, although the gravy was ON POINT YUMMMMMY their meat hamburger patty is typical frozen kinda thin patty, wish they made a hand made thicker patty. but when you douse it with gravy its very tasty but other than that WOWIE MAUI DALU RULES. read more

Dalu Hawaiian BBQ - SUPER FIRE CHARRED GREATNESS - Hawaiian Near Me - Oceanside, California

solid food and experience great quality and portions alejandro at the counter was super nice and helpful read more

Dalu Hawaiian BBQ - Hawaiian Near Me - Oceanside, California

First time trying it last night. It was great. We'll be back again. My husband isn't a huge Hawaiian food fan and he loved it

Just had an amazing lunch at Dalu. Juan was wonderful and kind. Grilled spicy Korean chicken was amazing along with the pineapple chicken. Mac salad was so good that I went back to order another side to take home with my leftovers. Will def be back. read more

The food was delicious. I definitely will be back again and again until I have had everything on the menu.

Had order delivered via Uber Eats which was prompt and on-time. Ordered Katsu chicken and Bulgogi Fries. Came with no katsu sauce and no cabbage, chicken was overcooked, and found several bones in the meat. Bulgogi Fries was soggy because fries were cold and way undercooked. Macaroni had way too much mayo and no taste aside from the mayo. May try again because had in the past when they first opened and was decent, but there are other more consistent options in the area. read more

Food was amazing. Service was awesome and I loved looking at the pictures that were on the wall when we left. My husband told me how much the bill was and it was quite expensive for three people, but I will go back is very good. read more

Food was amazing. Service was amazing. Alejandro specifically was able to give us specific details about the food. What was in it and also explained very clearly about what suggestions might be good and what you might like. Super clean inside the ambience was very nice. There's a very Hawaiian themed read more

Teri beef was really overcooked and tough. Very dry. Veggies were extremely overcooked and gross. Rice was good. Def not worth $16.

I hope they make it. But our first impression: price too high for what they serve - over $19 for a plate. The Korean chicken doesn't have a Korean flavor - it's sriracha flavored. The rice was dry and hard and you know if you don't get the rice right, it ruins everything. It'll be hard to try again. Gotta get the rice right. read more

The food and service was amazing! Alejando was very professional and helpful. Will differently be going back.

Food was amazing! They have many more options than L$L which I love, the service was great, we were greeted immediately as we walked in! The cashier Alejandro was so much help, he explained what came with plates and gave some options from their menu we may like! The ambience is beautiful, very spacious. I'll definitely be coming back! read more

Very impressed with the flavor and portions. The Value Menu was a true value and the Korean chicken was fantastic.

Walked in at 10:20am this morning was charged 3 times for my order and had to be credited back twice and I was the only person in the place. Took 35 minutes to finish spam & eggs plate, Portuguese & eggs, and 2 musubi order. Offered me a bag of chips for them taking so long to make my order. The food was terrible, rice was all mushy, eggs were bland, absolutely no seasoning. Spam was bland as well. Asked for over medium eggs and they were over easy. They are overpriced and terrible customer service and food. read more

Went to try this place for first time after hearing the hype. Sadly disappointed from the moment my family walked in. No ac. I asked the manager questions about the menu and he started to talk to me as if I were an employee. He was completely rude to us and the employees. No customer service skills ! Imagine trying a new restaurant and wanting to already walk out the door before trying the food. The food itself was OK. I think L&L is better. They do have more options here, but sadly I won't return. There's better Hawaiian barbecue restaurants in North County. What a shame the manager really bothered me. read more

Great food with fair prices. I just wish they weren't so far from my place. Friendly start and large portions.

So yummy! This is now our Friday night date night go to! My husband and son loved it too! Zero complaints from any of us!

put cheese on my cheeseburger when I said that they put cheese on my cheeseburger they said "no duh you ordered a cheeseburger sir"