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    Hale Aloha Cafe

    3.2 (13 reviews)
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    Closed 5:00 pm - 8:00 PM

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    2016-06-20 Hale Aloha Cafeteria Lunch
    Fifi C.

    Best value on the island as long as you don't eat there every day. If you eat someplace everyday of course you are going to get bored and want something better. I go here once a week based on what is on the menu posted on their website. I like how they introduce more vegetarian/vegan dishes. Sometimes the fruit is really really good and they try to source locally when they can. Mostly the tomatoes and broccoli. They are known to gave good hot pizza, burgers, and grilled cheese. The ice cream flavors vary but you may get good ones like spumoni, banana, green tea, rocky road in addition to the usual chocolate, strawberry, cookies and cream, and some sort of sorbet. They have cones or bowls and toppings. It's $10.50 for lunch now but that should go up by 25 cents or 50 cents as it does every year. You can get the frequent dining card which gives you a free meal after you get 5 meals. It's a different card for breakfast, lunch, dinner. They do accept all major credit cards so I can get my 5% cash back for the restaurant category. https://uhm.sodexomyway.com/dining-choices/resident/index.html

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    Melissa N.

    Since I work on campus here at the University of Hawaii, once in a while I will go down to the Hale Aloha Cafe and eat either breakfast or lunch. It's not too often, but sometimes I go just because it's convenient and it's all you can eat. The prices have gone up since I've last eaten here. Breakfast is $8.75, lunch is $10.50, and dinner is $12.00. Prices will be going up too when the new school year starts up. So be aware. I guess for all you can eat, it's worth it if you are a student or a heavy eater. They have different items on menu daily for breakfast and for lunch. There is a weekly menu located online https://uhm.sodexomyway.com/dining. You can decide whether or not you want to eat a meal there that day. There is an assortment of drinks, cereals, breads for toast, some pastries, and hot items as well for breakfast. For lunch has the same assortment of drinks, breads, a station where they will make to order your sandwich, a pizza station, a burger station, hot items, salad bar, ice cream (when it lasts), soups, and other desserts. The flavor of the food is just okay. Not anything gourmet with tons of flavor. The convenience is worth going once in a while and the price is reasonable for buffet compared to eating out. Since food and drink are expensive now days.

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    This Cafeteria might be the worst eating establishment I have eaten at. I have been a student at UH for the past 3 and a half years. Every night I am disappointed with the food they offer. They try to masquerade themselves as a quality eatery, but instead they serve food that gives me diarrhea nightly. I have included a picture of their cup to supplement the evidence of disgusting utensils they try to make us use. If you are looking for a quality meal, this is not the place to experience this. If I could have given them 0 stars, I still feel that is an under exaggeration of how atrocious their food and utensils are.

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