I got off work early, so we decided to have an early dinner here. We got there around 6pm on a Thursday and there were only a couple of tables occupied. This place is very spacious and has many tables for both large and small groups. The server was very friendly and helpful. We ordered our favorite Kalua pork and Mochiko chicken (with steamed vegetables) plates, and we decided to try buffalo chicken wings upon recommendation from the server. All dishes were super fresh and tasty. The pork was flavorful, chicken was tender, and buffalo wings crispy. We will either get take out or dine in here again. This is a great Hawaiian restaurant. read more

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Came here for breakfast, ordered the Diamond Head, a Hawaiian-French toast combo + good vibes, pretty interior + cool Hawaiian decorations +/- decent food - service left more to be desired I could've just ordered the wrong thing, but it didn't really surprise me. Seemed like normal French toast? Could've caught them at a bad time, but I ended up waiting pretty long -- I think they forgot abt me lol. Then my food took a while, though my waiter fessed up and let me know he forgot to put the order in which I appreciated. read more

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When I walked in with 13 different orders. The wonderful woman at the counter was soooo helpful and patient. The food was amazing for my team! If we could give 13 thumbs up or stars we would. As I was waiting for my food I noticed that the people were coming as soon as it opened. The Ambiance is so calming. Thank you again the Kona Kitchen team in Seattle! read more

Kona Kitchen - Seattle - BYO Loco Moco with Fried Rice with extra egg. It was sooo good. Like stick to your ribs good and you might need a nap after good! - Hawaiian Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Had the kalua pork plate - meets my standard for kalua pig. (I love Hawaiian food and kalua pig is typically what I order) It's cool to know the actor who plays the dad from Johnny Tsunami owns this place. There are a lot of signed actor headshots on the wall, so it's fun to check it out. The restaurant itself really does resemble a typical restaurant on the island. They play Hawaiian music, there's flower print all around. When we were there on a Saturday morning, there was a ukulele group rehearsing in the back towards the bar, so I'm assuming they may have live music at times. read more

I love this place ,the food is so good the chicken katsu is great the Mac salad is great! I lived in Hawaii for awhile and this food reminds me of it,I will always go back for some great food at Kona kitchen read more

So happy to discover another Hawaiian place in Seattle! We came here on a Saturday around 1:30PM, and to our surprise there was a wait. But it went by super fast - probably only 10 minutes of waiting around. They have an ample amount of chairs to wait around on inside so that's a plus especially since it's cold outside. Once we got seated, we were quickly served glasses of water. The menu is pretty big so there's tons of options to fulfill your cravings! I got Da Kanak Attack, which had a little bit of everything. It came with two scoops of rice, one scoop of macaroni salad, two spring rolls, beef teriyaki, mochiko chicken, spam, and Portuguese sausage. It was a great size portion, especially for the prize. The beef teriyaki was so tender and juicy. The chicken wasn't too fried but had a unique texture to it. The spam and Portuguese sausage were absolutely delicious! I was so happy with my meal. It was way too much food though so I took leftovers home. The local Hawaiian feel, friendly and speedy service, and decent prices makes it worth coming again too! read more

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Homey and casual spot with a nostalgic, living-room-style vibe. We had a couple of lychee cocktails which were not too syrupy. I got the loco moco with white rice and katsu chicken. It was delicious and a pretty generous portion. Service was attentive and friendly. I'd definitely come back to try the omelet, kalua pig, and meatloaf! read more

I was running an errand in the Maple Leaf area, and I love Hawaiian food, so I decided to try Kona Kitchen! Ha ha I didn't do my usual research beforehand, so I panicked and parked on a random neighborhood street. The restaurant does have a dedicated parking lot, but the entrance is on 5th Ave NE. The inside is huge and they have tons of tables. Someone greeted me right away and showed me to a table. I went there for breakfast and they have a pretty extensive menu with omelets, benedicts, pancakes, biscuits & gravy, etc. I ordered the Spam Benny which is spam and poached eggs on an English muffin topped with Hollandaise sauce and served with hash browns. I enjoyed my food and my server was friendly and prompt. I look forward to coming back here the next time I am in the area and I would recommend it to others. read more

Kona Kitchen - Seattle - Spam Benny - spam and poached eggs on an English muffin with Hollandaise sauce and hash browns. - Hawaiian Near Me - Seattle, Washington

I came into Seattle for work and I deliberately came all the way here as soon I got in the rental car. I chose Kona Kitchen for two reasons: 1) I love Hawaiian food 2) The owner is Chozen in the Miyagiverse. That was enough of a reason to drive from SeaTac. The exterior is pretty nondescript and I had to pull a U-turn but they had plenty of parking. It was fairly early in the evening but I walked in and it was empty. I got seated in a little corner table and after looking at the menu I immediately knew what I was going to get: spam musubi and loco moco. The musubi was made right. I've been to places where they advertise 'fresh made musubi' but that's actually a negative. I honestly think it tastes BETTER when it's been tightly saran wrapped, otherwise it's a loose mess. The musubi here was wrapped, a little too sweet for me but otherwise enjoyable. I figured I would get my sodium needs filled with the loco moco. They do a BYO option here and they say what the traditional kind is, maybe if I went that route I would have been more satisfied. I swapped out white rice for fried and instead of the hamburger patty I went with linguica and I got a side of mac salad. I was expecting to gladly need extra water but while the gravy was good the pork just wasn't doing it for me. I flagged down the server to get some Tabasco to literally spice it up for me but it still lacked that salty kick that I'm used to; the kind where I expect an imminent coronary. Overall, I thought it was pretty good and honestly, I was just glad to have some Hawaiian food on the mainland. read more

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Visiting from Portland and stopped in for a late lunch. We were greeted and seated right away. Service was okay, a little slow. Our waitress had a weird, dry sense of humor and was a bit awkward. We all felt like it took awhile for us to receive our food. We saw other people get their order before ours and we didn't even order a lot. The restaurant is a bit darker, not a lot of lighting. It was clean but had a very old vibe to it. The food we had was really good. We ordered the BYO loco moco and da kanak attack. Everything was very flavorful! read more

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Food was all excellent and made me feel like I was I in Hawaii! I will definitely go back.

If you come here on the weekend, be prepared for a wait! There is parking in the back, and the rest is street parking. The ambiance is like old school Hawaiian, it's really quaint! The staff is also amazing. The kalbi ribs were really well flavored and it was a decent portion of them! However my husband was a bit disappointed with the kanak attack because the portions of meat were small and most of them over cooked. But he said the flavors were still good and he would still go again. :) read more

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The food, drinks, and staff were all great This is our "go to" Hawaiian restaurant! The plates are huge, a couple can share one order! So, order musubi and an extra scoop of macaroni salad This place is a family-friendly restaurant; it's nice & clean; and the servers are welcoming & attentive! read more

This place was quite busy during lunchtime on Saturday as expected. There was a parking lot with a good amount of space which was nice. The portion size for all of our plates was pretty big. I got the kalua pig and cabbage which was very salty and flavorful. I preferred the korean chicken more because of the crispy outside texture and moist inside. Overall I enjoyed the meal and felt like the price was pretty good for what we got! read more

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Solid 4/4.5 spot for Hawaiian food. There's a little parking lot which is perfect if you have a car. All the dishes were delicious. Da kanak attack is a perfect sampler of various items from teriyaki beef, crispy mochiko chicken, and Portuguese sausage. The chili was also very flavorful and had specks of tomato and cooked down onion. Will definitely go back for when I have that Hawaiian craving. read more

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I have been to this place many, many times. The food is always delicious. I recommend the Korean chicken (but I think anything you order will be delicious). The service is prompt and amazing. This is one of my favorite places to enjoy Hawaiian food. read more

There are a few Hawaiian restaurants spread out in the greater Seattle area, and this one is in closer proximity for those in the north Seattle / UW area. Overall, this place is a bit overrated. We went here around 10:30am on a Saturday and there was already a 15 min wait, and it seemed significantly busier when we left around 11:30am. A lot of the seating is closed down, maybe due to waitstaff shortages, with only a fraction of the restaurant in service. We tried the Kanak Attack lunch special and loco moco with hamburger steak. The kanak attack had a variety of meats - spam, Portuguese sausage, teriyaki beef, and mochiko chicken, along with 2 scoops of rice and mac salad. I liked the mochiko chicken a lot - juicy and flavorful. The Portuguese sausage had a little bit of spiciness although a bit salty. Spam was grilled decently, a bit on the drier side. Teriyaki beef is nothing special, but it was part of the lunch special. The egg rolls are the vegetable egg rolls that are usually present in Chinese takeout. The rice and mac salad were just okay. The loco moco was a bit tasteless with the gravy, and the hamburger steak was a bit on the drier side. We felt a little duped when the menu said the loco moco already comes with egg and hamburger steak, but we got charged an extra $4 for just one piece of hamburger steak. Price-wise, the portions are good as 2 dishes were enough for 3 people. However, a good amount of it is because of the rice. We felt a little bit disappointed in the experience overall. read more

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3.25.2023 (Saturday) We were lucky to get a table with no wait because big group walked in after us. They were so busy and it took awhile server to take our orders. They were out of few things, or only serving on Sunday, so I recommend to ask them what do they have on the menu. My fiancé was disappointed that they only serve Lau Lau on Sunday! Their menu selection is huge including lunch menu, so I recommend to do little bit homework before heading to this restaurant. I enjoyed my classic loco moco with patty and I was so full after finishing my plate. My friend's Mochiko chicken looked great. read more

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This is an update from reviews posted back in 2015 and 2019, for a recent visit on 1/27/23. The Homie and I finished running errands in the Northgate area and realized it's time for dinner. We wanted something filling on this Friday evening that didn't require reservations. We ended up at Kona Kitchen in Seattle's Maple Leaf neighborhood. It was a bit of a wait as no surprise it was bustling for dinner service. We were finally seated at a four top. Kona Kitchen is a no frills, well worn family indie, full of memorabilia and ephemera throughout the restaurant walls and shelves surrounding the dining room tables and booths. Both of us selected the Loco Moco with hamburger patty, gravy, and fried egg. Instead of steamed rice, we had the fried rice per the recommendation of our friendly wait person. The Homie also added a side order of saimin. Huge, generous portions. Perfect comfort food. We had to pack up leftover portions of our respective fried rice, need to save room for dessert, of course! I inquired earlier and verified indeed there were guava cake slices available. We split a tasty square of guava cake. So satisfying and not cloying sweet. My local fave stops for ono grindz: *Kona Kitchen (Maple Leaf and Lynnwood) *Kauai Family Restaurant in Georgetown *Bobby's Hawaiian Style Restaurant in North Lynnwood *Buddha Bruddah (South Seattle and Kenmore) *Unko's Kitchen in Silverdale *Patrick's Cafe and Bakery (South Park) I just need to make sure I return much sooner to Kona Kitchen - Maple Leaf versus at four year intervals, lol. read more

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Comfortable family oriented atmosphere right when you get inside. A lot of food for the price. The Waimea plate could have probably been able to be shared by two people. The beef was well seasoned, not dry. Mac salad, was good. Also enjoyed the breading on the pork katsu. Come hungry!! read more

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Listen up people, whatever you're doing, drop it and get to Seattle, WA ASAP for Hawaiian plate meals that'll make your mouth water and this phenomenal Korean kalbi. I rarely ever find kalbi up to my grandma's homemade standard, but I think I this is it. First of all, let's talk ambiance. Kona Kitchen is a family owned and operated Hawaiian and Japanese restaurant, where family photos and decor line the walls, giving it that special, homey feel. The staff is welcoming and patient, and take the time to answer any questions you may have. Next up, the food. They're known for their delicious Hawaiian plate meals (which I LOVE) but when I saw they had kalbi, I had to give it a try. The kalbi (Korean bbq short ribs) were exactly how they should be: a flavorful balance between sweet and savory and smoky from the grill and tender and chewy with just the perfect amount of crispy char on the edges. Oh and naturally, I had to order a side of their kimchi - delicious. They also have brunch items that are your regular breakfast foods with a Hawaiian/Japanese twist (I wish I had room to try everything tbh). I really can't say enough good things about my visit, and I hope you get a chance to try Kona Kitchen for yourself! For more photos and reviews, check out my food Instagram, @sammychews! read more

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Pretty decent Hawaiian food, big portions, and great dine-in service! We ordered: Kalua pig nachos: the chips were just plain store-bought tortilla chips, and the pork was a bit too salty, but still yummy, (3/5). Da Kanak Attack lunch plate: so many things and they were all delicious, the spam and sausage were a bit overdone and dry but the rest were pretty juicy and flavorful. Decent mac salad too, (4/5). Loco moco: very solid! No complaints :-) (5/5) Lychee cocktail: okay yes we were day drinking, no judgments here. This was one of the best tasting cocktails I've had in a while and only $7.50! Lychee, mango, and pineapple with rum, all the best flavors! (5/5) Our server was incredibly kind and very attentive, loved having him serve us. Definitely support this family-owned business if you're in the area! read more

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Everything here is really good. Brunch options have a unique Hawaiian twist to them. It's really cute inside and everyone that works there is so welcoming. read more

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Good food horrible service make sure to walk past the please wait to be seated other wise the hostess will skip you and you will be seated after people who will walk by you, also make sure that if your number is added to a wait list that the hostess will not delete your number other wise you will wait 30 minutes watching other people be seated and make eye contact with the hostess who deleted your number from the que and instead of asking us if we been helped she will seat three other tables and ignore you sitting in the waiting area. Time waiting to order at table 20 minutes. I understand the food takes time to cook but if you want your customers waiting for an hour just to be spoken to is crazy. horrible first experience may or may not be back. Table for two as well. read more

Staff needs to step it up big time. Came in today 8/6/25 between 4-5pm and it took quite some time to get service even though it wasn't busy at all. All we get was a "sorry, it's swamped" when it obviously was not. Asked for Diet Coke, they forgot and had to be reminded. Asked for ketchup, they forgot and had to be reminded. Tried to wave down servers but they were too busy talking and laughing in the back to notice. I also watched them forgot about a couple that was seated around 20 min after us. Couple had to make obvious eye contact with one of the servers in order to receive service. Ordered corned beef hash and my food was burnt. Been coming here for many years and super disappointed with the service lately. Service staff looks like a lot of high school-college age kids who don't really take customer service seriously. read more

On a recent trip to Vancouver we travelled south to hit up Seattle for a night. Wanting to try something different, we found Kona Kitchen - a Hawaiian food restaurant. I was excited to have loco moco and roast pork amongst many things. Personally, I've never been to Hawaii but I heard great things about the food from people who have. I'm no expert on Hawaiian food but something about a hamburger on rice with gravy and an egg just speaks to me. So of course I got the loco moco and the rest of the table ordered a variety of dishes including roast pork, huge combo plates, masubi and so much more. One thing we all agreed on was the huge portions. Very much worth the prices. The downside was the roast pork which was very very salty. On the plus side it was very soft and moist. Overall the food was good but not the greatest. Good enough to try out some Hawaiian dishes though something tells me it would taste 100x better in Hawaii itself. read more

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Poor dine in experience. Okay food. Takeout recommended. Not on my repeat list. The front area had multiple long tables they could have sat us at but we were offered the bar area instead which was a gross mistake. We were swarmed with fruit flies for the entirety of the meal. Fruit flies were buzzing around the food, landing on the wall and the table. It was enough to make me lose my appetite. The food safety sign said this place is just "Okay". Table was also sticky and wobbly and the stack of coasters underneath the table leg were not enough to stabilize it. We got the Hawaiian fried rice and Waimea plate The teriyaki beef was like salty jerky. The katsu was okay. The mac salad was the best thing on that plate. Egg rolls were crispy but nothing inside. The fried rice was okay but a bit soggy. Eggs were done over easy as requested. Server was nice and friendly read more

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The AC was blowing and it was cold outside, while freezing it took forever to order. We left cold and hungry.

Excellent deals on breakfast food. The hash browns are about perfect. Omelette is pretty good for 12.00 and they serve Kona coffee. Oddly the choose to pair the coffee with crappy creamer and that pink sweetener. Cakes are from paradise bakery so excellent as well. read more

Kona Kitchen - Seattle - Vegetable omelette with Kim chee and jalapeños - Hawaiian Near Me - Seattle, Washington

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Good but not great. The loco moco is decent, but nothing to write home about. The korean chicken is mid at best. I mean the bites of chicken are ok but all they give you is white rice and no sauce? I don't understand why anyone would want to sit down and eat a ball of plain rice that doesn't go with the rest of the meal? The macaroni salad also was kind of gross, and didn't go with the chicken at all. As a cohesive meal idea the korean chicken at Kona Kitchen just doesn't work. This place isn't terrible, but I dunno if I would go here again unless I was getting brunch. read more

Wait is around 20 minutes for Sunday brunch. No parking in the area. Food is average, fried rice is slightly saltier than my liking. Offers a variety of Hawaiian style brunch. read more

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Five star for friendly service, but one star for food. We got the Mochiko Chicken at 11 a.m. Maybe it's because it was too early, but the chicken tasted like it was made earlier and reheated, and the veggies also seemed reheated from frozen. Wanted very much to like this place because we love Hawaiian food, but can't justify paying this price for food of this quality. read more

Da Kanak Attack!!!! One of my favorite Hawaiian spots in town! Located in North Seattle with a parking lot behind the building. This is my go to spot when I'm in the area. Generous portions at a reasonable price and everything is so good! They can get busy during the lunch rush but seating is plentiful so the wait isn't ever long when they're packed! read more

Pretty good hawaiian food! Its a lot of food and very yummy. Plus our waitress was very helpful, thanks Mari! read more

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Ordered the Kalbi plate to go from the Kona Kitchen Seattle location. Food is very consistent and tasty. I have also tried the kalua pork and spam musubi. I went during off hours mid afternoon yesterday and it was not busy inside the restaurant. Service was great all staff is friendly every single time I've been in. read more

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Pretty good portions here with tasty food. It can be a little salty but I personally enjoy the saltiness so it was fine. However, a few confusions (expanded on later) drop this spot from above average to average because we added money to lose food. Would be back but nothing made me crave this spot particularly, it's just a solid spot with solid food and solid portions but nothing spectacular. We ordered the Waimea and added $2 to make a customized plate. This customization allows you to add 1 extra carb (rice, baked potato, mashed potatoes, or fries) and 1 salad (steamed veggies, green salad, or mac salad). However, when we received our order the original 2 scoops of rice and mac salad were replaced by fries and steamed veggies. We asked about this and were told that we substituted the rice and mac salad for the fries and veggies. This doesn't make sense because rice and mac salad are options, so I wouldn't pay $2 to get one scoop of rice over two and replace mac salad with mac salad. This $2 price is also reflected in the receipt, so we were definitely charged to substitute food not add and ultimately, we're paying more for less food. However, on the bright side, the meat in the Waimea was really good. The beef was sliced thinly as stated and very tender, so easy to chew. Also surprisingly flavorful as it didn't look saucy or anything. Alongside that, the katsu was tender and juicy as well. Then the Lau Lau Plate was pretty good, but when they say Lomi Salmon, you kind of expect a fair amount of salmon. Instead, they mix it with pico de gallo on the side and it's barely any fish. There were like three tiny cubes of salmon that looked just like the small cuts of tomato. They may as well omit the salmon from the description because it's insignificant and irrelevant. The amount didn't enhance the dish at all so it really was just pork lau lau with rice and mac salad. If I knew this, I definitely would have ordered another item. read more

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This is THE spot for Hawaiian food in Seattle! Ideal for brunch, Kona Kitchen offers "a tempting array of Hawaiian and Japanese dishes prepared with the care of a home-cooked meal". There are many great menu items to choose from and the best part is their portion size because they serve up hearty meals. I ordered the Loco Moco and loved that I was able to customize the dish with a bed of fried rice. The hamburger patty, fried egg and brown gravy further rounded out this delicious and traditional Hawaiian dish. The Spam Musubi was solid too, although I didn't have any room left in my tummy to eat it but it was a nice treat I saved for later. Staff was friendly and I appreciate that their servers were masked and there were partitions separating each booth. This demonstrates to me that they value the safety of their customers and employees. This was one of my favorite spots on my recent trip to Seattle, so I highly recommend catching the Kona wave! read more

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The food was great, the service was quick, we got a table with no wait, and overall had a great time. What's not to like? All the food was satisfying and generous. Really we had no complaints. read more

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We came here on a Saturday night at around 7pm and were seated right away for a party of two. The interior has a homey feel and is definitely a neighborhood place with a lot of locals. There is both lot parking and street residential parking. We ordered the loco moco ($17.29), da kanak attack ($15.99), and the spam musubi ($3.29). Something that we found out was that the initial base price for the loco moco white rice ($8.29) does NOT include a hamburger patty so if you want that on it you'll have to pay an extra $3 to include it. I did that and also added katsu chicken for $6 extra. The loco moco itself was good; the katsu didn't have much flavor on its own but with the gravy it's better. The hamburger patty is one of those store-bought frozen patties but in a way that's what makes it that comfort food we all love. The da kanak attack is like a combination where you can try different meats. My favorite of the four was by far the mochiko chicken because there's good flavor on the skin and it reminded me of this fried chicken that I ate growing up. My next favorite was the teri beef which had good flavor but was a bit tough to eat. Next was the portuguese sausage which was okay and was slightly too salty even for me. Last was the spam which is just spam. The spam musubi was just okay; I thought the spam to rice ratio was a bit off and I think it could've had less rice. I read a couple other reviews mentioning the saltiness of the food. I could taste the saltiness and although it was almost too salty even for me I could see why others might think that it's too salty. Overall the food was good and I heard that their breakfast is popular so I might have to come back to try that. read more

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Rain, snow, or shine, Kona kitchen never fails to feed a hungry person aka me. I love that I am able to order online and pick up because it is so easy and the service is very friendly. Go to order is the banzai pipeline! Your choice of meat between Teri chicken or Teri beef and egg rolls with a delicious side of Mac and cheese and rice. If you need a little something sweet Kona kitchen also has a variety of slice of cakes with flavors like guava, coconut, and more. Restaurant is very clean and reminds of you of a familiar space. Be nice and respectful! read more