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The drive-thru is closed for now, so we placed a pickup order while we walked around the plaza. We got the family meal with rice, mac salad, chicken katsu, BBQ chicken, and shrimp - our order was ready when we arrived, and you can grab teriyaki and katsu sauces on the side! Portions were a bit small and nothing stood out as especially memorable, but it's a newer location, so I'd give it another try!
We were excited to try this place, but are a little disappointed in it. What we ordered: Crab Rangoons - felt like these could've been fried a little longer. They were just ok. Spam Musubi - can't go wrong with Spam musubis BBQ & Katsu Mix - this is where we disappointed. This plate has bbq chicken, bbq beef and katsu chicken. We got one small katsu, cut into 4 pieces and 2 small bbq chicken pieces... And all of the meat was on top of a pile of veggies which was mostly cabbage. So it seems like you got a pile of meat when really it was a pile of veggies with smaller pieces of meat on top. I think one plus about this place is that they have a drive through.
The recently opened Ono Hawaiian BBQ in Carmel Mountain brings Hawaiian plate lunch style great for fast casual dining. I was excited when I heard Ono was taking over the old Boston Market location in Carmel Mountain. Ono has recently been expanding rapidly in the San Diego and surrounding areas. As a big fan of plate lunch style, I stopped in a on busy Saturday afternoon. Every seat was full with family and the kitchen was bustling. As this was my first time, I went with the BBQ Mix plate consisting of Katsu chicken, BBQ Beef and Chicken along with a scoop of mac salad and rice. The Chicken Katsu was good, crispy but needed some teri dipping sauce. The bbq beef and chicken were also good nothing mind blowing but tasty nonetheless. Definitely sauce is needed with the meat as the seasoning or marinade is light. The rice was a short grain and a little dry. Mac salad was great. Great spot for a fast casual meal if you are craving bbq. Glad to see more diverse food options in the Carmel Mountain area.
This place finally opened a few weeks ago and nice to have this as another Hawaiian option in the hood. I came in here a couple of nights ago on a weeknight to grab dinner. They have touch screens to order your food or you can order with a live human too. I got the fish & teriyaki chicken dinner. I waited about 10 min and then my order was ready. My plate was generous, but I did find some of the items to be a bit more bland than I like. Macaroni salad was so so and this definitely could be improved on. Steamed veggies were bland and needed salt and pepper. Fish was ok, maybe a little over fried. Teriyaki chicken and rice were perfect. I sat in their outdoor patio space and that was nice. I enjoy al fresco dining the best. If I could do everything outside, I would. I deducted one star because the parking area is a disaster. I blame the IN and OUT next door. I deducted another star because the plate could use some work when it comes to flavor. Overall, a decent experience. I would come back and hope they work out their grand opening kinks.
3.5 stars. A decent option if you're craving Hawaiian flavors but want something a little lighter. I like that the ordering kiosks make it really easy to customize your plate, including how much rice, mac salad, and vegetables you want. They also list calories on the menu, which I appreciate. You can get sauces from the condiment station. We tried the: * BBQ chicken & beef mix plate: solid overall, but L&L's probably has a little more flavor * Grilled chicken breast plate: it was seasoned well and not dry. A good healthy option! * Spam musubi: too much rice compared to the spam and could've used more sauce * Krab rangoons: unfortunately weren't warm or crispy enough Overall, I like the convenience, portions, and healthier options here, but it's probably not somewhere I'd regularly go.
Fantastic Hawaiian BBQ. So happy they opened this drive thru spot up here in North County. Went to the grand opening and glad they promoted a bogo free meal! My friends and I are so happy for future trips here. Staff is amazing. This place is so chill and casual. Recommendations: Bbq plate always spam musubis And Mac salads!
Hawaiian food North county Island food Kaula pork Katsu Seafood Order them sit Drive through Parking available Restroom inside Indoor and outdoor seating Amex accepted
Super excited to find out an Ono Hawaiian BBQ was opening in North County! Even better was the grand opening special blew it out of the water!!! Service was amazing on their grand opening ... we were there on the last legs of the night and the food came out great and piping hot! We ordered Hawaiian BBQ Mix plate, Seafood Mix, Chicken Katsu, Spam Musubi ... It was easy to sub mac salad for a few of the plates. Satisfied with the portions and the taste is so consistent with what i've had before. Love this place! how rad is it that this place has a drive-thru??? Side note: if you know this place has a grand opening, I don't think you would take any chances and NOT wait in the line as early as you can - just miffed someone would leave a review for their poor planning
Grand opening today. Quite a line (as expected). Great marketing. Friendly staff. Lots of giveaways. Two bag selections - canvas tote and plastic tote. I took the canvas. Super cute! They also had stickers. The food was good. I got the Hawaiian BBQ mix plate. Good portion - they had a BOGO! The store is clean. Ample parking. Ambiance is great. They also have a drive thru. This use to be the old Boston Market location. :) Good ol days. I'm glad this is a five minute walk from my place. I love it here.
In North County San Diego, there aren't that many restaurants specializing in Hawaiian or Pacific Islander food. There really was one choice in the Carmel Mountain, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, and Scripps Ranch corridor and that was L&L Hawaiian Barbecue. Recently, some Hawaiian food restaurants have sprouted up, but now we can add Ono Hawaiian BBQ to the list of choices for this type of cuisine. My wahine and I stopped by for the first time after several hours of errands and couldn't wait to grub on their Hawaiian food. We purchased the Ohana Meal to go, which we thought was a good amount of food for our family of three. Ono has some opportunities when it comes to creating a more welcoming environment and the customer service needs to be more inviting. Ono is located in Carmel Mountain in the former Boston Market building just steps away from the busy In N Out burger joint. It's across from Barnes and Noble and Ross; just a short jaunt from Angelika movie theaters, Chick-fil-A and Taco Bell are down the street; and it's across from Ralph's and Trader Joe's. Parking can be challenging with In N Out next door and first timers wanting to get their Hawaiian food fix on. I recommend parking in the Ross parking lot and walking to Ono. Before even stepping into the restaurant, I imagined this spot having Hawaiian decor to create that island vibe and Hawaiian tunes playing in their speakers. The decor is minimal with thick rope hanging from a metal fixture and a single surfboard hanging on one wall. Unless the volume was turned down, there was no islander music that I could hear. It's a spacious restaurant with plenty of seating that consists of square and long rectangle tables and a variety of different chairs. The customer service from the staff wasn't memorable, so maybe introduce the staff to the Aloha spirit. Our first visit to Ono involved us ordering to go, so when we dine in on a future visit, I'll get a better assessment of their customer service. We decided on their Ohana Meal because the menu stated that it feeds a family of four, you get to choose three entree items, it includes rice, comes with mac salad, and you can get veggies. It definitely fed our family of three and I thought the price of $48.99 wasn't too bad for the amount of food we got. When we placed our order at the kiosk, we chose more mac salad and veggies instead of rice since we cooked our own rice at home. Next time I order that meal, I'd pass on the veggies and ask for all mac salad. I really enjoyed their creamy mac and it ate really well with the proteins we selected. For our entrees, we chose Chicken Katsu, Teriyaki Chicken, and paid extra for Kalbi Short Ribs. I thought the breading on the chicken katsu was tasty and with the katsu sauce, it was satisfying to eat with our home cooked white rice. Both the teriyaki chicken and the kalbi short ribs were comforting, savory, and tender. Eating any of the proteins, mac salad, and rice was a really yummy bite. Ono Hawaiian BBQ is a recent entry into the food scene in North County San Diego, so maybe they're working out some of their opportunity areas. Definitely make it more inviting with a Hawaiian vibe and incorporating the Aloha spirit, but for our first purchase, we thought their Hawaiian food was on point.
Waited for the bogo for about an hour and a half on grand opening night. The staff were very friendly handed out water to people waiting in line. Once you made it inside they had lots of seating inside and some outside. I ordered the Kalbi rib plate, the bbq beef plate and the bbq mix plate and a mix chicken plate. The food was good, the meat was tender and not dry, everything was made to order. So of course the wait was gonna be a little long which is understandable. The Mac salad was tasty not overly slathered in mayo and the noodles not super over cooked. The BBQ beef was my favorite tender pieces of meat well marinated. The katsu chicken was also my family's favorite. The Kalbi was good could used a little more marinade/sauce. I'm definitely coming back to try other items on the menu.
Went for lunch on the grand opening and it was wild. The line was at least an hour and wrapped through the parking lot. Lots of staff though and everyone had a great attitude. The inside is spacious and modern and reasonably well organized. The plates where a lot of food and a good value though I was a little disappointed there was precisely one broccoli and a ton of cabbage. Would have been nice to have more broccoli or other vegetables. The chicken was markedly better than the beef, though both took the same amount of time to prepare. The menu looks big but there's not actually that much variety. Still, I can see this becoming part of my rotation - it's a great location and a nice change of pace. Much better than L&L so far.
They just opened in Carmel Mountain. I wanted to try their food. I ordered Chicken Katsu and Teriyaki Chicken combo with rice. I wasn't impressed with the Katsu. It was hard, just like other Asian restaurants menus around town. The Chicken Teriyaki was ok, nothing special.
I finally stopped by after waiting for this place to open, and I'm glad I gave it a try! My first visit was at night when I got takeout. The mac salad didn't quite hit the same for me then, but I came back for a second visit during the daytime with my mother, and I enjoyed it much more. Whenever I go to a Hawaiian BBQ spot, I always make sure to order the Spam musubi. The portions here are definitely very generous! On my first visit, I ordered without veggies, but when I came back during the day with my mom, I added the veggies. I actually really liked having the vegetables because it made the meal feel more balanced. Between the meats, I preferred the BBQ chicken over the beef, although the beef musubi was very tasty. The musubi is definitely something I'll be ordering again. I also really like the setup inside. There's a self-serve station for sauces and utensils, a soda machine, kiosks for ordering, and plenty of seating while you wait. Everything was clean, and the seats were surprisingly comfortable. The staff was super friendly and attentive, especially Roslyn. She provided great service, made recommendations for my orders, and even offered me a cup of water while I waited for my food. Those little touches really stood out and made the experience even better. Overall, the customer service was definitely top-tier. I'm happy I finally got to try this place, and I'll definitely be back to try more from the menu! read more
Went through the drive thru to order. That was fine but they didn't include any sauce with my order. I have eaten inside before and saw it was self service but since I'm going through the drive through, ask what sauces I want please. I asked for a sweet and sour sauce for the Rangoon and they told me they don't have sweet and sour. I ordered chicken katsu. No sauce included. Crab Rangoon was barely fried. There wasn't even a long drive through like. read more
Finally I found a place with decent food and can fit our lunch date budget of $50 for two. We ordered two sets of Kalua Mix, one with chicken teriyaki and the other with chicken katsu and we have $15 left to buy drinks and dessert. Food is good, the place is clean, the staff is friendly... feels like "fast food". Almost a 5-star for a value meal that can still fit my $50 date budget but their chicken katsu is 1/3 chicken cutlet and 2/3 breading. Literally ~1/16 of an inch for the chicken cutlet wrapped with the same thickness of breading. Maybe I will visit this place again to try their other dishes but not the chicken katsu or rather bread katsu. I suggest they add more protein to their chicken katsu. read more
The drive-thru is closed for now, so we placed a pickup order while we walked around the plaza. We got the family meal with rice, mac salad, chicken katsu, BBQ chicken, and shrimp - our order was ready when we arrived, and you can grab teriyaki and katsu sauces on the side! Portions were a bit small and nothing stood out as especially memorable, but it's a newer location, so I'd give it another try! read more
We were excited to try this place, but are a little disappointed in it. What we ordered: Crab Rangoons - felt like these could've been fried a little longer. They were just ok. Spam Musubi - can't go wrong with Spam musubis BBQ & Katsu Mix - this is where we disappointed. This plate has bbq chicken, bbq beef and katsu chicken. We got one small katsu, cut into 4 pieces and 2 small bbq chicken pieces... And all of the meat was on top of a pile of veggies which was mostly cabbage. So it seems like you got a pile of meat when really it was a pile of veggies with smaller pieces of meat on top. I think one plus about this place is that they have a drive through. read more
The recently opened Ono Hawaiian BBQ in Carmel Mountain brings Hawaiian plate lunch style great for fast casual dining. I was excited when I heard Ono was taking over the old Boston Market location in Carmel Mountain. Ono has recently been expanding rapidly in the San Diego and surrounding areas. As a big fan of plate lunch style, I stopped in a on busy Saturday afternoon. Every seat was full with family and the kitchen was bustling. As this was my first time, I went with the BBQ Mix plate consisting of Katsu chicken, BBQ Beef and Chicken along with a scoop of mac salad and rice. The Chicken Katsu was good, crispy but needed some teri dipping sauce. The bbq beef and chicken were also good nothing mind blowing but tasty nonetheless. Definitely sauce is needed with the meat as the seasoning or marinade is light. The rice was a short grain and a little dry. Mac salad was great. Great spot for a fast casual meal if you are craving bbq. Glad to see more diverse food options in the Carmel Mountain area. read more
This place finally opened a few weeks ago and nice to have this as another Hawaiian option in the hood. I came in here a couple of nights ago on a weeknight to grab dinner. They have touch screens to order your food or you can order with a live human too. I got the fish & teriyaki chicken dinner. I waited about 10 min and then my order was ready. My plate was generous, but I did find some of the items to be a bit more bland than I like. Macaroni salad was so so and this definitely could be improved on. Steamed veggies were bland and needed salt and pepper. Fish was ok, maybe a little over fried. Teriyaki chicken and rice were perfect. I sat in their outdoor patio space and that was nice. I enjoy al fresco dining the best. If I could do everything outside, I would. I deducted one star because the parking area is a disaster. I blame the IN and OUT next door. I deducted another star because the plate could use some work when it comes to flavor. Overall, a decent experience. I would come back and hope they work out their grand opening kinks. read more
3.5 stars. A decent option if you're craving Hawaiian flavors but want something a little lighter. I like that the ordering kiosks make it really easy to customize your plate, including how much rice, mac salad, and vegetables you want. They also list calories on the menu, which I appreciate. You can get sauces from the condiment station. We tried the: * BBQ chicken & beef mix plate: solid overall, but L&L's probably has a little more flavor * Grilled chicken breast plate: it was seasoned well and not dry. A good healthy option! * Spam musubi: too much rice compared to the spam and could've used more sauce * Krab rangoons: unfortunately weren't warm or crispy enough Overall, I like the convenience, portions, and healthier options here, but it's probably not somewhere I'd regularly go. read more
2 months ago
Fantastic Hawaiian BBQ. So happy they opened this drive thru spot up here in North County. Went to the grand opening and glad they promoted a bogo free meal! My friends and I are so happy for future trips here. Staff is amazing. This place is so chill and casual. Recommendations: Bbq plate always spam musubis And Mac salads! read more
Super excited to find out an Ono Hawaiian BBQ was opening in North County! Even better was the grand opening special blew it out of the water!!! Service was amazing on their grand opening ... we were there on the last legs of the night and the food came out great and piping hot! We ordered Hawaiian BBQ Mix plate, Seafood Mix, Chicken Katsu, Spam Musubi ... It was easy to sub mac salad for a few of the plates. Satisfied with the portions and the taste is so consistent with what i've had before. Love this place! how rad is it that this place has a drive-thru??? Side note: if you know this place has a grand opening, I don't think you would take any chances and NOT wait in the line as early as you can - just miffed someone would leave a review for their poor planning read more
2 months ago
Grand opening today. Quite a line (as expected). Great marketing. Friendly staff. Lots of giveaways. Two bag selections - canvas tote and plastic tote. I took the canvas. Super cute! They also had stickers. The food was good. I got the Hawaiian BBQ mix plate. Good portion - they had a BOGO! The store is clean. Ample parking. Ambiance is great. They also have a drive thru. This use to be the old Boston Market location. :) Good ol days. I'm glad this is a five minute walk from my place. I love it here. read more
In North County San Diego, there aren't that many restaurants specializing in Hawaiian or Pacific Islander food. There really was one choice in the Carmel Mountain, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, and Scripps Ranch corridor and that was L&L Hawaiian Barbecue. Recently, some Hawaiian food restaurants have sprouted up, but now we can add Ono Hawaiian BBQ to the list of choices for this type of cuisine. My wahine and I stopped by for the first time after several hours of errands and couldn't wait to grub on their Hawaiian food. We purchased the Ohana Meal to go, which we thought was a good amount of food for our family of three. Ono has some opportunities when it comes to creating a more welcoming environment and the customer service needs to be more inviting. Ono is located in Carmel Mountain in the former Boston Market building just steps away from the busy In N Out burger joint. It's across from Barnes and Noble and Ross; just a short jaunt from Angelika movie theaters, Chick-fil-A and Taco Bell are down the street; and it's across from Ralph's and Trader Joe's. Parking can be challenging with In N Out next door and first timers wanting to get their Hawaiian food fix on. I recommend parking in the Ross parking lot and walking to Ono. Before even stepping into the restaurant, I imagined this spot having Hawaiian decor to create that island vibe and Hawaiian tunes playing in their speakers. The decor is minimal with thick rope hanging from a metal fixture and a single surfboard hanging on one wall. Unless the volume was turned down, there was no islander music that I could hear. It's a spacious restaurant with plenty of seating that consists of square and long rectangle tables and a variety of different chairs. The customer service from the staff wasn't memorable, so maybe introduce the staff to the Aloha spirit. Our first visit to Ono involved us ordering to go, so when we dine in on a future visit, I'll get a better assessment of their customer service. We decided on their Ohana Meal because the menu stated that it feeds a family of four, you get to choose three entree items, it includes rice, comes with mac salad, and you can get veggies. It definitely fed our family of three and I thought the price of $48.99 wasn't too bad for the amount of food we got. When we placed our order at the kiosk, we chose more mac salad and veggies instead of rice since we cooked our own rice at home. Next time I order that meal, I'd pass on the veggies and ask for all mac salad. I really enjoyed their creamy mac and it ate really well with the proteins we selected. For our entrees, we chose Chicken Katsu, Teriyaki Chicken, and paid extra for Kalbi Short Ribs. I thought the breading on the chicken katsu was tasty and with the katsu sauce, it was satisfying to eat with our home cooked white rice. Both the teriyaki chicken and the kalbi short ribs were comforting, savory, and tender. Eating any of the proteins, mac salad, and rice was a really yummy bite. Ono Hawaiian BBQ is a recent entry into the food scene in North County San Diego, so maybe they're working out some of their opportunity areas. Definitely make it more inviting with a Hawaiian vibe and incorporating the Aloha spirit, but for our first purchase, we thought their Hawaiian food was on point. read more
Waited for the bogo for about an hour and a half on grand opening night. The staff were very friendly handed out water to people waiting in line. Once you made it inside they had lots of seating inside and some outside. I ordered the Kalbi rib plate, the bbq beef plate and the bbq mix plate and a mix chicken plate. The food was good, the meat was tender and not dry, everything was made to order. So of course the wait was gonna be a little long which is understandable. The Mac salad was tasty not overly slathered in mayo and the noodles not super over cooked. The BBQ beef was my favorite tender pieces of meat well marinated. The katsu chicken was also my family's favorite. The Kalbi was good could used a little more marinade/sauce. I'm definitely coming back to try other items on the menu. read more
Went for lunch on the grand opening and it was wild. The line was at least an hour and wrapped through the parking lot. Lots of staff though and everyone had a great attitude. The inside is spacious and modern and reasonably well organized. The plates where a lot of food and a good value though I was a little disappointed there was precisely one broccoli and a ton of cabbage. Would have been nice to have more broccoli or other vegetables. The chicken was markedly better than the beef, though both took the same amount of time to prepare. The menu looks big but there's not actually that much variety. Still, I can see this becoming part of my rotation - it's a great location and a nice change of pace. Much better than L&L so far. read more
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They just opened in Carmel Mountain. I wanted to try their food. I ordered Chicken Katsu and Teriyaki Chicken combo with rice. I wasn't impressed with the Katsu. It was hard, just like other Asian restaurants menus around town. The Chicken Teriyaki was ok, nothing special. read more
1 month ago
The food was delicious. It was like being in Hawaii. Generous portions. Flavorful teriyaki chicken. Creamy Mac salad. Perfect rice. All hot and steamy. The line was short. The wait wasn't too long. The parking was crazy and the drive thru isn't even open. The music was annoying and definitely not Hawaiian. The teriyaki sauce and katsu sauce were delicious. I wish they would have had a paper cup to put them in to use at the table. They did have plastic containers so you could take it to go. The tea was delicious. I will be back (if I can find parking). PS. The veggies were 2 sprigs of broccoli and inedible cabbage. Sadly, I won't order the veggies again. I went back the next day. The music was much better. The wait for food was 40 minutes. Way too long!! The chicken was burnt and overcooked. I'm hoping they will be more consistent the longer they are open. read more
1 month ago
I visited this new restaurant on a Wednesday at 6:00. The place was packed with people waiting for food. We ordered on the kiosk. They have 2 kiosks and also had one person on register for those who couldn't order on the kisok. I ordered the Kalua mix which comes with Kalua pork and chicken(I chose katsu because I thought it was chicken breast). It comes with Mac salad, rice, and veggies. My friend and I managed to find a table inside although it was dirty because there was no one cleaning tables. We waited for over 20 minutes to get our food. When I opened my box, there was quite a big portion of food. The Kalua pork didn't look like the kind you get in Hawaii but it had good flavor. My friend agreed that it was decent. The chicken katsu was not chicken breast and it was so over fried it cut up the roof of my mouth. Most pieces were so hard, they were inedible. The mac salad was good even though the taste of tuna stayed with me. The employees that we encountered were very nice and friendly. They just need some time to work out the kinks. read more
18 days ago
My experience - Orders chicken Katsu - pays for chicken katsu - " do you want any sauce with your order? " - no I just got chicken katsu - gets home: no freaking katsu sauce on the chicken katsu WTF thanks for the chicken " Katsu " I guess read more
26 days ago
Where's the chicken?? The chicken katsu was all breading with very little chicken meat. It was dry, hard and every bite was breading. DON'T skimp out on the meat if you want to get better reviews. read more
1 month ago
Ok I know it's only a day after opening,but here's my review. Seafood mix was decent,but lord what is the deal with the spring mix? Chunks of thick cabbage is not spring mix. And steamed broccoli is not grilled. read more
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