10/10 Stop by too have a quick lunch and loved everything Customer service was 10/10 Vibes/Music 10/10 Mahalo for taking me back home to the islands even if it was for a quick meal. Can't wait to come back and try more! HIGHLY RECOMMEND read more

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As a frequent Hawaiian traveler.. I was so excited to come here and support and I ended up being so incredibly disappointed. At first glance the decor is so cute so I had high hopes. We started off with malasadas which were honestly cold hard dense balls of dough. (Completely made incorrectly) the ube filling was okay but they skimped on that. Then we got musubis which were primarily rice and had a cold uncooked piece of spam in them. (Not sure if the cook forgot to cook it or what happened). I ended up getting the salad which was beautifully presented but horrible in taste. They soaked the chicken in what tasted like a combination of Tapatio and Tabasco which was inedible. The flavor profiles of the ingredients mixed into the salad did not go together and had a resemblance of throw-up. To top the experience off the customer service was non existent. I had to go inside after no one checked on us (mind you were were the only ones there) and I had to ask for to go containers after 25 min of just sitting there waiting. For a malasada, musubi and my salad it came out to $40 which was ridiculous for what we received. Would not recommend and would not go back. I hope they can figure out their menu asap. read more

Shaka Shack - Lava Chicken Tropi-Cobb Salad - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

The food was excellent and pure Hawaiian. It made me feel like i was on the island. The service was perfect. You have to stop here and eat. The environment is total about Ohana. read more

Not really welcoming from the cashier or host- she doesn't know how to say "Hi" ?? And Very over priced read more

All the food was very good! You order at the counter first and then sit down. I wanted to order dessert, but after the entrees I was too full. It's a small restaurant with seating indoors, but I think most of the seating is outside. The loco moco was the highlight of my visit. The meat and gravy was the perfect amount of saltiness and the meat was not DRY. The lava chicken tropi cobb salad was nice too, but I am more of a meat and rice girly. read more

Shaka Shack - Syd's Loco Moco - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

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Shaka Shack is the best! We hosted a shower for 20 people and Shaka Shack provided the food. We went with teriyaki chicken, kalbi short ribs, and poke bowls. Donnie was great to work with while we figured out our order - prompt, professional, and patient :) He was especially helpful with making sure that everything we ordered would be safe for our group (a couple guests had severe food allergies). Food was ready on time and everyone raved about how delicious it was. Thank you Shaka Shack! read more

I have eaten here on many occasions and the food and service has always been great. My favorite is the Lava Chicken Salad, but everything I have eaten is great. Their coffee from Signal is also great. I came on a Sunday and there was music out on the patio from some sweet guy named Paul. read more

The restaurant just reached out to me and refunded me for my entire order. Now that's great customer service. Thank you! We planned to eat at the restaurant but waited over an hour for our food and had to change it to take it to go because we were running late for an appointment. I later found out that my order was wrong. I ordered da kine breakfast with Portuguese sausage, fruit and fried rice which I paid extra for. They gave me steamed rice and potatoes instead. Very disappointed. read more

Very tasty, reasonably priced, and friendly service. The ambiance is super cute inside, and we had no trouble finding parking. I enjoyed the Kalua pork with fried rice and mac side--made with spaghetti noodles--and a kimchi side. My partner tried some sort of red beans and rice special, which he loved! Will be back to try more! read more

Shaka Shack - Kalua pork and fried rice with mac side - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

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Very good. Employees are very helpful on explaining their menu. The malasala with cream filling was amazing. read more

Shaka Shack - Ube Mochi Waffle breakfast - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

Terrible. The flavors are off. This isn't Hawaiian food. The chicken has more of a Mexican flavor. The cucumber kimchee has no flavor. The salad dressing tastes like it came from a bottle not as described. The spicy poke was terrible, not spicy at all, was like fish with mayo. This restaurant says it's Hawaiian food and looks cute but that's where the vibe ends. The food is not the flavors of the aina. This was a waste of my money and beyond disappointing. read more

This place is awesome! My partner and I were driving by this Shaka Shavk and stopped in because of the delicious short rib smell coming off the grill. We stopped in and they had a live band playing and the place was busy. We ordered Short Ribs and Kalua Pork. Both grilled to perfection, and we both got fried rice and salad and cucumbers, which were crunchy and fresh, and amazingly flavored. Cool themes and easy treats. Try this place out. read more

Shaka Shack - SHAKA SHACK! - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

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I just stopped by this Saturday to grab a coffee. Thought I was in Little House but apparently they are a diff. restaurant now. No wonder the vibe is very diff. and there's no more pastries. Perhaps it's still new, service is a little confused. A few of us customers have to ask for the orders after 20 minutes wait. I LOVE little house cafe so that plus $6 latte it's not likely the reason I will go back soon. I was just seeing the other day the little house cafe chef has opened her steak out on Park street, I think it's called Moxie Steak House. It didn't struck me as the little house cafe is going away soon but here it is. read more

We wanted the SHAVED ICE but alas they sold out! I got the short ribs instead and they were tasty. Came with fried rice and a kimchi cucumber salad. Delicious!! So happy this place is here! read more

Shaka Shack - Short ribs - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

My go-to for a good comfort food breakfast; it definitely has the Hawaiian vibe; the Aloha spirit. The food also reminds me of good times in Oahu and Maui. I usually order the Loco Moco, which I discovered was a thing during my first time to Hawaii, many, many moons ago. To my unexpected added delight, I find that they now have a 20% weekday discount! You can't ask for more than that; good food, good vibes, and good prices. While waiting for my order, I enjoyed watching the surfing video on the big screen! To Don, the cook, and (I think, owner): MAHALO! read more

Great new addition to the neighborhood. Got a chicken plate, super good. Appreciated the side of melon :) staff was super friendly and food was out quick. Only note is that maybe I'd like the kimchi cucumbers to have a little more kimchi punch. That said really looking forward to trying breakfast! read more

Shaka Shack - Chicken plate with kimchi cucumbers - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

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This business opened very recently, about 3 weeks ago, so it was a must try. Got Kai's plate with Kalua pork and an Ube malasada. Both were pretty tasty and will definitely make my way back. I also loved the decor and friendliness of the workers, it definitely brought me back to Hawaii for a hot minute read more

Shaka Shack - Kai's Plate with Kahlua Pork, steamed rice & kimchi cucumber - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

We had a good brunch but they were out of some choices. When we are back in the area we will try another menu item.

This was one of the best breakfasts I've ever had. Got the Khalua pork loco moco with fried rice and split it with my husband. Perfect amount of food for the both of us. We cant wait to come back. read more

Shaka Shack - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

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My 1st tried but love it. Da Kine breakfast and cappuccino was so good. Staff is friendly. read more

Shaka Shack - Da Kine breakfast - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

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Big kahuna and da kine burrito for pick up. Partials are large Hawaiian style, could use a bit more gravy.closest had in bay area to actually being in Hawaii. Staff are nice and the space although small is fun. We sat down last time and when gets busy can feel crowded.Reminds me of old school Hawaiian spots from the late 80s and early 90s. read more

Shaka Shack - The big kahuna loco moco - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

Tuna was fresh, bowl was delicious! The interior is updated with bright colors and Hawaiian photos. read more

Shaka Shack - Poke bowl - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

Really clean interior and exterior, staff was super nice and were very quick. Good portions for the food and very delicious. Highly recommend! read more

this building used to house an overgrown elf(?) with its feet sticking out the doors/windows, and being averse to change, i was a bit upset to see it'd been turned over and refreshed about a year back. but as another reviewer said, great vibes! great food! +1 on feeling like i was back in hawai'i. lilikoi and pog mimosas, french toast with split hawaiian rolls as the toast (!?!?!? *throws nobel prize, macarthur genius award, etc in their general direction*), malasada (filled donut), loco moco -- YES. YES. YES. YES. i'll have what she's having. she was me. my friend got something with chicken that i tried and it was also delicious. also, clean, kind, and prompt service. we'd arrived about 30 minutes before their closing time thinking we should probably just do takeout, but they got us our food quickly without compromising quality and then graciously let us stay for about 30 minutes past their official close time. get over there. if i had a death sentence coming up, i'd try their entire menu for all the meals i had left. read more

New business. Extremely friendly and great atmosphere. Tasty food. They ran out of hamburger for my locco mocco which was kind of odd but we substituted kahlua pork instead and it was very tasty! read more

Take way too long to bring your meal, whether take out or dine in. Every single time I've dined it, either our order is wrong or the people around us. A forgotten meal. The wrong meal. You name it. Need to be more organized, it's a bummer because I do really like this place! read more

Shaka Shack! Island Style cooking, service, and aloha! Located on the island of Alameda, bring friends and family for a truly delicious home cooked meal! Loko Moco, Poke Bowl, breakfast and lunch options, and dessert! You will go upside down with their pineapple upside down cake, malasadas with mango, ube, or other fillings! Da Kine Yummy for da tummy! Much Aloha! read more

Our Sunday lunch today was at Shaka Shack. I had kalua pork loco moko....the kalua nice and lean, no fat or gristle, and a good, not over done, smoky flavor, it was great and the gravy super good. Eleomira had ahi poke bowl, it a great selection of add ins, pickled ginger, salted cucumber, avocado, rice, cabbage, limu (wakame), edamame. Spicy Ahi was cut in neat small cubes, and very tasty. All in all a real good Sunday lunch. The place was jammed, popular, and had a guy singing songs from Hawaii with guitar. But bring a jacket, whether is turning cool and it is all outdoors eating. Big advantage, you can place your order on line and pay.....easy. I think Sunday "brunch/lunch" is a super vav, very busy. We know this kind of food after 50 years in the islands, and this place is darned good. read more

Love it here, keep it coming !! From the loco moco to the da kine and enjoying it with an UBE latte read more

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Sept. 1 was about nostalgia w/ family & wedding anniversary. We returned to Alameda to re-create a visit from10 years ago at the Little Cafe. Yelp showed it was now a Hawaiian Eatery. Cool. We Hawaiian Food. Shaka Shack. We could still go, take photos in the same spot with our children now all grown up. I make a Yelp reservation and a 45 minute drive to Alameda, we arrive. I see an open table for 6 inside. I wonder if I should sit at the empty table or go in line. Since I had a reservation, I get in line. A party of 3 arrives after me. 1sits at the table I reserved, the other 2 get in line behind me. I've made eye contact with a server who tells the head cook I had a reservation. I would've preferred you kindly let the party of 3 know the table is reserved, that they order at the register, then find a table. The outcome? Another table for 4 was leaving, the server suggests we wait & has us step out of line. The party of 3? They've ordered, are seated & waiting for their order. My party? We are seated in an area where there are only 4 seats. I'm a Party of 5. My son returns to the car, while I hope the table of 2 next to me is done eating so I can slide the table next to ours for my son to rejoin us. We're off to a terrible start. We finally get to sit & order. I order a Da Kine plate. My son likes bacon, no eggs, house potatoes, extra bacon. The head cook says they're out of potatoes & offers rice instead. My daughter wants ube waffles with ice cream, a kids loco moco. I also order a tropi-cobb salad. By now, the table next to us is open & my son rejoins us. Here to relive memories, We said we would do photos after we eat. Now we wait for our meal.10, 20, 40 minutes pass. Most people would've left, but I had prepaid. My daughter's order of waffles comes1st after 45 minutes. There is no ice cream. I ask, they're out. We're now over an hour. My daughter has finished her waffles without ice cream unhappily. I hear the cook telling people still coming in they have run out of food. They apologize to those patrons because with more than an hour left until closing, what else could they do, but to close? Such poor planning on management's part. To not have enough food? That's learning the hard way. Unfortunately, my family bore the brunt because we stayed. You should've made sure to take care of your guests who already ordered. It was about 75 minutes when we finally got our meal. The salad/loco moco was good, but the da Kine plate with bacon & rice? Without potatoes, more rice wasn't good enough. That's what broke me. I asked for to go boxes. My older son works in the restaurant industry & says they should have been more in contact with us, even offer apologies and update why the lengthy wait. I ask to speak to management. Its the head cook. I explain we were here for our anniversary & to recreate a memory. I wanted him to know that our experience shouldn't have been what it had become. He refunds me $2 because of no ice cream. I started to tell him I wanted a refund on the da Kine plate, but he cuts me off blaming Labor Day for not having enough food, ranting about running out of ingredients, saying he was doing the best he could. What he said next shocked me. "I don't like it when customers attack me." His voice raised, he continued to berate me. No apologies about the reservation screw up, nor making us wait for a different table, nor sitting us with not enough chairs for my entire party, making my son wait in the car. Not one time did anyone come by & say, "Hey, Sorry for taking so long. Can I offer you a water or a complimentary soda or anything?" Think about it. You sold out all your food. You had a good days of sales. That's a good problem to have. All you had to do was take care of your remaining customers. I had had enough of the cook yelling me and screamed back "Enough!" I left the restaurant letting him know this Yelp review was coming. It's here to tell all about the poor service and the lenghty wait. A refund for the da Kine plate and I would've re-created the photos with my children and left. Instead, I leave bitter, without taking photos, all on my anniversary. Shaka Shack. That is no way to show the Aloha Spirit! Just some mad cook who can't accept that the restaurant failed to plan properly for that day. The reservation system, ordering method, table seating, & communication failed. No one should wait over an hour for their food. Big fail. And then yelling the customer?Epic fail! And I paid $120 for that abuse. I give one star becuae I can't give zero or negative stars. I stand by my statement. The worst restaurant experience deserves the worst review on Yelp ever. read more

I don't know what to say. I thought I would give this place a try because everyone say the food is good. However, not sure if it was a mix up or the worker just didn't know. The cashier was friendly and in too if it, the kitchen staff and the waitress with braids just was not doing it for me. Party of 3, we ordered 3 meals . Only 2 came. Everyone around use ate and left, 20 min later myself , and my guests went to check . 1st story was, they are making it and it's coming, then 2nd story was we didn't make it, not going to make it, we can give you a refund, 3rd story was they forgot. I went in a 2nd time and the cashier was very apologetic but the kitchen crew and the waitress with braid were busy looking at the monitor and discussing something. Now 45 min later I get a refund only on the missing meal but they made it. I look around and there was a table with other guests who got an extra burrito . free! Although I got my burrito refunded and still got a burrito 45 min later, and my meal and the other meal was no longer hot, I would only give credit to the cashier who was very apologetic and even brought us some dessert. I don't think I even really got a taste of what the food is suppose to taste like it was cold. Just ridiculous! Thanks to the cashier and her sympathy and the desserts. I just don't think I will be returning. Too many cooks in the kitchen and waitress giving away our food. They need to get it together. read more

Food was good and portion was big. Parking is by the restaurant, very convenient. Will visit again.

Great service and a really nice place to relax and enjoy a meal! The staff were friendly, attentive, and made sure everything was just right. There's a good selection on the menu, with fresh and flavorful food that's well-prepared and nicely presented. The atmosphere is comfortable and inviting, perfect for casual dining or meeting with friends. It's also a big plus that they stay open late -- very convenient! Definitely a spot I'd recommend and look forward to visiting again. read more

Yes! Breakfast was bomb. The food was delicious, staff super nice and the vibe was I don't eat pork, and the breakfast plate only had pork, but the subbed for chicken and it was HELLA good. I'll be back! read more

Shaka Shack - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California

wonderful all around! Great people/Service, very good food with an island vibe, really cute ambience. Love it will be back a lot!

Wonderful first experience! Excited to explore the entire menu. Today we had the Loco Moco: cooked to perfection--egg retained its colorful yolk and placed accurately on-top of a delicious hamburger patty, then stacked on white rice with the ideal amount of gravy. Dash of ketchup mixed with a dash of Sriracha provided the right amount of flavor-kick. Topped with green onions completed the taste to visual circle. Also had the Kailua Pork plate lunch--moist and flavorful portion of pulled pork over white rice, plus a side of pickled cucumber (this was a great pallet refresher). Lastly there was a side of "mac" noodles or something along those lines. It's a spin on the Hawaiian plate lunch staple macaroni salad. Very tasty alternative and unique texture. Special shout-out to the chef for splitting the portions so we could share without needing to switch plates (didn't expect that level of service and was very grateful). If there was surfing on the television I would have thought we were actually in Hawaii!! Great addition to Alameda. Best Hawaiian food on our mainland island of alameda overnight. Hopefully they add garlic shrimp plate lunch in the future. read more

The wait was 15min. Due to the rain, the outdoor patio was closed. Had to wait in the car. It's a very tight space inside. The food came pretty quickly. The ube donuts were great; not too sweet. The lava chicken was great! The slaw was pretty good. The Hawaiian Rolls French toast was not great at all; it didn't look like the photos on here. The rolls were toasted only and served; there was nothing french about those toasted rolls. The fruit was very fresh! The service was fairly good. The people walking in and out did not close the door; so, it was cold sitting inside. The lemonade seemed artificial and the pineapple mimosa was ok. The pulled pork and kimche cucumber was great. read more

I went to the Shaka Shack, and it was like I was in Hawaii. The food and atmosphere are so authentic that it made me homesick for the Islands. I give this restaurant, staff, and food 5 stars and more if I could. Now back to my malasada . Aloha! read more

Delicious Hawaiian grub! Service was great and very accommodating. We couldn't make up our mind on the Syd's Loco Moco or the Kalua pork Loco moco so they did a half and half for us! Best secret menu item everrrr! Island vibes only!! read more

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Ordered to go and my order was ready in 15mins. Ordered the loco moco w/extra gravy. Beef was well seasoned and egg was perfectly done. Everything was tasty. Would repeat but might want to order extra extra gravy or extra gravy on the side next time! read more

Shaka Shack - Loco moco (be sure ask for extra gravy) - Hawaiian Near Me - Alameda, California