Ono Hawaiian BBQ is a Californian chain of casual Hawaiian restaurants with around three locations in Phoenix Arizona. The popular entree at Hawaiian BBQ restaurants is called the Hawaiian Plate Lunch. Maybe you are not familiar with the Hawaiian plate lunch? The Hawaiian plate lunch is usually a large Styrofoam container filled with two scoops of steamed rice, a scoop of creamy macaroni salad, some steamed vegetables and a generous serving of a protein or two. I finally tried the newer Ono Hawaiian BBQ Glendale Arizona location.

It’s casual. You order and pay at the counter.

Seat yourself.

Our name was called and we picked it up.

Here’s the white fish and BBQ chicken.

Two scoops of steamed white rice, macaroni salad that is on the dry side today. The fish is very greasy…and taste like grease. The chicken really is nicely caramelized and is tender……It’s also a very generous portion but it taste like soy sauce. Under the fish and chicken is mostly what they call steamed cabbage and some broccoli. I tried to eat the cabbage but it is very oily and too tough to cut with a plastic knife. The broccoli drips with oil but is next to raw. I can’t eat the vegetables or much of this.

Here’s the BBQ Combo (short rib, BBQ chicken, BBQ beef)

All the beef is tender but oddly leathery…….And it all taste like soy sauce. Vegetables, macaroni salad, and rice are same as above.

Ono in Hawaiian usually means good or delicious…….Tonight Ono at the Glendale AZ location means Oh No!

Ono Hawaiian BBQ

5830 W Bell Rd Glendale AZ

602-698-1625

www.OnoHawaiianBBQ.com

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