Leo’s Island BBQ is one of the very few independent family owned restaurants in the Arrowhead Mall area in Peoria AZ. Leo’s Island BBQ is a Fast/casual restaurant where you order at the counter and seat yourself.  Leo’s specializes in the Hawaiian Plate Lunch. It’s a forking big portion of meat or a combination of meats that sit on a pile of steamed fresh cabbage studded with some fresh/crisp broccoli, a double scoop of rice (white or brown) and a large scoop of Hawaiian Style creamy macaroni salad. They offer about 30 varieties of the Hawaiian Plate Lunch and also do offer appetizers, Soups, Salads, Mini Meals (that not so mini) Burgers, Hawaiian Bowls, Family Meal Deals and Catering. They offer lots of variety in a fast casual atmosphere and the food is hot and fresh 100% of the time. All the food is fresh made and not from a freezer and all the sauces and marinades are made in house. Portions are very large….I mean FORKING large so be prepared to bring some back home with you. This is also a very inexpensive restaurant to dine in. If I recall correctly the most expensive Lunch Plate goes for around $8.50. To me this is less expensive and MUCH BETTER than forking Fast Food since that lunch plate can be two meals and is far superior to any place in the mall food court. It’s real food that’s always prepared perfect and that’s always fresh and tasty and remember it’s casual and served in a styrofoam container. The owners are also very pleasant and make you feel welcomed every time.

The Kalua Pork is one of the specialties. It’s slow roasted with several different exotic leaves that make it Hawaiian Style and not like something you’d make at home. Good luck finding Ti, Banana and sea leaves if your going to try to re-create this at home.

One of my favorite meals to get at Leo’s are the Curry BBQ Chicken (dark meat) and Island Curry Chicken (white meat) . The chicken is always fresh and prepared juicy perfect. I Like the fresh made curry sauce as it has a lot of flavor and also is on the spicy side. The potatoes and carrots give it that homey taste and the (not so mini) mini meal is also packed with fresh steamed cabbage, broccoli and a scoop each of macaroni salad and rice. It only cost around $5.00 something.

One of my other favorite dishes from Leo’s is the  Mahi Mahi Grilled Fish. Evey time I ordered it the fish is fresh tasting and flaky with a such a forking tasty light crust. I also get the lemon pepper chicken Hawaiian Plate. It’s set up the same as the above or below plate. I’m guessing that it’s at least 8 oz. of juicy white meat chicken simple with just lemon and pepper. Once I got the Mahi Fish Burger. It was so darn tasty I couldn’t stop eating it and I left really forking full.

 

 

They always fry the shrimp perfect at Leo’s and it looks cool in the circle shape.

You can’t forking see what all is in the plate but Leo’s offers two kinds of Moco’s. The Island Loco Moco is a hamburger steak topped with gravy and two eggs. The Grilled Spam Moco is Grilled Spam topped with two eggs and gravy.

Leo’s offers a lot of variety, of always fresh hot and tasty food at budget prices. You might get so happy you ate here you just might do a hula.

He said,” I’ve enjoyed the food from Leo’s for years now. Leo’s is worth a Fork!”