Genki Sushi Hawaii

45-480 Kaneohe Bay Drive
Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744
808-247-9595

Several locations on Oahu; Also located on Maui and Kauai.

A good Revolving fresh sushi place. Check out the site: genkisushiusa.com

The menu offers several different types of sushi, sashimi, fried items, and other small Japanese orders served on color-coded plates to distinguish price:

You can wait for the pieces to come around, or order it right away! Although it’s mostly self-serve, the service is also great.

Unlimited ginger right in front of you!! The wasabi goes around the conveyor belt with the sushi, and it’s also unlimited.

Conveyor belt action. Just pick it up and eat! Impulse-item sushi.

Nigiri. So fresh and tasty for simple fried tofu. Just the right amount of sweetness and the sushi rice was fresh, too. Tidbit about the rice from genkisushiusa.com: Known as the sushi robot, [a] machine can produce 1,000 rice balls (Gunkan) in one hour. Today, the latest model can produce double the quantity within the same period. Traditionally, these rice balls were made by hand and were time consuming. With the introduction of the sushi robots in 1980, Saito’s little army of mechanical arms once again set the way to bring sushi within the reach of everyone. $1.40 2/pc

Nigiri Ikageso: So fresh; So good. The squid legs were just the right texture. Only $1.40 2/pc

Set your own Natto roll. Natto, fermented soybeans, usually has quite a bitter after-taste, but this roll was really good. Practically not bitter at all, but we could still distinguish the distinct natto taste.

Vegetable croquette: This was very, very good, fresh, and warm. It was similar to a hash brown, but so much better. Potato, Corn, Carrots, Peas, Panko, Egg fried with light, flaky Japanese batter.

Once done with each color-coded plate, we simply stack them up and put them to the side where the server counts them up later.

Unfortunately, Genki’s only USA locations are in Hawaii for now. If you are in Hawaii, I definitely recommend stopping by when you are looking for good, cheap eats. It’s something different.

Aloha Eats

2534 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60614

Aloha Eats (formerly Aloha Grill) is a small Hawaiian BBQ eatery in Chicago’s Lincoln Park area. Known for plate lunches, musubi, and Hawaiian juices… from Hawai’i.

Mini Chicken Loco Moco.* Served with a scoop of mac salad, rice, eggs (your way), and chicken katsu. Not to mention the best brown gravy ever. $5.95ish.

*Loco Moco in full is usually served with Hamburger meat as opposed to Chicken katsu. $6.95.

Spam Loco Moco. Same as above, but with good ol’ Spam. A must-try Hawaiian plate lunch. The eggs, the brown gravy, rice, and mac salad all mixed together Loco Moco style.

BBQ Chicken Musubi. According to AlohaEats.com, A Hawaiian hand-rolls: a thick block of warm rice lightly seasoned with our teriyaki sauce, topped with a hot topping, and wrapped in a belt of nori (dried Japanese seaweed) 2 for $3.35
I often order musubi as a meal and add a side order of mac salad for only $1.15 more.

Shrimp Burger. Fried shrimp and tartar sauce with lettuce and tomato. I added Sriracha hot sauce to it, and more mac salad on the side.

I really like this place. I definitely come here often, and did not order everything above at one time.
Aloha Eats is a homey place where many people come and go; eat in, take out; grab a plentiful plate lunch or satisfying mini order. Also, it’s very inexpensive starting at $4.95 for a filling mini plate- $7.85 for the popular Hawaiian BBQ Mix Plate.

Check out Aloha Eats’ Menu.