North Shore Grinds

I love this place. I get the ahi with pesto sauce. Mouth watering just thinking about it! It is a locals kind of place. Limited street parking. You think you are going into a residential neighborhood and there is a small strip mall there. Service is always friendly and efficient. I look forward to my next visit. Ono!

Haven't been here since pre COVID. Lazy Saturday with no time constraints and our aimless driving took us to Kaimuki. Learned since the last time we were here it was bought out, new owners kept the same cook so food was as I remembered. Friendly service and food came out quickly. I ordered the Ahi Dynamite, 3 generous pieces of fresh Ahi fried crisp but yet tender and juicy, rice and Mac salad, you can opt for brown rice and tossed salad.My husband got the Grilled Mahi with Lemon Pepper Cream Sauce. We also ordered a 1/4 lb. of their spicy ahi poke. Everything was fresh and delicious.Bummer they no longer have indoor seating, but they do have 2 tables outside on the sidewalk. Made a mental note to come on a cool day and the day we visited it was overcast with nice breezes. To add to the ambiance the coffee shop next door was blasting Europa by Santana and as we're finishing up the coffee shop owner came out to with a tray of desserts to top off our meal.Street Parking.

I was surprised to find out that one of our regular neighborhood food places was under new ownership but happy that the previous owner retired and is hopefully enjoying life. First, happy to see that the previous menu was kept and new items added. Everything from the old menu tasted the same (huge plus) and the new menu items (e.g., Brandon's Special, Maunalani, smoked meat, etc.) are wonderful additions. The poke was okay as the flavoring was a bit too weak for me. From the time the new owners took over I gave them 4.5 stars.Now, six months plus later, it seems like there was some tweaking done to the recipes of the original menu. The ono recipe for the salad dressing changed. Now it tastes like shoyu and something else. This is a huge disappointment for me as this was one place where the salad dressing tasted like a homemade one served at family parties. Also, noticed a change in the horseradish katsu sauce - not as thick and the flavor a bit different. Love to support local but not if the original recipes continue to be tweaked and not for the better (imo).

North shore grinds used to be a gem in Palolo, since newbs took over is no longer the case. I ordered the crusted mahi mahi with lemon butter sauce, got my plate and off i went to work, only to find there was no sauce, just the dried out fish Which made it basically inedible (since im a sauce lover and thats why i ordered this), i called and let them know, also i was about to go on a boat for work so no other food was available. They said they would take care of it next time and took my name and number. Returned yesterday and ordered the same thing which they almost forgot the sauce again, and offered half price, so basically got an inedible meal and the fix was to offer half off next one Been eating here for over 20 years but this is the last time- also had a mistake with teriyaki steak that i ordered with teri sauce all over the rice and mac- no sauce on either but at least it was still edible, although for me, being the sauce lover i am, was the equivalent of ordering a spam musubi and them forgetting the spam- edible but not enjoyable nor what i ordered... my advice if eating there, make sure order is correct before leaving to save yourself grief later. Hope they can return to the level of service they had prior when Juni was there- as for me, ill look elsewhere for my plate lunch fix

We got a couple of sandwiches and the fried fish with rice and macaroni salad. Food tasted good overall, the fish was crispy and the sandwiches tasty. The sandwiches are a better deal though I think, for the fish it didn't feel like we got enough for the price. Folks working there are pretty cool some of the are/were fishermen and had some good conversations while waiting.When we went there they were doing some changes to the restaurant and only had the option for take out so we drove to the waterfront park and had the food there.

Neighborhood GEM!!!Highly recommend anything on their menu. It's a cute quaint place and great service. Only downside is no private parking lot, only street parking. But worth it, it's that good.

Their pulehu ribs & shrimp scampi plate was delicious. I am very picky with my shrimp and this was cooked and seasoned perfectly. My boyfriend had the furikake salmon and enjoyed it. I don't like salmon and I liked it. They gave 3 generous sized furikake salmon patties, my boyfriend couldn't even finish. Their mac salad was delicious. The only thing wasn't so good was their shoyu poke. It didn't have any taste, needed more salt or shoyu or something. The texture of the fish was great, not stringy. If the poke was good, I would have given 5 stars. We highly recommend and will be back. I grew up in Kaimuki and never knew about this place until last week.

We were looking for a place to get one last plate lunch on our way from Hawaii Kai to the airport. Having read the reviews we wisely called our order in ahead and then went to the restaurant. We ordered:- Chicken katsu - 4/5 (chicken katsu itself was good, the katsu sauce just tasted more like cocktail sauce than tonkatsu sauce, one of the kids really liked it, the other thought it was too different)- Chili and hot dog - 5/5 excellent chili and rice, plus I think they add two grilled hot dogs- Kalua pig and chicken long rice - 5/5 it's been so long since I found good chicken long rice, it was really very good, as was the kalua pig, I just wanted more of the chicken long rice and would have given up the scoop of mac salad (3/5)We arrived right at 11am when they opened so they weren't quite ready for us to want to be seated. They brought out two small tables and a few chairs - which they placed on the sidewalk, so just know that this is more of a takeout place than a sit down and eat kind of place.

After a full day of snorkeling and hiking with family and friends, we were super hungry and were lucky enough to find this spot on Yelp on the way back to Honolulu. We got there about 30 minutes before closing and their menu had so many options we were all a bit undecided. The staff was incredibly friendly and accommodating even though it was the end of their day. They gave us the full rundown of the menu and everything sounded so good that we all got different items. I got the Chicken Katsu and Pork Char Siu combo and both hit the spot...so ono. My wife and son shared the Teriyaki chicken plate...loved it. Our friends got the Teriyaki Beef, Shoyu Poke, and Furikake Crusted Mahi...they also loved it all. The 5 year old even said that it was "the best food ever!"... How do you top that? The staff was so nice that they even brought both tables some complimentary Hawaiian Poke. If I could give more than 5 stars I would.

Very delicious chicken long rice! very great very delicious. Employees very nice with quick service.