Waimalu Tasty BBQ

The place is located inside Palama Supermarket. The parking was a bit challenging, since we visited around lunchtime when other food establishments were also busy.I found this buy one get one deal for Mini Garlic Shrimp and Mini Mochiko Chicken on Uber Eats and decided to give their food a try and schedule orders for pickup. I paid $16.90 for the "BOGO" mini garlic shrimp and $17.80 for the "BOGO" mochiko chicken. However, it's worth noting that this BOGO price deal is a bit off and prices on UberEats are usually more expensive than in-store prices. When I checked the in-store menu, the mini shrimp plate was priced at $9.95 per plate, and the Mochiko Chicken was $9.50 per plate. So, while the UberEats prices for this "BOGO" deal were still about 20% cheaper for two mini plates, the price was a bit misleading.As for the taste, the garlic shrimp was just average. The plate came with five shrimp, a cup of rice, and mac salad. The mac salad was more sour than what I've had at other local plate lunch places. The shrimp lacked salt and flavor and they seemed to have just been fried with some garlic added afterward. On the other hand, the mochiko chicken stood out a bit. It was different from the usual flavor at local restaurants, because their mochiko was on the sweeter side, but it was juicy and cooked well.While there was nothing particularly wrong with the plates we got, I personally prefer getting my plate lunch somewhere else.

Quick and easyLocated inside the Palama Supermarket, you wouldn't know it's in here because they don't have any outside signs. I found this place by accident. I was grabbing some items at the supermarket when I noticed this place. It's the typical Korean BBQ. They serve the same items you would get at a Yummy's or Pearl's. IDK if this is a chain store like the ones I mentioned?One main difference is that you don't see the sides. They are located at the kitchen and not typically displayed out front. Was feeding the family so I got a family plate. It was generous for the price and you do get a loyalty card. There is limited seating to wait or eat there and it's clean. Overall four stars. Ordering was easy and my order came out at a respectable time. Now excuse me, people are hungry. M

This place is located inside the Waimalu Palama market. Got their mochiko chicken and bulgogi combo plate. They sell other local plate options besides Korean bbq and bentos.

**Ordered through uber eats so i cant vouch for the restaurant Haven't tried this place out yet and seen that uber eats delivers - didn't wanna be out on this chilly windy night. Ordered a cheeseburger combo which according to the uber eats menu it was a popular choice. Also tried ordered the Garlic shrimp plate as there was a uber eats special buy one plate get one free - they had me at "free". Extremely satisfied with my choices! Cheeseburger tasted home made and sure was hearty either way all the fix-ins like tomatoes, onions, lettuce etc. burger came with fries and the fries were good as well - perfectly cooked! Garlic shrimp was delicious! Will be coming back! Devoured the burger before taking a pic - oops

My mother in law ordered food for me and my daughter. She got us both garlic chicken plates which comes with Mac salad and a scoop of rice. This was so filling and delicious. The garlic chicken was cooked perfectly and tasty. I definitely enjoyed it. When I get a little extra money, I definitely want to try the fried rice and noodles. They sell burgers and fries for those who don't want Chinese food. A major plus. Located inside the Palama market. I have not yet been there but I will definitely make my way when I get paid again. So worth the money and pretty affordable with the amount of food you get. Parking is usually full during the weekends but parking probably isn't so bad during the weekday.

I had received a coupon for this place in my junk mail & after reading the rave reviews from fellow, yelpers - mahalo!, thought I'd give them a shot. They are located in the Waimalu Shopping center, across the street from Cutter Ford inside the Palama Market. That is one busy parking lot on a Saturday afternoon! Didn't think it was going to be that busy since it was way after lunch, about 2PM. But since the majority of this shopping center are food places plus it was the holiday season, I had to circle the parking lot twice. They recently opened for business in the fall & I believe they took over the spot where another 8Korean take-out was. When you enter the market, it's located to the right in the back by a cash register. There's was a young high school kid manning the counter but was looking at his phone. He didn't acknowledge me right away but when he finally did, he was cordially nice. This front area of the market also has a couple eating places. There are a few dine-in tables, most of it is take-out orders. Before I got there, I perused their menu online. I was looking for BBQ pork & in their menu a few months back, they had it but when I viewed the menu when I got there, they only had 1 pork entree dish, everything else was beef or chicken. I asked to be sure they didn't have it & he said no BBQ pork. Disappointing! The pork entree they had was a garlic pork chop. I wanted to try the garlic chicken since the reviews were favorable. So I placed my order to cover lunch & dinner for me & my hubby. FOODBBQ chicken sandwich - ONO! Served on a good-sized sesame bun with 2 big pieces of boneless/skinless thighs, mayo, & lettuce. Extra $ if you want cheese/deluxe. Very tasty sandwich, very messy, but worth it for only $4.50.Garlic fish plate $14.95 (for the hubs) with all mac, substituted for rice. Fish was also ono, well-seasoned, & just enough garlic to taste & not overpower the other seasonings. Not sure what kind of fish this was, I think white fish? but they gave 3 big pieces of fish plus 3 huge scoops of mac salad. Hubs had enough food there for 2 dinners.Combo garlic chicken/garlic pork chop $16.95. I decided to give the pork chop a try. Normally I don't order pork chops out because it's always served dry. I got 2 huge pieces of thinly sliced pork chops, well-seasoned, lightly breaded, just enough garlic, & surprisingly not dry. ONO! Garlic chicken was in bite-sized pieces, also well-seasoned & tasty They gave a generous serving, even for a combo. There was tons of garlic which overpowered the overall taste. I wanted to love it, but there was too much garlic for me to enjoy it. After I had paid, I noticed the sign on the counter with pics which said if you didn't want rice or mac salad, you could substitute it for the following: choi sum, corn, kim chee, potato, bean sprouts, & the last item I didn't get it in the pic. All are the typical side veggies at a Korean eatery. All this was at no extra charge so I was able to switch the rice & mac for kim chee, choi sum, & sprouts. Veggies were great! For the mac salad, we thought it was ok, but way too much mayo. I was able to use my coupon for 15% off & they give out a frequent buyer card. For every 10 plates you buy, you get a $10 off - yes!!!They also have daily specials listed on a sign at the counter & you can order online for pick-up. Overall, we enjoyed our food at Tasty BBQ. We'll probably be back to try other menu items.PROS--generous serving of food, reasonable prices-easy to find, free parking-they cook to go so food is freshly made. It's not fast food, I waited about 10-15 minutes, but it's hot.-love the veggie options if you don't want rice or macCONS--too much garlic on the garlic chicken & too much mayo in the mac salad-during busy times/weekends/holidays, parking lot can get full & since it's one way around the lot, sometimes you have to keep circling-no BBQ pork

I ordered take out from here yesterday. I couldn't finish the plate. I didn't even take a pic of my plate. Everything was oily. They meat jun tasted like oily eggs and flour. The kalbi had a lot of fat on it and it had a weird taste. Instead of Mac salad I got the chop chae and all it was was oily noodles. Never ordering from here again.

My husband and I got Dinner from this restaurant today. We ordered Mochiko Chicken with Kim chee. We Enjoyed our dinner and we took advantage of the buy one get one free offer on Uber Eats. This Restaurant is located inside Palama Market in Aiea. The food here is amazing and reasonably priced. This is one of our favorite places to order food from. I recommend checking them out. They might have something your craving.

When someone orders a catering pan for pick up at 3:30p... and I'm there a little before 4pm. That's messed up. It's an odd time where there is no food rush.Apologies were given. to be expected. but no discount. nothing extra for the trouble. I want to be clear that I've never had complaints about the food. But this was disappointing.

The bbq short rib is so delicious and the garlic shrinp is so good if I can rate it ten star I will.