Maui Express

Love the bbq short rib plate here. Prices are good and lower than other places. Service is always nice! Couple that works the place is always consistent and delightful

3.5Pretty good food for a business run by two people. The spam musubi was perfectly cooked, and the teriyaki chicken bowl had good teriyaki chicken, but too much rice. The employees were very helpful and answered my questions (They also had free refills).

Maui Express is one of the vendors at the Grossmont Center food court that happens to be operated by an elderly Asian couple. For a small kitchen, the menu offerings were rather extensive. There were traditional small bites like musubi and lumpia. Loco moco and combination lunch plates were also featured. There were no customers in line when I stopped by so I took my time before deciding on a musubi, spam saimin, and lau lau mix plate.The musubi came with Portuguese sausage which was my preference. The size was average for this seaweed-wrapped block of rice. The saimin was served in a plastic takeout container. Two pieces of spam, thin noodles, and green onions were the contents of the soup. The plate contained white rice and macaroni salad as sides and came separately because it took longer to prepare. A serving of kalua pork along with a bundle of steamed taro leaves containing more fatty pork made up the protein. The flavor of the meat wasn't as well-seasoned as I had hoped.For the prices, the food from auntie and uncle was decent. It was convenient to eat here since I was shopping at one of the nearby stores in the mall. I rated my dining experience at Maui Express between three and four stars.

Weird that I've never reviewed Maui Express. My son likes coming here for spam and rice. I've tried quite a few of the offerings here and they are consistent, tasty and hot. The service is great, it's run by a nice older couple and everything comes out pretty fast. Not gonna lie, I've tried all the places in the food court, but I tend to order mostly from the couple spots because they never disappoint and this is one of them. They're in the food court just past the pretzel place. It's a humble little spot, but the service shines.

I am appalled by any negative reviews, especially ones complaining about parking and pricing.Firstly, it's in the mall food court, so you have to park in one of the many places to park at Grossmont Center and walk there. It's located by the Wetzel's Pretzels. This is probably the reason I've missed this spot, I usually enter by Macy's. Anyway, I was so happy to have walked by on my way out. My heart has a special place for chicken katsu and at $9.99 a plate, I couldn't resist. I also ordered their gyoza, which I was happy to find, consisted of chicken, rather than shrimp or pork! The food was delicious! I'm so glad to have tried this place, with yummy food and super reasonable pricing. All the places at the food court now are vegan or will run you 15+ per plate. Minutes before ordering here, I ordered my son a side of rice that was $5 dollars and smaller than the palm of my hand at another establishment! Yikes!

Super delicious , Very friendly . first time coming Will come back, to try other dishes.(BBQ Chicken)

This is the first time in about 6 to 8 years that I have actually eaten at the spot. I generally have gone here for some spam musubi or another snack like an eggroll.The food was decent! Especially for the price. I enjoyed the seafood combo with short ribs. The short rib was actually cooked perfectly and was flavorful. It had a very small amount of fat. In addition to the short ribs, it was served with a couple of pieces of fried fish and three fried shrimp. The fried fish tasted like tilapia... Definitely not my favorite out of all of the items. The fried shrimp was good. everything was fairly small and proportionate to each other. My combo came with two sides of rice, and a side of macaroni salad for $11. It's hard to find all of this for $11, but I will say that the portions were petite and the quality of the fish items were just OK. So it seems appropriately priced. I have course had to order a Thai tea with Boba and I ordered a side of french fries for my son. The Thai tea was average (I think it may have been canned), and the boba was not great. It's like it had been sitting for a while in some liquid and it was extra soft. It became so soft that it clogged up my straw (LOL). The fries were awesome... You really can't go wrong with those. They were just crispy enough and not soft at all.The service was definitely "mom and pop" style. One older gentleman at the counter, and from what I could see one person cooking up everything fresh. It did take a little bit of time to get the food, but most of the other people in the food court seem to have ordered from here as well. All in all, I would eat here again since it was pretty tasty and filling. I'd probably try one of their other combos or do the spam musubi next time.

My friend says the loco moco is absolutely amazing and he will get it again! I think the spam masubi is . The staff is very friendly! Definitely will be coming back!

No frills service. Strawberry boba $3.50 + tax. Drink was a water & ice based drink with powder (no fresh ingredients). My husband and I didn't care for it but my 2 year old daughter enjoyed. I think this would be a good option for the adults to get a drink elsewhere in the food court or mall (Mystic Blends, Starbucks, Jamba Juice, etc) and the kids can get this (they had multiple flavor options). Boba was cooked well....

Best food court food choice ! The service is great the couple that works here are very kind. Have been coming here for years and the prices are great ! The food is great !! Favorite from here is orange chicken bowl , katsu chicken and rice. Try it !