Hawaiian Time - Salem

That was my first time here. I noticed that they don't wear bark like most other Hawaiian restaurants I was. the beside dishes they offer are already part of the main dishes ( rice, salat and makkaroni), so that was surprising. I had ordered a mixed plate (chicken and pig) but it turned out that they ran out of pork. I was happy with the taste. condiment flake and the counter on which they were located were sticky and dirty looking. When I finished eating, they had at least wiped the counter.

I ordered the Huli Huli Chicken yesterday and it’s great! The only “complain” I have is that there’s no other sides besides the Mac Salad and the chicken because the rice portion is a lot. I recommend that if you’re a small eater, you should share one regular sized plate with another person because that’s what I did and I’m already full! Besides the food, the “waiting” part took a long time- maybe because there’s lots of people buying from there. In summary, I would recommend this place to anyone who wants to eat big portions of rice if they’re there!

They were very busy, with both takeout and people dining in, which was a very good sign. There was one young woman working the front counter taking orders and distributing the takeout orders, and doing a wonderful job of handling it all. At one point she called out that there would be a 10 wait until more orders came out, and NOBODY MINDED. This is always a sign that this is a place that the locals love I ordered the Mauna Loa Chicken Hawaiian spicy, and it was perfect. I will definitely be back.

I’ve had huli huli chicken in Hawaii, at home and couple other places and there is always something wrong with either the chicken or the rice or the Mac salad. I gave this place a 5 star bcuz not only the chicken was tasty, the rice and Mac salad was cooked to perfection! I normally find the chicken and rice to be good or a combo of Mac and chicken but never 3 combos! The chicken was soft and cooked to perfection. There is enough amount of spices that this chicken was so delicious to bite on. There are other places that chicken is either too salty or not enough salt or too much sauce. I admit I do not like Mac salad but this one, I can eat it all day. The pasta was soft enough, enough creaminess to it, salt and pepper are distributed really well. I mean it was absolutely fantastic! The rice…wow! I’m Asian and rice is important to me and this rice…I need to know where they got it ? A MUST place to go! I don’t like Salem but for this food…I will go weekly! And I lived an hour away from this place! Come early cuz the wait was fairly long! But it is so worth the time!

Mac salad alllll day? Had the Spicy chicken and Teriyaki chicken in a double plate.....fml. Feeds the soul and I am always happy when I eat it....or I'm sad and I eat it to feel better!!