Hawaiian Walk In

Pros: Fill up on cheap Hawaiian food for cheap.
Cons: It's not that great Hawaiian food.

Hawaiian Walk In 402 15th Street Oakland CA 94612 During the week - 10:30 AM - 9:00 PM weekends - 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Ever since Aloha Fest at Presidio Park this past summer, I have been fixated with plate lunches, malasadas, and SPAM. Ideally, ...

Pros: Excellent value.
Cons: Lack of ambiance - opt for take-out.

Hawaiian Walk In is located in a somewhat sketchy area of downtown Oakland. The area is fine during weekdays, but you may want to opt for take-out after dark. With a decor that barely suggests Hawaii, the restaurant gets zero points for ambiance. ...

Pros: Mac salad, short ribs and Aloha Saimin.
Cons: Eating-in means you take your to-go styrofoam container and sit at a table.

I work down the street so actually come here fairly often.
Its really cheap and they give you a good amount of food. I like the teriyaki plates and the bento box. I LOVE the Aloha Saimin. This consists of a bowl of incredibly rich soup, with saimin noodles, teriyaki chicken, spam, and a fresh fried egg on top. All this for under $5. The macaroni salad is to die for, btw, and I have been known to order huge party plates of it, along with party plates of shortribs, to bring to pot-lucks. The Loco Moco is for the big eaters - two huge hamburger patties over rice, with lots of gravy, fried eggs on top and mac salad on the side. Yep, its Hawaiian alright! For less than $4, you can get a teriyaki mini-plate consisting of meat, rice and macaroni salad. Oh, and the proprieters are extremely sweet.

Pros: CHEAP! at $5-$6 for a big plate you can't complain
Cons: No poi or lomi salmon

I ate here 2 years ago and it wasn't that good. Went back this week and they have much improved.

short ribs = excellent, really broiled, sticky sweet, very tasty.
shrimp = very good, crispy and fresh
kalua pork = okay (dry, too much salt)
lau lau = okay (skimpy on the taro leaves)
mac salad = good to very good
kim chee = funny tasting, like they didn't ferment it enough
chicken = kinda blah

Haven't tried anything else. People say the saimin is good.