Hawaiian Drive Inn - San Jose

I would like to see the rice cooked better; it was too mushy. They definitely need to improve the preparation.

Chicken Katsu is crispy breaded chicken. I get it with rice only on the side. So good! Fast. Large portion. Delicious.

I ordered the S6 plate noodles with steak, but there were only a few small pieces of meat. It felt more like a plate of noodles with hardly any steak.

The restaurant is heavily focused on fast food, which doesn’t live up to the reviews I read or the Hawaiian name it carries. Both the bibimbap and musubi were lacking and barely reached average quality.

The first time I dined here for lunch, the food was incredibly fresh and delicious. A few weeks later, my friend and I decided to stop by for takeout, but since it was close to closing time, our experience was completely different. The food seemed like leftovers; it was awful. The chicken was very dry and appeared to have been sitting under a heat lamp for too long, and the portion sizes were significantly smaller than at lunchtime. I would recommend that if you're planning to eat here, lunchtime is likely the best time to go.