Ige’s Lunchwagon & Catering

Always good food and always CHOKE food. Usually order the food for the office and the bags are ready to bus. Corned beef and cabbage is a good one and the chicken is good too.

Felt like eating turkey aka king. So I decided to go to Iges Lunch Wagon in Aiea. So Iges is the only place that has a very good Ala King. For only $ 7.50 a plate It is a steal. The portion is large and comes with 2 scoops rice and mac salad. It is only served on Tuesdays so today was a must. Today I got it to go Ala carte so I can get more meals out of it. =). If you are there might as well get their andagi too.

I’ve been going to Ige’s for years because the food tastes great and they give a lot of it! But I keep forgetting about their annual vacation in August. Went by today and saw this sign. I’ll be back in a few weeks.

Friday had the beef curry.
Best tasting beef curry ever.
Curry excellent potatoes meat veggies
Winner!

Great hole in da wall. If your new you want want to check out their menu for the week so you know when to go. The line moved quick and so did the food. I love their andagi 3 for $ 1.00 and their big.

Went to Ige’s Lunchwagon & Catering yesterday. Purchased a Hawaiian Plate (Lomi Salmon, Rice, Pickled Onions, Kalua Long Rice and Lau Lau), Shoyu Chicken Plate. Large portions and very inexpensive. Had to eat the leftovers for dinner. Daily Menus.

Awesome friendly and quick service hole in the wall type of restaurant. There are no seating here because it is set up more like a lunch wagon. The portions here are huge! They also give you their signature pickled onions with your order that is yummy. They do catering too and offers Japanese or Hawaiian menu with pretty decent prices.

Ige’s has been a staple for a lot of catering events. Sounds weird but much of the funerals I have been to have been catered by Ige’s. I always enjoyed the fried noodles, fried chicken and ANDAGI!!! (Notice how everything I mentioned was fried) My fellow Okinawin’s knew what they were doing when they invented ANDAGI and thank you to Ige’s for keeping up with such a terrific recipe after all these years.
My dad turned me on to the Thursday Hawaiian plate. So now if I really wanted to I could grab Hawaiian food from Ige’s on a Thursday and pretty much anywhere else has Friday Hawaiian plate. :D
My favorite amongst the Hawaiian plate special is the Kalua Long Rice. Holy sugar babies this is just the perfect concoction. I love Kalua and love long rice. Put them together and you get a perfect combo.
As many reviewers note, it’s cash only. No seating available. Great for take out and call ahead.
Enjoy!

Exploring behind Cutter Ford in Aiea
Ige’s lunchwagon is not really a truck but a take-​out only place (no tables, only 2 little windows to order and pick up your food). The sign describes it much better (Ige’s Kitchen). It’s on the Diamond Head end of the first building in Harbor Center. Be prepared, I’ve never seen less than 5 people in line, best bet for people like me who have only half hour for lunch is to call in your order, 486‑8728. I go there Wednesdays for the Thanksgiving plate. Big portions and taste good! Only open during lunch time and items sell out. Say yes when they ask if you want pickled onion!
Quality — 4 star
Quantity — 5 star
Price — $ very cheap, $ 9 for plate and large soda

Da Bestest!

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Tucked away in the depths of Harbor Center, this is a local, Aiea fav! Parking usually isn’t a problem since this is a grab n’ go location but sometimes you’ll have to drive around. Beware, this lot can become confusing since some cars like to take up the entire aisle.
Check out their schedule for when particular plates are available – personal favs are the Hamburger Steak & Thanksgiving plates. It’s been a while since I had come here, and both of these were not on the Friday menu; I decided to go with the Roast Pork plate. Yummy, but there was so much pork; I didn’t even get through half of it without feeling sick by looking at all the meat (i.e., BIG portions). Brown or white rice is available. Also don’t forget to ask for gravy on the rice if you like that ;)
If you’re a long time fan like me, you’ll have noticed that their prices have increased a bit… but tbh, nbd! Still SO worth it – still yummy & the portions are still as generous as ever! FYI this is only open for a short period of time during the day, (e.g., lunch time), since this is their catering location. So, I don’t know when the next time I’ll be back… but hopefully I can get my hands on one of my favs! :)
CASH ONLY!
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Five stars. The shoyu pork and mochiko chicken are the best! Andagi is winners too! For the most part, these foods are mainly on the catering side, but when they do have it for the regular plates, go get some!

Boneless chicken curry awesome! Time to take a nap…

Cousin catered our family reunion from these guys. wow… ONO!
Fried chicken — lots of yummy crispy skin and the meat was still juicy. Thats quite a feat considering that food was in the hot trays a while before we got to it.
Shoyu pork — by all means eat this! This was the most incredible example of meat I ate on my whole trip back to Hawaii. Tender melt in your mouth slabs of pork swimming in that awesome shoyu sauce. I must add this on my last meal for death row.
Kalua pork — nice flavor without the overpowering smoke flavor. They are doing this right as well.
Beef teriyaki — compared to the above meats, I wouldn’t have bothered to order this one. But still pretty good.
chow mein — good tasty carbs but really, all you need is white rice with this feast!
Chinese chicken salad — lots of chicken and wonton strips. just the way I like it.
While I’d glady attempt to polish off a tray of the fried chicken or shoyu pork, next time I’m in town, I’ll try their plate lunches (making sure to come on shoyu pork day)

I catered from Ige’s for my daughter’s first birthday party. 7 choices (sushi, namasu, andagi, fried chicken, shoyu pork, Mac salad and noodles) for $ 8.50, you can’t go wrong. Also with free delivery service and plates napkins utensils, that’s a good deal.
The only thing that gave them a 4 was that they were about 15 minutes late and forgot to bring tongs to serve the food. Another thing was returning the burners and serving utensils. I was informed that I would get charged $ 80 if their burners and utensils were not returned by 4 the day after the party. I had one of my daughters grandmas return it at 3pm but Ige’s was closed. I’m hoping we won’t get charged the $ 80. They need to be a little more organized

Open for only 3 hours Monday-​Friday, Ige’s is an absolute must for amazing plate lunches. I’ve been coming here for as long as I can remember, and their quality and portions has never wavered.
Some of my favorites:
Sweet and Sour Spareribs (Monday)
Turkey Ala King (Tuesday)
Hamberger Steak (Tuesday and Wednesday)
BBQ Spareribs (Thursday)
You always have the option of creating a mix plate… but be careful if you’re choosing items with different sauces that are on the soupy side (like turkey ala king and hamburger steak), because they’ll definitely mix together and create a completely different flavor profile.
Ige’s also has 1 – 2 specials posted on their take-​out window daily.
Just remember:
Cash only and
Get here early, before the food sells out

oh great food and large portions!!! i’m so sad that they are only open M-​F at lunch only… i work in town so when i have a day off, you know where i get lunch from! :)
all of their food is good! however, there are things i prefer not to get… meat loaf, hamburger steak and corned beef and cabbage are ones i dont care for. but they are still good!!! if you want options get there early or better yet call in your order!!!
the service is awesome too! the ladies are always so friendly and nice! i mean, its a take out window but they are so great!
dont forget to ask for the pickled onions! :)
enjoy!

My father loves this place and seriously you can’t do wrong if you like Ige’s Restaurant. Local food that you know is made fresh everyday, well that is the stuff that people love and can’t get enough of! This is the place that they cater their food, and it’s pretty much open only for a few hours 10 am to 1 pm every Monday through Friday (I am not sure about the holidays though).
They have a set menu:
(*They have «specials» and you will need to go there to see what that week’s specials are)
MONDAY
— Hamburger stew or chili with hotdog, fresh corned beef and cabbage, sweet and sour spareribs, beef cutlet, fried chicken, meatloaf, *plus one special.
TUESDAY
— Ala king (turkey or chicken), korean fried chicken, roast beef, pork tofu, hamburger steak, *plus one special.
WEDNESDAY
— Thanksgiving plate, chicken curry, roast turkey with stuffing, boneless chicken hekka, pork teri, hamburger steak, *plus two specials.
THURSDAY
— Hawaiian plate, tripe stew, beef stew, lau lau, kalua or chicken longrice, bbq spareribs, shoyu chicken, *plus one special.
FRIDAY
— Beef curry, roast pork, chicken fried steak, chicken katsu, meatloaf, *plus two specials.
I really love their chicken katsu, meatloaf, and beef curry (these are the only plates that I have tried so far). They give you AMAZING proportions of food, usually there is rice your choice of meat, mac salad, and if you want some ono pickled onions (personally I love vinegar foods– yumm). But you can’t beat the price for how much food you get! :D

This was my first time eating at Iges in the Harbor Square shops. We went about 1215p. They only have select items daily. When we went they only had about 4 choices available and they were running out quickly. The food was pretty decent for the price and they give you a lot. The service was some what not there. But they were getting a little busy. But they did do the basic hi’s and bye’s. But if your in the area you should check them out but maybe go a little earlier maybe before 1130a or 12pm while there choices are good. They are only open 10am to 1pm.

This is a hole in the wall place that puts out some really good food at reasonable prices. The menu changes daily and they often run out of their staples like hamburger steak.
Got the Korean Chicken, which was juicy, flavorful, and packed full the top of the container. The Chicken was cut small like Karaage but then dipped in sauce. The potato/​mac salad was tasty too. With rice it was only $ 7.25, a 2 choice combo is still only $ 7.75
Great food + large portions = great bargain!
No place to sit and eat, strictly take out. They also do catering.