Aloha Cafe

Clean, fast good customer service and good food! Will definitely be a regular spot! Love the chilled water you can take to the table, no waiting on refills great for this hot weather! The size of the keiki plate is perfect for those watching their waistlines!

Great tasting food. Fresh pork. Very friendly service. Amazing value. We would definitely come back when in town.

Always reliably good barbecue meats! Just wish they had a few more table for the lunch rush.

Aloha! Mahalo! So Ono!
This place is my go-​to because they’re probably the best Hawaiian restaurant in Bend. Their kalua pork is good and their noodles too! Still waiting on the laulau guys! ;)

Great food! We especially love the teriyaki chicken and the potato mac. Great service at all times.

Hawaiian BBQ is generally hit and miss for me, and this place is most definitely a hit! The food selection is great, prices are decent, and service is punctual and extremely helpful! Keaton went above and beyond to make sure we had a good experience.
The food like I said is well priced and decent sized. I ordered the lava chicken and the teriyaki beef both of which were tender, well seasoned, and not at all spicy, which was enjoyable. Noodles are noodles and rice is rice.
Overall, I would most definitely choose Aloha over most other restaurants in the area! Mom even got a free meal for Mothers day! Shoutout to Keaton for providing such stupendous service!

My friends and I were on our way to Sunriver, and because I’d Unilocaled this place ahead of time we agreed to eat lunch here. Well, really… I was driving, my car is full of Hawaiian decals and has a Hawaiian word license plate, so did they have a choice? Well, yeah, they did, sort of. Seriously though, they were in favor of our stopping here.
The second I walked in, it felt like home. The aroma of kalua pig filled the air and I had this kind of time-​warpy feeling, as if I really was back home in Hawaii. The décor, the food choices, and the friendly staff all made it feel like home.
Oh my, what to order? The choices all beckoned to me…“choose ME, Mokihana!” Eventually I chose from the Mixed Plate menu. kalua pig and teriyaki chicken, white rice, and pineapple coleslaw. My friends also ordered different things from the Mixed Plate menu.
Our server, Mike, was super friendly and helpful. He was enthusiastic and treated us great. My teriyaki chicken was the best I’ve ever tasted, and kalua pig was perfection, and the coleslaw and rice were yummy, too.
Oh. I did I mention malasadas? Yes! Malasadas, in the middle of Bend. In the middle of Oregon’s High Desert. Malasadas! Fresh cooked (you have to wait 10 – 12 minutes for those) but the wait was wroth it. And when they came, hot and sugary, and I took my first bite, I was convinced I was really back home. Well, almost. They were fantastic! Two of my friends had never had them before, and they were hooked, too. (I love being a local food enabler!)
The food was plentiful; no skimping here. I had enough left over to take to our retreat house. So did my friends.
If there were 10 stars for my review, Aloha Café would get them. We loved this place so much that on our way home, we stopped here again 4 days later for lunch. This time I got the kalua pig and cabbage, and it was fabulous.
Many thanks to Mike, Lee (our second-​time server), Merv, Steve, Rian, Brandon, and Caleb. What a fantastic crew at a fantastic café. I just wish it weren’t so far away!
Oh yeah. I brought home a half dozen malasadas. Heh heh.

The food is always amazing here! Customer service is great and very family friendly.

Dirtiest place in bend and chicken was dry and barely lukewarm. Glad I did not get sick.

Food was good had the Kalua pork and bbq chicken. It came with two sides Mac salad and potato salad and also Cole slaw. The potato/​Mac salad tasted like it was out of a milk carton that is used in most groc stores service delis. All the rest was very good!

We were craving Hawaiian food while in Sunriver… I would suggest staff gets a little more training. Took 10 seconds for staff by register to greet us while there was no other customers in the place? Staff had a long conversation about what they were doing after work. Its funny, the conversation was still going on even though, someone was waiting for their to go sauce at the register. I do like how they use most of the ingredients used in most Hawaiian restaraunts. The food? It was just okay. Don’t go here for Mac salad. It’s not good at all. Out of all the food we ordered, the only item that is recommended are the Malasadas. It takes 15 minutes to make, which is fine, you know it’s fresh. Will definitely not be back.

We’ve been here twice. First was fantabulous, great quality chicken cooked to perfection. Yeah, the sauce was Mae Ploy but I wasn’t expecting culinary adventure. Second, mediocre at best (overdone, underseasoned/​sauced, etc). Considering we ordered basically the same dishes each time, I was surprised to see that variation in quality. Will give it another try to see if it tilts back to the four-​star side.

There’s not much to say about this place other than «So good.»
I dream of Hawaiian BBQ. The Kahlua Pork and the Pineapple Slaw are extra good. The Chicken is superb as well.
I’ve only had the catered fare so I can’t comment on the service or location.
All I know is, I want more.

Everything I have tried has been great even my kids get excited to go! The staff are always friendly too

Seriously, great customer service!
Very welcoming, friendly and helpful.
We got the chicken katsu with greens, as spam musubi.
To be in Bend, OR, it’s pretty damn good!
I guess it’s the best Hawaiian joint in Bend.
The katsu was crispy and good, big portion as well.
And they have brown rice: D
They even have the Hawaiian drinks in can that I love.
Overall, great service, Hawaiian-​theme ambiance & delicious food!

Super helpful, friendly staff!
Food was amazing! Husband got the Katsu Chicken, teriyaki chicken, fried rice & Mac salad. I got Lava chicken, teriyaki chicken, noodles, & white rice.
When served, our sides were mixed up. Not a huge deal, but the staff was quick to fix the problem & make our dining experience as fabulous as she could. :-)
Food, cleanliness, staff — all earned 5 stars

Amazing Kahlua Pork and Katsu chicken for dinner tonight. Tastes like Hawaii– so yummy! You get to choose 2 sides– white or brown rice, noodles, potato-​macaroni salad or pineapple coleslaw. Also ordered some Malasadas to go which is a Hawaiian– Portuegese «donut» — soooo good! You can’t go wrong with light and airy fried dough rolled in sugar. This was 15 – 20 mins before they closed and they were so kind to make them for us. The people were so nice and friendly. I highly recommend for Hawaiian food lovers!

What a great place! Very friendly staff, delicious food… we got 2 of the big kahuna plates between 4 of us, and shared. What a ton of food! It was very good with a bit of everything. .rice.potato mac… cabbage. noodles…steak. .chick…ribs…kaluha pork… yum! Will definitely be back!

My family is from Hawaii so I get a craving for Hawaiian food every once in awhile, and I was SO happy to find this place here in Bend. The service is friendly and warm, and the owner is so attentive. The food is authentic and believe me, that is something that is really difficult to find, in this little town.
My BF and I have had the Lava Chicken, Teri Chicken, BBQ Chicken, Teri Beef, and the Loco Moco. I like all the chicken dishes the best — it’s moist, perfectly grilled and I love that you can get the sauce on the side, so you can customize it to your liking. The Lava chicken is really not that spicy, it’s more sweet/​spicy, so give it a try! The teri sauce is pretty sweet but we like it that way. The BBQ sauce is thick and probably my least favorite of the three, but still good. I personally don’t like the beef because it’s very thin and well done, and I like my beef medium rare, but it’s made just to my BF’s taste and he loves it, it’s his fave. The Loco Moco patties are made fresh and they know just how to make an egg over medium. You can also get the Loco Moco with fried rice, which is just a flavor explosion. The patties are cooked a little too much for me personally, because I prefer them a little softer, but that’s just personal preference.
The mix plate is very reasonably priced and you can get two or three meats and a side for under $ 10. Totally worth it!
The sides are the best — the soy noodles and the mac salad are my favorite! I wish I could get a whole plate of the mac salad. It has just the right amount of mayo/​potatoes. Sometimes they have too much mayo but this one is a little lighter, more Japanese-​y, if you know what I’m talking about. I also love that you can get something other than rice. I love my noodles!
I haven’t tried the malasadas yet (they are a Portugese donut and they make them fresh here), but it’s on my list! Since I go to Hawaii a lot, I do get malasadas at Leonard’s and I know these won’t compare, but seriously, I had to mention it because it’s awesome that they even serve them — it’s probably like the only place in Oregon to get a malasada.
One other thing I love about this place, is that they always have a «charity soup» going on. You can get a bowl of their chili, or whatever soup of the day they have, and just put in a donation for the local charity (I think it was the Bend Fire Dept last time we were there), which is very cool, and I love that they give back.
Great place, lots of Aloha. It’s a regular stop for us.

This is what we get for take-​out when we look at each other in the evening with no clue as to what we want for dinner. It’s always good and one of the only places on the East side that we can all find sometime we love to eat.
Staff is always pleasant and there is enough food for a hungry teenagers. I think I’ve only eaten in the restaurant once. There are tables, but it’s small and kind of noisy as the kitchen is RIGHT THERE. But, you get to see the food being made.
We always call 15 minutes ahead and it’s ready within a minute or two of walking in the door. By the time we’ve paid it’s loaded in bags and ready to go.
The Big Kahuna is a little bit of everything and a great way to go if you want leftovers for lunch the next day. My favorite Hawaiian restaurant in Bend, even though it is more of a takeout only place for me. :-)