L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

This is good Hawaiian food. Chicken katsu is amazing. Huge portions. Super chill atmosphere. Not the nicest interior but awesome food that will fill you up. Friendly service. Just like the food in Hawaii.

This is legit Hawaiian food. For those who don’t know L&L is like the Carl’s Jr of Hawaiian food. It is all over the place in Hawaii and wherever there are large populations of people from Hawaii. This particular one is not as good as the ones in Hawaii but that’s to be expected. Most of the food is legit, especially the chicken katsu, poke, Lau Lau and kalua pork! The Mac salad is good but could use a little salt for all the haole people haha.

Am sorry but this Hawaiian barbecue place is now a run down. The floor is dirty, the tables are not wiped down & most of all the trash is over flowing. The cooks are no longer Polynesians, but mexicans. On top of that, the show on T. V is Azteca channel. What happened to surfing & Hawaiian shows. Almost all the meats are burnt & dry, I requested a new one & this will be my last order to this place. Someone save this business place.

I wasn’t going to review this place, because it’s L&L and I thought I’d give them a break, but after tasting the food, I had to.
First off, when this location first opened 10(?) years ago, they were great. The employees were Polynesians, there was always local music playing, it was busy, and the food was awesome. There were always flyers up with news on the latest Poly events in the area. It felt like a little piece of home. Things have definitely gone downhill since then.
So I hadn’t been here for at least 5 years, in large part because I moved out of state and because my Poly mama frequents some other places. But now I’ve moved back and my mom no longer lives in the valley buying me food all the time.
Today I was craving saimin. I didn’t want to make it myself and I had been up in Salt Lake all day, so I decided I’d just get some from L&L on my way back into town. My husband was not in the mood for plate lunch, but he wanted to let me choose.
I walked in to place my order to go at 8:15, 45 minutes before they closed. I ordered a fried shrimp saimin, a cheeseburger for my husband, and then a BBQ mix plate thinking it’d be nice to have a little tonight and have leftovers tomorrow (the servings are huge). I paid for my order and sat down to wait. Five minutes later they told me they were out of saimin. Whaaaaaaaaat?! That was the only reason we came. I told them so and then asked, «I guess you’ll just refund it then?» The girl at the counter said no and to order something else, to which I responded, «No, I can’t.» That was the only thing I had really wanted and I wasn’t going to get something else just to make them feel better. The girl turned around said something to the cook who came and helped her refund the saimin. He gave some explanation about how they had run out and with yesterday being a holiday… I didn’t follow, but he was very kind.
They finished up my food and I left and that’s when I thought I wasn’t going to write a review. But then I got home. My husband’s cheeseburger had no cheese, the shortrib tasted like the marinade had way too much shoyu in it, and the teri beef was way overcooked and tough. I needed some water to get it down. My mom is a full Samoan, raised in Hawaii, and we even lived on Oahu for four years. I grew up eating this food. And tonight, this was not it. Come on, L&L. You’re a CHAIN. Please get it together.
In the meantime, Ohana Grill in North Springville has always delivered the goods, but they close at 8 p.m.

Tried it a few times. But I think I’ve had enough. The mac salad has always been awful (so I have been asking for no mac salad for a while). The rice is always too wet and sticky. The bed of cabbage is always awfully HUGE. The beef is dry and doesn’t have enough flavor. The kalbi the other day was covered with bone shards.
There are way better Hawaii food around town and in Springville. Next!

I’ve tried this restaurant a few times, and each time im disappointed. The Mac salad is always runny, rice is very sticky, and meet is bland.
The only thing I have enjoyed is the bbq chicken, other than that not to much of a wow factor with this restaurant.
Service is decent, not great but passable.

I love L&L BBQ… but not this L&L…I found a pubic hair in my Mac salad… NEVER AGAIN!

Just like home. Reminded me of my days living in Hawaii. Will eat there again when in back in Provo.

I got the half and half plate with beef and Teri chicken. The Mac salad was gross, the rice was pasty, the chicken didn’t have much flavor and had really gross skin still attached.

I walked into this restaurant and immediately my eyes were overwhelmed with colors. The walls are painted obnoxiously bright yellow, orange and red. The booths are a bright and bold red that is reminiscent of late 80’s early 90’s décor. The menu is one of those old ones, with half the backlights burned out. It’s definitely an eye-​sore to say the least.
I ordered a hawaiian bbq chicken meal. I received a small serving of rice and macaroni salad, and LITERALLY ENOUGH CHICKEN TO FEED A SMALL ARMY. I appreciate trying to give me a lot of food for my money, but also the meager serving of rice to the 4 pounds of chicken is ridiculous.
The chicken was nicely flavored, but had a LOT of skin still on it. I picked through the 75 pieces in my meal, and each one had a ton of skin still on. It’s not a deal breaker, but I don’t like having to pull skin out of each bite I take. Maybe this is an authentic thing for Hawaiian food, I don’t know.
Service was normal. Wasn’t terrible, but wasn’t amazing either. The cashiers/​chefs didn’t go out of their way to do anything incredible, but I wasn’t expecting it and didn’t mind that it wasn’t something they did. What you see is what you get and that’s totally fine.
I left L&L feeling sorry for myself and feeling like I just ate enough chicken to feed half of Provo. It was mildly tasty, but mostly disappointing and my eyes still hurt from the color scheme of the place.

Kalua pork… spam musubi… and mac salad will always be some of my favorite foods. Being born and raised in Hawaii though has me wishing L&L Provo kept it more authentic… as in employing staff familiar with the culture that is Hawaiian food. I need some Aloha smiles with my side of rice… not salsa picante.

Amazing Hawaiian food!!! Any negative reviews must be from competitors because this place doesn’t disappoint!!! Hands down the best around and very affordable.

Woah if you don’t think is real Hawaii then buy some tickets And go check it out.
Love the flavor of the past :) it is not gourmet but it is Hawaii !!!

I love L&L, but this specific location is the worst I’ve had.
Rice is always too watery. Ruins it for me because I love rice. So the fact that they can’t even make it right is frustrating.
When ordering the BBQ mix (short rib, beef and chicken) it’s never proportionate. They give me 1 tiny short rib, 2 small beef pieces, then TONS of chicken. Not that I don’t like a lot of chicken but I buy the mix for a reason. If they could balance it out like they should, it’d be better.
Wait time is usually very long. Last time I went I waited 20+ min with only one other person who ordered.
After they’ve given me about 3 consecutive unsatisfying meals, I NEVER go to this location.
West Valley location is WAY WAY better.

I used to LOVE this place. Not sure what happened if they had an ownership change but in the last few years it keeps getting worse and worse. The girls you have working at the counter are horrible. Some of the rudest people ever! They act like I’m ruining their day by ordering food. Hello isn’t this your freaking job?!? 3+ years ago this place used to be packed all day long now it’s a ghost town it’s really sad to see a yummy place go under so badly :(

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
well now that i got that out of the way… this place will forever be dubbed, THE DEATHSTAR, why might you ask? I walked up to it and thought «hmmmm that looks like a small moon (an interesting place)» as i walked in i realized, «thats not a moon… thats a space station (omg I HAVE TO LEAVE)» But i couldnt… it just kept sucking me.
I looked at the menu and i was like… this isnt for me.
I ordered the 3 meat platter and a scoop of macaroni salad… unbeknownst to me… the freaking meal comes WITH macaroni salad… DEAR WORKER… you should know your mac salad sucks and that NO ONE would want a second serving of it.
The food was… mehhh at best. The beef was decent everything else scared me.
My stomach hurts right now… whatever that means.
DEAR Unilocal CHILDREN dont be like me… dont get sucked in to spending 10 dollars on… mehhh food. wanna know how bad i feel right now? bad enough to go to taco bell to take the taste out of my mouth… thats right, taco bell.
THE VERDICT: Please for all that is mighty and holy to you… don’t go here, there are so many other places. I regret not heeding the reviews advice. Please I beg you not to go. Just trying to save you some money… and a BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH moment. (that an ironic laugh)

Tastes true to hawaian food in my opinion but I wish they could offer real poke and rice. Though I guess it is Utah.

I’ve eaten at L&L’s in Hawaii and California and this is by far the worst! The reason is the very prevalent in a lot of other reviews as well. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!
First off,… first impression
The first thing that hits me as soon as I walk in the door is very loud LATIN music. Immediately changes the feel right out the gate as I thought I was walking into a Hawaiian restaurant.
The dining area was pretty dirty for the place being completely empty & right before the dinner rush (1630 hrs)
Second,… At the counter
As I am Hawaiian, I’m already familiar with the items on the menu so I didn’t really have any
I was ready to order pretty quickly. I waited for literally 5 minutes for someone to come out from the back. And when she did, she acknowledged me and said I’ll be with you in a min. she then proceeds to continue with her conversation she was holding with another employee and also went to the back
the time she got back to the counter, we had been waiting there for 12 mins.(my wife at some point started a timer on her
it could have been longer than 12 mins)
As I begin to order, she keeps Rollin her eyes and sighing as if she didn’t want to be there and I was an inconvenience to her.
Third,… The food (and the wait to get it)
I ordered 3 plates, manapua, and 2 drinks. It took 25 mins. to get it. While I was waiting 4 more people came in to order and all got their orders before I did. when I asked why, she said,” there was a mix up in the tickets”. I asked how considering I was the first person in there and the place was empty when my order was turned in. She then replied with,“I don’t know”. I demanded my money back and left.
Conclusion,…
The food is OK for fast food kanaka
me though,… There are a few other Polynesian restaurants in town that are much better with much better service. I would recommend going to those than this l&l.

I’m happy to say that this place is pretty legit.
I’ve been living in Utah for about a year now and I’ve always wanted to go here. I guess I kept away in fear that it wouldn’t be the L&L that I know. The little white fence shack in Liliha with the freaking oiliest BBQ Cheeseburger.
I’m glad I finally went. I only had the BBQ Chicken and Spam Musubi, but it was amazing. My favorite thing was the rice with shoyu. Ah totally miss home.
Anyways, highly recommend this place. Small and quiet, it’s very easy to find. Unfortunately they are not open on Sundays. Regular size plate lunch is about $ 9
Planning to go back next week for saimin or chicken katsu.

Not impressed with this place… suprise! I felt the food was ‘meh’ and the service was similarly ‘meh.’ We went here as Sweets was closed due to unfortunate circumstances earlier that day.
First off the place was not clean. It didn’t seem to be very busy, only one or two tables occupied, but the floor was a sticky mess. We did appreciate the outdoor seating. Especially since we were a raucous group :)
Second, their combo menu seemed to be fully infiltrated by beef/​chicken or both. I asked it the one combo with fish and beef could have another fish substituted for the beef. They laughed. Really? Laugh? Not cool. At least be helpful, suggest some alternative.
Finally, the food just wasn’t great. The shrimp I ended up ordering was yummy, but the rice was bland and overcooked and the macaroni salad was sparse and similarly bland. I could have made both much better in my own kitchen. Eating out needs to be worth it. Sorry, folks.