Haiku Grill

About a year after, we kept going pretty often almost every 2 weeks.
It looks like they got comfortable or maybe change owners, I don’t know, but the quality of the food started to declined.
The Horror! I found a hair in my food, looong hair. I was really surprise because we had been going for so long and never, never had something like this happened to any of us. So I let it go, and decided that I was going to give them another chance, their food still taste very good, and the service was always great. Well the time I go back, bam! Found another hair in my rice! This time the hair was deep in the rice, so I had already eaten some of it. I was sad, stopped eating and decided that was my last time visiting Haiku.
I did call and told them what happened; they refunded my whole meal, and apologized. I think that was very good, they told me they were going to address the issue.
I never went back after that, I wouldn’t feel comfortable eating there anymore, but that’s just me.
i do miss you Haiku

The food is horrible. We had the teriyaki chicken bowl and 3 sushi roles. All were garbage. And over priced.

Haiku Grill is near my work place and I was looking for something other than pizza or sandwiches. Unfortunately the stir fry sauce really didn’t taste good to me. It’s very one-​note sweet, and no amount of soy sauce and siracha was saving it. I ordered a Veggie Bowl, which was on the small side. It wasn’t large enough to make a full meal of.

This place USED to be great… but has gone downhill. Ordered a Cali roll with miso soup. Roll was six small pieces (they used to make them much bigger), avocado was brown throughout the roll, 5 pieces of edamame on the side, wasabi was also brown-​ish and container for miso was filled ¾ of the way. Went last week around 2pm and just ordered side of steamed veggies and rice with miso. Took them 15 minutes to get my order together, even though it was a simple order and there was only one other guest in the restaurant at the time. I was subjected to listening to the owners argue with each other the entire time I waited. They guy at the counter was on his phone the whole time. So done with this place.

Hands down best teriyaki chicken and beef plate in all Phx. Their mac salad is bomb too. I came here very often for lunch when I worked at Wells Fargo behind this place. Highly recommend.

Great food, and I got it quickly. The cashier was very friendly and helpful will be back forsure.

I absolutely love this place! The chicken fried rice is the shiznittlebamsnipsnacksack! Everyone is so nice there, and the guys are super cute! Yes, I went there! :)

Maybe I’m just not a food snob. For the price of a sandwich at other places, you get a typical-​sized bowl of rice, chicken, and veggies, all cooked just-​right. Sure, the teriyaki sauce is a little on the salty (or maybe MSG) side, but most are.
Not sure where people get off giving a 1– or 2-​star review. Maybe they should be lunching in Scottsdale instead…

Was rather amped up today to try this place for lunch today, as I noticed they had sushi and Asian-​style noodles.
It is a smaller restaurant, as it sits in a plaza competing with Starbucks, Roma Café, and Filiberto’s, but offered inside seating as well as patio seats (weather permitting).
I ordered the Chicken Yakisoba noodles and a Spicy Tuna Roll. The roll was decent, but this is coming from a growing «sushi snob» that is hard-​to-​please at times. Not bad, but nothing amazing. The noodles were okay, but there was one spice that just didn’t seem «right» in the sauce. Almost like a nutmeg? Cinnamon? I don’t know, but it didn’t jive for me. I still ate it because it was edible and I was starving, but if I do return, I’ll try something else.

I have dined here a few times. I come in to town for work across the street. The service has always been great and fast. The food is always fresh and tasty. I’m not sure about the bad reviews, that has not been my experience. I will be back tomorrow so looking forward to eating there again!

I’m giving this place an average review. There rolls are good as well as their service. My disappointment was their teriyaki bowls. Not to impressed with those. Doesnt have a good teriyaki flavor. Their roles are decent though for being fast food.

It was okay. Maybe it was the lunch time crunch but the teriyaki steak was a bit thin and seemed to be more rice than anything. It was okay. But have had better, there is a Lack of options in the area so. I’ll come back probably… Give them another chance

How do you do a all white chicken teriyaki wrong? Go here! Very dry & bland. Already left with it to go… A few bites and it went in the trash.

I work across the street from Haiku Grill and go there once in a while for lunch. I have always had a good experience — the food is good, reasonably priced, very friendly staff, and the place is very clean.

Got the chicken teriyaki bowl and it was about as good as a microwave dinner. Maybe if I had upgraded to white meat it would have been better, but I didn’t notice that option until it was too late.

Tempura Shrimp bowl is awesome. I like the fried rice too. It’s a bit pricey here.

2 – 3 stars.
I’m reluctant to give it a solid 2 stars because I have yet to try the sushi. I definitely know that sushi is fresher in AZ than it is in the midwest (where i stayed for 4.5 years), so my assumption is that it can’t be too bad. Next time I’ll try it.
The miso soup here is so-​so. It’s served hot, which is the most important part. The ginger dressing for salads is not too bad, either. The chicken teriyaki bento box, however, was ‘eh’. The chicken had a nice flavor to it and you get tons of rice BUT *sigh* the rice was so mushy and wet I felt like it was made for a baby. For the price you pay there’s not much variety: soppy rice + chicken + scraps of rubbery cabbage and broccoli + sugary, viscous dressing that is teriyaki sauce. On top of that, the chicken and rice was luke warm… the worst!
But, after all that, I do come back here when I forget to bring my lunch and am craving something close to childhood comfort food.

Great simple sushi place!
Not a whole lot of frills, not a wide «authentic» selection, but perfect if you want a quick, simple meal.
No Sushi bar– it’s more like a good fast food Sushi restaurant. Serves other food as well– but have never tried anything else.
Place closes at 7– I have always went there for (take out) diner right before they close, and there is always someone trying to get in after hours.

I’ve been to Haiku Grill many times and can definitely recommend it as a good place to eat. I normally order a «Chicken Veggie Bowl» with all-​white meat and brown rice. Their brown rice usually comes out really good (not an easy task for most places) and the chicken and veggies are tasty.
Today, I decided to try their maki and ordered the spicy tuna rolls. Spicy tuna rolls is my favorite sushi, but I’ve had bad sushi in the past and I’m always a little wary to try it at new places. However, I had noticed lots of other people eating sushi here during my previous visits and from what I could tell they enjoyed their meals. I was happily surprised with the quality of the sushi at Haiku Grill. The rolls were a good size (other places I’ve gone to make them too large to easily fit in your mouth) and had a good amount of fish in them. My one complaint would probably be that the roll wasn’t very spicy. The edamame was very good as well.
On another plus, the staff is very friendly and I’ve never had a case of bad service.
If you’re in a hurry, go for the chicken bowl as I had to wait about twice as long for my rolls and I saw orders for chicken and beef bowls that were placed after my order come out before mine. Not a complaint, but something to keep in mind. You can always call in your order, too.
Haiku Grill — made of win!

I love this place — right across the street from my office. I usually go for the chicken bowl. You can get it with brown rice, white meat only if you wish. I have had the beef & chicken bowl, the California rolls, the Las Vegas rolls and the Philly Roll. The staff is very friendly and the food is quick — even though the place is usually packed at lunch. If I go out at lunch, 9 times out of 10 it is here.