Hapa J's

• Cuisine(s): Hawaiian
  Hours: Sun, Sat 11am-10:30pm, Mon, Wed-Fri 11am-9:30pm, Tue 4:30pm-9:30pm
  Price: $$
• Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
  Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly
  Serving: Dinner, Lunch
• Alcohol: Full bar
  Reservations: Accepted
  Parking: Lot Available

Description

Absent is Roy Yamaguchi's corporate polish and Don the Beachcomber's tiki kitsch--this is a Hawaiian restaurant in the real world. Hapa J's wooden structure could conceivably exist near a sandy beach on the island state, the wall paint a soothing green, the sunlight flooding in from openings in the ceiling. There's a surf shop just next door and the ocean's a few blocks away. Bruddah Iz's creamy voice floats through the air as his ukelele's pluckety-plucks tickles your soul. The waitresses have flowers tucked behind their ears, and the food seems as though the dishes have been extracted from your fondest vacation memories. Dinnertime brings the most people in for kalbi ribs, steak moco, shrimp-truck shrimp, burgers with a slice of pineapple, or the most popular dish, nachos erupting with Kalua pig heaped on in volcano-like mountains.