Ilava Hawaiian Barbecue

My first time having iLava and it was AMAZING! From the ambiance, to the service, to the food itself, all 10/10, would recommend to anyone. They let you customize your combo order, so I had to try their chicken katsu as well as their lau lau, which both exceeded my expectations. And I saved the yummy Mac salad for the end! to top it off their smoothies are great too. I got the Hawaiian sunset. Come try their food!!

Omg this place is absolutely delicious me and my are truck drivers and we were stuck at our drop spot so we decided to come here for food and when I say we was not disappointed at all man they are very cheap they give you alot of food and they even put cabbage at the bottom of the plate we had so much meat on our plate I wish we woulda brought extra to take with us but we definitely will be returning again when we come back to Oakland

The food was tasty but I was very underwhelmed by the portion size. Based on the reviews, I thought I'd be getting a decent amount of food especially cuz this spot is in the HOOD. But unfortunately, when the nice lady handed me the bag it was light as heck. I was like awwww damn it... very little food. The two scoops of rice were like the equivalent to a proper scoop of rice. Mac salad was tasty but tiny. If this place doesn't skimp it's easy a 5/5 but portion sizes are very small especially in the hood...maybe people are used to restaurants giving so little nowadays..... It was first and probably last time. Despite L&L not being nearly as tasty, offers more food at a cheaper price. This was about $20 after tax n take out "tip".