Reviews for Nalu's Hawaiian Fish Grill & Tutu's Kitchen in Irvine, CA

Worst Hawaiian food I've had on the mainland. I would call it "Hawaiian Style". Meat had no taste, and they were very stingy... with rice (???) and didn't even get a side mac salad with the largest bento. Read more

This place is a true enigma. I can't understand how they stay in business because they're never seems to be anyone in there. We... tried the food once and it was truly mediocre. It would be the last place I would consider visiting again. Read more

I'm a little torn on Nalu's. The food is usually good. My go to has always been the Chicken Katsu. Over the years, quality... control has been a big issue. I've had orders with over-fried Katsu and they frequently forget to include the sauce. Theirrecipes are great, but they can be really forgetful and negligent toward their customers. Read more

? 5/5 Overall -- nothing worth docking a star for. ? 4/5 For the Chicken Katsu because it was slightly burnt. (not the... traditional Hawaii katsu sauce either -- it was a sweeter variation) ? 5/5 For the Kalua Pork & Cabbage (pretty spot on withwhat you'd get in Hawaii) ? 3/5 For the Mac Salad (sort of bland and I'd prefer Potato Mac Salad) ? 5/5 For the Asian Slaw(delicious) ? 5/5 For the price you pay for what you get. (filled me up pretty well -- 6'4" Afakasi) I'll probably go backagain. Read more

Had the 2 TUTU?S BENTOS and the kids couldn?t get enough of the chicken katsu. It was all pretty good but took a long time to... get our food. I don?t know what was going on but it looked like they started to take out the trash but never finished. Theynever put in bags so the trash was piling up. I guess they were short staffed or something. Read more

Naw, a side of macaroni salad should be a full scoop not these tiny sauce containers. I regret the extra side, it tasted very... vinegary. Read more

Amazing food deserved 5 stars first time here and boy my mouth still on fire. The plate was worth it had the spicy steak katsu... plate. It's so yummy in my tummy. Their spicy soup is amazing too. Just great food good vibes service was great def coming backsoon So update:5/4/2021 the person today had an attitude on the phone and kept huffing as I ordered. When we got our food theportions were so small like ridiculous small. What in the actually fudge. Little pieces of rice and small portions. As if Iordered a kids meal. Spent about 45$ for three plates to all have tiny portions. And the dude at the front had attitude and Whatnot. Come on. Disappointed and disrespectful Read more

I was craving some Hawaiian BBQ and decided to stop by this place. I ordered the chicken katsu meal because I like crunchy fried... foods. The chicken katsu was over fried and dry. The katsu sauce couldn't save this chicken. The rice was dry and stale, as ifthe person who scooped it was scraping the very bottom of the rice cooker bowl when he organized my plate. Macaroni and slawsalad was flavorless and bland. Giving this restaurant two stars is me being generous. Read more