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Often referred to as the ninth island, Las Vegas is an unlikely hub for Hawaiian cuisine. The high number of Hawaiian visitors and residents — many of whom were originally drawn to Las Vegas by a Boyd Gaming advertising campaign dreamed up by one-time Honolulu resident Sam Boyd, means that is easy to find musubi, poke, barbecue, teriyaki, and Spam all over town. Here, a look at 20 Hawaiian restaurants that serve island fare in the desert.

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Lulu Hawaiian BBQ

Lulu Hawaiian BBQ features a wide range of lunch plates including a Spam musubi plate, a chicken katsu option, and a fried shrimp saimin plate. The menu also includes teriyaki bowls and low-carb Hawaiian barbecue specials served with eggs instead of rice.

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Crossroads Towne Center, 6512 N Decatur Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89131

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Kau Kau Kitchen

Outfitted with bright green walls and tiki grass, Kau Kau Kitchen offers plate lunches with tuna egg patties, teriyaki beef, and garlic chicken plus saimin won ton noodles, Hawaiian breakfast plates, and french fries topped with kalua pig, cheese and green onion.

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4588 N Rancho Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89130

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Aloha Hawaiian BBQ

Aloha Hawaiian BBQ has two Las Vegas locations that specialize in seafood plates such as fried mahi mahi, shrimp curry, and fried scallops. The menu also includes musubi, saimin, udon, and oxtail soup.

4990 W Craig Rd #4, Las Vegas, NV 89130

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Aloha Hawaiian BBQ

Kapuna Cafe

Kapuna Cafe is a Hawaiian breakfast and lunch spot with an Asian influence. Diners love the restaurant’s signature mochi pancakes and the all-day Alpha breakfast special featuring eggs with fried rice and a choice of Spam, Portuguese sausage, Vienna sausage or bacon. The menu also includes Hawaiian barbecue chicken musubi, burgers topped with teriyaki sauce, and pineapples and chantilly cream puffs on the weekend.

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3231 N Decatur Blvd STE 122, Las Vegas, NV 89130

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Suha Bites Sushi Burrito & Hawaiian BBQ

Suha Bites specializes in Hawaiian barbecue entrees including combination plates with options including hamburger steak, garlic shrimp, and short ribs. The restaurant also offers sushi burritos, such as the Hawaiian-inspired Suha Bite burrito filled with crab, Spam, pineapple, and fried onions.

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1780 N Buffalo Dr #106, Las Vegas, NV 89128

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Cinnamon's

Cinnamon’s is known for its massive pancakes that come in flavors such as guava chiffon, red velvet, and pistachio cream. Hawaiian specialties here include Hawaiian sweet bread French toast stuffed with mango cream cheese, loco mocos, char-grilled Huli-Huli chicken, Island-style chilequilles made with kalua pig and pineapple pico de gallo, and a Hawaiian omelet stuffed with butterfish and Lau Lau pork.

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7591 W Washington Ave #110, Las Vegas, NV 89128

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California Noodle House

Located inside perennial Ninth Island destination The California, this noodle shop serves Asian fare with a Hawaiian influence. Diners love the restaurant’s oxtail fried rice, Hawaiian-style wonton soup with fish cake, and pork and braised oxtail with curry and carrots.

12 E Ogden Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89101

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Oxtail fried rice at California Noodle House

Aloha Specialties

This little restaurant inside the California favors the slogan “Aloha spoken here.” Diners can order chicken adobo, kalua pig, and cabbage plus teriyaki and noodles. The saimin, plate lunches, and rice bowls are always popular and the wicker chairs here are always packed.

12 E. Ogden Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89101

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Pacific Island Taste

Just steps away from Fremont Street, Pacific Island Taste is a hidden downtown spot with just four tables that specializes in Hawaiian breakfast plates, musubi, poke bowls, and specialities such as ahi nachos, pork hash and cone sushi.

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1428 East Charleston Boulevard At, Lafayette Square, Las Vegas, NV 89104

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Ahi nachos at Pacific Island Taste

Island Style

Spam is a staple on the Hawaiian islands, and fans of Island Style love the fried rice with Spam here. The menu also features Korean favorites such as bulgogi and cold noodles with kalbi.

3909 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89102

Chicken katsu at Island Style

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Peg’s Glorified Ham n Eggs

This family owned and operated restaurant with roots in Reno offers Hawaiian breakfast specialties including loco moco, fried spam and eggs, teriyaki pork with eggs, and rice and beef chili with eggs.

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8465 W Sahara Ave Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89117

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Peg’s Glorified huevos rancheros skillet

Paina Cafe

Chinatown’s Paina Cafe is a Hawaiian export with two other locations in Honolulu. The casual restaurant prides itself on simple, fresh poke bowls, plate lunches and salads. The Las Vegas menu features build-your-own poke bowls plus curated options and fried salmon plates, kalua pig bowls, and Asian slaw salad.

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6870 Spring Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89146

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Hawaiian Style Poke

Hawaiian Style Poke offers sushi-style Hawaiian fare with poke, a marinated raw tuna, and other seafood, served over rice, over salad greens, or by itself.

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3524 Wynn Road, Las Vegas, NV

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Aloha Kitchen

Musubi, a rice dish with Spam wrapped in nori, is one of the most popular dishes here. Aloha Kitchen has five locations in Las Vegas and is a popular destination for daily karaoke featuring a rotation of popular Hawaiian songs.

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4745 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89119

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Squeeze In

With two locations in Las Vegas open every day for breakfast and lunch, Squeeze In serves an Aloha Aikane omelet (translation: “Hello friend!”) that’s filled with ham, pineapples, and sautéed in honey. The menu also includes banana and walnut pancakes named after Hawaiian singer Jack Johnson.

5165 S Fort Apache Rd #195, Las Vegas, NV 89148

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Makai: Pacific Island Grill

Makai Pacific Island Grill specializes in customizable Hawaiian barbecue. Diners can choose from proteins such as chicken katsu and Pulehu steak, add rice, and then select sides including kimchee slaw, macaroni salad, and sweet corn.

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5165 S Fort Apache Rd #150, Las Vegas, NV 89148

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L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

It would be remiss to leave this chain off the list of Hawaiian spots. Barbecued short ribs, a barbecue teriyaki plate, and more are just some of the specialties here. Find 13 locations in Las Vegas.

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7320 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89139

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Ohana Hawaiian BBQ

This Hawaiian-owned spot with four locations in Las Vegas is known for lunch plates with their barbecue fare. Diners can stop in for stir-fried udon with beef, minute chicken cake noodles plus musubi, saimin noodles, and wings.

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7435 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV

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Ohana Hawaiian BBQ

Island Flavor

Island Flavor is helmed by chef Darcy Ambrosio, who grew up on the Big Island. His menu features katsu loco moco, kalbi ribs, and lau lau (steamed taro leaves wrapped around chunks of fish and pork). Loco moco features rice with a fried egg and brown gravy on top. There are two Island Flavor locations in Las Vegas.

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8090 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89113

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Kalbi ribs at Island Flavor

Island Sushi & Grill

Terence Fong, owner of Island Sushi and Grill, believes in serving Japanese and Hawaiian fare under the same roof at an affordable price. The menu here includes fresh poke, an all-you-can-eat Hawaiian brunch every Sunday plus 50 percent off sushi specials every Thursday through Sunday.

9400 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89123

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Lulu Hawaiian BBQ

Crossroads Towne Center, 6512 N Decatur Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89131

Lulu Hawaiian BBQ features a wide range of lunch plates including a Spam musubi plate, a chicken katsu option, and a fried shrimp saimin plate. The menu also includes teriyaki bowls and low-carb Hawaiian barbecue specials served with eggs instead of rice.

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Crossroads Towne Center, 6512 N Decatur Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89131

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Lulu Hawaiian BBQ

Kau Kau Kitchen

4588 N Rancho Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89130

Outfitted with bright green walls and tiki grass, Kau Kau Kitchen offers plate lunches with tuna egg patties, teriyaki beef, and garlic chicken plus saimin won ton noodles, Hawaiian breakfast plates, and french fries topped with kalua pig, cheese and green onion.

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4588 N Rancho Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89130

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Kau Kau Kitchen

Aloha Hawaiian BBQ

4990 W Craig Rd #4, Las Vegas, NV 89130

Aloha Hawaiian BBQ has two Las Vegas locations that specialize in seafood plates such as fried mahi mahi, shrimp curry, and fried scallops. The menu also includes musubi, saimin, udon, and oxtail soup.

4990 W Craig Rd #4, Las Vegas, NV 89130

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Aloha Hawaiian BBQ

Kapuna Cafe

3231 N Decatur Blvd STE 122, Las Vegas, NV 89130

Kapuna Cafe is a Hawaiian breakfast and lunch spot with an Asian influence. Diners love the restaurant’s signature mochi pancakes and the all-day Alpha breakfast special featuring eggs with fried rice and a choice of Spam, Portuguese sausage, Vienna sausage or bacon. The menu also includes Hawaiian barbecue chicken musubi, burgers topped with teriyaki sauce, and pineapples and chantilly cream puffs on the weekend.

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3231 N Decatur Blvd STE 122, Las Vegas, NV 89130

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Kapuna Cafe

Suha Bites Sushi Burrito & Hawaiian BBQ

1780 N Buffalo Dr #106, Las Vegas, NV 89128

Suha Bites specializes in Hawaiian barbecue entrees including combination plates with options including hamburger steak, garlic shrimp, and short ribs. The restaurant also offers sushi burritos, such as the Hawaiian-inspired Suha Bite burrito filled with crab, Spam, pineapple, and fried onions.

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1780 N Buffalo Dr #106, Las Vegas, NV 89128

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Suha Bites Sushiburrito & Hawaiian BBQ

Cinnamon's

7591 W Washington Ave #110, Las Vegas, NV 89128

Cinnamon’s is known for its massive pancakes that come in flavors such as guava chiffon, red velvet, and pistachio cream. Hawaiian specialties here include Hawaiian sweet bread French toast stuffed with mango cream cheese, loco mocos, char-grilled Huli-Huli chicken, Island-style chilequilles made with kalua pig and pineapple pico de gallo, and a Hawaiian omelet stuffed with butterfish and Lau Lau pork.

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7591 W Washington Ave #110, Las Vegas, NV 89128

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Cinnamon’s

California Noodle House

12 E Ogden Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89101

Located inside perennial Ninth Island destination The California, this noodle shop serves Asian fare with a Hawaiian influence. Diners love the restaurant’s oxtail fried rice, Hawaiian-style wonton soup with fish cake, and pork and braised oxtail with curry and carrots.

12 E Ogden Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89101

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Oxtail fried rice at California Noodle House

Aloha Specialties

12 E. Ogden Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89101

This little restaurant inside the California favors the slogan “Aloha spoken here.” Diners can order chicken adobo, kalua pig, and cabbage plus teriyaki and noodles. The saimin, plate lunches, and rice bowls are always popular and the wicker chairs here are always packed.

12 E. Ogden Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89101

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Aloha Specialties

Pacific Island Taste

1428 East Charleston Boulevard At, Lafayette Square, Las Vegas, NV 89104

Just steps away from Fremont Street, Pacific Island Taste is a hidden downtown spot with just four tables that specializes in Hawaiian breakfast plates, musubi, poke bowls, and specialities such as ahi nachos, pork hash and cone sushi.

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1428 East Charleston Boulevard At, Lafayette Square, Las Vegas, NV 89104

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Ahi nachos at Pacific Island Taste

Island Style

3909 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89102

Spam is a staple on the Hawaiian islands, and fans of Island Style love the fried rice with Spam here. The menu also features Korean favorites such as bulgogi and cold noodles with kalbi.

3909 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89102

Chicken katsu at Island Style

Peg’s Glorified Ham n Eggs

8465 W Sahara Ave Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89117

This family owned and operated restaurant with roots in Reno offers Hawaiian breakfast specialties including loco moco, fried spam and eggs, teriyaki pork with eggs, and rice and beef chili with eggs.

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8465 W Sahara Ave Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89117

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Peg’s Glorified huevos rancheros skillet

Paina Cafe

6870 Spring Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89146

Chinatown’s Paina Cafe is a Hawaiian export with two other locations in Honolulu. The casual restaurant prides itself on simple, fresh poke bowls, plate lunches and salads. The Las Vegas menu features build-your-own poke bowls plus curated options and fried salmon plates, kalua pig bowls, and Asian slaw salad.

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6870 Spring Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89146

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Paina Cafe

Hawaiian Style Poke

3524 Wynn Road, Las Vegas, NV

Hawaiian Style Poke offers sushi-style Hawaiian fare with poke, a marinated raw tuna, and other seafood, served over rice, over salad greens, or by itself.

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3524 Wynn Road, Las Vegas, NV

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Aloha Kitchen

4745 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89119

Musubi, a rice dish with Spam wrapped in nori, is one of the most popular dishes here. Aloha Kitchen has five locations in Las Vegas and is a popular destination for daily karaoke featuring a rotation of popular Hawaiian songs.

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4745 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89119

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<span data-author="-1">Aloha Kitchen </span> — Aloha Kitchen

Squeeze In

5165 S Fort Apache Rd #195, Las Vegas, NV 89148

With two locations in Las Vegas open every day for breakfast and lunch, Squeeze In serves an Aloha Aikane omelet (translation: “Hello friend!”) that’s filled with ham, pineapples, and sautéed in honey. The menu also includes banana and walnut pancakes named after Hawaiian singer Jack Johnson.

5165 S Fort Apache Rd #195, Las Vegas, NV 89148

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Squeeze In breakfast burrito

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Makai: Pacific Island Grill

5165 S Fort Apache Rd #150, Las Vegas, NV 89148

Makai Pacific Island Grill specializes in customizable Hawaiian barbecue. Diners can choose from proteins such as chicken katsu and Pulehu steak, add rice, and then select sides including kimchee slaw, macaroni salad, and sweet corn.

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5165 S Fort Apache Rd #150, Las Vegas, NV 89148

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Makai: Pacific Island Grill

L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

7320 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89139

It would be remiss to leave this chain off the list of Hawaiian spots. Barbecued short ribs, a barbecue teriyaki plate, and more are just some of the specialties here. Find 13 locations in Las Vegas.

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7320 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89139

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L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

Ohana Hawaiian BBQ

7435 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV

This Hawaiian-owned spot with four locations in Las Vegas is known for lunch plates with their barbecue fare. Diners can stop in for stir-fried udon with beef, minute chicken cake noodles plus musubi, saimin noodles, and wings.

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7435 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV

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Ohana Hawaiian BBQ

Island Flavor

8090 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89113

Island Flavor is helmed by chef Darcy Ambrosio, who grew up on the Big Island. His menu features katsu loco moco, kalbi ribs, and lau lau (steamed taro leaves wrapped around chunks of fish and pork). Loco moco features rice with a fried egg and brown gravy on top. There are two Island Flavor locations in Las Vegas.

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8090 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89113

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Kalbi ribs at Island Flavor

Island Sushi & Grill

9400 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89123

Terence Fong, owner of Island Sushi and Grill, believes in serving Japanese and Hawaiian fare under the same roof at an affordable price. The menu here includes fresh poke, an all-you-can-eat Hawaiian brunch every Sunday plus 50 percent off sushi specials every Thursday through Sunday.

9400 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89123

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