Reviews for Nori's Saimin and Snacks in Hilo, HI
Food was take out only good but menu items not available on items we wanted so chicken and beef no pork . Please get them , I... know prices are higher and only trying to keep the price low but please we all will make up on purchase if prices are a tad bithigher and item's are available!!! Read more
Aloha, Got my new supply of salt just in time. Nori?s salt is the best! Also, this time I got lemon peel Li Hing gummy?s. ... Holy cow!!! They are the bomb! Little pieces of lemon peel throughout. Mahalo Read more
We wanted to like this place. There?s no denying that it?s popular. But in the end we?re not sure why. The portions are... generous. That?s probably the main reason people come here. I had the teri loco moco. My eggs were super underdone. The terisauce was thin and too sugary. The mac salad was all mayonnaise. We also had the saimin. It was bland. We expected it to haveluncheon meat, but lunch meat, noodles, and a flavorless broth are all you get. And, it took 45 minutes from the time weordered until our food was brought out. Read more
We wanted to try Loco Moco since it?s so often raved about and this one wasn?t too bad! I enjoyed the gravy and the egg was... cooked to what I said. The Korean combination was the best dish; the meat was flavored strongly without much or any visiblesauce! Everything else was a bit disappointing; the garlic butter shrimp noodles didn?t have much taste and the soba was blandalso. Their best dishes seem to be few. I highly recommend the Chocolate Mochi Cake as a not-too-sweet dessert! Read more
Great ambience and friendly service. Mainly locals and very little tourists. Unfortunately, the food wasn?t stellar. The broth... on both of our saimins were salty to the point where we barely ate our soups. The chicken stick was dry, tough and too sweet.The corn bites were decent. The musubi is tad bit overpriced for a clump of mushy rice and a strip of nori. Read more
We ordered the original small saimin, loco moco, and Bi bim kook soo. The saimin didn't have the typical saimin umami flavor... that we're crave in the broth. It was just salty and my daughter was adding her water into the broth to make it more palatable.Eck. The meat in the bi bim kook soo was really tough and lacked the Korean full taste that we're used to. The one good thing weexperienced was the delicious char broiled flavor of the burger patty in the loco moco. That was good. The rest, we can'trecommend. Read more
Great hole in the wall eatery offering Japanese Hawaiian cuisine. A local favorite, they offer a mix of everything from burgers... to saimin to delicious hot dishes. Due to their late hours and friendly service, this is a regular stop for us. Everythingwe?ve tried here has been very tasty and in generous portions. You won?t be disappointed! Read more
This hole-in-the-wall restaurant was a little tricky to find, but well worth it. The food was delicious, especially the Teriyaki... meat. I'm not a huge meat eater, but wow was that good. Not a scrap left on the plate. The rest of my family who ate here agreedthat it was delicious and would come back for the Teriyaki alone. They also have many awards displayed in their store, so itseems the locals agree. Read more