Five spices another place that I've been meaning to try for a while. I heard it could get busy so I tried this just before lunchtime. Glad I did because by the time I left, it was really busy. I perused the menu and decided on the Katsu chicken with rice and salad. 1799 and I thought well, while I didn't want to spend that much let me give it a try. I waited about 15 minutes for my food. Now, remember this is a small place with no tables for eating inside and only two outside. There's also lots of spices and dried fruits and Korean noodles for purchase while you wait when they called my name for my order I took it to my car to eat. I open the box and really was surprised by how well presented it was and how much food there was. I thought there was only one layer of Katsu chicken when there was really two. This is definitely a male that two could've shared with no problem. The Cassie chicken was delicious perfectly cooked. The salad was good and the rice of course with rice. It came with a sauce for the chicken and some dressing for the salad. I really enjoyed it, and I was able to have the rest of it for dinner that night. The menu is extensive so I'll be trying different things when I come back. The Good: my Katsu chicken was delicious, the service is very friendly, and it was a good value. The Bad: it can get very busy. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but if you come at the wrong time, you're gonna be waiting a while for your food. Chances I'll Be Back: YES! My food was delicious. And a very large portion. Definitely recommend.

Amazing 100% of the time I order from here. NO COMPLAINTS! Food awesome, portion awesome, you get what you pay for. Hands down my favorite take out local food!

Great spot for bentos and seeds! As former locals who were born and raised in Hawaii, we miss bento lunches and seeds! But today we got our fill here and were pleasantly surprised! We'll be back on our next trip!

Great service and excellent food! We wish this place was closer to our hotel so we could go back before we leave! Def the best loco moco I've had so far.

I'm slowly attempting to clear a few drafts here on Yelp, and as it happens this review is exactly 22 months delayed. 5-Spice is a small mom and pop shop that dually functions as a retailer of Asian snacks/spices/seeds and roadhouse for island comfort food to-go. They offer plate lunches for individuals as well as large platters for parties. Prices were very reasonable as of February 2022. Lunch was made to order. It looked like we had arrived past the prime lunch hour too as there were only one or two others. We chose three plate lunches and a soup: Furikake Chicken, Meat Jun, Furikake Fish and Chicken Long Rice Soup. Each plate lunch came with two scoops of white rice and a choice of macaroni salad, sweet potato salad or a toss salad. We were so lucky to even score the last scoop of purple sweet potato salad - super thankful as it was very good! Both the Furikake Chicken and Fish were fried perfectly and tasted fantastic with or without the accompanying sauce. Barely any oil drippings. The Meat Jun was absolutely mouthwatering and the Chicken Long Rice Soup was to die for (it was way too hot to drink especially with a small plastic spoon, but I had never heard of this soup and of course had to try it). It's essentially Hawaii's chicken noodle soup. So simple, yet so flavorful. Each plate was $13.99 with the soup being only $6.25. The main entrée for each plate lunch was quite generous, particularly the meat jun portion. Service was standard, but I'm giving 4.5 stars because even though they had a few foldable chairs inside (looks like they're for customers waiting on their orders), they don't have any outdoor seating, so as visitors we just literally squat out in front to eat our lunch. When it got too hot and our legs started cramping, we shuffled into the car with the AC running to finish our lunch. I don't know how to describe it, but it's just not easy drinking hot soup in a car. Maybe 5-Spice should really re-consider including an outdoor area for guests to dine before departing.

Ahhh 5-Spice! When Aunty was running the shop there were incredibly delectable bentos. The kind that you immediately knew took tons of time and care to create. When you gave them away, people always remarked at how beautiful and tasty they were. Well the next gen has taken over and they have a beautiful new building and it really looks great. They are efficient and the store is run smoothly. Breakfast can be ordered as you like and there are plenty of bentos available on the counter. The bentos are stuffed with rice and protein and they look like bentos that most other places also have. The breakfast I got was not much to look at but tasted good and the eggs were cooked as I like them. Delicious seed and snacks all around. Decent parking. Everything's there except Aunty with the beautiful bentos that took so much time and care to create.

So glad we stopped here during our visit. We found it on Yelp and it didn't disappoint. They have a bunch of candies, snacks, dried fruits and other items available to purchase. We placed our order and bought some candies and browsed while we waited for our food to be ready. We ended up ordering the Loco Moco and Korean Chicken and both were delicious. We ate both in our car and had fun sharing bites of each. The portions were perfect for a hearty lunch and we snacked on some coconut candies as a dessert. If you're in the area looking for a bite, this is a great spot to stop. Friendly staff and great portions at a fair price.

Highlights: Huge portions, great taste, not a typical restaurant (no seating) Food: Chicken Curry Katsu for the win! Ambiance: Cute little store with bulk Asian food items. No seating, to-go orders only. Experience: Really tasty food, great packaging for to-go eating.