"Our latest visit here really changed my feelings for this place, unfortunately. We 've been here a few times before when we were in town. It has that local vibe with good food. Recently, we went by again for lunch before heading back to LA. First, they no longer have the happy hour deals all day. It 's narrowed down to limited rolls and hours. That was fine since we still found something we like. Then, their grill area was closed due to a catering event, which is also fine. But when we called 20 minutes before, they failed to mention it. We drove here to learn we were restricted to rolls or poke, nothing grilled until an hour after we arrived. But a few minutes after we placed our orders for poke and rolls, our server came back out and told us the grill was now open, but was already too late for us to change our order to grilled items We decided to try 2 of their poke (Hawaiian furikake) . We asked for the most authentic, OG style poke closest to the islands. Thinking they have the word 'Island ' in its name, we expected the same we had in Hawaii, but both poke we ordered were lacking flavors, very much on the bland side. Some pieces of the salmon had a lot of veins. The rolls: Island Special and the Waimea. The latter was the highlight of the meal. Nice light char on top. The former wasn 't bad but did not stand out. We also ordered a bento box B, which we have every time we come here. This time, the noodles were greasier and the beef was near burnt to a crisp (see my photos) Before, when we asked for the check, they will take my credit card to charge and bring it back. This time, our server brought a handheld POS device, swiped my card and said 'pick a tip option ' and just stood there staring at me. That felt very tacky and not representative of our previous experiences here. About a 1/2 hour after we left, all of us started to have stomachaches and didn 't feel well. I 'm not sure if it was their raw fish or burnt beef, but it didn 't make for a pleasant drive back to LA. Well, there are other Hawaiian joints in or around Vegas so perhaps we 'll go try another place next time."
