Island Flavor - Las Vegas

I had lunch at this restaurant with my wife. The menu looked promising, but the actual meals were disappointing. The pot stickers were OK. The oxtail soup was what brought us to that restaurant after seeing pictures on IG. It was flavorful but there was no eatable meat in it, just the bones and at $18 I found it waaaaaay overpriced for basically a small portion of broth. The Kailua pig was just bad. We shared the plate as they do serve generous portions but neither my wife nor I did find it any good. It just dry, cooked pork, lacking the smoky flavor we?re used to. Unfortunately this was not a great find?

This is my second time here and I must say I?m extremely disappointed. I just ordered five plate lunches for my whole office for lunch today. I ordered a mixed plate because I heard that the Korean chicken is the bomb. I got one piece of chicken and this is how my plate came out as a mix plate for $17. I called the restaurant because I was a little irritated and their options are you can come back and they will remake the plate for you and you have to bring the plate back or you can come back and bring them the plate and then they will refund you. So if you were far already your out of luck lol. Terrible customer service. So they rather you post and review them low then just do what is right. Seems a little ridiculous. I?m very disappointed. I don?t think I would recommend this place to anyone especially being a local girl from Hawaii

I love this place. eating is amazing. great service. enjoy hearing the Hawaiian music. my favorite is the Furikake chicken, so delicious. the calbi ribs are really good and the chicken catsu and the spam musubi.

Insel flavor is located on durango and windmill is its typical neighboring Hawaiian esserei. the restaurant was clean, spacious and decorated Hawaiian style! the menu included their island dishes. during this visit I tried the short rib roasted rice that was absolutely delicious. it was a huge traveler who could probably feed a family of 4. I literally eat of this rice for 3 days in order. my friend had fired the combination plate with the furikake huhn and teriyaki steak. like most Hawaiian places, the mixed plate came with white rice, makkaroni salat and cauliflower salad. it looked pretty delicious. I can't expect to visit again.

The kalbi rice is the best thing on the menu. The furikake chicken has a yummy flavor and is crispy. My only issue was with the poke bowl it just wasn't good. I'm not sure if it was because the rice warmed it too much or because of the minced texture which I wasn't expecting. It just wasn't my thing, but I would go back for the other dishes!