Hula Hands Restaurant 501

Up here for a business trip and was craving a taste of home. Ironically this place was less than two miles from where I was working. The food here is so ONOlicious that I came here for lunch two days in a row. The katsu is super juicy and crispy and the kalua pig is on point. And their ahi poke appetizer is solid. If you are ever in Anchorage and craving a taste of Hawaii, definitely check out Hula Hands.

I had dinner here with my 2 kids. It was open seating and we could seat ourselves anywhere. There was a sign that said, "No mask no service". I don't think it was being enforced because the server wasn't wearing one. We wore masks and took them off when we got our drinks. There was only 1 employee working in the front and one person cooking in the back. Only 2 people running everything. We had spam musubi and fried wonton for our appetizers. It didn't take very to get our food. The musubi was good but ratio of rice to spam was not great. It had too much rice and spam was thin. The fried wonton was crispy and delicious but the filling was tiny....about the size of a gumball. There was a soy-wasabi dip that came with it. We ordered combos for our main course. I got a regular size (chicken & beef) and one daughter got a small combo (pork &beef), and the other ordered a grilled cheese sandwich & fries. Overall, the food was pretty good. The servings are huge. Even the small plate had a lot of food on it. The beef was not that hot when it came out. The flavors were good. We would go back there.

I don’t even know where to begin. Probably the best decision we’ve made on our trip to Alaska. To start, everyone there was extremely friendly and helpful. There’s so many options and it seems like it’s impossible to go wrong. We started out with poke and both got regular combos. The chicken, beef, and pork were all fantastic and the macaroni salad was great too. I would recommend anyone to come here and check it out.