Kona Kitchen serves Hawaiian comfort food from a Maple Leaf storefront, with a second location across the county line in Lynnwood. The restaurant's own site puts a figure named Yuji front and center as its familiar face, alongside the Ohana Fund, a community effort tied to the Kona Kitchen name.
The menu runs through local-style Hawaiian dishes, with a slow-cooked pork dish standing out as the one regulars keep coming back for. Weekends bring a Hawaiian brunch buffet that draws its own crowd, and the dining room has built a reputation as a friendly, family-oriented spot.
Separate from the main dining room, The Backroom at Kona Kitchen operates as its own bar and lounge, shifting into a karaoke spot on Friday nights with the kitchen staying open late — a looser, later scene than the restaurant up front.
The menu runs through local-style Hawaiian dishes, with a slow-cooked pork dish standing out as the one regulars keep coming back for. Weekends bring a Hawaiian brunch buffet that draws its own crowd, and the dining room has built a reputation as a friendly, family-oriented spot.
Separate from the main dining room, The Backroom at Kona Kitchen operates as its own bar and lounge, shifting into a karaoke spot on Friday nights with the kitchen staying open late — a looser, later scene than the restaurant up front.