Aloha Japanese Bento Express

Reviews

• Ben B.

  star star star star star 13 June 2026

  Extremely fast service for take out and very reasonable prices relative to the rest of the area.
  
  The spam musubi is amazing as well as the majority of the mini bento dishes.
  
  Great place to grab a quick bite for lunch or take out. The dining area is not the best but doesn't take away from the quality and authenticity of the food.

• William Y.

  star star star star star_border 10 June 2026

  This is a totally surprised find in downtown Syracuse area! A hole in the wall Hawaiian/Japanese place! Only 2 tables inside!
  Don't let the look of this place deter you though!
  I ordered chicken katsu curry, and the spam egg and cheese musubi!
  I absolutely love the musubi, if you don't know what that is, check out the picture I posted! That was absolutely delicious! I can probably only eat 2 of them as my dinner! It's pretty huge, great flavor.
  As for the curry, they are not bad, I had better, but I'm also more picky when it comes to curry as well since I had some really good Japanese homemade curry by my ex-gf when I was in my 20s. It's still pretty decent though.
  There are free more items I want to go back to try, but I'll definitely go back for some more musubi!

• Kyle S.

  star star star star star_border 10 June 2026

  Got this as a grub hub order while on call at the hospital, not really expecting much, so long as is was better than cafeteria food.
  
  Better than expected! I thought their ramen was the worst menu item I got, but even that was still better than average. Their chicken karaage was actually very very good, and their dumplings good as well.
  
  I need to try this place in person while the food is really fresh, and not after the food has been sitting in containers for 20 minutes; from the taste I did have, though, I'm a fan.

• Kimberly W.

  star star star star star 9 June 2026

  I am so glad that I drive through Syracuse to get back to New York City! I found Aloha on yelp and it had amazing reviews and the food looked delicious. The first time I tried it was during the beginning of 2017 and their food is still as delicious as when I first tried it. Their employees are very welcoming and would be delighted to recommend you a dish. Their prices are also affordable and worth the amount of food you're getting.
  
  I tried a lot of their dishes and I think by far the teriyaki pork mini bento and spam musubi is the best by far. Even their popular kalua pull pork mini bento can't beat their teriyaki pork! The teriyaki pork mini bento is sweet and filling. The kalua pull pork was too smokey for my taste, but if you like smokey, go for it! I usually order to go and it's usually ready within minutes. The food is so popular and delicious that I always see an Uber eats driver there!
  
  tl;dr - amazing food and service, recommend teriyaki pork mini bento and spam musubi

• Bingo L.

  star star star star star 26 May 2026

  Bring me back to Hawaii!
  If you wanna grab some Hawaii style Japanese food. Here is the best choice.